German Idioms

etwas wie seine Westentasche wissen - to know something like your waistcoat pocket/like the back of your hand

ich bin keine Kuh, die man melken kann - I'm not a cow who you can milk/not made of money

einen Vogel haben - to have a bird (in your head)/to be crazy

wo sich die Füchse gute Nacht sagen - where the foxes say goodnight/go to bed/in the middle of nowhere

in Strömen regnen - to rain cats and dogs

Tomaten auf den Augen haben - to have tomatoes over your eyes/be oblivious to what is going on around you

Der Fisch stinkt vom Kopf her - the fish starts stinking from the head/problems start at the top

Schwein haben - to have a pig/a stroke of luck