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Expression USED On Occasion BY Everyone
(n.) • A guy. It can serve as a simple noun to refer to someone in the third person. In any case, its use presupposes a high level of informality.
"Il tizio che era lì è stato molto gentile con me".
"The guy who was there was so kind to me".
Expression USED On Occasion BY Everyone
(to have holes in your hands) • When someone spends a lot of money and keeps on buying things, so that they're left with very little or no money.
"Mia sorella è andata ancora a fare shopping. Ha le mani bucate."
"My sister went shopping again. She has holes in her hands."
Expression USED On Occasion BY Some People
(you can spread them on bread) • Used to describe someone nice, meek and good-tempered. It literally implies that someone is soft as butter.
“Ne aggódj, kedves nő, kenyérre lehet kenni!”
“Don't worry, she is a nice lady, you can spread her on bread!“
Expression USED On Occasion BY Most People
(stupid egg) • Fool or stupid idiot; can be either insulting or playful depending on context, such as whether the speaker is a stranger or a close friend.
"你讓我們輸了！你是笨蛋嗎？"
"You let us lose! Are you a stupid egg?"
Submitted August 2020 by bpaw
Name USED On Occasion BY Almost Everyone
(Pussies) • Russians living in Moldova use this vulgar name to refer to a very poor region in which a person lives.
"Ничего не знаешь, как будто живешь в Пиздюшанах!"
"You don't know anything, as if you live in Pussies!"
Submitted August 2020 by xxbeelkj
Word USED On Occasion BY Children
(n.) • (foureyes) • A slightly offensive way of calling people who wear glasses.
"Alice è una quattrocchi!"
"Alice is a foureyes!"
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Expression USED On Occasion BY Young People
(see you later, Maricarmen) • A colloquial way to say goodbye.
"Uff, me voy a casa que se me hace tarde. Hasta luego, Maricarmen."
"Uff, I'll go home because it's getting late. See you later, Maricarmen."
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Flanders,
Belgium
Expression USED On Occasion BY Everyone
(too much of the good) • When there’s such an excessive amount of something you normally like, it’s no longer enjoyable.
"Chocomelk én brownies, da’s te veel van het goede."
"Chocolate milk AND brownies, that’s too much of the good."
Expression USED On Occasion BY Older Generations
(to tell salads) • To tell lies.
"On ne sait jamais le vrai du faux, il raconte toujours des salades."
"You never know what right and what’s wrong, he’s always telling salads."
French
French speaking countries
Expression USED On Occasion BY Some People
(to give one's tongue to the cat) • Indicates that you don't have the answer to a question or don't want to try to guess it anymore.
"M. & Mme Gator ont un fils, comment s'appelle-t-il?" "Je donne ma langue au chat!"
"Mr & Mrs Gator have a son, what is his name?" "I give my tongue to the cat."
Ce n'ge na ma sci, sciamaninn, ce non ge na ma sci, non ge ne sim scenn
Expression USED On Occasion BY Almost Everyone
(If we have to go out, we do, if we don't have to go out, we don't) • When a group of people should go somewhere else from a closed place, but someone is wasting time or procrastinating.
"Sono già le 10: ce n'ge na ma sci, sciamaninn, ce non ge na ma sci, non ge ne sim scenn!"
''It's been 10 already - if we have to go out, we do, if we don't have to go out, we don't.''
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Expression USED On Occasion BY Almost Everyone
(see you later in the bus ) • It's a rhyme to say goodbye - à plus (see you) dans le bus (in the bus).
"Salut!" "À plus dans le bus!"
"Bye!" "See you later in the bus!"
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Expression USED On Occasion BY anyone
(it's raining pocketknives) • Used to describe heavy, stinging rainfall.
"Não vá lá para fora. Está chovendo canivetes."
"Don't go out there. It's raining pocketknives."
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Expression USED On Occasion BY Young People
(interj.) • Form of saying 'bye', most commonly used in a cheery way when you're having a good day. A combination of "Tschüss" (bye) and the ending "kowski" which is a common Polish ending for a last name.
"Bis morgen! Tschüssikowski!"
"See you tomorrow! Tschüssikowski!"
Expression USED On Occasion BY Some People
(it should be divided by two) • An expression used to warn that someone is exaggerating. It implies that you can get to the actual truth by dividing what they say by two.
"Amit Tamás mondd, azt mindig el kell osztani kettővel."
"Whatever Tamás says should always be divided by two."
Submitted August 2020 by janka
Expression USED On Occasion BY Some People
(when misery dreams) • An ironic expression used when someone wishes for something out of their reach. Comes from a poem by Endre Ady.
"Bárcsak lenne egy Ferrarim." "Álmodik a nyomor."
"I wish I had a Ferrari." "When misery dreams."
Submitted August 2020 by janka
Expression USED On Occasion BY Young People
(v.) • (to owl) • Used to say that something will bring bad luck.
"Il giorno del tuo matrimonio pioverà, me lo sento." "No, non gufare!"
"On your wedding day it will rain, I feel it." "No, don't owl!"
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Idiom USED On Occasion BY Everybody
(knitting) • The action a cat does when it pulls its paws one after the other when it's happy and calm. Known in English as making biscuits
"Regarde le chat, il est trop mignon il tricote."
"Look at the cat, it's so cute it's making biscuits."
Submitted August 2020 by alex2208
Expression USED On Occasion BY Almost Everyone
Dead and buried. The expression can be used in the literal sense or a metaphorical one. Six feet refers to the depth at which a deceased person would be buried.
"We both moved on. Our relationship is six feet under."
Idiom USED On Occasion BY Everyone
Being wasted or lost, likely to the end of being ruined.
"It was a bad investment, our money went down the drain."
