15 ROMANIAN Sayings That Sound Really Funny In English

Have you ever heard these Romanian sayings and what they mean? They sound even funnier when translated into English.
When you’re “taking your nose for a walk”, you’re misbehaving and acting too cocky. We are a proud people and take our noses for a walk once in a while.
In Romania, “a rub on a wooden leg” is basically doing something for no reason, like giving a massage to a wooden leg, you see? It makes sense.
You may not think so but in Romania, two things with nothing in common are “like an old lady with a machine gun”. Like apples to oranges, but here we believe you can indeed compare fruit.
Because we sure do love agricultural things, when someone’s keeping quiet or pretending to not know something he’s “quiet like a pig in a cornfield”. Yeehaw!
If you’re “with a fly on your hat” you’re feeling guilty about something, as the fly would indicate. Here we have no judicial system and we rely on flies to be judge, jury, and executioner. Ah, life in Eastern Europe...
We say that “your mustard is jumping” when you are getting really angry. In Romania, the mustard is very dramatic and the ketchup more chill.
Here, if you’re wasting time, or doing nothing, you’re “cutting leaves for the dogs”. All Romanians know that the only dog that likes leaves is Snoop Doggy Dog.
In old country, when someone is crazy we say he has “gone with the raft”. I do not know why maybe some crazy person made this saying up.
When someone’s explaining the “match theory” to you, it means he’s talking just for the sake of talking. Because a match is just a match and has no theory… Or does it?...
If you can’t keep your anger inside and are about to burst, people around here say that you’re “out of your watermelons”. I have no explanation for this, like most things in Romania.
Around these parts, when somebody is telling you lies, he’s “selling donuts” to you. This I also cannot understand, as a donut is probably the most honest of the pastries.
“He’s rubbing the mint” is a Romanian way of saying he’s wasting time. Although the title of mint-rubber sounds fancy it’s actually the assistant-rubber that does all the work instead.
When you’re “hitting the puddle with a bat” you’re screwing up and making things worse. Because you make big splash and water everywhere… ah… what a disaster… I need to change… you see what I mean?
When you’re “turning a mosquito into a horse”, you are not only playing God, but you’re also really exaggerating something.
And when you are “caught with a cat in the bag” you have been caught with a lie. Like the English “red-handed” only cuter.
I hope you found these animations funny and educational.
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[@rqbertyta1191]

Me: *whatching this as romanian* Also me: what

[@adrianquinn3485]

What a accent lolss😂😂

[@namjesus6889]

I am sure you have a good accent in romanian , dulceață

[@p90andctrl17]

Its on purpose.

[@LC-pj7jf]

Accent romanesc😂

[@3dmaster-749]

A russian accent teaching romanian expressions 😆

[@AnimatedStuff]

Ca sa-i amuz pe americani bro

[@3dmaster-749]

@@AnimatedStuff suna atat de funny 😆

[@StackND]

Its a romanian accent IDIOT

[@kokobutt3290]

It's actually an Romanian accent

[@3dmaster-749]

@@kokobutt3290 neeehhhh

[@emiliaandreea6485]

The expression "to rub mint" comes from the past, when people rubbed tables with mint, and when someone asked you what work you did and said "I rubbed mint" it meant that you did very little work, because it was very easy. Over time, the idea of ​​rubbing mint with doing nothing has been kept. Also your accent is killing me.

[@andreibolozan7616]

Animated stuff: the donut is the most honest of the pastrys Me: we say dat becuz dohnutt have hol

[@gheorghepatrascu1389]

1:00 esti cu musca pe caciuala🤣 it's so funny (as a Romanian) to watch this and translate, then read it again in english and start to laugh so hard because it sounds weird

[@hummingbird-mylove]

Here if you need it : 8. Dus cu pluta 9. Teoria chibritului 10. Ți-ai ieșit din pepeni 11. Îți vinde gogoși 12. Freci menta 13. Dai cu bâta în apă 14. Faci din țânțar armăsar 15. A fost prins cu mâța în sac I didn't get the other ones ;-;

[@ram_n_music]

1. Îți iei nasul la purtare 2. Frecție la picior de lemn 3. Ca baba și mitraliera 4. A tăcea ca porcul in păpușoi/porumb/cucuruz (aici depinde de regiune) 5. A te simți cu musca pe căciulă 6. Îți sare muștarul 7. A tăia frunze la câini

[@mistergatto5235]

Super. Bravo frate!

[@filipcolumbeanu5447]

The original expression is "venit cu pluta", meaning "came by raft" and means someone who is completely unfamiliar of his surroundings. Sort of like "picat din luna"/ "fell from the Moon". Since the expression probably predates trains, this could imply that the person came from far away and is also very poor. Perhaps he also got here by accident, being led by a strong current. He might even not speak the same language as the downstream locals. As usual with folk sayings, it became subject to hybridization: "gone with the raft" to signify mental incapacity could have borrowed from the "dus cu sorcova/ gone with the traditional ornamented twig". There is even an obvious XXth century addition: "he came with the raft on the pipeline", creating an even clearer image of a retrograde individual.

[@filipcolumbeanu5447]

I think "To sell doughnuts" meaning to lie or make false promises i think has a lot to do with doughnuts being big, but essentially being filled with air. :) So literally "empty words". I think doughnuts were more empty dough back in the day and less sugar bombs as we know then today. :)

[@filipcolumbeanu5447]

The Match Theory is about 80 years old and apparently comes from Romanian philosopher, logician, mathematician (and unfortunately far-right extremist) Nae Ionescu. He used matches in his doctoral thesis to exemplify the human life cycle. I am not sure if this is his original theory, but The Match Theory as it is known now (basically with the meaning of "splitting hairs") goes something like this: - A match stick is made of 3 parts. The top, the middle and the bottom. - The top part is made of three parts. The top, the middle and the bottom. - The middle part is also made of three parts. The top the middle and the bottom. And so on to infinity...

[@BIancu-yv9yd]

Defapt , frecatul mentei vine de la faptul ca slugile din antichitate frecau menta in camere ca sa dea un miros frumos

[@AnimatedStuff]

Nimeni: nimic HATER:

[@biancagozubuyuk7062]

You are really funny, i like you a looot

[@mihneababanu4224]

Great moldovan accent

[@Youhannaxinia]

Frech menta

[@mvdmusicvideostorefreshthe3224]

Fantastic, what are the sayings in Romanian? Thanks.

[@loredanungureanu1597]

Faza cu gogoșile are sens și în engleză.Atunci când minți se zice că vinzi gogoși

[@thirstyecho]

Sound s like Estonian english accent😅

[@Adriana_MGO]

"te duci cu pluta?" 😂

[@TheRhuen]

English has, The Cat is out of the bag, meaning something you were trying to hide has been revealed for all to see.

[@flowaagurl1396]

❤️

[@07x]

Most of these are real I am Romanian and most of these are actuall sayings

[@AnimatedStuff]

A pretty lousy one to be honest, mai citeste si tu o carte bro

[@07x]

@@AnimatedStuff nu mam uitat la tot da ori cum am schimbat comentu

[@AnimatedStuff]

pupici ❤️

[@idkgames860]

1:40 teoria chibritului :))

[@gheorghepatrascu1389]

2:36 faci din tânțar armăsar

[@icarussarts]

They are real, dudes. I am Romanian and I can confirm.

[@person7382]

De ce nu am auzit de 70% din astea

[@fkixmihai5920]

Băă vorbiți în română

[@cristinabivolaru2327]

Ce amuzanttt

[@didisvlog8404]

Ce program folosești pentru editare video? 🤩

[@AnimatedStuff]

After Effects si Premiere.

[@smol_girlhuandisime8308]

I'm romanian. Why haven't I heard of any of these?

[@Annie-fq5jp]

Whaaat? I am Romanian too and heard all of them.

[@smol_girlhuandisime8308]

@@Annie-fq5jp I really haven't idk why

[@theadventuresofpopcat4711]

Oh so im romanian? say Animated stuff in romanian Chestie Animata

[@AnimatedStuff]

*Chestii Animate 😘

[@alexanderukraine7208]

Pop Cat You mean Chestii Animate?

[@thomasthesoultaker3937]

Say up in Romanian😳

[@thirstyecho]

What thee..🤣😂😅

[@someweebguybutactuallygirl3694]

"Nu mai freca menta"

[@alexanderukraine7208]

You have Romanian accent

[@Ai0n]

poate cineva sa-mi spuna care e zicala cu batrana si mitraliera??

[@AnimatedStuff]

ca baba si mitraliera?

[@andreivanpopa]

What's with the russian accent? :))

[@alexanderukraine7208]

The accent is Romanian

[@baldovin5541]

Its an slavic accent

[@afroditi_stella]

Peerf

[@Jensenrobinb]

Why can’t people tell apart moldovan and russian accents, and why is everyone so nonsensical?

[@imStarryn]

Learn your accent lmfao. Also why clickbait? I mean yes you get views but seriously theres nothting true.

[@AnimatedStuff]

ce te-ai incordat asa boss?

[@killshot1029]

Tot ce a spus a fost pur si simplu corect :/