18 mókás magyar mondás és kifejezés – szókincsbővítés

18 funny Hungarian proverbs There are many proverbs and sayings used by Hungarian people, but if translated into English, they are hilarious but most of them are said in different ways in English. You are as little as the growling in a Teddy cheese – Kevés vagy, mint mackósajtban a brummogás Teddy cheese needs some explanation. There is a kind of Hungarian cheese with a small bear on its label. It means doing something is useless. Why are you giving drinks to the mice? – Miért itatod az egereket? English people simply ask “Why are you crying?” He is as happy as a monkey about his tail– Örül, mint majom a farkának. This may seem rather strange. In English, they say “she/he is jumping for joy”. It is worth as much as a kiss to a dead person– Annyit ér, mint halottnak a csók. In English it means that it’s not worth the effort. Behind the back of God– Az Isten háta mögött. The English put it more simply, saying “Far, far away”. You cannot make bacon out of a dog– Kutyából nem lesz szalonna. We use it to express that people do not change. Your dad was not a […]