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Georgian Georgia

მარილზე გავიდა

Idiom USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone

(went for salt) • When a person dies people say, that she/he went for salt, the expression comes from the time when salt was not available for Georgians so, they had to go to Aghzevani (today's Kağızman, Turkey), which was a risky and life-threatening journey.

"who lives in this house?" "No one, its owner has gone for salt a long time ago."

"ამ სახლში ვინ ცხოვრობს?" "არავინ, მაგისი პატრონი დიდი ხანია მარილზე გავიდა."

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English Philadelphia , United States

jawn

Word USED Very frequently BY Almost Everyone

(noun) • An all-purpose noun. It can refer to a single thing or multiple things, person(s), places, even situations!

“Did you get the package I sent you?” “Yea! I got that jawn yesterday.” “Hey are you going to the party tomorrow night?” “Yeaaa man we gonna be all up in that jawn!”

“Did you get the package I sent you?” “Yea! I got it yesterday!” “Hey are you going to the party tomorrow night?” “Yeaaa man, I am definitely going to be there!”

Spanish Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico

chipi-chipi

Word USED Very frequently BY Almost Everyone

(noun) • It’s a light sprinkling or drizzle of rain that lasts for days at a time, usually accompanied by fog

"Hoy hubo chipi-chipi todo el día, pero no llovió hasta las 7 de la noche."

"There was chipi-chipi all day today, but it didn’t rain for real until 7pm."

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Breton | Breton West Bretagne, France

Va doue benniget!

Interjection USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone

(my blessed god) • It literally means "my blessed god." Even though "benniget" isn't a common word to say "blessed," everyone around me (in Bretagne) uses it from time to time. It's used like "oh my god !" Older people, who speak more Breton than French use it often. The younger generation, however, sometimes use it in a funny or ironic way because there isn't a lot of breton speakers nowadays.

"Jean a eu un 20/20 en maths!" -"Va doue benniget! C'est un génie."

"Jean has a 20/20 in maths!" -"Oh my blessed god! He's a genius."

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Croatian | Kaikavian Northern Croatia, Croatia

šeflja

Expression USED Very frequently BY Almost Everyone

(n.) • It's the thing used to grab liquid, most commonly soups.

"Možeš li mi dohvatiti šeflju da izgrabim juhu?"

"Can you give me the grabber to grab the soup?"

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English United States

no sweat off my back

Idiom USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone

To express that doing something is not a problem, not troublesome or difficult. Alt: that the behavior or actions of someone else do not effect or bother you.

“Are you able to come by my house after work?” “Yeah, no sweat” Alt- “well, it is your decision- no sweat off my back”

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French | Breton Bretagne, France

restachoú

Idiom USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone from northwest France

(n.) • (leftovers ) • It is mostly used by old people who still know Breton, but can be used by younger people as a funny way to say that there is nothing to eat, or when you don't remember something well, or when there are only some traces of something left.

"Je n'ai plus que des restachoú, allons manger au restaurant." "Je n'ai pas parlé anglais depuis longtemps, je n'ai que des restachoú de grammaire." "Ma grand-mère est mal à l'aise quand elle entend de l'allemand, des restachoú de l'occupation probablement."

"There's only leftovers at home, let's eat at the restaurant instead." "I haven't spoken English for a while, I only remember leftover grammar." "My grandmother is uncomfortable when she hears German, probably some leftovers of the occupation."

Italian Lombardia, Italy

cicca

Slang USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone

In Lombardia, it means chewing gum, but it can mean either that or cigarette butt, depending on where you are from.

"hey, non è che mi daresti una cicca?" "certo, tieni."

"hey, could you please give me a chewing gum?" "of course, take it."

Spanish Colombia

paraco

Idiom USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone

It's a derogatory way of talking about a paramilitary

"Uribe es un paraco hijueputa "

"Uribe is a mofherfucker paramilitary"

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Lithuanian Lithuania

-aitės

Name USED On Occasion BY Almost Everyone

The phrase is used when talking about unmarried women. You can tell if a Lithuanian woman is married or not based on her last name. Traditionally, unmarried women have several possible endings. Sometimes it's used only as -aitės since it's the most common ending. Sometimes as -aitės, -ytės, -iūtės, -utės, including the least common ending as well.

"-aitės, -ytės, -iūtės nebesirenka vyrų pavardžių."

"-aitės, -ytės, -iūtės refuse to take their husband's last name."

Lithuanian Lithuania

-ienė

Name USED On Occasion BY Almost Everyone

A married woman. You can tell if a Lithuanian woman is married based on the ending of her last name. Traditionally, it ends with -ienė. It can be used in plural as -ienės.

"Man nepatinka, kai -ienės galvoja, kad yra už mane geresnės vien todėl, kad yra ištekėjusios.“

"I don't like it when -ienės think that they are better than me just because they are married."

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Italian Italy

Piove sul bagnato

Proverb USED On Occasion BY Almost Everyone

(It rains on the wet) • It means that unfortunate things always happen to an already unfortunate person around the same time. It also means that lucky things always happen to an already lucky person. It corresponds to the saying "When it rains, it pours" in English.

"Oggi ho perso il lavoro e pure la ragazza!" "Piove sempre sul bagnato..."

"Today I lost my job and even my girlfriend!" "It always rains on the wet!"

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Persian Iran

خر تو خر

Expression USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone

(donkey inside donkey) • A crazy situation. The idea of a donkey being inside another is crazy, so it is analogous to a crazy situation.

"من در فرودگاه برای چک کردن پروازم در حال صف‌ستانی بودم، اما آنقدر شلوغ و آشوب‌آمیز بود که واقعاً خر تو خر بود!"

"I was queuing up to check in for my flight at the airport, but it was so busy and chaotic, that it was (as if it were) a khar tu khar!"

English Australia

Scarnon?

Abbreviation USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone

A very shortened version of "What's going on?", used in the way of asking someone what they're up to or how they are.

"Hey Gaz, scarnon mate? Been busy?"

"Hello Gary, what's going on? Have you been busy?"

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Dutch Netherlands

hoog of laag springen

Standard Phrase USED On Occasion BY Almost Everyone

(jump high or low) • When there is nothing you can do to change something about a situation.

"Je kunt hoog of laag springen, ik ga mijn mening niet veranderen."

"You can jump high or low, but I'm not going to change my mind."

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Hungarian Hungary

nekem 8

Slang USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone

(it's an 8 for me.) • It means "I don't care", and used in informal contexts.

"Melyik étterembe menjünk ma este?" "Nem tudom, nekem 8."

"Which restaurant should we go tonight?" "I don't know, it's an 8 for me."

Dutch | Flemish Flanders, Belgium

Zo zot als een achterdeur

Expression USED On Occasion BY Almost Everyone

(As crazy as a back door) • used to refer to someone who is very crazy, or behaving like they are.

"Caligula was zo zot als een achterdeur: hij benoemde zelfs zijn paard tot consul!"

"Caligula was as crazy as a back door: he even made his horse consul!"

Dutch Belgium

ladderzat

Word USED On Occasion BY Almost Everyone

(adjective) • (ladder drunk) • Very drunk.

"Hij is echt ladderzat, hij heeft heel de wc ondertussen al ondergekotst"

"He is really ladderdrunk, in the mean time he already threw up all over the bathroom"

Slovak Slovakia

halabala

Expression USED On Occasion BY Almost Everyone

Messy, slovenly, or careless.

"Nemôžeš tu pobehovať len tak, halabala!"

"You cannot just run careless over there!"

German German speaking countries

am Arsch der Welt

Expression USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone

(at the ass of the world) • In the back of beyond, in the middle of nowhere, in the boondocks.

"Lass uns nach Hintertupfingen umziehen. " "Nein, das liegt ja am Arsch der Welt!"

"Let's move to Podunk." "No, that's in the middle of nowhere!"

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