From: jwkenne@attglobal.net   
      
   On 2014-09-23 13:05:07 +0000, William Vetter said:   
      
   > Is there a book that cross-references equivalent idioms between   
   > different languages?   
   >   
   > for example   
   > like a fish out of water   
   > is in French   
   > like a fish upon the straw   
   >   
   > and   
   > a knife in the back   
   > is in Chinese languages   
   > wounded by a sniper's arrow   
      
   I wouldn't regard either one of those as equivalent. One means "lost   
   and confused", the other means "dying"; the one means "betrayed", the   
   other means "wounded".   
      
   --   
   John W Kennedy   
   "There are those who argue that everything breaks even in this old dump   
   of a world of ours. I suppose these ginks who argue that way hold that   
   because the rich man gets ice in the summer and the poor man gets it in   
   the winter things are breaking even for both. Maybe so, but I'll swear   
   I can't see it that way."   
     -- The last words of Bat Masterson   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)