Expression USED Very frequently BY Everyone
(to rain pots) • You use this expression when it is raining a lot; when it's pouring.
"Está a chover a potes!"
"It's raining pots!"
Expression USED Very frequently BY Everyone
(to rain pots) • You use this expression when it is raining a lot; when it's pouring.
"Está a chover a potes!"
"It's raining pots!"
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Waray-Waray
Leyte,
Philippines
Interjection USED Frequently BY Everyone
(interj.) • An interjection used to express disappointment or frustration. It is equivalent to sighing in English.
"Hagi, nakawatan na naman ak'."
"Sigh, I got pick-pocketed again."
Submitted August 2020 by adtonangadto
Portmanteau USED Frequently BY Everyone
(yesno) • Yes and no. And also neither of them.
"Quindi hai litigato con tuo fratello?" "Nì."
"So did you argue with your brother?" "Yesno."
German
German speaking countries
das Fass zum Überlaufen bringen
Idiom USED On Occasion BY Almost Everyone
(to make the barrel overflow) • To cross the line of what is allowed or tolerable or: to cause the escalation of a situation.
"Jetzt reicht's! Mit deinen rücksichtslosen Aktionen bringst du das Fass echt zum Überlaufen!"
"That's enough! You really make the barrel overflow with your reckless actions!"
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German
German speaking countries
Idiom USED On Occasion BY Everyone
(It is pouring out of buckets) • This phrase can be used to describe heavy rainfall.
"Wir mussten unser Familientreffen absagen, es schüttete wie aus Eimern."
"We had to cancel our family gathering, it was pouring out of buckets."
Idiom USED On Occasion BY Almost Everyone
(to have crickets in your head) • When you have a lot of thoughts on your mind, or when your it's filled with ideas, desires, dreams.
"Non riesco a concentrarmi, ho troppi grilli per la testa!"
"I can't focus, I have too many crickets in my head!"
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Expression USED Very frequently BY Everyone
It's the abbreviation of "va bene", literally "sure", "all right". It's also often used as a filler and it can be an expression of irritation, concession, resignation, admission, reluctance and more.
"Vabbè fai quel che ti pare!"
"Oh well do what you want then!"
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Expression USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone
(to rain strings) • To rain heavily.
"Je ne sors pas aujourd'hui, il tombe des cordes."
"I am not going out today, it is raining strings."
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Expression USED Very frequently BY Everyone
(A stick of water is falling) • It is used to say that it's raining a lot.
"¡Por acá está cayendo un palo de agua!"
"Over here, a stick of water is falling!"
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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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."
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
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."
æ
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."
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 🗿"
