A Hungarian equivalent to “a bad workman blames his tools” is ha egy kacsa nem tud úszni nem a víz a hülye. It means “if the duck can't swim, it's not the water that's stupid”
* And if you want more international duck phrases and facts, the following thread should fit the bill…
* And if you want more international duck phrases and facts, the following thread should fit the bill…
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An expression that I love is "galinha que anda com pato morre afogada" ("a hen that walks with ducks drowns"), meaning that if you associate with the wrong company, you might end up facing the same consequences as them
ductwork: when a waterfowl has already played hooky and got away with it
duct tape: tape that has been pecked at and maybe pissed on a lil
duckbill: a document compelling birds to pay for worms they already ate
duckbill, v: to avoid the duckbill
https://ciberduvidas.iscte-iul.pt/consultorio/perguntas/pagar-o-pato/33206
5. Billy, Villy, Dilly (Russian)
4. Hinko, Vinko, Dinko (Croatian)
3. Farfoor, Karkoor, Zarzoor (Arabic)
2. Kwik, Kwek, Kwak (Indonesian)
1. Hugo, Paco, Luis (Mexican Spanish)
We call Daisy Duck's nieces Kylle, Pylle and Rylle. Disappointed to learn that the girl's original American names are simply April, May and June.
6. Paman Gober (Indonesian)
5. Joakim Von Anka (Swedish)
4. Onkel Skrue (Norwegian)
3. Balthazar Picsou (French)
2. Paperon de’ Paperoni (Italian)
1. Rico MacPato (Chilean Spanish)
I suspect it could be because by the time Ducktales was translated in the early 90s, many Hungarians would have seen it on German satellite TV in the 80s, where the name is also Dagobert.
(A ducks sound in Danish is not quack but rap)
qui and qua = two ways to say “here”
quo = Latin, it’s complicated
the sound ducks make is qua qua qua qua
Mickey Mouse (Topolino = little mouse) lives in Topolinia.
(But I suspect you know that)
Random D.U.C.K place name, a popular newspaper comic in Finland was originally set in Karl-Barks-Stadt
Also if you manage to completely fuck up something that should have been a slam dunk then that's 煮熟的鸭子飞了 'the cooked duck flew away' (I love this mental image 😂)
kaczka dziennikarska (news duck)
= fake news
Oh wait, it's "horse" and "drink"....my bad!
In Brazil Scrooge is Tio Patinhas. "Patinhas" is an old-timey word for money, and also the word for "ducklings". Brilliant name!
Case in point, my 'safety boots' fell apart in less than 2 weeks, where ones I brought myself lasted 3 years with only cosmetic damage.
Ducks are simply funny:
Duck
Goat
Ferret.
Prove me wrong😹
But what is the difference between a duck?
One of its legs are both the same.
Its an old satirists joke, I'm not sure either.
The Tamil equivalent is “A lame horse gives a slippery surface as an excuse (for a fall)”