Channel: Good Mythical More
YouTube Video ID: ctzrnbPHiNo
Episode Post Date: March 18, 2026
Episode Number: 3003
Transcript
In English, we say it's raining cats and dogs, but what do they say in French? Welcome to Good Mythical More. You want to get a little linguistic lesson in intercultural connection. Wow. Yes, I do. Idioms. You love 'em. You know 'em. You know the ones that you use. Uh, but we're gonna be looking at other ways that these, uh, types of things are said. So of course, that first one, when it's raining really hard. We say. It's raining cats and dogs. Actually, I don't say that. I've never said it, but I know what's happening when people do say it. It would be fun to say the, my favorite one is when it's raining really hard. It's like a cow pissing on a flat rock. Right. That's a pretty regional one. My dad, of course, taught me that, um, that's my favorite. What did they say in Thailand when it's raining hard? I don't know. I've never been to Thailand. Guess you have. Yes, I have. Okay. Let's see. The first, and it did rain. Let's see the first one. Yeah. So for the first one in, uh, in America we say one fry short of a happy meal. When you're saying somebody's not smart, one fry short of a happy meal. So what do they say in Portuguese? Okay. And so we've got this with the blanks. He has a little blank in the blank. And in, in Portugal, you've been to Portugal. Yeah. They speak Portuguese there. Mm-hmm. I assume. Mm-hmm. What do they have? What's their thing? Is it like sausage? You got, you got a little salt in your sausage? No, that, that's something different. Uh, there's lots of fish. Lot of fish. You got lot of fish. And what would make a fish dumb? You got a little hook. Hook in the brain. He has a little hook in the brain. He, but also, you know what? He has a little, they're known for port Portugal. Oh. The drink. The fortified wine. The fortified wine. It's like syrup, isn't it? And it's real thick. Uh, it can be thick. Yeah. He has a little something in the port. He has a little fly in a port. But that doesn't make you stupid. That makes you, no, that's, yeah. A fog in the brain. If you're to give us one, give us one of 'em. The one that's least helpful. Okay, so the second blank is attic. He has little something in the attic. Oh, he has a little fish in the attic. Uh, he has a little, he has a little dust in the attic. He has a little cobweb. He has a little squatter in the attic. You know how when you realize someone's been living upstairs for years and. Looking through your peep holes. Yeah, I want that. Yeah, you do. I could see why a little dust in the attic is, is solid. But that I think you're going, uh, that's too liberal. Yeah, that's, that's too good. Uh, you need to go a little more whimsical. Has a little fairy in the attic. Why do you want a squatter in your house? Mystery. He's always there. Or she. I had a na I, my neighbors were squatters and I didn't know it. I told you that back when I lived in, in, I lived in Encino on that cul-de-sac and the people moved out and then I thought somebody moved in and then after a while they moved out because the cops told 'em to because they were, they just found a way in and they were just squat as what's why you can, I mean, that's, it is amazing, dude. Think, think about what'd you just do? I think I broke my ankle. You just, you just shattered it like literally like a, like a piece of plastic. I just, did you hear that? I stepped on a, a plastic doodad from a different episode. Okay. Well, it happens. He has a little blank in the attic, A little whimsical, a little magic in the attic. A little, but it makes him not quite there. A little. Oh. This is somebody, it is more somebody who's weird, not somebody who's stupid. Right. For one fry short of a happy meal. I, uh, I feel like it's. Yeah, it's dumb. Yeah, you, you're, you're dumb. Okay. And we do also, you can see the Portuguese if you think that'll help you. Yeah, let's do it. Because I went there one time. "Tem macaquinhos no sotão" Mosquito. Yep. He has a little mosquito in the attic. He has a little machine in the attic. Quin, he has a little prostitute in the attic. How'd you get prostitute outta that? I don't know. I don't know. Uh, all right. We give up. All right. It's, he has little monkeys in the attic. He don't love that we can do better Portugal. Okay. That second word in Portuguese I thought might help. 'cause it looks like maca, like a maca monkey. Uh, we didn't. So, uh, also for one fry short of a Happy Meal, we, there's a, a Dutch one. He got a blow from the blank. Davin. Blow. Calm down, Davin. From, sorry, I, I just got real excited. Okay, well. Let blow from the Davin. Davin's been so sad all day. All of a sudden he just started laughing. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Dutch, he got a blow from the boxer. Is that the kind of blow that it Oh, he got a blow from the windmill. He got a blow from the windmill. Yes. Right on the head or the clog. It has to be one of those two. Yes. Did it? Here, here in America, we give five, what was that silent five like? Like you didn't move, you were further away. Yeah, let's do it again. And I went like that. And like it touched, but it almost didn't. It's the ninja five. It's the ninja five. So it's, so when ninjas give five to each other, you know, tag team ninjas when they do something, they get five after they, and they're like, it's silent. Silent stuff again. You give me one. Oh, okay. We'll figure it out. All right. You ready for the next one? Yes. Okay, so we say don't count your chickens before they hatch. Don't count your tickets before they hatch. Don't get ahead of yourself. Don't Turkish. I say don't count your turkeys before. That's it. That's it. I'm not getting ahead of myself. What is it? Do not roll up your blank before you see the blank. Don't roll up your sleeves, your sleeves before, before you the hand. The butter. The butter. I'm just thinking about churning butter. Don't roll up your sleeves before you see the sink. That's where you, where do you roll up your sleeves. Don't roll up your sleeves before you see the water. Don't roll up your sleeves before you see the uh, um. What's something else? You roll your sleeves on. Stirrups. This is for a, it's a, it's a, it's a medical reference. So you're the, for the, it's from the perspective of, from a doctor. Turkish doctors are really having a moment right now 'cause of the transplants. Transplants. What else's the surgeries? It's all kinds of plastic surgeries. Plastic surgeries. You can get in, in, uh, in Turkey. And is it Turkey? A now? I believe it is. Okay. Do not roll up. Is it sleeves? It's not sleeves, but it's not far off from sleeves. Oh, pants. Don't roll up your pants before you see the pond. Puddle. Don't roll up your pants before you see the puddle. Yeah. Yeah. I'll give it to you. It's, uh, do not roll up your trouser legs before you see the stream. Okay. Trouser legs. Trouser legs, pants. Just say pants. In LA we say trouser. Like if you're a native, like I am, like a local, we say trouser legs. Now this is not before you see the street. I'm not, this is not to be culturally insensitive, but I think that ours is better than this because that, I think that counting chickens before you hatch, before they hatch. Is a direct one-to-one like representation of like, listen, you don't know what you got, what you got, but like, don't roll up your trouser legs before you get to the stream. It's like you have what? You're wet legs or wet trousers, not really that big of a deal, but if you think you got 12 little chicks and mm-hmm. Turns out that only eight of 'em hatch. Yeah, you can't, I mean, that's gonna screw up your whole planning system. Yeah. What? What? What's the worst that can happen if you've rolled your pants up too soon? Right? Yeah. People see you ankles. So we're saying no to this one. Yeah. Next. All right. We say it's raining cats and dogs. In France, they say it's raining like a blanking blank. Dying duck raining like a, because a duck would fall from the sky. Oh, that okay. Yeah. And they love duck. It's raining like a, in French cuisine, uh, a blanking blank. It's raining like a falling baguette. Mm-hmm. Uh, it's, it's raining. Like a what, what falls in France? Uh. I know what mainly falls in Spain, but I don't know. And I can show you the French again if that'll help. Well, that'll will give it away because we fluent, we've took three years, so we, we'll get it like that. See, I knew you took French, but I still thought I could show it to you. No show. Sure. I'd like to see how you do with that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Is falling like a pissing? A pissing goose? Vache. What's a vache? Vache? What's a vache? Vache, I thought was. A piss pissing. Bird. A goose. Uh. En espanol, vache es vaca. Vaca. Vaca is a, um, is a backpack. It's a dossier. What? But it is pissing, right? Yep, it is pissing. Okay. And la vaca, uh, this won't help you, but it is also a very popular song. Thanks for not helping us. Angel. It's raining like a pissing angel. That's where rain comes from. Because it would, I mean that's, yeah, they're up there. It's a cow. It's a cow. Yep. Oh, I remember. I don't know. It just came out of nowhere. So hold on. So this is where a cow pissing on the flat rock. I mean, I think that maybe your dad's got a little French in it. Yes, exactly. This is it. It iss raining like a cow pissing on a flat rock. Has he? In France. Has your dad been to Europe? Your dad in Europe? That would be great. Hold on. For him or for? For everyone. So you wanna send him with a camera crew? Has he been? I don't think so. Your dad in, I don't think European country. Your dad in any country other than America actually would be great. Um, yeah. Yeah. Think of all the things he would discover. We can send him somewhere. I, I mean, I think he's been, I don't know. I don't think he's been to Europe. Let's send Charles places. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Okay. Need a sponsor for that? We need a sponsor for that link. I don't know what time it is where you are if you're out there, but I'm in Portugal and you are a sponsor that would like to, uh, sponsor us sending Charles to different places. Let us know because that can be arranged next. All right, so we say. Once in a blue moon. Yep. Once in a blue moon. Every once in a while, and this is in Italy. Every death of a, every death of a sale. I'm finally going to Italy for the first time this year. You pulled the trigger on that? Mm, yeah. I mean, for the anniversary, it's cocked. It's ready to go, but yeah. Mm-hmm. Okay, congratulations. So I'll learn this when I'm there so we can skip it. Now, what doesn't die that often? In, in Italy? In Italy. Uh, an olive tree that's too long. Every, yeah, it's a short blank. Every death of a tree. Uh, what's the first letter in English? In English, it's P, every death of a. Pear. A PP. Parker. P. P. Is it a, is it an animal? Yes. That's gonna be, no. I would say don't think of it as an animal, but it was funny to think of it as an animal. Don't think of. Him, her, them as an animal. Okay, so this is a occupation. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Every death of a, um, P pan. P pantomime, yep. Mm-hmm. Uh, a pamphlet giver, uh, uh, panhandler. Oh God, I'm sorry. That's sad. Uh, every death of a pants maker. P. Pooter Parrot. Parrot Farmer. PPP. Peculiar person, every death of a person. Plant expert, every, this is Italy now every death of a, give us the next letter. O. Pawn. PPP Poo. PP. Poor Potter, every death of a potter poo. Poor pet parent. Every time there is a death of this, there's a big meeting that takes place. President, prime Minister, politic politician, PO Po. Pope. Yeah. Every death of a pope, obvious every death of a Pope, which doesn't happen very often. This is a really good one. This is a very good one. Yeah. For the Catholics, you know, you're reaching the Catholics. This is really, this is, this is really good. I currently do not have plans every death of a Pope to go to the Vatican, because I'm not, I, I'm not, I mean, you don't partake. I'm, I'm, well, I'm there for such a short period of time. I'm actually maybe just stopping in Rome, like during, like, I'm not, it's, I, I feel like you don't have to do it all right. I just feel like if I go to Rome, I'm gonna feel overwhelmed, and so I'm just not doing, don't even go. I'm, I'm barely even doing, I'm going Don't, there, don't, don't go. So I'm sorry to the Pope. Stay in your hotel wherever you want. Just stay there. Just hold up. No, I'm gonna be out quite a bit. Well, aren't you celebrating your anniversary? Yeah. Well, I got time for that. Doesn't take me long. Next, all right. Green Day says, nice guys. Finish last we, we do too. Um, a cat in the blank catches no mice. A cat in the house catches no mice. Is that true? A cat in the cage catches no mice. A cat in the cupboard catches no mice. A cat in the a cat in. A cat in. There's no V. A cat in ketchup. Ketchup catches no mice. Uh, a cat wouldn't catch any mice if they were in bed. Yep. A cat in bed. That would be good. Don't be lazy. A cat in. What was our saying? A grave. Nice guys finish last. Nice guys finish last. We're not really. Oh, so what? What? And a cat is being too nice. I, yeah. What's a nice cat being in doing? I've never experienced it. Our cat will jump up on the back of the seat that we're on and then bite our heads. Really? She'll, he'll just get up there and just bite the head of whoever's in the seat. Yeah, but not really hard. Really hard, really? And I, and I think he wants scratches. He does this as you. He does it to Christie more than me. Does she get mad at him? Yeah. How does he draw blood? No, it's not like that. But your cat, uh, is it only bites that doesn't use his claws? Uh, no. He doesn't use his claws Really? He bites. He will, will cat think about a mean plants too. That might use its claws. Oh, the opposite of of that. What? You're giving us a hint. No, no. Yeah. Are you? Yeah. That was a hint. A cat in a cat in withdrawn. Withdrawn. A cat in heat when you withdraw your claws. I don't know. Give us a, give it, let's read the Spanish. Say it, say it in your in in an, in an accent that you can use. Do that again. One more time. Guantes. Guantes. I don't even know which word I'm trying to. Guantes. The one you're saying. Bats. Bat, bat, bat crap. Guano. Guantes. Guantes. A cat. Why is this so hard? I'm glad nothing depends on it. Guas, go back, go back to the previous slide, the blank. A cat in guas catches no mice. A a cat in cheese would catch mice. Okay. What is it? A cat in gloves catches no mice. Oh, the claws ententes. A cat in in gloves. Yeah. Oh, okay. Yeah. Nice guys. Finish line. Well don't wear gloves. Yeah, take the gloves off. Take take the, yeah. The gloves have come off. Yep. A cat in gloves. Catches no mice. I like this. I like this. This is, yes, this is, yes. We're gonna use this one Next. Last one. I think my blank whistles is German and we say, I can't believe it. I can't believe it. I think my brain whistles. I think my, it's pretty short. I think my, what's the word? That's that short two, A two letter word. I think my I ear nose, I, and what would be unbelievable about something whistling. What's, what's the English again? I can't believe it. I can't believe it. So not so much an idiom, just like an expression of disbelief. I think my whistles. What would whistle? I think my, I think my mind whistles, uh, give us the first letter. P. Poo. Okay. Pop paw. I think my paw whistles. Pie. I think my pie whistles. Second letter. I. Pine. Pit. I think my pit whistles. Third letter. I mean that's just gonna give it away. Third letter. G. I think my pig whistles Oh. Gosh, we're dumb. We are so dumb. We're one fry short of a happy meal. We got monkeys in our attic. Get the Mythical outdoor blanket as a third degree, quarterly or annual member by March 31st at MythicalSociety.com.