Lonely Planet™ · Thorn Tree Forum · 2020

Literary translations

Interest forums / Speaking in Tongues

I thought this might be a good idea to learn some stuff. Some literary (not literal) translations of commong phrases

English: The pot calling the kettle black
Spanish: El muerto se rie del degollado

Another one for the list:

English: It's a small world
Spanish: El mundo es un paƱuelo

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Curiously, in Mexican Spanish we would say "el comal le dijo a la olla" (closer to the pot and kettle)

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There is a Ghanaian proverb similar to the pot calling the kettle black: The warthog doesn't laugh at his mother's teeth (Do ba laara o ma niene)

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