Nationality Related Idioms In Bulgarian

Map created by Amazing__mapsI love this map, who knew the Bulgarian “Leaving the English Way” was the equivalent to the English, “Irish Goodbye.” Here are the rest of them:

Russia

• RUSKA MASHINA – “Russian Machine”
  Something inefficient but very durable
• RUSKI BAR – “Russian Bar”
  Drinking in public (usually in a park)
• RUSKI FILM – “Russian Movie”
  Boring/bad movie

England

• IZMAKVAM SE PO ANGLUSKI – “Leaving the English way”
  To leave without saying goodbye

Poland

• SHTE TE MLATJA KATO PLJAN POLIAK RUSKA BALALAJKA – “To beat up someone like a drunk Pole fights a Russian”
  To beat up someone badly

Germany

• CHAKASH DA DOJOAT GERMANCITE LI? – “Are you waiting for the Germans?”
  When someone is slow or panics and freezes

Switzerland

• KATO SHVEJCARSKI CHASOVNIK – “Like a Swiss clock”
  To be always on time

Romania

• VLASITE NAKRAJ DUNAVA SE DAVJAT
  “The Vlachs drown near the shores of the Danube”
  To quit something at the last moment

Albania

• KUH KATO ALBANSKI BUNKER – “Empty like an Albanian bunker”
  To be dumb/brainless
• ZAGRJAVASH KATO ALBANSKI REOTAN
  “To heat up like an Albanian radiator”
  A very dumb person needs time to understand
• KATO ALBANSKI TIRADZIJA
  “To park like an Albanian truck driver”
  Someone who has parked badly

Greece

• KATO GRCKA VAZA – “Like a Greek vase”
  A man with a big ass

Turkey

• TURSKA RABOTA – “A Turkish job”
  To do something sloppily/bad quality