Some Cheyenne sayings
Nev�'es�stse ts�tot�xem�'�stse: Someone must be talking about me (said when you sneeze).
�'�s��'�e v�no'hohk�tse: I'm going to get some tripe (said someone hiccups).
He�vohe n�t�xe'�h�'tova: The devil is hanging over you (= you are in a bad mood).
�ho'eoh�'t��'e hav�s�vev�han�heho: The mad drummer came to him (= he's angry).
N�m�v��'e: The ate me (= they gossiped about me).
Oon�h�'e m�xhev�esev�tse: When frogs have teeth ( = never, since frogs will never grow teeth).
�taom�h�tsen�ht�venestse nep�hpon�neeh�hame: Your tapework can almost talk by itself (= your stomach is growling).
V�'keme hestse'emo m�ne'�v�h�s�h�m�stoehev�he; m��v�h�s�h�o'ooh�'tov�hev�he: Old Man Winter's wife must have taken off on him again; he's taking her back home (north) again (said when there is a spring snowstorm or squalls).
N�no'ee'�ha'on�tse v��he: I put on my shoes with the morning star (= I got up early).
Hesev�v�n�'e a'e hestonov�n�'e: Wow, it's like a drymeant rack! (humorous expression for something really amazing).
N�to'sem�h��to ho'hon��'e: I'm going to swallow a rock (= be stubborn).
Naa m�he vo'�stane v�'keemahpe n�xo'oma'�'haehe? Did someone put candy in your mouth? (= pacify you so you quit talking in a feisty way).
Nev�'�sesto h��'�h�ma �h�'tov�voov�xevaen��'e: Maybe somebody doused him with water (= he has quieted down from previously having been "on fire," full of ideas).
M�sta�voo'x�n�he: Boogeman Big Nose! (Meadowlarks say this to mock you)
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