Idiom USED On Occasion BY Everyone
(It's raining basins) • Used when it's raining heavily.
"Ha iniziato a piovere a catinelle appena sono uscito, sono bagnato fradicio!"
"It started raining basins as soon as I got out, I'm soaking wet!"
Idiom USED On Occasion BY Everyone
(It's raining basins) • Used when it's raining heavily.
"Ha iniziato a piovere a catinelle appena sono uscito, sono bagnato fradicio!"
"It started raining basins as soon as I got out, I'm soaking wet!"
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Expression USED On Occasion BY Everyone
(it is raining seas) • It is raining heavily.
"Voy a la tienda." "Asegúrate de llevar un paraguas, está lloviendo a mares."
"I'm going to the corner shop." "Make sure you take an umbrella, it is raining seas."
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Veneto,
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Expression USED On Occasion BY Older Generations
(cottage-cheese hand) • Exclamation used to slightly insult someone who has dropped something or usually drops things.
"Ti è caduto di nuovo il cellulare? Hai proprio le man de puina!"
"You dropped your phone again? Your hand are like cottage cheese!"
Submitted August 2020 by eruannie
She's bucketing down out there
Expression USED Frequently BY Kiwis
When it's raining hard
Bro, take a jacket with you. She's bucketing down out there.
Submitted August 2020 by jemma
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Standard Phrase USED Frequently BY Everyone
(it rains like from a wooden bucket) • Used to say when it rains heavily.
"Nie możemy iść dziś na spacer, leje jak z cebra."
"We can't go for a walk today, it's raining like from a wooden bucket."
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Italian
| Venetian
Veneto,
Italy
Standard Phrase USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone
Dialect version of the Italian sentence ''sta diluviando" (it's pouring).
"Forse l'ombrello non è sufficiente: fuori sta slavazando."
"Perhaps the umbrella won't be enough: it's pouring."
Expression USED On Rare Occasion BY Everyone
(half of the world is filled with the same flower) • there is more boys/girls out there
"Rozstaliście się ale nie martw się, tego kwiata jest pół świata."
"You guys broke up but no worry, half of the world is filled with the same flower."
Standard Phrase USED Frequently BY Everyone
(to double and triple yourself) • Used when someone has a lot to do and has to move fast
"Ona dwoi się i troi zeby skończyć na czas."
"She doubles and triples herself to finish on time."
Abbreviation USED Very frequently BY Everyone
(may be) • Internet slang abbreviation for "может быть", meaning "may be".
"Мб будет лучше, если я позвоню тебе позже."
"It may be better if I call you later."
Submitted August 2020 by xxbeelkj
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Standard Phrase USED Frequently BY Young boys
Friendly way to say hello. Appropriate choice of audience is a must.
"Hey cunt, what's going on?"
Standard Phrase USED Frequently BY Everyone
(n.) • (Shit !) • Used to wish good luck to someone when we want to avoid the actual "good luck" expression since it is believed that saying it actually brings bad luck.
"Merde pour l'examen de demain !"
"Shit for tomorrow's exam!"
Expression USED Frequently BY Everyone
(In a four-and-four-is-eight) • To do something very quickly, "in a jiffy", just like adding 4 and 4 together.
"Ho finito i compiti in quattro e quattr'otto, perché erano facili."
"I finished my homework in a four-and-four-is-eight because it was easy."
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Slang USED Frequently BY Young People
(adj.) • Nosy.
"Es una plática privada, no seas shute."
"It's a private conversation, don't be nosy."
Submitted August 2020 by ivette
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Expression USED On Occasion BY Actors or musicians
(a lot of shit) • Wishing someone good luck. It's typically used by actors or musicians before a performance. Saying "good luck" before a show is considered bad luck.
"La función empieza en cinco minutos." "¡Mucha mierda!"
“The show starts in five minutes.” “A lot of shit!”
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Abbreviation USED Very frequently BY Everyone
(dick knows) • Internet slang abbreviation for "хуй знает", meaning "nobody fucking knows".
"Хз, что происходит, но очень интересно."
"Dick knows what's going on, but it's very interesting."
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Acronym USED Very frequently BY Young People
Acronym for "j'en peux plus", meaning "I can't take it anymore". Initially used in text messages but now frequently heard in speech, pronounced not as "j'en peux plus" but as each letter sounds in the French alphabet. Used whenever we are tired by or annoyed at something.
"Mon ex n'arrête pas de m'appeler, jpp !"
"My ex won't stop calling me, I can't take it anymore!"
Expression USED On Occasion BY Almost Everyone
(to give papaya) • Used to suggest someone’s misfortune is their own fault. That they've asked for it.
"Lo robaron por dar papaya."
"He was robbed because he gave papaya."
Emoji USED Very frequently BY Everyone
Used to show that a person does not understand something or has a stone face.
"Можешь сказать мне что случилось? Я ничего не понимаю 🗿"
"Can you tell me what happened? I don't understand anything 🗿"
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Idiom USED On Rare Occasion BY Older Generations
(life is a soup) • Life is not easy.
"Het leven is een soep, al die miserie toch."
"Life is a soup, all these troubles."
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Idiom USED Frequently BY Most People
(after the birds) • It is used to say when something is over and there's nothing else we can do with it.
"Koncert jest wyprzedany. I po ptakach!"
"This concert is sold out. And after the birds!"
