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[-] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 88 points 1 month ago

Forgive my ignorance, but what is that? A goat? What's the homonym?

[-] LammaLemma@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 month ago

Bull in a China shop - Idiom that describes a clumsy person. The second one is a a kid in a candy store where kid means baby goat as well as a child (human)

[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 16 points 1 month ago

In German, it's an elephant instead of a bull is someone is curious

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

We've learned enough about Germans in the last few days on Lemmy.

[-] musubibreakfast@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

I don't wish to learn any more about Germany

[-] huppakee@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago

In Dutch it's also an elephant in case you do want to learn more about Dutch :)

[-] bebabalula@feddit.dk 3 points 4 weeks ago

Same in Danish - but in a glass store

[-] huppakee@lemm.ee 3 points 4 weeks ago

Whatever works, I guess, actually in Dutch it is in a 'china-cabinet' (?) as in a closet/cupboard for fragile plates but i guess that word is so old it's not really something anyone actually anyone has like nobody has silverware for special occasions anymore.

[-] Dicska@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

Huh, and I thought it was just us saying it with an elephant.

[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 weeks ago
[-] Dicska@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

Oh, sorry : ). Hungary.

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