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Published in China - Political debates and analysis - 3 - 10 Jul 25 06:06

I was inspired by Ace Philosоphers nonsense google translate bs babbling on the feed. So Bulgaria has some colorful idioms that sound hilarious when translated literally into English. Here are some of the funniest ones:

Кара кукувица в хладилник.
He keeps a cuckoo in the fridge.
→ Said about someone crazy or acting very strangely.

Гони михаля.
He’s chasing Mihal.
→ Pointless activity or chasing something that doesn’t exist.

Отиде на кукуво лято.
He went to the cuckoos summer.
→ Disappeared without a trace / went very far away (likely never to return).

Слага ти сол в очите.
He’s putting salt in your eyes.
→ He’s trying to trick you / mislead you.

Да си пиеш акъла.
To drink your brains.
→ Said when someone is being very stupid or irrational.

Яде бой като поп.
He gets beaten like a priest.
→ He’s getting a serious beating (no one knows why priests are the standard).

Търси под вола теле.
Looking for a calf under the ox.
→ Looking for trouble where there isn’t any; overthinking.

Утре ще ми върже прасето.
Tomorrow my pig will tie itself.
→ Wishful thinking; something very unlikely to happen.

На гол тумбак — чифте пищови.
On a bare belly — double pistols.
→ All style, no substance; spending on flash while lacking essentials.

Мълчи, за да не те вземат за умен.
Stay quiet so they might mistake you for smart.
→ Silence is sometimes the best disguise for ignorance.

Умря циганката, дето те хвалеше.
The gypsy woman who praised you is dead.
→ Stop waiting for compliments — they’re not coming.

Нито лук ял, нито лук мирисал.
He neither ate onions, nor smelled them.
→ Acting innocent though clearly involved.

Прави се на луд, да не копа.
Pretends to be crazy so he doesn’t have to dig.
→ Faking ignorance to avoid work.

Да бе, на баба ми хвърчилото!
– Yeah, right — my grandma’s kite!
→ It’s a sarcastic way to dismiss something as completely made up, irrelevant, or imaginary — basically nonsense.

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Comments (3)

10 Jul 25 06:58
Crni Bombarder

i would do this for croatian, but there would be too many swear words

10 Jul 25 11:23
tavi29

Отиде на кукуво лято. = He went to the cuckoos summer. in Romanian dispare ca magarul in ceatza = disappearing like a donkey/mule in the fog

10 Jul 25 11:28
tavi29

Мълчи, за да не те вземат за умен.= Stay quiet so they might mistake you for smart. in Romanian daca taceai, filosof ramaneai = if you stayed quiet you were the philosoph!