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.
I knew about the honor-culture bit, but I’m now curious about what other languages use it as an insult.
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