Tag Archives: eyes

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Portuguese: És um caracol com olhos
English: You are a rock with eyes
Collected: Amsterdam, Netherlands (12-16-2018)
Origin: Her mother used to say this about people when she was upset with someone. From Lisbon.

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Finnish: Silmäsi ovat niinkuin tähdet, eivät yhtä kirkkaat mutta yhtä kaukana toisista
English: Your eyes are like stars. Not as bright but as far apart from each other.
collected: Vaasa, Finland (12-19-2015)
origin: she thinks she heard it from a television show, maybe “How I Met Your Mother”

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Finnish: Silmäsi ovat niinkuin tähdet, eivät yhtä kirkkaat mutta yhtä kaukana toisista
English: Your eyes are like stars. Not as bright but as far apart from each other.
collected: Vaasa, Finland (12-19-2015)
origin: told to him by his father when he was a child

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“You’re so full of it your eyes are brown”
collected: Cleveland, Ohio – Cleveland Institute of Art (11-7-14)
origin: heard it from her cousins when growing up in suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio