Samarian Proverbs, Idioms and Sayings
Sadar!
In this article we will cover the most common, famous and useful Samarian sayings, idioms and proverbs, quick disclaimer, there might be swearwords involved, because of the rather commonness of these in everyday speech, and also the plethora of examples involving sarcasm (temnev)
Anyways, let's dive in!
Animal-Related Idioms
...ÿe sikala nélv mö źo ok?
Literal meaning: "and pigs say 'moo' don't they?"
Meaning: When someone tries to act fool, equivalent to 'and I was born yesterday'
...daźe astla raznin
Literal meaning: "even the storks flew away"
Meaning: When something/one has taken too much time to do an action
...aǵ će astla ran
Literal meaning: "back when the storks flew"
Meaning: Once upon a time
...váik ma e múra
Literal meaning: "to eat like an ant"
Meaning: When someone eats too little
...ma kütüd kola
Literal meaning: "like herding fishes"
Meaning: A task requiring continual and often ineffective effort
...sý e beza
Literal meaning: "to turn into a goat"
Meaning: To go insane
Nature and Food-Related Idioms
...će dölnala koś
Literal meaning: "when the valleys walk"
Meaning: 'when pigs fly'
...narse teńiz ÿe pala
Literal meaning: "beyond the sea and the clouds"
Meaning: Somewhere very far away
...e naćar kabun
Literal meaning: "a bad pumpkin"
Meaning: A bad feeling
...teńiz ojiza ma e kyd az buda
Literal meaning: "the sea looks like a hand of buddha"
Meaning: A rough sea
...eźar uÿandys ćeśaśahernék
Literal meaning: "add fertilizer to the eye-of-poet"
Meaning: Add log to the fire, make the situation worse
...y jos ma e parange
Literal meaning: "as red as a beet"
Meaning: Used when someone blushes
Other Idioms
...paz jölatë bolojdatëzim
Literal meaning: "put your legs on your knees"
Meaning: Hurry up
...sý e orava
Literal meaning: "turn into a wheel"
Meaning: Hurry up
...će Sovéckisaÿuz źuket
Literal meaning: "when the Soviet Union comes back"
Meaning: 'when pigs fly'
...uźar, pialan ÿe utús
Literal meaning: "green, happy and victorious"
Meaning: When something is very good yet cheap, like in Spanish 'bueno, bonito y barato' (good, beautiful and cheap)
...śaǵal ty satä, saÿi ty mallaś
Literal meaning: "the less you know the better you sleep"
Meaning: Sometimes it's better to not know everything
...liź kuz tygë lieś
Literal meaning: nonsense
Meaning: Be that as it may, let it be
...e naćar mánbylë sygitä tiokaludale
Literal meaning: "a bad farmer blames his tools"
Meaning: A person who always does his work unprofessionally then blames it on anything except himself
...ÿi ÿaz ÿa
Literal meaning: "yi for ya"
Meaning: Tit for tat
...piź, ÿildymë, sokur
Literal meaning: "deaf, mute, blind"
Meaning: Someone who's clueless
...e źisa ta jasu tär (1000) korab rakibot
Literal meaning: "a look that make a thousand ships sink"
Meaning: Someone who's eyes are beautiful
...avvákáztë ël zagreveslék az e samárśaprabëlcën uebaiga
Literal meaning: "your braincells have the loading speed of a samarian government website"
Meaning: Calling someone slow / dumb
...(man) tünt marëd
Literal meaning: "(I) feel (like) dying"
Meaning: (I) feel like (I am) dying
...gel u gel
Literal meaning: "behind is behind"
Meaning: The past is in the past
...er e er
Literal meaning: "slow a slow"
Meaning: Step by step
...ÿaz ÿumai ördelada
Literal meaning: "for God's ribs"
Meaning: For the love of God
...azad kald
Literal meaning: "to free (one's) heart"
Meaning: To open up (emotionally)
...peré ázza
Literal meaning: "to break (one's) back"
Meaning: To work a lot
...sar mutlamák
Literal meaning: "to lead with words"
Meaning: To lead by example
...ondći źelatlaśda
Literal meaning: "to show wishes"
Meaning: To live up to the name