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Untitled goose rule (slrpnk.net)
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[–] Oisteink@feddit.nl 8 points 4 months ago

I know of at lest Nordic languages, german languages, slavic languages, Urdu, Yiddish

Some are not literal translations, but have the same meening. Like silly as a goose - not stupid. Or just beeing refered to as a goose implying simplicity, stupidity or sillyness.

The word goose by itself has extensive use un english https://www.reginacoeli.com/blog/goose-idioms.html https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goose

They do look kinda akward