Heidi (iheartrobits) wrote in linguaphiles,
Heidi
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hello linguaphiles! I am having a conversation with a friend and he was asking me about German idioms. In English, we say "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse" while in German the same idea would be "I have the hunger of a bear."

How would one say, "expect the best, prepare for the worst"? I assume there are some people here who can help us out; does anyone know how to express this saying?

EDIT: What are your favorite translations of common idioms?
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  • Interpretation of the Legend

    (inscriptions on the Kushan Kingdom coins / надписи на монетах Кушанского царства)

  • Spanish query

    I would be most grateful if anyone could help me out with a Spanish idiom, an expression appearing in a discussion of torture from the late 18th…

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