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Qinshi
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26 February 2009 at 2:14pm | IP Logged 
Do you know some rather bizarre expressions in a language? Post away! Don't forget to give the English translations both literal and actual meaning and if possible an equivalent.

I'll start!

Vietnamese is full of wacky expressions, none more wackier than:
Chết mẹ rồi!
Literally: Mother has died!
Actual: Damn it!

or

Chết mẹ mầy chưa?
Literally: Has your mother died yet?
Actual: I told you so!/You should've listened!/How d'ya like me now? Basically a response to a negative action that has happened to someone else.
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18 March 2009 at 9:29am | IP Logged 
LOl
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18 March 2009 at 12:11pm | IP Logged 
お前の母ちゃん出べそ
Omae no Kaachan debeso
Your mom's bellybutton sticks out.

I think that's about the best insult ever invented.
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19 March 2009 at 9:22pm | IP Logged 
Not quite as bizarre as the preceding expressions but I read something today with these two French expressions:

French: La goutte d’eau qui fait déborder le vase
Literal Translation: The drop of water that made the vase overflow
English Equivalent: The straw that broke the camel's back


French: L’étincelle qui met le feu aux poudres
Literal Translation: The spark that set the powderkeg on fire
English Equivalent: The straw that broke the camel's back




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*mum
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25 March 2009 at 1:01pm | IP Logged 
For me it's some of the Spanish insults which are hilarious:

(not for the faint-hearted or easily offended I'm afraid)

¡Me cago en la leche! (annoyance/frsutration) 'I shit in the milk!'

¡Vete al pedo! literally 'Go to the fart!' meaning Get lost.

There is also a commonly used expression in Lowland Scots, more specifically the Glasgow area, which I've always found funny, and actually use in the appropriate company, of course.

When someone is giving a series of excuse beginning with 'If I'd had time, If I'd know, If it hadn't rained' etc.

A common retort / put down / speech-stopper is:

Aye, and if ma Auntie had baws she'd be ma uncle!

(Yes, and if my aunt had 'testicles' she'd be my uncle)



Edited by GibberMeister on 25 March 2009 at 1:02pm

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01 April 2009 at 9:59pm | IP Logged 
Esperanto: Salaton!
Literal translation: Salad!
English equivalent: Hi!

This slang evolved because "Salaton" is almost the same as "Saluton" (Hello, greeting).


Edited by Sprachprofi on 01 April 2009 at 10:00pm

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03 April 2009 at 11:30am | IP Logged 
닥살커플.
Literal Translation: Chicken Skin Couple.
Means a couple who show too much public loveeee.


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