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chiara-klara-claire · 2 years ago

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Aesthetic/cute idioms

My personal selection of idioms collected here and there. Inspired by this post by @rmscarpathia - my posts - resources masterpost | aesthetic idioms | words with cute literal meaning

Japanese 🇯🇵

木漏れ日 Komorebi - The sunlight that filters through the leaves of the trees. 🌳 🌞

鏡花水月 Kyōka suigetsu - Flower in the mirror & a moon in the water 🌸 🌙 : something which is visible and cannot be touched as well as the profound beauty of poems that cannot be described in words.

花笑み Hanaemi - flowering smile/ the smile of flowers 💐: old Japanese, a smile as beautiful as blooming flowers, calling people to feel happy.

浮世 Ukiyo - The floating world - depicts a place of fleeting beauty and living in the moment, without worries. It described the urban lifestyle, especially the pleasure-seeking aspects, of the Edo-period Japan (1600–1867)

Chinese 🇨🇳

海誓山盟 Hǎi shì shān méng - The promises of mountains and vows of seas 🏔 🌊 : A proverb of eternal love.

日三秋 yí rì sān qiū 🍁🍁🍁- One day, three autumns: when you intensely long for and miss someone, one day feels like three years.

Swedish 🇸🇪

Mångata - moon road 🌙 🛣The glimmering,roadlile reflection of moonlight on a river. see also Hungarian 🇭🇺 Aranyhíd - The golden bridge 🌞 🌁: A term for the reflection of the sun as it shines on water and can literally be translated to.

Gökotta - Dawn picnic to hear the first birdsong 🎶 (gök=cuckoo), Swedish tradition which often takes place around Ascension Day in late May or early June.

Smultronstället - Place of wild strawberries 🍓: a special place discovered, treasured, returned to for solace and relaxation; a personal idyll free from stress or sadness

Mellan hägg och syrén - the time Between Bird Cherry and Lilac: corresponds to försommar (pre-summer). The expression is said to originate from a cobbler’s sign saying his shop was closed “mellan hägg och syren”.

Att vara blåögd - to be blue eyed: to be naive =🇩🇪 blauäugig

Norwegian 🇳🇴

Å leve på luft og kjærlighed - live on air and love: to be so madly in love you don’t think about anything else

gjensynsglede - see-again-happiness: feeling of joy, anticipation, love you experience when you are about to meet someone you haven’t seen in a long time.

Det er bare blåbær - It’s just blueberries 🫐: Expression, meaning something is simple, or something is only a minor issue.

Danish 🇩🇰

det er fest og farver 🎉🟥🟨🟦- it’s party and colors: A lively and festive mood or way of living

Finnish 🇫🇮 @suomipaskea @depressingfinland

Kaiho - hopeless longing: an involuntary solitude in which one feels incomleteness and yearns for something unattainable or extremely difficult and tedious to attain.

luonnonlapsi - nature’s child 🌿: a genuine and sincere person who’s carefree and down to earth, a scatterbrained, someone who doesn’t care about the ways of society. Slightly negative but in an endearing way [- @evelhak]

siirty�� ajasta ikuisuuteen/iäisyyteen / potkaista tyhjää- went from time to eternity / kicked the emptiness: said about someone who has died

Olla hyvällä tuulella— To be on / To have a good wind 🌬: To have a good mood. To be mildly happy.

oma maa mansikka, muu maa mustikka 🍓🫐-our land strawberry, other land blueberry: there’s no place like home

German 🇩🇪 This post with additions of @germanenthusiast

Etwas durch die Blume sagen 🗣️🌼- to say smth thorugh the flower: used when conveying something dramatic in a gentle or roundabout way

Habseligkeiten: have-holy-things: individual possessions that might be seen as useless/of little value, but regarded as valuable treasures

Fingerspitzengefühl - fingertips-feeling: good skill in handling things/ sensitivity and empathy

Sehnsucht - longing-search: intense inner longing for somebody, something or a place

Weltschmerz - world pain: gratuitous melancholia / kind of feeling experienced by someone who believes that physical reality can never satisfy the demands of the mind / the feeling of anxiety caused by the ills of the world

Zeitgeist - spirit of the time: the dominant set of ideals and beliefs that motivate the actions of the members of a society in a particular period in time

Engelsgeduld 👼- angel’s patience: a lot of patience

Schokoladenseite - chocolate side 🍫: refers to your better side (e.g. when taking a photo) sich von seiner Schokoladenseite zeigen (to show oneself from one’s chocolate side) = to show oneself at one’s best

Sich aufbrezeln - to bretzel oneself up 🥨: get all dressed up

Friede, Freude, Eierkuchen - freedom, joy and omelette 🥞: everything’s hunky-dory

sich freuen wie ein Schneekönig 🤴❄️ /Honigkuchenpferd 🍯🍰 🐴 - to be happy like a snow king/honey cake horse: to be very very happy

Dutch 🇳🇱 @docnederlands

uitwaaien 🌬️ 🌳 - to go out in windy weather, particularly into nature or a park, as a means of refreshing oneself and clearing one's mind

over koetjes en kalfjes praten - talking about cows and calves 🐄: smalltalk

kalverliefde - calf love 🐮: A word for the temporary affection and infatuation usually experienced by two young people in love.

De bloemetjes buiten zetten, to put the flowers outside 💐: to have lots of fun

Italian 🇮🇹 this by @sectioavrea

Se son rose fioriranno, If it’s roses, they will bloom 🌹 : if something is bound to happen, it will

all’acqua di rose - blanded with rose water: used when something is very moderate

Non è tutto rose e fiori - it’s not all roses and flowers 🌹💐 : it’s not all nice and perfect (as you think it is)

il sole bacia i belli - The sun kisses the beautiful 🌞: said to someone who complains about sitting in the sun

baciato dalla fortuna - kissed by luck 🍀💋: to be very lucky

Ragazza acqua e sapone - soap&water girl 🧼 the girl next door, with a natural look

Avere l’argento vivo addosso - to have quicksilver on your body: to be energetic, active, lively. Often used for kids

Spaesato(m)/spaesata(f) -out of (one’s) country/native place “mis-country-ed”: to be bewildered, disoriented, confused

Sognare ad occhi aperti 👁️ - To dream with open eyes: to daydream

essere al settimo cielo ☁️ - to be at the seventh Heaven: to be over the moon, see 🇫🇷 below

French 🇫🇷

Être aux anges 👼👼- be where angels are

Être fleure bleue 🌼🔷- to be a blue flower: be sentimental to the point of naivety [apparently from an expression by the German author Novalis]

English

Serendipity: an unplanned fortunate discovery

Apple of my eye 🍎👁️ - 🇮🇹 Luce dei miei occhi (light of my eyes) 🇩🇪 Licht meines Lebens (light of my life)

Greek 🇬🇷

petrichor: the earthly scent produced when rain falls on dry soil 🌧️ . from πέτρος pétros (stone) + ἰχώρ īchṓr (the fluid that flows in the veins of gods in Greek mythology)

Phosphene - light-appear: a sensation of a ring, stars or spot of light caused by rubbing your eyes ⭐️ 👁️

🇻🇳 In Vietnamese, “to miss someone is the same as “to remember someone“. So to ask “do you miss me?” You’ll say Do you remember me?

🇮🇷 in Farsi, to answer to a compliment you say “it’s your eyes that are beautiful”

Idioms found among others through: @mylanguagesblogger, @wonderful-language-sounds @thenoaidi

🌼 started: spring ‘20, posted: march ‘23, last updated: 20.4.2023

#idioms #foreign languages #langblr #language blog #swedish #finnish #italian #dutch #norwegian #japanese #chinese #french #cant believe I am posting this #I feel like there’s still a lot to be added but it was high time for it to be posted #mine #my lists

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flirting-with-psychology · 3 years ago

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Have you ever (Colors!) ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

by joybucket

Part 1: Red. ❤️ Have you ever....

ran a red light? 🚦

worn a red dress? 💃

shopped at Kmart? 🛒

driven a red car? 🚗

shopped at Target? 🎯

ridden a mechanical bull?

played Red Rover at recess? 🛝

been in love with someone that you had no chance with?

believed in Santa? 🎅

drank Coca Cola out of a glass bottle?

watched Clifford: The Big Red Dog?

ate at Red Robin?

listened to the song "Red" by Taylor Swift?

worn red high heels? 👠

worn bright red lipstick? 💄

gone on a blind date?

watched Miranda Sings on YouTube? 💄

tried red wine? 🍷

had a kiss that felt magical? 💋

stolen a stop sign? 🛑

ran a stop sign? 🛑

been given a rose? 🌹

had your heart broken? 💔

been pulled over by the cops? 🚨

owned a Raggedy Ann doll?

dyed your hair red? 👩‍🦰

gone strawberry picking? 🍓

been called a redneck?

drank Red Bull?

Part 2: Orange. 🧡 Have you ever....

drank orange juice?

worn an orange shirt?

drank orange soda?

watched Kenan and Kel?

watched the movie Good Burger? 🍔

been to Orange County, California?

been to Florida? 🍊

lived in Florida?

watched The OC?

eaten an orange? 🍊

eaten carrot cake? 🥕

carved a pumpkin? 🎃

worked in construction? 👷‍♀️

worn an orange dress?

worn a life vest?

watched a sunset on the beach? 🏝

had orange as one of your school's colors?

built a snowman and used a carrot for a nose? 🥕

eaten a carrot? 🥕

celebrated Halloween? 🎃

been to a pumpkin patch?

drank an Orange Julius?

drank an Orange Cream Shake from Arbys'? 🥤

felt awkward while dancing? 💃

fallen flat on your face in public?

owned a Cabbage Patch doll? 🥬

hit an orange traffic cone with your car?

painted your bedroom walls orange?

seen a monarch butterfly?

Part 3: Yellow. 💛 Have you ever...

ridden a school bus to school?

worn a yellow dress?

worn yellow eyeshadow?

drank fresh-squeezed lemonade from a lemonade stand? 🍋

ran a lemonade stand? 🍋

been stung by a bee? 🐝

stepped on a bee? 🐝

had a bad reaction to a bee sting? 🐝

ridden in a taxi? 🚕

stolen a street sign? 🚸

wished upon a star? ⭐️

felt a sense of calm when you looked up at the moon? 🌙

worn a crescent-moon necklace? 🌙

walked through a field of sunflowers? 🌻

watched Bananas and Pajamas? 🍌

slipped on a banana peel? 🍌

played Mario Kart? 🍌

used a banana phone? 🍌

stole a piece of caution tape?

sat inside the wheel of a tractor? 🚜

ate a piece of lemon meringue pie? 🍋

set a mousetrap? 🧀

had a dog that loved tennis balls? 🎾

played tennis on a team? 🎾

thrown a tennis ball to a dog? 🎾

owned a tennis ball? 🎾

had yellow as one of your school's colors?

ate banana pudding?

used a banana to make a smoothie? 🍌

Part 4: Green. 💚 Have you ever...

watched Gumby?

felt jealous of someone?

planted a garden? 🌸

been jealous of a friend?

had a friend that was jealous of you?

made a salad that was really good? 🥗

mowed a lawn?

tried avocado toast? 🥑

cut cucumbers? 🥒

thought olive green was an ugly color? 🫒

been told you have a "green thumb"?

had green as one of your school's colors?

been called an alien? 👽

owned an alien figurine? 👽

found a four-leaf clover? 🍀

kissed a frog? 🐸

owned a notebook or journal that was made out of recycled paper? ♻️

been to a Palm Sunday church service where they used real palm leaves? 🌿

planted a tree? 🌳

been in a 4H club? 🍀

made a clover with your tongue? ☘️

known someone named Cloe whose nickname was Clover?

been to Ireland? 🇮🇪

smoked marijuana?

been to Greenland? 🇬🇱

dyed your hair green?

spilled pickle juice all over yourself?

ate a whole pickle?

drank green tea? 🍵

Part 5: Blue. 💙 Have you ever....

swam in the ocean? 🌊

lived in a blue house?

lived in a blue apartment building?

watched Blue's Clues?

had a blue raspberry snow cone?

had a blue raspberry slushee

went to a blues music festival?

listend to bluegrass music? 🪕

dyed your hair blue?

had blueberry pancakes? 🫐🥞

had blueberry waffles? 🫐🧇

cried yourself to sleep?

cried in a movie theater? 🍿

had blue as one of your school's colors?

had to wear a navy blue skirt as part of a school uniform?

had to wear something navy blue as part of a work uniform?

painted your bedroom walls blue?

drove a blue car? 🚙

dated someone with blue eyes?

decorated a pair of blue jeans? 👖

had a best friend who's favorite color was blue?

used a bluetooth device?

watched the Smurfs?

used the phrase "once in a blue moon"?

fed blueberries to a baby? 🫐 👶

thought Robin's egg blue was a lovely color? 🪺

had a shade of blue that you didn't like?

known someone who couldn't tell the difference between blue and green?

gotten annoyed when someone called teal "blue"?

Part 6: Purple. 💜 Have you ever...

worn a purple dress?

dyed your hair purple?

worn purple eyeglasses?

had a purple phone?

painted your bedroom walls purple?

had a best friend who's favorite color was purple?

worn purple lipstick?

found out you were allergic to lavender?

eaten grapes? 🍇

used the demon emoji? 👿

had purple as one of your favorite colors?

argued with someone over whether magenta was more pink or more purple?

argued with someone over whether periwinkle was more purple or more blue?

owned a purple Christmas tree?

watched Barney and Friends?

worn purple eyeshadow?

worn a purple sweater?

worn purple nail polish? 💅

owned a purple umbrella? ☂️

thought orchid was a beautiful color?

worn a purple shirt?

drank grape juice?

owned a crystal ball? 🔮

watched That's So Raven?

thought purple was the best color for bridesmaid's dresses?

worn purple high heels?

worn a purple suit? 🕺

used the purple heart emoji? 💜

known someone named Crystal? 🔮

Part 7: Pink. 💖 Have you ever....

watched Pink Panther?

worn pink lipstick?

worn pink dress?

worn a pink shirt? 👚

had a friend who's favorite color was pink?

dyed your hair pink?

taken ballet lessons? 🩰

taken a pointe class? 🩰

been to a live Nutcracker performance?

auditioned for the Nutcracker?

had pink as one of your favorite colors?

played with Barbie dolls?

owned a Barbie doll?

cut a Barbie's hair? 💇‍♀️

hated the color pink?

chewed bubblegum?

been to Minnie Mouse's house?

planted tulips? 🌷

worn pink pants?

wished pink were one of your school colors?

painted your bedroom walls pink?

thought of yourself as a girly-girl? 👗

had a pink laptop?

had a pink phone?

sold Mary Kay?

seen a real live flamingo in person? 🦩

thought pigs were cute? 🐷

had a pig for a pet?

wanted a pig for a pet?

Part 8: Black. 🖤 Have you ever....

dyed your hair black?

worn black lipstick?

worn black nail polish?

had an almost entirely black wardrobe?

had black as one of your school's colors?

known someone with the last name Black?

been a blackbelt in karate? 🥋

drank black tea? ☕️

owned a pirate flag? 🏴‍☠️

had a black cat?

been superstitious?

had to set up an ant trap in your house? 🐜

had black as your favorite color?

shopped at Hot Topic?

owned a Blackberry?

owned a blackboard?

worn black pants as part of a work uniform?

worn a black dance leotard? 👯‍♀️

worn a black bow tie?

played blackjack at a casino?

watched the movie Men in Black?

listened to the song "Black Velvet"?

driven a black car?

wondered what the difference was between a raven and a crow?

eaten a pizza with black olives on it?

took the black olives off of a pizza before you ate it? 🍕

worn a ninja costume? 🥷

worn black yoga pants?

seen a black squirrel?

Part 9: White. ⚪️ Have you ever....

went wedding dress shopping?

seen snow in person? ❄️

built a snowman? ☃️

went sledding? 🛷

had to wear a white shirt as part of a school uniform?

had to wear a white shirt as part of a work uniform?

had white as one of your school's colors?

caught a snowflake on your tongue? ❄️

worn white pants?

had a white dog?

had a white cat?

lived in a white house?

driven a white car?

worn white tights?

drawn on a whiteboard?

owned a mini whiteboard?

been snowboarding? 🏂

been skiing? ⛷

been ice skating? ⛸

owned a pair of ice skates? ⛸

known someone with the last name White?

been to the White House?

eaten soft-serve ice cream? 🍦

played ice hockey? 🏒

watched the movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarves?

worn a Snow White costume?

used white-out?

thought you didn't look good in white?

been given a white rose?

Part 10: Brown. 🤎 Have you ever....

bought a box of chocolates for yourself? 💝

had a friend with the last name Brown?

had brown hair?

dated someone with brown eyes?

felt sick from eating too many chocolates?🤎

sat under a tree and read a book? 🌳

built a treehouse?

lived in a log cabin?

slept in a log cabin at camp?

been to a bonfire? 🪵

chopped wood for a bonfire? 🪵

played house in a big brown box when you were younger? 📦

worn a brown dress?

used the poop emoji? 💩

felt like 💩?

been treated like 💩?

ridden a horse? 🐎

ate too many brownies?

been to a high school football game? 🏈

played the violin? 🎻

climbed a ladder? 🪜

walked under a ladder? 🪜

built something out of wood? 🔧

taken a woodworking class? 🪚

lived in a house with a wooden staircase?

painted a wooden chair? 🪑

painted a wooden door? 🚪

eaten at Auntie Anne's? 🥨

baked a batch of cookies? 🍪

Part 11: Gray. ☑️ Have you ever....

ridden an elephant? 🐘

found a mouse in your house? 🐀

painted rocks and hid them in your town? 🪨

thrown a rock at someone's window? 🪨

had someone throw a rock at your window? 🪨

known someone with the last name Gray?

seen a tornado in person? 🌪

set a table? 🍽

used a microphone? 🎤

been to Mount Rushmore? 🗿

owned a gray laptop? 💻

flipped a coin? 🪙

used a hammer? 🔨

used a saw? 🪚

had a satellite dish in front of your house? 📡

had a coin collection? 🪙

witnessed a sword fight? ⚔️

walked through a cemetery? 🪦

pushed a shopping cart all the way home? 🛒

looked for a paper clip and couldn't find one? 📎

dyed your hair gray? 👩🏼‍🦳

found a gray hair on your head?

known someone named Greyson?

worn a gray dress?

lived in a gray house?

worn a gray shirt?

watched 50 Shades of Gray?

worked in an old folks' home?

written your name in wet cement?

Part 12: Rainbow! 🌈 Have you ever...

seen a double rainbow? 🌈

ate Trix cereal? 🥣

ate Fruity Pebbles? 🥣

played Twister? 🔴🟠🟡🟢🔵🟣

been to a Gay Pride event? 🏳️‍🌈

dressed up as a clown? 🤡

looked through a kaleidoscope?

ate Skittles? 🟣🔵🟢🟡🟠🔴

questioned your sexuality? 🏳️‍🌈

taken a picture of a rainbow in the sky? 🌈

thought it would be fun to slide down a rainbow? 🌈

worn rainbow eyeshadow?

dressed up as a unicorn? 🦄

painted each of your fingernails a different color? 💅

seen a rainbow out your bedroom window? 🌈

ate Fruit Loops?

been given a rainbow rose?

worn a rainbow rose corsage?

watched Rainbow Brite?

snacked on conversation hearts? ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

tie-dyed a shirt?

tie-dyed a pair of shorts?

made crayon melt art? 🖍

played a xylophone?

worn rainbow suspenders?

used a Lisa Frank folder for school? 🦄🌈

drew a picture of a rainbow? 🌈

tried to find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow?

ate Gushers?

Final Questions!

What's your favorite color?

Pink or Green?

What are your top three favorite colors?

Pink, green, teal

Do you like bright colors?

Yeah

What color is your hair?

Brown

...and is that your natural hair color?

Yeah

What color are your eyes?

Brown

What color was your first car?

Blue-green

What color was the home you grew up in?

Moms was Salmon, then blue-gray, and dads was yellow

What color was your high school graduation cap and gown? 🎓

Black

Did you like this survey?

Yeah

I hope you have a colorful day! 🌈

#survey

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