😂 Funny literal translations (62)

🐴 Animals · beginner “Don't chase the horses.” Не жени коней. What it actually means → 👨‍👩‍👧 Family · intermediate “Don't climb into hell ahead of your father.” Не лізь поперед батька в пекло. What it actually means → 😡 Anger · intermediate “The woman is off the cart — the mare has it easier.” Баба з возу — кобилі легше. What it actually means → 🐴 Animals · intermediate “Like milk from a male goat.” Як з козла молока. What it actually means → 🧠 Wisdom · advanced “Every sandpiper praises its own swamp.” Кожен кулик своє болото хвалить. What it actually means → 🐴 Animals · intermediate “A bear stepped on his ear.” Ведмідь на вухо наступив. What it actually means → 🧠 Wisdom · intermediate “Don't say 'hop' until you have jumped over.” Не кажи «гоп», поки не перескочиш. What it actually means → 🧠 Wisdom · intermediate “Quiet water tears down dams.” Тиха вода греблі рве. What it actually means → 🧠 Wisdom · beginner “Fear has big eyes.” У страху великі очі. What it actually means → 🧠 Wisdom · advanced “What is written with a pen cannot be chopped out even with an axe.” Що написано пером, того не вирубаєш і сокирою. What it actually means → 💼 Work · advanced “It isn't saints who mould the pots.” Не святі горшки ліплять. What it actually means → 🍺 Everyday life · intermediate “A spoon of tar in a barrel of honey.” Ложка дьогтю в бочці меду. What it actually means → 🇺🇦 Ukrainian culture · intermediate “The tongue will lead you to Kyiv.” Язик до Києва доведе. What it actually means → 🧠 Wisdom · intermediate “If you hurry, you will make people laugh.” Поспішиш — людей насмішиш. What it actually means → 👨‍👩‍👧 Family · advanced “Where there are many nannies, the child is without an eye.” Де багато няньок, там дитина без ока. What it actually means → 👨‍👩‍👧 Family · advanced “Someone else's house is worse than an executioner.” Чужа хата гірше ката. What it actually means → ❤️ Relationships · intermediate “Love is evil — you'll even fall in love with a goat.” Любов зла — полюбиш і козла. What it actually means → ❤️ Relationships · advanced “Whoever loves someone also pulls their hair.” Хто кого любить, той того й чубить. What it actually means → 💼 Work · intermediate “Work is not a wolf, it will not run away into the forest.” Робота не вовк, у ліс не втече. What it actually means → 💼 Work · intermediate “You cooked the porridge — now slurp it yourself.” Заварив кашу — сам і розсьорбуй. What it actually means → 💼 Work · intermediate “The task is afraid of the master.” Діло майстра боїться. What it actually means → 💼 Work · intermediate “Money loves counting.” Гроші люблять лік. What it actually means → 💼 Work · advanced “As long as there's a neck, a yoke will be found for it.” Аби шия була, а ярмо знайдеться. What it actually means → 🐴 Animals · intermediate “A pig will find mud anywhere.” Свиня скрізь болото знайде. What it actually means → 🐴 Animals · advanced “They're shoeing the horse, and the frog sticks out its paw too.” Коня кують, а жаба лапу підставляє. What it actually means → 🍺 Everyday life · cultural “Stupid salo without bread.” Дурне сало без хліба. What it actually means → 🍺 Everyday life · cultural “Hunger is not an aunt.” Голод не тітка. What it actually means → 🍺 Everyday life · cultural “Money for the fish again.” Знову за рибу гроші. What it actually means → 🍺 Everyday life · cultural “My house is on the edge of the village — I know nothing.” Моя хата скраю — нічого не знаю. What it actually means → 🍺 Everyday life · intermediate “The old woman had no troubles, so she bought a piglet.” Не мала баба клопоту, та купила порося. What it actually means → 🍺 Everyday life · intermediate “He has seven Fridays in a week.” У нього сім п'ятниць на тиждень. What it actually means → 😡 Anger · intermediate “Whichever cow might moo, yours should stay silent.” Чия б корова мукала, а твоя б мовчала. What it actually means → 😡 Anger · cultural “There's elderberry in the garden, and an uncle in Kyiv.” На городі бузина, а в Києві дядько. What it actually means → 😡 Anger · intermediate “Don't stick your nose into someone else's millet.” Не сунь носа до чужого проса. What it actually means → 😡 Anger · advanced “As if he broke off his chain.” Наче з ланцюга зірвався. What it actually means → 😡 Anger · intermediate “Don't fog up my head.” Не мороч мені голову. What it actually means → 😡 Anger · intermediate “Go under three devils!” Іди під три чорти! What it actually means → 🇺🇦 Ukrainian culture · cultural “Where there are two Ukrainians, there are three hetmans.” Де два українці, там три гетьмани. What it actually means → 🇺🇦 Ukrainian culture · advanced “Roasted pigeons do not fly into your mouth.” Печені голуби не летять до губи. What it actually means → 🥊 Street expressions · intermediate “Did you fall out of an oak tree?” Ти що, з дуба впав? What it actually means → 🥊 Street expressions · intermediate “For him the sea is knee-deep.” Йому море по коліна. What it actually means → 🥊 Street expressions · advanced “You could sharpen a stake on his head.” Хоч кіл на голові теши. What it actually means → 🥊 Street expressions · advanced “To show someone where the crayfish spend the winter.” Показати, де раки зимують. What it actually means → 🔥 Things Ukrainians say · cultural “Hold your tail like a bublyk!” Тримай хвіст бубликом! What it actually means → 🔥 Things Ukrainians say · advanced “May I live like that!” Щоб я так жив! What it actually means → 🔥 Things Ukrainians say · intermediate “To hang noodles on someone's ears.” Вішати локшину на вуха. What it actually means → 🐴 Animals · intermediate “When there are no fish, a crayfish is a fish too.” На безриб'ї і рак риба. What it actually means → 🧠 Wisdom · intermediate “The devil is not as terrible as he is painted.” Не такий страшний чорт, як його малюють. What it actually means → 🧠 Wisdom · intermediate “Where it is thin, that is where it tears.” Де тонко, там і рветься. What it actually means → 🍺 Everyday life · intermediate “A naked man is not afraid of robbery.” Голому розбій не страшний. What it actually means → 🥊 Street expressions · advanced “To lead someone out onto clean water.” Вивести на чисту воду. What it actually means → 🥊 Street expressions · cultural “He jumped out like Pylyp out of the hemp.” Вискочив, як Пилип з конопель. What it actually means → 🍺 Everyday life · intermediate “The old woman remembered how she was a girl.” Згадала баба, як дівкою була. What it actually means → 🧠 Wisdom · intermediate “A word is not a sparrow: it flies out and you will not catch it.” Слово — не горобець: вилетить — не спіймаєш. What it actually means → 🥊 Street expressions · advanced “I am not a d*** from the mountain to you.” 🔞 Я тобі не хуй з гори. What it actually means → 🔥 Things Ukrainians say · intermediate “When the crayfish whistles on the mountain.” Коли рак на горі свисне. What it actually means → 😡 Anger · advanced “May your road be a tablecloth.” Скатертиною дорога. What it actually means → 💼 Work · advanced “Blood from the nose, but it must be done.” Кров з носа, а треба. What it actually means → ❤️ Relationships · cultural “At forty-five, the woman is a berry again.” У сорок п'ять — баба ягідка знову. What it actually means → 🍺 Everyday life · advanced “Like poultices for a dead man.” Як мертвому припарки. What it actually means → 💼 Work · advanced “To pour from the empty into the hollow.” З пустого в порожнє переливати. What it actually means → 🔥 Things Ukrainians say · beginner “How many summers, how many winters!” Скільки літ, скільки зим! What it actually means →