Dutch Netherlands

flauwe grap

Expression USED Frequently BY Everyone

(weak joke) • A bad joke.

"Jeetje, wat een flauwe grap."

"Geez, what a weak joke."

German Germany

Krickelkrakel

Word USED On Rare Occasion BY Almost Everyone

(noun) • (chicken scratch) • Krickelkrakel is handwriting that no one can read.

"Die Schrift kann man ja überhaupt nicht lesen, was für ein Krickelkrakel!"

"This writing is really unreadable, what a chicken scratch!"

Italian Italy

mangiarsi le mani

Idiom USED On Occasion BY Almost Everyone

(eat your hands) • When you regret not doing something

"Alla fine hai ricevuto un aumento di stipendio?" - "No, mi mangio le mani per non averlo chiesto al mio manager!"

"Did you get a pay rise eventually?" - "No, I eat my hands for not asking my manager for it!"

German | Austrian Dialect Austria

üba d Heisa haun

Expression USED On Occasion BY Everyone

(to throw oneself over the houses) • To go away or to leave. it is frequently, but not exclusively, used in an imperative, rude way.

"Fertig samma. Hau di üba d Heisa!"

"We're finished here. Throw yourself over the houses!"

French Suisse romande, Switzerland

natel

Word USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone

(n.) • A mobile phone.

“J’ai perdu mon natel.”

“I lost my phone.”

Portuguese Brazil

de graça, até injeção na testa!

Expression USED On Occasion BY Everyone

(for free, even injection in the forehead) • When something is for free and you get/do it, even though it's not something really that good/nice, but, hey, it's for free!

"Eu ganhei uma entrada grátis pra assistir aquele filme de terror que saiu." "Tu não tem medo desse tipo de filme?" "Ah, de graça, até injeção na testa!"

"I got a free ticket to watch that horror movie that premiered." "Aren't you afraid of these?" "Ah, for free, even injection in the forehead!"

Serbian Serbia

Vukojebina

Expression USED Very frequently BY Everyone

(where wolves mate) • It's used to refer to a place in the middle of nowhere or far away.

"Nalazimo se u vukojebini."

"We are where wolves mate."

Tagalog Philippines

gigil

Word USED Frequently BY Everyone

(noun) • A notoriously difficult word to translate: an extreme desire to release, or act upon, a certain emotion; used exclusively in response to anger/irritation or cuteness. Causes of gigil include shameless politicians, an impacted wisdom tooth, a particularly swollen pimple, or a ridiculously cute baby. Depending on the context, the word appears as "nanggigigil," "nakakagigil," or "gigil na gigil."

"Tingnan mo 'tong pagmumuka ng Rody, parang tuta!" "Oo nga! Nakakagigil!"

"Look at Rody's face. He looks like a puppy!" "Yes! Nakakagigil"

French French speaking countries

avoir ses ragnagnas

Expression USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone

Used informally to refer to menstruation.

"J’ai mes ragnagnas."

"I’m on my period."

English | Bristolian Bristol, United Kingdom

cheers drive

Standard Phrase USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone

A greeting to express thanks to a bus driver when getting of the bus

"Cheers drive! Have a good day!"

Dutch Netherlands

je op glad ijs begeven

Expression USED On Occasion BY Everyone

(to find yourself on slippery ice) • To be in a situation where you have to be very careful, or else you will get into trouble.

"Let op je woorden, jongedame. Je begeeft je op glad ijs."

"Watch your language, young lady. You are on slippery ice."

Spanish Mexico

Se me está descongelando el bistec

Expression USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone

(My steak is defrosting) • It's a way to indicate that someone is menstruating. You say this because when you defrost a steak (or any piece of meat) there's blood coming out of it.

"Hoy no iré a clase de natación porque se me está descongelando el bistec."

"I won't be on swimming class today because my steak is defrosting."

Danish Denmark

det koster det hvide ud af øjnene

Idiom USED On Occasion BY Almost Everyone

(it costs the white out of the eyes) • The idiom is used when you refer to something that is very expensive.

"Kan vi gå til denne butik?" Ingen måde! Det koster det hvide ud af øjnene.”

“Can we go to this shop?” “No way! It costs the white out of the eyes.”

Slovak Slovakia

to je jedno

Standard Phrase USED Frequently BY Everyone

(it is one) • I don't care. I don't mind. It doesn't matter.

"Dáš si pivo alebo víno?" "To je jedno."

"Would you like a beer or wine?" "It is one."

Slovak Slovakia

španielska dedina

Expression USED On Occasion BY Everyone

(a spanish village) • Something that one doesn't understand completely.

"Teória strún je pre mňa španielska dedina."

"The theory of strings is a spanish village to me."

Slovak Slovakia

pod papučou

Expression USED Frequently BY Everyone

(under the slipper) • The situation, when husband is under total control of his wife or vice versa.

"Chudák Peter. Je úplne pod papučou a žena ho nepustí ani do krčmy."

"Poor Peter. He's totally under the slipper and his wife even won't allow him to go to the pub."

Slovak Slovakia

na mol

Idiom USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone

Expression of how drunk the person is. "Na mol" basically means "totally off", but it's not its literally meaning.

"Kámo, ty si bol úplne na mol včera večer!"

"Dude, you were totally off last evening!"

English United Kingdom

to get one’s head around something

Expression USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone

To understand or grasp the concept of something

“Honestly, I can’t get my head around it”

Romanian Transylvania, Romania

No bine!

Expression USED Frequently BY Everyone

(No good!) • It is used to express a variety of answers like "yes", "no", "maybe", "I don't know", "no way", "obviously", "I don't care", etc. We can tell what the other person wants to express according to the context. This expression mostly in Transylvania.

"Ești sigur că pe aici ajungem la Bran?" "No bine!"

"Are you sure this is the right road? to Bran" "No good!"

Croatian | Kajkavian northern Croatia, Croatia

čuditi se kao pura dreku

Expression USED On Occasion BY Everyone

(to be surprised like a turkey by its own shit) • To be surprised by something that shouldn't come off as a surprise.

''A kaj si mislio da će se dogoditi? Kaj se čudiš kao pura dreku sada?''

''What did you expect would happen? Why are you now surprised like a turkey by its own shit?'