Common Catalan idioms and proverbs with their figurative meanings explained, for an upper-level learner. Front: the Catalan idiom or proverb. Back: English meaning and usage note.
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- Fer el cor fort
- To make the heart strong, meaning to brace oneself or steel one's courage
- Ploure a bots i barrals
- To rain in jugs and barrels, meaning it's raining cats and dogs
- Fer safareig
- To do the laundry (literally), meaning to gossip
- Tocar el dos
- To touch the two, meaning to leave or scram
- Anar-se'n en orris
- To go to ruin, meaning something falls apart or fails completely
- Tenir la mosca darrere l'orella
- To have the fly behind the ear, meaning to be suspicious of something
- Estar en un núvol
- To be in a cloud, meaning to be daydreaming
- Fer l'orni
- To play dumb, pretending not to notice something
- Posar-se les piles
- To put in the batteries, meaning to get one's act together
- Costar un ull de la cara
- To cost an eye from the face, meaning to cost a fortune
- No tenir pèls a la llengua
- To have no hairs on the tongue, meaning to speak bluntly
- Tirar la casa per la finestra
- To throw the house out the window, meaning to spare no expense
- Ser un cul de mal seient
- To be a bottom that can't sit still, meaning to be restless or fidgety
- Anar per feina
- To go for work, meaning to get straight down to business
- Estar com un flam
- To be like a flan, meaning to be very nervous or shaky
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