Corner linguist. Idioms, phrases, and etymology of the stable

[Игорь Гурьев]

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Avoir du blé, de l'oseille = have wheat, sorrel = have money

In Russian, some money is called "cabbage": in general, too broad green leaves.

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Yes, I forgot, sorry. "interfere in their beans

But we can say and "Occupe-toi de tes haricots" = "Tend your beans".

Rather, they say "Occupe-toi de tes tes ognons", that I hear quite often from fraztsuzov