The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
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English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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The dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush is called a "nurdle".
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'⸮' is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony.
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The technical term for a cat’s hairball is a “bezoar.”
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