, a dictionary of translated idioms published by Lonely Planet in 2004.

/ To give away the spoon
Czech:
/ To stretch the slippers
Swedish:
/ To fall off the stick
Latvian:
/ To put down the spoon
Dutch:
/ To go around the corner
Danish:
/ To leave your clogs behind

/ To be moving like an aspen tree
Latvian:
/ Like snot on a wire

/ When hens have teeth
Spanish:
/ When frogs grow hair
Russian:
/ When the crayfish whistles
Turkish:
/ When fish climb trees
Filipino:
/ When the crow turns white
Finnish:
/ When cows fly

/ When grapes ripen on the willow
Dutch:
/ When Easter and Pentecost are on the same day
German:
/ When it snows in summer
Italian:
/ In the week with two Thursdays
Spanish:
/ Goalkeeper’s day
Slovenian:
/ On Saint Never’s Day
Portuguese:
/ On Saint Never’s Day

/ It’s all railway station to me
Czech:
/ It’s a Spanish village to me
French: