List of Yonderian idioms

The following is a list of idioms and metaphors popular in Yonderre and/or used about Yonderre and Yonderians.

Yonderian idioms

Idiom	Meaning	Burgoignesc	Gothic	Origin
A man of ten thumbs but large arms	An inept person who manages regardless	Un gend de dix pouces mais de gros bras	Ein Mann mit zehn Daumen aber großen Armen	Medieval Gothic
Anglei's final warning	A warning that carries no real consequences.	L'ultime avertissement d'Anglei	Änglalands letzte Warnung	Coined by Siegmar von Willing during the Great Confessional War
Do not fornicate or else discover	A warning about engaging in a risky course of action and then experiencing the negative consequences, compare with Ænglish "reap what you have sown"	Ne fornique pas, sinon tu le découvriras	Unzucht nicht, sonst herausfinst du	Coined by Siegmar von Willing threatening the Bishop of Toubourg in the mid-sixteenth century
I am a cook, simply or I am just a cook	Having no idea when presented with a question or having no wish to answer	E'sui cosineuer, solement	Ich bin nur Koch	Coined by Yonderian comedy duo de Beauregard and Évêsque from the 1935 film "Pastries, stockings and machineguns" in which the character played by Évêsque utters the phrase when asked about his opnion on the on-going Second Great War and the rationing that has occured in Yonderre as a result of it
My horse has bolted and yet my heart smiles	Showing indifference to bad news that are outshined or made insignificant by good news or a happy occasion	Mon cheval s'est enfui et pourtant mon cœur sourit	Mein Pferd ist weggelaufen und doch lächelt mein Herz	Purported to be said by several historic figures in the fifteenth century but possibly an invention of Yonderian national romanticism
That is all yesterday's snow	All is forgotten, compare with Ænglish "water under the bridge"	C'est de la neige d'hier	Das ist Schnee von gestern	Medieval Gothic
We take the Golden Road to Bayen	Used to express determination or that something is about to happen, particularly that the person speaking is about to act	Nous prenons la Route d'Or jusqu'à Bayen	Wir nehmen den Goldweg nach Bayen	From the poem "The Golden Journey to Bayen"
Why am I the pink one?	Used to express unfairness at being picked to do something unpleasant or being picked last out of a group	Pourquoi suis-je le rose?	Warum bin ich der Rosa?	Coined in the 1990 Primo Kino film "Hounds of the Pool"

Idioms about Yonderre and Yonderians

Idiom	Meaning	Burgoignesc	Gothic	Origin
The Yonderian is the only man who can follow you into a revolving door and come out first	Referring to the stereotype of the tenacity of Yonderian people and/or their refusal to accecpt how things may seem to work	Le Yonderesc est le seul homme qui peut vous suivre dans une porte tournante et en ressortir le premeuer	Der Yondersche ist der einzige Mann, der dir in eine Drehtür folgen und als Erster herauskommen kann	Unknown, presumably after the invention of the revolving door
The Yonderian sails only for the other coast	Referring to the idea that Yonderians do not enjoy travelling (especially by sea) and only travels as a means to arriving elsewhere	Le Yonderesc navigue uniquement vers l'autre côte	Der Yondersche segelt nur für die andere Küste	Burgundie, most probably with the Navy of Burgundie c. seventeenth century

Metaphors about Yonderre and Yonderians

Metaphor	Native language	Meaning	Burgoignesc	Gothic	Origin
Boner	Osidek (Kiravic Coscivian)	A Yonderian	Osseuer	Knocher	Kiravian, mid-nineteenth century, in referrence to Yonderian paleontologists who were highly active in Kiravia during the latter half of the nineteenth century
Cake man	蛋糕人 (Daxian) (Dangao)	A Yonderian	Conditeuer	Konditor	Daxian, eighteenth century, typically of captured Burgoignesc ship's cooks mentioned in Daxian Captain's logs and prisoner rolls
Deric-jouster Or Deric-tilter	Jouster dericois (Burgoignesc)	One who fights Derians. The word translates as "jouster", "one who jousts" in Burgoignesc and "tilter", "one who tilts" in Gothic	n/a	Derikerkipper	Burgoignesc, unknown but presumed sixteenth century, in reference to Yonderian mercenaries fighting for Burgundie against Derians.
Green man	Gend vert (Burgoignesc)	A Yonderian mercenary, sometimes simply a Yonderian person	n/a	Grüner Mann	Burgoignesc, attested to in a sixteenth century manuscript, in reference in part to the Green Knight of Yonderian folklore and in part to the green colours typically worn by soldiers of the period from Kubagne
Jean Vollard	n/a	A stereotypical person from the Vollardic mountains	n/a	n/a	First printed in the seventeenth century
Land of the second son	Terre du deuxième fils (Burgoignesc)	Yonderre	n/a	Land des zweiten Sohnes	Referring to the Conquest of Joanusterra where many second sons, unlikely to inherit in Maritime Dericania (modern day Burgundie), travelled to Gothica to win land; also referring to Yonderre standing in the shadow of Burgundie
Volonderre	Burgoignesc	A Yonderian soldier in the service of Burgundie	n/a	n/a	Second Great War, a portmanteau of Burgoignesc volonteuer (volunteer) and "Yonderre"