My New Favorite Welsh Idioms
I have, thanks to the lovely BBC and their insistence that they help me on my quest to be a better Welsh speaker (and not just me, but also everyone else who uses their website as a Welsh-learning resource) two new favorite Welsh idioms. The first is hel straeon which literally means "to collect stories". One could say, Dw i wedi hel straeon. and one would idiomatically mean, "I have been gossiping." Not that one would ever have a reason to say such a thing.
My second new favorite idiom is: fel melin bupur which literally means "like a pepper mill". One could say Mae hi'n siarad fel melin bupur. And, one would be saying, in effect, that "She talks non-stop." Again, not that one would ever find occasion to do so.
Given my love of both idiom and Welsh, I expect that this newfound discovery of an online archive of Idiomatic expressions in Welsh will both be a source of inspiration and a way for me to pester my Welsh-speaking friends.
