Expression USED Frequently BY Everyone
(make his mother cry) • To harass a person by tormenting him a lot. Can also mean to devastate a thing.
"Adamları ağır iş altında çalıştırarak resmen anasını ağlattılar."
"They literally made his mother cry by making the men work hard."
Submitted January 2024 by anonymous
Word USED On Occasion BY People from Edinburgh
1. Low quality, of poor standard. 2. Unfair, harsh.
"Your ma makes a shan breakfast." "The driver wouldn’t let me on the bus with my chips, how shan is that?"
Submitted January 2024 by anonymous
Mein lieber Herr Gesangsverein
Expression USED On Occasion BY Native speakers, rather older
(my dear Mr. Singing Club) • Used if you want to express that something is rather extreme. It is an outcry to certain situations. It translates word for word to "my dear Mr. Singing Club". I do t know the exact origin, but I always connect it to possibly extreme volumes and shouting or singing of male singing clubs.
"Hast du gesehen, welche Niederlage die Bayern im letzten Spiel erlitten hat?" "Mein lieber Herr Gesangsverein, das war aufregend."
“Did you see the defeat Bayern suffered in the last game?” “My dear Mr. Singing Club, that was nasty.”
Submitted January 2024 by anonymous
Spanish
| Gaditano
Cadiz,
Spain
Slang USED Very frequently BY Everybody
There is two ways to explain "Bastinazo", one definition will be the standard one and most commonly used for people out of Cadiz (Andalucia): When you want to define something huge or big. It also applies to situations that occur out of the commonplace. Something unusual. The second way it would be more commonly used as a joke, but it defines very well the context of the Cadiz humor: First you hold the penis with one hand, then with the other hand you hold it as well and the rest of the penis that you can't hold, that is a "bastinazo". *In some areas out of Cadiz, people use it also replacing the letter "z" by "s", keeping the same meaning but writing it as "Bastinaso".
"Mi madre se ha comprado una bicicleta de 4 metros de largo que le ha costado 20.000 euros." "En serio? Que bastinazo!"
"My mother has bought a 4-meter-long bicycle that cost her 20,000 euros." "Really? What a bastinazo!"
Submitted February 2024 by anonymous
Expression USED On Occasion BY some people
(to fuck a hedgehog) • To be doing something unpleasant.
"Vozit greš v 20 cm snega? To boš jebal ježa."
"You're going to drive in 20 cm of snow? You'll be fucking a hedgehog. "
Submitted January 2024 by anonymous
Expression USED On Occasion BY Everybody
It is a phrased used to illustrate when you finally understand something. The origin dates back to when all public phones used to charge 20 cents per call, so when the call was conected, you 20c coin would drop, and your call would connect.
"Me acaba de caer el 20 que mi tío John es 10 años mayor que mi tía Jane."
"I just realized that uncle John is 10 years older than aunt Jane."
Submitted February 2024 by anonymous
Standard Phrase USED On Occasion BY some people
(we are beautifully away, aren't we?) • A phrase people like to say to each other when they are on an outing or trip, as a way to say express that you are having a good time.
*op it strân* "Wat binne wy moai fuort, net?"
*on the beach* "We are beautifully away, aren't we?"
Submitted February 2024 by amarens
Word USED Frequently BY Everybody
(in spite) • Usually translated as "in spite", however, it has a positive meaning. It means persisting and succeeding in something against all odds. Like a mother shouting at their child for bad behavior, but secretly being proud of the kid for whatever it is he or she did. It is taking the wrong road, but ploughing forward regardless. It's the ultimate middle finger to seemingly insurmountable odds.
"Inat!"
"In spite!"
Submitted January 2024 by anonymous
Expression USED On Occasion BY Everybody
(to throw a yellow one) • It’s a slang expression, used to say that you need to go pee.
"Várj egy pillanatot, megyek dobok egy sárgát. "
"Hang on a second, I’ll throw a yellow one."
Submitted February 2024 by anonymous
Idiom USED On Occasion BY Some people
A vulgar, somewhat blokish, expression for something or someone that is very good. The phrase dates back to at least the 1940s but is still in common (vulgar) use
"That new show is the dog's bollocks!"
Submitted February 2024 by anonymous
Expression USED Frequently BY office workers, millenials
Used by the person you're talking to when they don't care or disapprove of what you're saying, but don't want to explicitly say so.
"I tried a new yoga class this weekend, the instructor was great and I'm really really liking the flow." "I love this for you!"
Submitted January 2024 by anonymous
Expression USED On Occasion BY Older generation
(heat up Marcel) • Go ahead, give the best of yourself, and surpass yourself.
"Mon frère Robert n’a jamais aimé chanter." "Allez, vas-y Robert, tu peux le faire ! Chauffe Marcel !"
“My brother Robert never liked singing.” “Come on, go Robert, you can do it! Heat up, Marcel!”
Submitted February 2024 by anonymous
Expression USED Frequently BY Costa Ricans
A saying Costa Rican's use that means everything is great, life is good, and nothing is worth getting stressed out over.
"Pura vida, mae."
"Pure life, dude."
Submitted January 2024 by anonymous
bu ne perhiz bu ne lahana turşusu
Idiom USED On Occasion BY Some people
(what a diet, what a sauerkraut) • This idiom means to act in a way that contradicts one's own words. It is generally expressed to condemn people whose words and actions do not match.
"Adam dün neler diyordu, şimdi neler yapıyor, bu ne perhiz bu ne lahana turşusu?"
"That guy was saying one thing yesterday, now doing the opposite, what kind of a diet, what kind of a sauerkraut is this?"
Submitted January 2024 by anonymous
Expression USED Frequently BY Everybody
American school children are picked up for school on yellow buses. Most children travel on long buses. Short buses are used to pick up smaller groups, usually children with special needs or who attend special classes. The implication is that a "short bus" is for troublesome or low-intelligence individuals.
"That dude clearly got here on the short bus."
Submitted January 2024 by anonymous
Kannada
Dakshina Kannada or Udupi,
India
Expression USED Frequently BY Young adoloscents in Mangalore/Udupi area
(what kind of death?) • It means "what the heck" in the local language. Probably not used in formal spaces. Not even amongst elders. Used when, say, playing cricket in the village school ground after hours.
"ಎಂಥ ಸಾವ?! ಆವಾ ಇನ್ನು ಸ ಬರ್ಲಿಲ್ಲ" "Entha saava?! ava innu sa barlilla"
"What kind of death? He is still not here!"
Submitted January 2024 by anonymous
Slang USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone
(adj.) • (thieving) • Cool, excellent and special
" לכתוב ערך לגבי המילה מגניב זה לא מאוד מגניב"
"Writing an entery about the word cool is not very cool"
Submitted August 2020 by or
German
Germany, Switzerland, Austria
Word USED Very frequently BY everybody
It means "No, you are wrong and I am right" in one word.
"Hier darf man nicht schneller als 50 Meilen fahren!“ "Doch!"
"You cannot drive faster than 50 miles here!" "Yes, you can!"
Submitted January 2024 by anonymous
