9 Delightful Sayings From Around The World

To let a frog out of your mouth – to say the wrong thing.

To feed the donkey sponge cake – give good treatment to someone who doesn't need it.

Not my circus, not my monkeys – not my problem.

To have a midlife crisis.

Good luck (see also: break a leg).

To have a stick in your ear – to not listen to someone.

To give someone pumpkins – to reject someone's advances. Apparently this originates from ancient Greece, as they were considered an anti-aphrodisiac.

To have a wide face – to have many friends.

A cat's jump – a short distance away.

To ride as a hare – to travel without a ticket. According to Hotel Club, "it comes from the fact that fare-dodgers would shake like a hare whenever the ticket inspectors would come round."