Sayings in your native language that makes seem weird in english.

[Grandy]

 'Cause I feel like doing silly threads again.

 É o fim da picada - "It's the end of the bite.", when something starts going wrong with a delayed effect. Comes from the fact that a skeeter's bite only hurts after it's already gone.

 Um Bicho de Sete Cabeças - "A seven headed animal", means something really complicated.

 A Conversa Ainda Não Chegou na Cozinha - "The talk is still not about the kitchen." Sexist thing men say when they think Women shouldn't give their opinions about a subject.

 Saiu na Chuva É Pra Se Molhar. - "If you go out in the rain, you're looking to get wet." Basically "You should have seen that coming"

 Mais Perdido Que Cego Em Tiroteio - "More lost than a blind man in a gunfight." Means very very confused.

 Cada Qual Sabe Onde Lhes Aperta o Sapato - Something like "Each one knows where their shoes are unconfortable." Each one has its own problems.

 Comprar Gato Por Lebre - "To buy a cat as a rabbit." Bad bussness, cats where much cheaper to buy than rabbits, so if you bought one for the price of a rabbit, you would make a bad bussness.

 Cortar o Mal Pela Raíz - "Cut the evil by it's root." Go directly to the core of a problem.

 Devagar Que Tenho Pressa - "Go slowly because I'm in a hurry." Means doing something carefully so it doesn't break down or crashes and you have to spend more time on it then you already would.

 Tá Na Ponta Da Lingua - "It's on the tip of my tongue." It's what you say when you can't remember something you were going to say, but you still remember it. Confusing, eh? It's like "Yesterday I was going to the.... the.... you know, that place, the name of that place.... it's on the tip of my tongue."

 Fugir Com o Rabo Entre As Pernas - "Run away with the tail in between the legs" To run away like a scared dog.

 Macacos Me Mordam - "Have a monkey bite me." Not much sense, it's something you say when surprised, like "What the hell?"

 Deu Zebra - "The result was a zebra." There's this lotery with animals we play on Brasil, "Zebra" is one of the animals that is NOT a possible result, so the result being a zebra is something really unexpected and where everyone loses.

 Não Ter Onde Cair Morto - "Doesn't have where to die." Really poor, doesn't have even somewhere to die.

 Verdadeiros Amigos Se Conhece ou no Hospital ou Na Cadeia - "True friends you find either in the hospital or in the jail." Means you know your true friends when they stick around in times of need.

 Quando Galinha Tiver Dente - "When chickens grow teeth." Same as "When pigs fly"

 É Uma Cagada em Três Atos - "It's a s*it in three acts." A real long bullshit story.

 Tapar o Sol Com Uma Peneira - "To block the sun with a sieve." Useless.

 Tirar palavra da boca - "Took the words from my mouth" Same as "I was just going to say that."

 Botar palavra na boca - "To put words in my mouth" Same as "I never said that!"

 Trocar Seis Por Meia Dúzia - "Trade six for half a twelve" Useless.


 And.... someone else goes.

 And if you guys will, put some english expressions too, there are many I don't know.

 

[Red Giant]

I wouldn't say those sound weird... in fact a lot of them sound rather poetic!

Also, "It's on the tip of my tongue" and "To put words in my mouth" are common phrases to use in English too. "Less haste, more speed" may be the English equivalent of Devagar Que Tenho Pressa.

[Grandy]

Now I know. And knowing is half the battle.

[Moosetroop11]

I love É Uma Cagada em Três Atos. Might try to work that into casual conversation.

[Desimodontidae]

uhm. I'll try

"I'm flat" - I'm drunk

"I'm so flat I'm on pen and paper" - I'm very drunk

"I'm on pen and paper right now!" - Shorter version of above

"Pow! Right in the kisser" - I am going to punch you in the mouth

"Kill two birds with one stone" - Tackle two problems with one solution

"Kill two stones with one bird" - Something only Chuck Norris can do

[Drace]

Dutch: De kat uit de boom kijken.
English: Watching the cat out of the tree.

Meaning: Waiting until events are set in motion to see what the outcome will be, or something like that. I'm bad at sayings =P.

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Dutch: Er is overal een mouw aan te passen.
English: You can attach a sleeve everywhere.

Meaning: There is a solution for everything.

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Dutch: Van een mug een olifant maken.
English: Making an elephant from a mosquito.

Meaning: Making a big problem from something that was a small problem.

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Dutch: Door de vingers zien.
English: Seeing it through the fingers.

Meaning: Sort of a forgiving sentance when someone does something bad but tries to correct himself.

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Dutch: Wie a zegt moet ook b zeggen.
English: If you say a then you must also say b.

Meaning: Finish what you started.

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Dutch: Al draagt een aap een gouden ring, het is en blijft een lelijk ding.
English: Even if a monkey wears a golden ring, it is and will be an ugly thing.

Meaning: You can't make yourself look better just with nice clothes.

[Archem]

I love É Uma Cagada em Três Atos. Might try to work that into casual conversation.

As will I.

Dutch: Van een mug een olifant maken.
English: Making an elephant from a mosquito.

Meaning: Making a big problem from something that was a small problem.

Kinda like "making a mountain out of a mole hill"? Pretty common one about these parts.

[Emerates]

Belligerent, plastered, wasted, and shitfaced are all short-hand for various levels of drunkedness.

"Totally boss!" - Meaning 'cool', 'awesome', etc., popularized by the movie 'Juno'.

<3 - Heart

</3 - Broken Heart

**** 'n Shinola - Basically whatever you want it to be.  An expletive exclamation of emotional distress, or a contemptuous comeback.  "You ain't worth **** 'n Shinola."

Tool - A band.  Also, one who is believes and tries to make others believe they are the greatest thing since sliced bread, usually in the most rakish and obnoxious manner.

"...greatest ****ing thing since sliced bread." - Basically, something which is 'totally boss'.

"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." - Nobody really knows what this means.  You have to think about it.

"Bite my bag." - Essentially the same as 'eat my shorts' or 'piss off'.

'Que padre!' - Spanish, meaning 'totally boss'.

[Grandy]

Kinda like "making a mountain out of a mole hill"? Pretty common one about these parts.

Around here we have "Fazer Tempestade Em Copo D'Água", "To make a storm in a glass of water."

"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."

We have one pretty similar "Um Pássaro na Mão Vale Por Dois Voando", "A bird in the hand is worth more than two flying." It means you should get what you can, not be dreaming about what you can't have. (In this case, you should be happy with having a bird in your hand, rather than two flying that you can't reach)

[Archem]

**** 'n Shinola - Basically whatever you want it to be.  An expletive exclamation of emotional distress, or a contemptuous comeback.  "You ain't worth **** 'n Shinola."

Ahem.

[Emerates]

Well, where I live, it's all bass-akwards anyways.

[Archem]

Word on the street is that you're a fart smeller.


I mean fart smeller. Dammit, there I go again...

[Djanki]

"El Diablo no es Diablo por ser Diablo, sino por viejo."

Translated, it would mean something along the lines of "The Devil isn't the Devil because he's a demon, but rather by experience." In other words, it's  a phrase that would say, "Hey, whoever we're talking about knows what he's up to--he didn't get where he was by d***ing around."

"Puedes llevar al caballo al rio y meterle su cabeza al agua, pero si no tiene sed, no tomara."

I'm forgetting the accents here, mind; this one translates to "You can take the horse to the river and dunk his head in the water--if he's not (feel free to add an 'ain't' there--this is a rural phrase) thirsty, he won't drink." Basically, you can try as hard as you can, but you can't force anything upon anyone.

"...por un tubo y siete llaves".

This one sees a lot of use; it translates to "through a tube and seven faucets". It can be use in a phrase such as, "It's raining through a tube and seven faucets', which would mean it's raining a lot, or something similar.

If I remember any more, I'll post 'em.

[Phayre]

Djanki, the first two make plenty of sense. In fact, the horse-to-water is used commonly.
"You can take a horse to water, but you can't make him drink," is how it's said.
But the faucet. . .  that's odd.
My mom always says it's raining like a cow pissing on a rock.
I dunno why.

[Desimodontidae]

Belligerent, plastered, wasted, and shitfaced are all short-hand for various levels of drunkedness.

I heard a new one today... "mangled"