alchemico:

kaching:

Fabulous Tumblr Article on Art

tranquilturmoil:

hominisaevum:

Netherlandish Proverbs (also called Flemish Proverbs, The Blue Cloak or The Topsy Turvy World) is a 1559 oil-on-oak-panel painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder which depicts a land populated with literal renditions of Dutch/Flemish proverbs of the day. (high-res)

The picture is overflowing with references and most of the representations can still be identified: as well you’ll see.

To even be able to tie the devil to a pillow (Obstinacy overcomes everything)

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To bang one’s head against a brick wall (To try to achieve the impossible)

One foot shod, the other bare (Balance is paramount)

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To bell the cat (To carry out a dangerous or impractical plan)

To be armed to the teeth (To be heavily armed)

To put your armor on (To be angry)

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The herring does not fry here (It’s not going according to plan)

To fry the whole herring for the sake of the roe (To do too much to achieve a little)

To get the lid on the head (To end up taking responsibility)

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To sit between two stools in the ashes (To be indecisive)

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To crap on the world (To despise everything)

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To be pissing against the moon (To waste one’s time on a futile endeavour)

To have toothache behind the ears (To be a malingerer)

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To shave the fool without lather (To trick somebody)

Two fools under one hood (Stupidity loves company)

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To toss feathers in the wind (To work fruitlessly)

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To gaze at the stork (To waste one’s time)

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To wipe one’s backside on the door (To treat something lightly)

To go around shouldering a burden (To imagine that things are worse than they are)

One beggar pities the other standing in front of the door (Being afraid for competition)

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If the blind lead the blind both will fall in the ditch (There is no point in being guided by others who are equally ignorant)

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To crap on the gallows (To be undeterred by any penalty)

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Who knows why geese go barefoot? (There is a reason for everything, though it may not be obvious)

If I am not meant to be their keeper, I will let geese be geese (Do not interfere in matters that are not your concern)

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To hold an eel by the tail (To undertake a difficult task)

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To take the hen’s egg and let the goose’s egg go (To make a bad decision)

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To have to stoop to get on in the world (To succeed one must be willing to make sacrifices)

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To confess to the Devil (To reveal secrets to one’s enemy)

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And you can see the rest here.

Rock ‘n roll.

Questo lo vidi dal vivo a Berlino.
Che quadro assurdo ragazzi miei, che quadro assurdo.