Idiom Building
Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2019 12:33 am
We already have a thread for building proverbs; however, despite of the similarities, proverbs are not idioms, and idioms are not proverbs, and I think we should also have a thread for building idioms, or euphemistic way to describe something unpleasant(e.g. death).
Rules:
a person provides an idiom from any natural language, and the next person makes an idiom in their conlang with the same meaning, then provide another idiom for others to build.
If the idiom provided is not an English one, it is recommanded to give a translation or explanation in English.
If you have problems coming up with an idiom, you can go to the wiktionary category for English idioms.
An example:
To keep up with the Joneses
Rules:
a person provides an idiom from any natural language, and the next person makes an idiom in their conlang with the same meaning, then provide another idiom for others to build.
If the idiom provided is not an English one, it is recommanded to give a translation or explanation in English.
If you have problems coming up with an idiom, you can go to the wiktionary category for English idioms.
An example:
and I write:somebody wrote: to kick the bucket
First up:k1234567890y wrote: A conlang project I do for others:
jen haa
to kick the bucket(literally "to travel afar")
To keep up with the Joneses