Sennin Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 6047 days ago 1457 posts - 1759 votes 5 sounds
| 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 Diglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5836 days ago 215 posts - 224 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English Studies: German, Japanese
| 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. |
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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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GibberMeister Bilingual Pentaglot Groupie Scotland Joined 5821 days ago 61 posts - 67 votes Speaks: Spanish, Catalan, Lowland Scots*, English*, Portuguese
| Message 12 of 88 05 April 2009 at 11:30pm | IP Logged |
LOL! That Russian one is hilarious!!!
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Olympia Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5994 days ago 195 posts - 244 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Old English, French
| 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!'
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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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Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5860 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map
| Message 14 of 88 05 September 2009 at 1:00am | IP Logged |
No vulgar/obscene quotes, please. Thread closed.
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administrator Hexaglot Forum Admin Switzerland FXcuisine.com Joined 7389 days ago 3094 posts - 2987 votes 12 sounds Speaks: French*, EnglishC2, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian Personal Language Map
| 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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rggg Heptaglot Senior Member Mexico Joined 6338 days ago 373 posts - 426 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Indonesian, Malay Studies: Romanian, Catalan, Greek, German, Swedish
| 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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