Expression USED On Occasion BY Some People
(to have patches on your ass) • To be so poor that you don't have any money to buy new clothes, so you wear your old and worn-out clothes; to be dirt poor.
"Andare in vacanza non è la mia priorità in questo momento. Ho perso il lavoro e quindi adesso ho le pezze al culo."
"Going on holiday is not my top priority right now. I have lost my job and so now I have patches on my ass."
Idiom USED Very frequently BY Everyone
(drum after the wedding) • An action that comes too late.
Lalə: "Axşam ona mesaj yazdım ki, bəlkə sevişmək istəyər, 6 saatdan sonra cavab yazdı mənə..." Günel: "Dəhşət... Həmişə olduğu kimi toydan sonra nağara..."
Lalə: "I texted him last night to hook up and he responded after 6 hours..." Günel: "Pfff... As always. Drum after the wedding..."
Submitted December 2020 by anonymous
Idiom USED Very frequently BY Everyone
(lick your own spit) • To take back something you have said or admit something is not true. Eat your words.
"Yadındadı, o gün deyirdi otelimizə gələn olmayacaq bugün. Bax gör indi nə qədər adam gəlib. Yaladı da tüpürdüyünü!"
"Remember how he was saying that no one will stay at our hotel today? Look how many people arrived! Now he will lick his own spit."
Submitted December 2020 by anonymous
Word USED On Occasion BY Some People
(noun) • A bald man combing the rest of his hair over his bald spot.
"Look at that - Max has a serious comb over."
French
French speaking countries
Expression USED Very frequently BY Young People
(I beat my balls about it.) • Used to say that you don't care at all about something. You don't give a damn.
"Je m’en bats les couilles de ces restrictions corona, je vais faire la fête dans tous les cas !"
"I beat my balls about the corona restrictions , I will party anyways!"
Submitted December 2020 by anonymous
English
English speaking countries
Idiom USED Frequently BY Most people
Used to express the recognition of somebody's desire to avoid misfortune after saying something confidently.
"I've never had a cavity, touch wood"
Expression USED On Occasion BY Most People
(far to seek) • When something is not present.
“De motivatie is weer ver te zoeken vandaag.”
“The motivation to study is far to seek today.”
Expression USED Frequently BY Everyone
(goose) • Said of a girl who acts silly, speaks with a high pitch of voice, laughs too much and talks about frivolous topics.
"Hai visto Anna com'è cambiata? È diventata un'oca."
"Have you seen how Anna's changed? She's become a goose."
Slang USED Frequently BY Some people
To have the energy to do something or to want to do something. Often used by teenagers with negation as a way to tell someone that you don't feel like doing something.
"Jag pallar inte gå till skolan."
"I dont want to go to school"/"I dont have the energy to go to school."
Submitted December 2020 by anonymous
French
| French Canadian
Québec,
Canada
Expression USED On Occasion BY Everybody
(n.) • It is used to refer to a remote location, most often than not, a far away village, "in the middle of nowhere", because in Québec, a lot of small villages are named "Saint-(something)".
"Mon cousin habite à Saint-Clin-Clin-des-Meuh-Meuh."
"My cousin lives In-the-middle-of-nowhere."
Submitted December 2020 by anonymous
Slang USED On Very Rare Occasion BY some people
(n.) • (Christmas-alone) • It's a blend of クリスマス (kurisumasu "Christmas") and ひとりぼっち (hitoribocchi "alone"). In Japan, Christmas Eve and Christmas in general is a time for couples to have a romantic date, not a family holiday. So, being alone or single on those days can be rather miserable. Some people make a frantic effort to find a partner to avoid being alone.
"クリぼっちにならないため、田中さんは必死で恋人を探している。"
Tanaka-san is desperately trying to find a partner to avoid becoming kuri-bocchi.
Submitted December 2020 by koinusensei
Sound USED On Occasion BY Young People
(sob) • It's a sound or weeping/sobbing. Young people utter this word when they feel like crying, either happy or sad.
"宿題マジたくさん出た。ぴえん。” (shukudai maji takusan deta. pien.)
"I was given lots of homework. sob."
Submitted December 2020 by koinusensei
Word USED On Rare Occasion BY some people
(n.) • Means "a drowned body". Dozaemon was originally a sumo wrestler, who was so pale and fat that people started joking that drowned bodies looked just like him. Not to be mistaken with Doraemon.
"あの川で土左衛門が上がったそうだ。"
"I heard a drowned body was found at that river.
Submitted December 2020 by anonymous
Word USED On Occasion BY Older Generations, Countryside people
(n.) • (whistler) • Used to refer to a groundhog, mostly because of the sounds they make when angry (that sounds like a sharp whistle).
"J'ai fini par attraper le siffleux qui détruisait mon jardin !"
"I finally caught the whistler that was destroying my garden!"
Submitted December 2020 by anonymous
Slang USED On Occasion BY Some People
Deprived of sexual pleasure; thirsty.
"Totoo ba na kapag tigang umiinit ang ulo?"
"Is it true that when you're thirsty you get touchy?"
Submitted December 2020 by protacio
Standard Phrase USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone
(where Judas left his sandal) • Used to indicate a place very far away.
"Él vive hasta donde Judas dejó el caite."
"He lives where Judas left his sandal."
Submitted December 2020 by anonymous
Word USED Very frequently BY Everyone
(noun) • Word from the Quechua language meaning 'increase' and people usually say that when they receive some extra for free when they purchase at markets or local stores.
"Bien, aquí tiene, un kilo de manzanas y va con yapa."
"OK, there you have it, one kilo of apples and something extra"
Submitted December 2020 by pinodiaz
Word USED On Occasion BY Everybody
(noun) • (behind Posemuckel) • A faraway place which is rural and far away from everything important. The back of beyond.
"Wir hatten uns verfahren und landeten dann irgendwo in Hinterposemuckel."
"We got lost and ended up somewhere behind Posemuckel."
Submitted December 2020 by anonymous
Word USED In the past BY Older Generations
(adjective) • This word describes someone who wants to struggle to do something.
"Ce se tot coțopenește cu cazmaua aia?"
"Why is he struggling with that shovel?"
Submitted December 2020 by anonymous
