40 brilliant idioms that simply can’t be translated literally

Posted on by Mr. Lakhaney

The idiom: Tomaten auf den Augen haben.
Literal translation: “You have tomatoes on your eyes.”
What it means: “You are not seeing what everyone else can see. It refers to real objects, though — not abstract meanings.”

http://blog.ted.com/40-idioms-that-cant-be-translated-literally/

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