Idioms and/or Proverbs

Question 1

During the colonial times

Answer 1

ໃນ ສະໄໝ ລ້າເມືອງຂຶ້ນ

Question 2

ຂ້ອຍໄດ້ຕາມໃຈ.

Answer 2

I got what I wanted.

Question 3

It is expensive.

Answer 3

ມັນ ກິນ ເງິນ ລາຍ.

Question 4

ຄວາມຮັກ ເຮັດໃຫ້ ເຈັ້າ ຕາ ບອດ

Answer 4

Love makes you blind.

Question 5

It’s worth the cost.

Answer 5

ມັນ ກູມ ຄ່າ.

Question 6

ມືດຕຶບ

Answer 6

I’m blanking/I can’t think of it.

Question 7

The things that we see are the things that we look for…

Answer 7

ສິ່ງ ທີ່ ພວກເຮົາ ເຫັນ ແມ່ນ ຂຶ້ນກັບ ສິ່ງ ທີ່ ຊອກຫາ.

Question 8

ລົງລົງລຶມລຶມ

Answer 8

To be forgetful

Question 9

Let’s eat together!

Answer 9

ສູ່ກັບກິນ

Question 10

ເຂົ້າຍາກ, ໝາກໄມ້ແພງ

Answer 10

Times are hard (finding rice is hard, fruit is expensive)

Question 11

ໃນ ນ້ຳ, ມີປາ, ໃນ ນາມີເຂົ້າ

Answer 11

Things are easy (there’s fish in the river and rice in the fields)