30 Most Common British Idioms & Phrases
How many British idioms do you know? How many of them do you use? Idioms are an important part of the language.
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This quite special holiday is among the most popular and loved holidays across the globe.
It is celebrated at the end of October, and it’s the time of the year to dress up as scary as possible.
Did you know that at least half of the world population celebrates this holiday every year?
You've certainly guessed which holiday we are talking about.
Yes, it Is Halloween!
What do we do on Halloween?
Even if there are some countries where this holiday is not present, almost everyone in the world is familiar with the concept of Halloween.
On October 31, people dress up as ghosts, witches, monsters, etc. to look scary.
While it is now associated with costumes, pumpkins, and scary movies, it is also known as Alhalloween, All Hallows' Eve or All Saints' Eve, over the centuries it evolved from pagan rituals through the ancient Celtic holiday of Samhain to today's kids' ( and adults, too!) favorite holiday.
Trick-or-treating, the most popular Halloween tradition
Kids also dress up in various costumes and go from door to door, mainly in groups, with their friends, and ask for candies followed by this famous sentence: Trick or Treat.
But what does it mean?
The Trick or treat is a phrase aiming to get a treat (usually candy), and if one doesn't give anything, children will then perform a Trick, which is usually some kind of mischief.
Don't forget the pumpkins, the inevitable pumpkins. It is a leading symbol of Halloween from the days of Celts, then carving faces into vegetables (mainly pumpkins), to light the way for the good spirits.
From those times until today, we carve scary faces on pumpkins and put them on our porches, to scare off evil and bad spirits.
So, this year, make sure you have a proper costume, the scarier, the better, and also learn to wish a happy Halloween in a language you are learning.
Or you can learn how to say it in 10 different languages that you like the most… or you can learn in Asian languages… or… well, it's not essential to pick the one you prefer from the following list. You can find the phrase "Happy Halloween" in every language Justlearn platform offers. Let's take a look.
Happy Halloween in 70 Justlearn Languages
| Language | How to Say Happy Halloween |
| Afrikaans | Gelukkige Halloween |
| Albanian | Gezuar Hallouinin |
| Amharic | መልካም የሃሎዊን (melikami yehalowīni) |
| Arabic | هالوين سعيد |
| Azerbaijani | Halloween bayraminiz mübarak |
| Armenian | ուրախ Հելոուին (urakh Heluin) |
| Belarus | шчаслівы Хэлоўін |
| Bengali | (Śubha hyālō'ina) |
| Bulgarian | Честит Хелоуин |
| Burmese | Main g lar haallo |
| Cantonese | Malipayon nga Halloween |
| Catalan | Feliç Halloween |
| Chinese | 万圣节快乐 |
| Croatian | Sretan Halloween |
| Czech | Veselý Halloween |
| Danish | Glædelig Halloween |
| Dutch | Gelukkig Halloween |
| Egyptian Arabic | سعيدعيد هالوين |
| English | Happy Halloween |
| Esperanto | Feliĉa Halloween |
| Filipino | Masayang Halloween |
| Finish | Hyvää Halloweenia |
| French | Joyeux Halloween |
| Georgian | ბედნიერი ჰელოვინი (bednieri helovini) |
| German | Fröhliches Halloween |
| Greek | Καλό Χαλοουίν |
| Gujarati | હેપી હેલોવીન (Hēpī hēlōvīna) |
| Hausa | Farin ciki Halloween |
| Hebrew | ליל כל הקדושים שמח |
| Hindi | heloveen kee shubhakaamana |
| Hungarian | Boldog Mindszentet |
| Igbo | Obi ụtọ Halloween |
| Indonesian | Selamat Halloween |
| Italian | Buon Halloween |
| Japanese | ハッピーハロウィン |
| Kannada | (Hyāpi hyālōvīn) |
| Korean | 해피 할로윈 (Heang / Bok / Han Hal / Lo / Wein) |
| Kurdish | Salona dilxweş |
| Lao | ສຸກສັນວັນຮາໂລວີນ( suk san van ha ol vin) |
| Latin | Felicem Vesperam Sanctam |
| Lithuanian | Laimingas Helovinas |
| Malay | Selamat Hari Halloween |
| Malayalam | (hāleāvīn āśansakaḷ) |
| Maori | Hari Halloween |
| Mongolian | Сүнсний баярын мэнд хүргэе |
| Norwegian | Lykkelig Allehelgens Dag |
| Pashto | خوشحاله هالویین |
| Persian | هالووین مبارک |
| Polish | Szczęśliwego Halloween |
| Portuguese | Feliz Dia das Bruxas |
| Punjabi | ਹੈਲੋਵੀਨ ਮੁਬਾਰਕ (Khuśī hailōvīna) |
| Romanian | Halloween fericit |
| Russian | Поздравляем Вас с праздником Хэллоуин |
| Serbian | Срећна ноћ вештица |
| Sinhala | සතුටු හැලොවීන් |
| Spanish | Feliz Día de las Brujas |
| Swahili | Halloween Yenye Heri |
| Swedish | Lycklig Alla Helgons Dag |
| Tagalog | Masayang Halloween |
| Tamil | (Halōvīṉ vāḻttukaḷ |
| Telugu | (Hyāpī hālōvīn) |
| Thai | สุขสันต์วันฮาโลวีน |
| Tibetan | สุขสันต์ฮาโลวีน |
| Tswana | Itumetse Halloween |
| Turkish | Cadılar Bayramınız Kutlu Olsun |
| Ukranian | щасливого Хеловіну |
| Urdu | مبارک ہیلوین |
| :asohX | Usuku olumnandi le-halloween |
| Yoruba | Dun Halloween |
| Zulu | I-Halloween enhle |
It is not necessary, but we recommend you to learn the phrase "Happy Halloween" in at least five languages, just in case some spooky ghost, witch or a monster doesn't speak your language, or maybe English so that you can get out of their way.
For other Halloween phrases, feel free to book a lesson with our tutors, native speakers.
They will be more than glad to teach you.
In the end, this year, find some entertaining, scary movie, decorate your house in a Halloween style, and of course, add the inevitable pumpkins and enjoy.
And don't forget to get candies for little monsters, ghosts, witches, and zombies because they can trick you if you don't give them treats.
