#idioms

So first of all this one girl told us about a newer metaphor in Russian, "I have paws", which is something you say when you don't really want to do something, so you say you're incapable of doing it since you have paws instead of hands. Like, "hey, finish that report" "aw but I have paws :(" and I think that's adorable. It has "I'm just a girl" energy without the misogyny.

We also had the task to invent a novel metaphor and have the others guess what it means, and the teacher really liked my "she's such a capybara" = "everyone loves her". Capybara energy is like golden retriever energy except you're chill about it. You're just vibing and everyone digs that.

are you seized right now? - used for wildly out of character/strange behavior, basically means "what the HELL are you doing?"

knocking on neon gravestones - asking for trouble/a variation on "knocking on the devil's door"

were you raised in trench? - commenting on bad manners/a variation on "were you raised by wolves/in a barn?"

they're not dead yet - used for people who have (usually suddenly) thrown themselves full force into vialism. somewhat derogatory, it's sort of a way to call someone performative and imply that the motivations for their sudden faith are less than pure

is the city walled? - a response for when someone asks a very obvious question

go scale the walls - "go to hell"/"fuck off"

you're not wearing any yellow - a response when someone is being critical of dema/the bishops/vialism, a sort of "watch your tongue". largely exclusive to people already on the outskirts of rebellion, and failed/former escapees

preaching to neon gravestones - "preaching to the choir"

Mi lenguaje es el español :]

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