One American one I like is "I'm going to see a man about a horse" in regards to going to the bathroom.
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In the uk I've heard "I'm going to see a man about a dog". (she went smoking)
Is THAT what that idiom means? I knew it was said on exiting a room, I never realized it was more specific than that.
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That's another one with a British origin (originally "see a man about a dog"). Still widely used in the UK to refer to leaving for any unspecified reason, although this is often to go to the toilet. (Also was used in the US during prohibition to refer to going for a drink.)
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english:
"daddy" is some older man you're sexually attracted to
also, "daddy" is your biological father
There's a big difference between "Bless me father for I have sinned" and "I'm sorry daddy, I've been a bad girl".
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For German, there is a really cool series of YouTube Shorts starting with this one:
"public static void main string args", which translates to "i am going to start speaking now"
I'm not Thai, but they have an idiom that something will happen one afternoon in their next reincarnation.
Not mine but I had a Dutch professor who would say "it's like washing duck's feet" to refer to something that was a pointless exercise or wasted effort. I always thought it was funny but can't find anything on the Internet about it now so perhaps it's not very common.