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Sennin
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 Message 9 of 88
03 April 2009 at 8:06pm | IP Logged 
Ойде коня у реката /Oide konia u rekata/
literally: The horse leaped into the river
meaning: Things are out of control

It's a bit old-fashioned but people still use it sometimes, at least I do.

Edited by Sennin on 03 April 2009 at 8:20pm

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Satoshi
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 Message 10 of 88
05 April 2009 at 10:11am | IP Logged 
Sennin wrote:
Ойде коня у реката /Oide konia u rekata/
literally: The horse leaped into the river
meaning: Things are out of control

It's a bit old-fashioned but people still use it sometimes, at least I do.


We have something that looks like it:

"A vaca foi pro brejo"
Literal: the cow went [in]to the swamp
Meaning: something like "Things are out of control" or "That was the last straw"
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 Message 12 of 88
05 April 2009 at 11:30pm | IP Logged 
LOL! That Russian one is hilarious!!!
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 Message 13 of 88
17 April 2009 at 2:55am | IP Logged 
GibberMeister wrote:
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!'



My Spanish teacher used to say "Me cago en la mierda!" ("I crapped on the shit!") When she messed up on
something. It was something I heard often.

There are others, but I can't think of them right now.
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 Message 14 of 88
05 September 2009 at 1:00am | IP Logged 
No vulgar/obscene quotes, please. Thread closed.


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 Message 15 of 88
05 September 2009 at 5:57pm | IP Logged 
I will allow this thread - factual discussion of slang or obscene expressions is a part of learning a language.
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 Message 16 of 88
05 September 2009 at 9:22pm | IP Logged 
I concur with you

Thanks Administrator

Edit - It's "concur" not "concour". - Jiwon

Edited by Jiwon on 06 September 2009 at 4:57pm



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