Da lachen ja die Hühner (There laugh the chickens)
With many sayings the origin can be traced back far and often there is an exciting story behind it. Todays saying (proverb) is...
...There laugh the chickens (in German: Da lachen ja die Hühner)
The proverb expresses that something is very nonsensical and ridiculous.
It assumes that chickens are not so smart animals. So if even the chickens become attentive and laugh (cluck) about something, it must be really absurd.
My friend said "I have seen a chicken running around headless for one week". So I answered: "There laughs the chickens".
"There the chickens laugh" is related to the whistling pigs, however, it is even closer to everyday life.
Or how the Germans would say: "Da lachen ja die Hühner."
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Tell us in the comments below when you have seen a chicken laughing the last time or when you could have used that phrase.
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