In Hungarian, the idiom "csalánba nem üt a mennykő", the thunderbolt does not strike into nettle, means bad people escape trouble or the devil looks after his own. The same idiom exists in the Serbian language - неће гром у коприве. In Dutch, a "netelige situatie" means a predicament. In French, the idiom "faut pas pousser mémé dans les orties" (don't push grandma in the nettles) means that we should be careful not to abuse a situation. The name urticaria for hives comes from the Latin name of nettle ("Urtica", from urere, to burn).