Idiom USED On Occasion BY everybody
(despite your father) • It means whether you like it or not.
"غصبًا عن أبوكم، فلسطين تصير حرة بالكامل."
"In spite of your father['s dislike], Palestine will be completely free."
Submitted March 2024 by zahrft
Idiom USED On Occasion BY everybody
(despite your father) • It means whether you like it or not.
"غصبًا عن أبوكم، فلسطين تصير حرة بالكامل."
"In spite of your father['s dislike], Palestine will be completely free."
Submitted March 2024 by zahrft
Expression USED On Occasion BY Everybody
An innocent way to admonish someone who's being stupid
"Du bist so ein Haubentaucher!"
You're such a grebe!"
Submitted April 2024 by dheer7
Slang USED On Occasion BY Adults, often men
(noun) • (way beer) • The last beer before leaving the pub. One for the road.
"Machst Du mir noch'n Wegbier?"
"Can you get me another way beer?"
Submitted April 2024 by anonymous
French
French speaking countries
prendre la poudre d'escampette
Expression USED On Very Rare Occasion BY Adults
( to take the powder of the escape) • To run away, to flee.
"Hier, ma maison a été cambriolée, et au moment où je cherchais les voleurs, ils avaient déjà pris la poudre d'escampette."
"Yesterday, my house was robbed, and when I looked for the thieves, they had already fled."
Word USED On Occasion BY some people
Like a soundtrack, but for smells.
“I remember how people smell, because my memory has a smelltrack.”
Submitted August 2024 by anonymous
Word USED On Occasion BY some people
An underlying [bad] taste. Possibly a premonition about something bad happening.
"The mousse was excellent, but it had a chalky undertaste that reminded Rosemary of blackboards and grade school"
Submitted August 2024 by amarens
Word USED Very frequently BY Everybody
Titip is a word that can be described most closely by the word “entrust”. When a relative is going abroad and you request them to buy something from that country, you say to your relative that you want to “titip” that good. When you put your products at someone’s store for them to sell, you “titip” your goods to their store. When you send your children for mentorship under a trusted friend, you “titip” your children to be mentored well by your friend. In informal spoken Indonesian, the formal base word “titip” is often said as “nitip”, which is the shortened version of “menitip” (to titip).
“Kamu mau ke kantin? Nitip nasi ayam dong.” “Aku mau ke toilet dulu. Titip laptopku ya.”
“Are you going to the canteen? Can you buy chicken rice for me please.” “I’m going to the toilet. Please take care of my laptop.”
Submitted June 2024 by anonymous
Slang USED Frequently BY Teens
(verb) • (to throw someone) • Informal way of saying 'to have sexual relations' with someone.
"¿Entonces te le tiraste?"
"So you have throw him?"
Word USED On Occasion BY Everybody
(a witness) • A martyr or someone who was killed for a certain valuable cause. They are witnesses in the since that they are witnesses of injustice in the eyes of god.
"أخويا شهيد، استشهد بغزة وهو بحاول يهرب من القصف."
"My brother is a witness, he was made a witness while trying to escape the shelling."
Submitted March 2024 by zahrft
Word USED On Occasion BY some people
(no cat piss) • When something is no joke.
"De training is absoluut geen kattepis!"
"The training is absolutely no cat piss!"
Submitted July 2024 by amarens
Word USED On Occasion BY some people
(flying hours ) • Hours of experience.
“Ik hou van schilderen maar ik heb nog niet genoeg vlieguren om het goed te doen.”
“I love painting, but I don’t have enough flying hours to do it well”
Submitted June 2024 by anonymous
Expression USED On Occasion BY Everybody
It is a popular Hindi phrase used in situations where someone gets two things done simultaneously using the effort of just one. It generally has a positive connotation. equivalent to the English idiom 'killing two birds with one stone'. "ek teer" means an arrow, while "do nishaane" means two targets.
"Maine test syllabus ka audio banaya tha aur aaj jogging karte hue soon liya." "Oho! Ek teer se do nishaane!"
"I created an audio of our test syllabus and today, while jogging, I listened to it." "Whoa! One arrow for two targets!"
Submitted December 2021 by anonymous
Da je baba bila muško, zvala bi se Duško
Proverb USED Frequently BY Everyone
(If grandma had been a man, her name would have been Duško) • It's used to prevent regret and overanalyzing past events over which we no longer have influence, as they have already occurred. Duško is a male name in Croatia.
"Da sam marljivije učio, do sada sam mogao diplomirati s odličnim uspjehom i potencijalno si osigurati bolje plaćen posao." "Eh, da je baba bila muško, zvala bi se Duško."
"If I had studied harder, I could have graduated with honors by now and potentially secured a better paying job." "Eh, if grandma was male, her name would be Duško."
Submitted May 2024 by anonymous
Slang USED On Rare Occasion BY Some people, elderly people
(amniotic sac) • Synonym for hot water bottle, with the connotations of comfort, being sick and getting better
"Oma macht dir dein Fruchtblasl, damit du gesund wirst."
"Grandma will get you your hot water bottle to help you get better soon."
Submitted April 2024 by anonymous
Word USED On Occasion BY Everybody
A word of respect to the person talking to. A way to acknowledge seniority or hierarchical level to someone. Widely used before to pay respect to elders.
"Maraming salamat Po"
"Thank you, Sir/Ma'am."
Submitted April 2024 by bogart
Expression USED On Occasion BY People from Yorkshire
The expression "it is cold enough to freeze the balls of a brass monkey" comes from the practice of putting iron cannon balls on a dimpled brass plate on the deck of a warship. When very cold the brass contracted sufficiently to cause the iron balls to fall out.
"Goodness, my fingers are freezing! It’s brass monkey weather! "
Submitted April 2024 by aromasubstanz@gmail.com
English
Georgia,
United States
Neologism USED Frequently BY Gen Z & Gen Alpha
The term skibidi is a reference to the abomination that is Skibidi Toilet, a 2023 YouTube animated series/meme. The general consensus is that skibidi is an adjective with erratic meaning. Based on the show, it may mean "bad" or "evil".
"That's so skibidi! That's so fanum tax!" "Grow the hell up, boy."
Submitted March 2024 by anonymous
Expression USED On Occasion BY Some people
(tuberculosis) • It's over, everything bad.
"De hele stad gaat naar de tering."
"The whole city is going to the tuberculosis."
Submitted April 2024 by anonymous
Idiom USED Frequently BY New Zealanders and (less common) Australians
Colloquial expression meaning it will work out or it will be fine.
"Mate, I don't think you have enough petrol to get there." "No worries, she'll be right."
Submitted April 2024 by anonymous
Slang USED Frequently BY gen z
(interjection ) • It refers to anything with a fat butt, but it's also used to say you met an attractive woman (or man).
“GYATTTT” “damn that boy has a big gyatt… why do boys always get what girls want”
"GYATT" "Damn that boy has a fat butt... why do boys always get what girls want”
Submitted April 2024 by anonymous
