THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR IDIOMS: Romania vs Netherlands
🇷🇴 A slang Romanian version of “every cloud has a silver lining” translates to “a kick in the ass, a step forward”
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🇳🇱 A very old (16th century) way of saying “it is what it is” in Dutch is “who knows why the geese go barefoot?”
Because they won't allow themselves to be shod so their feet are coated in tar and sand instead, you stupid 16th century Nederlanders. Now go back to the low countries and get a better proverb.
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