Italian | Sicilian Sicily, Italy

cu’ si fa pecura, u lupu su mancia

Idiom USED Frequently BY Sicilian

(who becomes sheep, wolf eat) • It is an exhortation to be strong and decisive. If in life you appear weak or not very decisive, you risk finding someone who wants to bully or hurt you. The metaphor of the wolf eating the sheep represents someone who takes advantage of another's weakness.

"Picchì ghianci?" "Mi hanno rubato il pranzo oggi" "Ah, e nun'na ghianciri, viri ca cu’ si fa pecura, u lupu su mancia"

"Why are you crying?" "Today someone took my lunch" "Oh, don't cry, who becomes sheep, the wolf eat"

English United States

struggle bus

Expression USED On Occasion BY Some People

Used to indicate a situation is difficult, someone is struggling, not having a good time or not doing well. Usually used in a phrase such as "riding the struggle bus", "driving the struggle bus", or "on the struggle bus".

"Class today was a real struggle bus."

Dutch Netherlands

guur

Word USED On Occasion BY Some People

(adjective) • Used to describe the unpleasant weather when it is cold and windy outside. Sometimes it also includes rain.

"Het is echt weer guur weer buiten."

"The weather outside is really guur."

English English speaking countries

final girl

Name USED On Occasion BY people who watch movies

(n.) • The final girl is a trope in horror and slasher movies. It refers to the last girl or woman alive to confront the killer, who either defeats him herself or is saved by others arriving.

"I love a good movie with a final girl"

Dutch Netherlands

koffie verkeerd

Name USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone

(wrong coffee) • Wrong coffee is a Dutch drink consisting of half milk and half coffee.

"Ik drink graag koffie verkeerd"

"I like to drink wrong coffee"

Dutch Netherlands

tegeltjeswijsheid

Word USED Sometimes BY Some People

(noun) • A phrase that is simple yet contains a truth or piece of wisdom that is printed on traditional wall tiles. These tiles are often white with text and additional imagery in Delft blue, a shade of blue often used in traditional Dutch products.

"Tel wat je hebt, niet wat je mist" "Zo, dat is een mooie tegeltjeswijsheid"

"Count what you have, not what you are missing" "That's a great tile wisdom"

English English speaking countries

robbing the cradle

Expression USED On Occasion BY Some People

To marry or become romantically involved with a much younger person, especially one from a younger generation or to use a young person for a purpose inappropriate to their age.

“He sure robbed the cradle with his last wife”

Vietnamese Vietnam

gấu

Expression USED Frequently BY Young People

"gấu" means a bear. Young people now use it to cutely refer a lover, a crush.

"Tết này bạn có gấu chưa?"

"Do you have a lover for this Tet Holidays?"

Spanish Venezuela

echar los perros

Expression USED On Occasion BY Some People

(to give the runaround) • It means to court someone.

"Tu hermano me está echando los perros."

"Your brother is giving me the runaround."

Spanish Venezuela

echarse un camarón

Expression USED On Occasion BY Some People

(to have a shrimp) • It's the little dream we sneak in from time to time during work or a little nap.

"Voy a echarme un camarón"

"I'm going to have a shrimp"

Spanish Venezuela

tipo tranquilo

Expression USED Frequently BY Some People

(calm guy) • It means being relaxed about a situation or relaxing and having a pleasant night.

"Me quedé en la casa, tipo tranquilo."

"I stayed at home, calm guy."

Spanish Venezuela

mamonazo

Word USED Frequently BY Some People

(noun) • It refers to a very strong blow.

"Cuidado te caes y de tas un mamonazo"

"Be careful, you fall and you get a mamonazo"

Spanish Venezuela

labia

Word USED Frequently BY Some People

(adj.) • Word that indicates that a person has a good vocabulary, speaks well or wants to conquer someone.

"Maria tiene mucha labia"

"Maria has a lot of talk"

Spanish Venezuela

jurungar

Word USED Frequently BY Some People

(verb) • It is to browse, review or scrutinize.

"No jurungues la comida"

"Don't spoil the food"

Spanish Venezuela

guacala

Expression USED Frequently BY Some People

Exclamation that indicates disgust, displeasure or rejection.

"Mira un gusano, ¡Guacala!"

"Look at a worm, Guacala!"

Spanish Venezuela

beta

Word USED Frequently BY some people

(noun) • Interesting gossip or rumour

"Te voy a contar un beta"

"I'm going to tell you a beta"

Spanish Venezuela

calentar la oreja

Expression USED Frequently BY Some People

(to warm the ear) • It is said when a person seeks to make someone fall in love with them.

"David me está calentando la oreja."

"David is warming my ear."

Spanish Venezuela

birras

Word USED Frequently BY Some People

(noun) • It is a way of calling beers.

"Vamos a tomarnos unas birras"

"Let's have some birras"

Spanish Venezuela

chamba

Word USED On Occasion BY Some People

(n.) • It is the way of referring to work.

"Tengo una buena chamba"

"I have a good job"

Spanish Venezuela

patatus

Word USED Very frequently BY Some People

(noun) • Refers to someone's fainting for something exaggerated. Someone's who's dramatically saying that.

"Casi me da un patatus"

"Like this you would me faint"