Sayings in your country

[justjazzy]

"The s*** is hitting the fan!"

Meaning something that was bad is getting worse. For example, you are traveling in a car and you get lost. That's bad, and then you get a flat tire. That is even worse.

It is kind of like "When it rains, it pours."

 

[justjazzy]

Haha, That's funny! In the Netherlands we don't use a pear, but an apple in that expression De appel valt niet ver van de boom. (The apple doesn't fall far from the tree)

Lol, we have that in America too! But we also use apples.

 

[choyceyn]

冰封三尺，非一日之寒；水滴石穿，非一日之功。
Literally: Six-meter long ice does not appear with one-day coldness. One day is not enough for water to hit through the stone.
Basically: Don't give up doing anything even if it is hard at the beginning.

 

[Banana238]

One of my favorite German sayings:
"Die dümmsten Bauern ernten die dicksten Kartoffeln" (in english: the dumbest farmers harvest the biggest potatoes)
You say that if someone achieves something great without doing a thing.