I refer to the article ‘The line between insults and threats’, (The Sunday Times of Malta, December 3).

The article states that the statements that somebody “de­served to be burned alive” and somebody “was digging her own grave” are “common idio­matic expressions in Maltese”.

In translation, these statements are: ‘Ħaqqu jinħaraq ħaj’ and ‘Qed tħaffer qabarha’. Can anyone please indicate to me what Maltese idioms these statements refer?

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