Languagle #6: Croatian
Besposlen pop i jariće krsti
"An idle priest will even baptise the goat kids."
What it means
Used for someone who, with nothing real to do, invents pointless busywork instead. The image specifically picks a priest, a respected, educated figure, being reduced to performing a serious ritual, baptism, on something as trivial as a goat kid.
What kind of saying it is
Oral tradition. Passed down by word of mouth. Sayings like this have no single author.
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