IdiOmS

" Only when you know a country's idioms can you really know its culture "

   The definition of an idiom is a phrase whose meaning isn't clear from the words in it. -or as  in Wikipedia- the idiom is an expression, word, or phrase that has a figurative meaning that is comprehended in regard to a common use of that expression that is separate from the literal meaning or definition of the words of which it is made,

idioms are not only fond in English ,matter of fact , they are found in all cultures and languages all around the world ..few of them here:

Add water to the mud :add fuel to the fire (Arabic)

I hope to eat your eye : you’re cute (Albanian)

An ant milker:  a miser, tight wad (Arabic )

On the day of St. Never… if it doesn't rain :unlikeliness of something being done (portuguese)

To seize the moon by the teeth: attempt the impossible (French).

To get one's eyes stolen: to be dazzled (Japanese)

Belch smoke from the seven orifices of the head: to be furious (Chinese).
To live like a maggot in bacon: live in luxury (German)

To become naked:  to go broke, poor (Japanese)

Cleaner than a frog's armpit: to be poor, broke (Spanish).