A bit of context for the Indonesian one, the way "moon" is used there is similar to month, so it's basically "the time of the month is here" said as "datang bulan"
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"I have my bears" does not exist in the french language.
Kindly,
A french guy.
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The Blood Moon rises once again (Hyrulian)
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German: there are painters in the cellar.
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oh lawd he comin
I have my bears (French)
I never heard it before, and I'm french.
We are saying "The indians are coming" though, which is racist af
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Mom used to call it "hilloviikot" or "jam weeks" in English.
Well, they do have some strong arguments.
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Japanese flag week - My friend at uni
Are they communists because they are red or because they have seized the means of production? 🤔
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A common one in Guatemala is "I am with Andrés, the guy visits me once a month."
It is used because Andrés rhymes with month (mes).
I'm pretty sure no Italian ever said Garibaldi is coming, except in 1860 when he actually was coming. But you could say there weren't any Italian at the time, as Italy was just made
As a Swede, I’ve never heard lingonveckan before.
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Well, I am french and I've never heard the phrase "I have my bears"...
Garibaldi is coming is oddly menacing.
Some other Swedish ones:
Jam in the pancake crease - Sylt i plättväcket (plätt(ar) is a small kind of pancake)
Closed for the week - Stängt för veckan
Old Lady red - Tant röd
The misery - Eländet
Month crazy - Månadsgalen
In Icelandic you say you're on tour
Dunno if it has some funny, wide-area name in my country but my parner and her mother simply say aunt visits them. xD
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Well, they do have some strong arguments.
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I get the strong feeling that none of these are real.
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What is the Danish one in Danish?
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"The moon came" sounds like it's from the Local58 analog creepypasta.
In Korea, they refer to it as "magic" time. Take that as you will.
Je n'ai jamais entendu "avoir ses ours" ailleurs que dans des listes de vocabulaire. Quelqu'un l'a-t-il déjà entendu dans la vraie vie ?
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TIL!
We have used terms "blood moon" and "bloody hell" with wife, probably not very original
The moon what?
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