will the real someone please stand up

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will the real (someone/something) please stand up

will the real please stand up (canonical)

From the 1950s panel show To Tell the Truth, in which the line was said after votes came in as to who the people thought was the real person they were supposed to find out.

Will the Real Hymnal Please Stand Up?

1972 fall quarter, James W. Chapman, The Chaplain, page 53:

Will the real Jimmy Carter please stand up? Is it the twice-born Baptist who can preach love and compassion with true fervor? Or is it the tough relentless office-seeker with a pious front of “religiosity?”

1976, Marquis Childs, “Glimpses of The Real Carter”, in The Washington Post:

WILL THE REAL CHARLIE BROWN PLEASE STAND UP?

1977 July, D. C. Owens, “Softball at NRMC”, in The Clipper, volume 11, number 2, Memphis, Tenn.: Naval Regional Medical Center, page 7:

Will the Real SPP Please Stand Up

1980 December, “Appendix A: Bibliography of BBN Packet Radio Temporary Notes”, in Command and Control Related Computer Technology: Packet Radio (Report No. 4340), prepared for Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, page 33:

1982, Barbara Morgenroth, Will the Real Renie Lake Please Stand Up?, New York, N.Y.: Fawcett Juniper Books, →ISBN:

I remember that moment when the host of the show would say, “Will the real Mr. X please stand up.” One fake would start out of his chair and then, bashfully, the real person would stand up to studio applause. There have been moments when I wanted to ask, “Would the real Mr. Arafat please stand up,” but they have been very fleeting.

1996 March 18, Barbara Amiel, “The stream of anti-Israeli vitriol”, in Maclean’s, archived from the original on 2022-10-15:

May I have your attention please?
Will the real Slim Shady please stand up?
I repeat
Will the real Slim Shady please stand up?
We're gonna have a problem here.

2000, Eminem, "The Real Slim Shady", The Marshall Mathers LP

[delurk][long] will the real goth please stand up […] but am I Goth? Am I NotaGoth? Am I a Closet Goth? Is there a 12 step program? Am I welcome?

2001 March 26, n4ca, aus.culture.gothic (Usenet):

BOOKENDS: Will the Real Jonathan Safran Foer Please Stand Up?

2005 April 13, Leon Neyfakh, Harvard Crimson:

Will The Real Woodhall Spa Please Stand up? / This was it folks, the REAL Woodhall Spa.

2006 September 8, Tim Hallam, Geograph Britain and Ireland:

Will the real you please stand up? : 7 spiritual strategies to help you discover your purpose and live it with passion

2007, Fran Harris, Will the Real You Please Stand Up?, Deerfield Beach, Fla.: Health Communications, Inc., →ISBN:

‘Would the ‘real’ girl gamer please stand up?’ Gender, LAN cafes and the reformulation of the ‘girl’ gamer

2007, Catherine Beavis, Claire Charles, Gender and Education, volume 19, page 691:

Racing the Archive: Will the Real William DuBois Please Stand Up?

2007, Shannon Rose Riley, English Language Notes:

Will the Real Hooded Man Please Stand Up

2007 August 15, Errol Morris, The New York Times, section “Opinionator”:

Will the Real Blue-Eyed Soul Artists Please Stand Up?

2007 October 9, Retannical D. Russell, PLAYBACK:stl, archived from the original on 2007-10-11:

2008, Gerry Ryan, Would the Real Gerry Ryan Please Stand Up, Penguin Ireland, →ISBN:

Will the real Alberta please stand up?

2010, Geo Takach, Will the Real Alberta Please Stand Up?, The University of Alberta Press, →ISBN:

Claiborne Holmes Kinnard V, Franklin, Tenn., “Will the real Bruiser please stand up?”

2011 fall, EHS: The Magazine of Episcopal High School, volume 63, number 2, page 61:

‘Will the Real Boccherini Please Stand Up’: New Light on an Eighteenth-Century Portrait in the National Gallery of Victoria

2015 December 25, Mark D. Shepheard, Art, Site and Spectacle: Studies in Early Modern Visual Culture:

(idiomatic, humorous) A request for the real person or thing to be identified from among others that are similar.


Christmas comes early

Then he turns to Rhaenys, who, he reasonably argues, is the best authority on what her husband would want. And Christmas comes early for Rhaenyra, because not only has her dad come out to support her family, but her aunt also backs Luke’s claim—and accepts her niece’s offer of a Targaryen-Velaryon double wedding.

2022 October 10, Jenna Scherer, “House Of The Dragon drops its best episode yet”, in AV Club:

A large number of fortuitous events come at the same time.

think all one's Christmases have come at once


蹄疾步穩

ㄊㄧˊ ㄐㄧˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄣˇ

/tʰi³⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵ pu⁵¹ wən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʰi³⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵ pu⁵¹ wən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


薑桂老辣

ㄐㄧㄤ ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄠˇ ㄌㄚˋ

цзянгуйлаола

/t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lä⁵¹/

/kœːŋ⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯³³ lou̯¹³ laːt̚²/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lä⁵¹/

/kœːŋ⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯³³ lou̯¹³ laːt̚²/


穩中求進

ㄨㄣˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄣˋ

вэньчжунцюцзинь

/wən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵¹/

/wɐn³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹ t͡sɵn³³/

/wən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵¹/

/wɐn³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ kʰɐu̯²¹ t͡sɵn³³/

to seek further progress on the basis of stability


PCCC

Initialism of phòng cháy chữa cháy (“fire prevention and control”).


there is no Planet B

Coined by British comedian and writer Rob Newman in 2006, in his stage show There Is No Planet B: A history of the world backwards. In 2007, Newman performed a song called No Planet B at Heathrow Climate Camp, after which activists painted the phrase on placards, first at the Heathrow Climate Camp, and then at COP15 in Copenhagen. The phrase was later popularized by British researcher and writer Mike Berners-Lee in his 2019 book There Is No Planet B: A Handbook for the Make or Break Years. It is a play on words based on the phrase "there is no plan B".

coinage

There is only one Earth, so humans must try to conserve Earth's environment by taking steps to mitigate climate change, etc.


olahan gula

Compound olahan + gula, calque of Dutch suikerwaren.

confection: A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.


敢為人先

ㄍㄢˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄢ

ганьвэйжэньсянь

/kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵ ʐən³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

/kɐm³⁵ wɐi̯²¹ jɐn²¹ siːn⁵⁵/

/kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵ ʐən³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

/kɐm³⁵ wɐi̯²¹ jɐn²¹ siːn⁵⁵/

to have the courage to do what others have not done; to have the courage to take the lead


只爭朝夕

ㄓˇ ㄓㄥ ㄓㄠ ㄒㄧˋ

чжичжэнчжаоси

čžičžɛnčžaosi

/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi⁵¹/

/t͡siː³⁵ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sɪk̚²/

/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi⁵¹/

/t͡siː³⁵ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sɪk̚²/


ܚܕܐ ܠܝ ܒܚܙܝܬܘܟ

aii-interj

ܚܕܹܐ ܠܝܼ ܒܚܙܵܝܬܘܼܟ݂

ܚܕܹܐ ܠܝܼ ܒܚܙܵܝܬܵܟ݂ܝ

ܚܕܹܐ ܠܝܼ ܒܚܙܵܝܬܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ

ܚܕܹܐ ܠܝܼ ܒܚܙܵܝܬܘܼܟ݂ • (ḥdē lī bḥzāytūḵ) m sg (feminine ܚܕܹܐ ܠܝܼ ܒܚܙܵܝܬܵܟ݂ܝ (ḥdē lī bḥzāytāḵ), plural ܚܕܹܐ ܠܝܼ ܒܚܙܵܝܬܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ḥdē lī bḥzāytāwḵōn))

ܚܕܹܐ ܠܝܼ ܒܚܙܵܝܬܘܼܟ݂ (canonical)
ḥdē lī bḥzāytūḵ (romanization)
ܚܕܹܐ ܠܝܼ ܒܚܙܵܝܬܵܟ݂ܝ (feminine)
ܚܕܹܐ ܠܝܼ ܒܚܙܵܝܬܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (plural)

pleased to meet you, nice to meet you (literally “I became happy by your sight”)


straight, no chaser

Cowboys in high-heeled boots teeter along its sidewalks, or push the swinging doors aside for a shot or two—straight, no chaser.

1947, John Clarkson Jay, Skiing the Americas, page 115:

‘Here,’ offered Scotch, ‘get a dash of Coke.’
‘Straight,’ said I, ‘no chaser.’
I gulped the drink all at once. Sat back in the chair as the laughter of the brothers swirled around me.
‘Straight, no chaser, he says,’ Scotch said, throwing back a slug of brandy.

2007, Fred Khumalo, Bitches' Brew, Jacana Media, →ISBN, page 173:

(bartending) An alcoholic drink served in its pure form, without anything mixed in, and not followed by a non-alcoholic drink.


飛禽走獸

ㄈㄟ ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄗㄡˇ ㄕㄡˋ

фэйциньцзоушоу

/feɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰin³⁵ t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/

/fei̯⁵⁵ kʰɐm²¹ t͡sɐu̯³⁵ sɐu̯³³/

/feɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰin³⁵ t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/

/fei̯⁵⁵ kʰɐm²¹ t͡sɐu̯³⁵ sɐu̯³³/


招風招雨

чжаофэнчжаоюй

/ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ jyː¹³/

/ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ jyː¹³/


Karadeniz'de gemilerin mi battı

Literally "have your ships sunk in the Black Sea?"


ręce opadają

(idiomatic, impersonal) words fail someone [with dative ‘whom’]


the job is oxo

Catch her in an emotional environment and if the chemicals of attraction are correctly and sensitively pestle mixed, the job is oxo.

2005, Bryan MacMahon, Hero Town, page 131:

I've no idea what they're going on about - it's all mahogany gaspipe to me - but next thing Brendan tips me the nod and a wink and gives me to understand that the job is oxo.

1993, Colbert Kearney, The Consequence, Blackstaff Press, →ISBN, page 277:

(Ireland) Everything is satisfactory; things are fine.


prutat och klart

prutat (“haggled”) + och (“and”) + klart (“done”)

af

(advertising) Used to indicate that the indicated price is not negotiable/bargainable.


躊躇不前

ㄔㄡˊ ㄔㄨˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

/ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/

to be hesitant or indecisive; to waver; to shilly-shally


認祖歸宗

ㄖㄣˋ ㄗㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄗㄨㄥ

жэньцзугуйцзун

/ʐən⁵¹ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/

/jɪŋ²² t͡sou̯³⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/

/ʐən⁵¹ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/

/jɪŋ²² t͡sou̯³⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/

(of an adopted child) to find and acknowledge one's ancestors and restore their original surname

(of someone who lives in a foreign place) to return to one's ancestral home


眾望所歸

ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄨㄤˋ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄍㄨㄟ

чжунвансогуй

/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ wɑŋ⁵¹ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡sʊŋ³³ mɔːŋ²² sɔː³⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ wɑŋ⁵¹ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡sʊŋ³³ mɔːŋ²² sɔː³⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/


sjön suger

By surface analysis, sjön (“the sea”) + suger (“sucks”). See sugen (“craving”).

surf

Sjön suger! Vad lagar skeppskocken idag?

I'm hungry! What is the ship's cook making today?

(idiomatic) being at sea makes you hungry


mustn't grumble

(UK, humorous) Not bad; implying that life is not bad and one should not complain about it.


靜水流深

ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄣ

цзиншуйлюшэнь

/t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/

still waters run deep
still waters run deep


fara út um þúfur

for a project to fail, to go nowhere, to fall apart


ܩܐ ܛܘܦܣܐ

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ܩܵܐ ܛܘܼܦ̮ܣܵܐ

ܩܵܐ ܛܘܼܦ̮ܣܵܐ • (qā ṭufsā)

ܩܵܐ ܛܘܼܦ̮ܣܵܐ (canonical)
qā ṭufsā (romanization)

[qɑː‿tˤuːsɑː]

for example, e.g., eg used to introduce or otherwise mark an example


zona nyaman

Compound of zona + nyaman, calque of English comfort zone.

(psychology) comfort zone: The range of circumstances in which a person feels relaxed or able to cope.


shut the fridge

"Shut the fridge! You're kidding?" "I wish I was." "Details. What happened?" He let out a long breath, sagging against the side of his car. "Look, it wasn't entirely her fault. We'd been growing apart for months.

2015 February 19, Gemma Halliday, Hollywood Confessions: Hollywood Headlines Mysteries book #3, Gemma Halliday Publishing, →ISBN:

(minced oath, euphemistic, slang) shut the fuck up (usually expressing disbelief)


مثل پلو تو دوری

مثل پلو تو دوری • (mesl-e polow tu duri)

A phrase rhyming with چجوری (čejur-i, “how”), literally “like pilaf on the dish”.

چجوری چجور#Persian

(informal) A humorous reply to the greeting چجوری (čejur-i, “how”).


啟者

/t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


ветар во магла

ветер во магла
ветер во магла#Macedonian

Alternative form of ветер во магла (veter vo magla)


дуб дубом

ru-adj

дуб ду́бом • (dub dúbom)

дуб ду́бом (canonical)
dub dúbom (romanization)

(colloquial) (someone) very stupid, a dummy


IYKYK

Alternative form: iykyk

if you know, you know
if you know, you know#English

(informal, humorous) Initialism of if you know, you know.


that's Greek to me

it's all Greek to me
it's all Greek to me#English

Alternative form of it's all Greek to me


ICYW

(Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of in case you're wondering.


ни пет ни шест

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ни пет ни шест • (ni pet ni šest)

straight to the point
straight to the point

(idiomatic) offhand, unexpectedly, wasting no time, apropos of nothing, without any apparent reason, straight to the point


梃子でも動かない

ja-pos

てこ で も うごかない

梃子(てこ)でも動(うご)かない • (teko de mo ugokanai)

梃子でも動かない (canonical)
teko de mo ugokanai (romanization)

to never go back on one's decision no matter what


藍色窗簾

ㄌㄢˊ ㄙㄜˋ ㄔㄨㄤ ㄌㄧㄢˊ

ланьсэ чуанлянь

/län³⁵ sɤ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ li̯ɛn³⁵/

/laːm²¹ sɪk̚⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵ liːm²¹⁻³⁵/

/län³⁵ sɤ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ li̯ɛn³⁵/

/laːm²¹ sɪk̚⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵ liːm²¹⁻³⁵/

Said to originate from an exam question in which the candidates were asked to explain why the author mentioned that the window curtains are blue in colour.

(originally Internet slang) to overinterpret the author's intention; to incorrectly read the author's mind


where's the lie tho

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-where's the lie tho.wav


farkmaz

From fark etmez, 3rd person singular negative indicative aorist of fark etmek (“to make a difference”), where fark (“difference”) is treated as the verb stem.

(slang) Synonym of fark etmez; it doesn't matter


呃蝦條

/ŋaːk̚⁵ haː⁵⁵ tʰiːu̯²¹⁻³⁵/

/ŋaːk̚⁵ haː⁵⁵ tʰiːu̯²¹⁻³⁵/

Pun on the near homophonous vulgar phrase 呃閪屌 (ngaak1 hai1 diu2, “to fool a girl into having sex with one”, literally “to swindle a vulva in order to fuck it”).

zh-m

(Cantonese, minced oath, euphemistic, sometimes humorous) to fool a girl into having sex with one


mawalang-galang

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mawaláng-galang (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜏᜎᜅ᜔ᜄᜎᜅ᜔)

mawaláng-galang (canonical)
ᜋᜏᜎᜅ᜔ᜄᜎᜅ᜔ (Baybayin)

From mawala + -ng- + galang, literally “to lose courtesy”. Can also be analyzed as ma- + walang-galang.

compound

Mawalang-galang, pero huwag ninyo akong hawakan.

with all due respect
with all due respect


ⲁϣ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲉⲕϩⲱⲃ

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ⲁϣ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲉⲕϩⲱⲃ • (aš pe pekhōb) (m)


if you've got it, flaunt it

(informal) A positive or strong trait or attribute should be displayed with pride and used to one's advantage.


the proverbial dog that caught the car

dog that caught the car
dog that caught the car#English


jako házet hrách na stěnu

like talking to a wall
like talking to a wall

like talking to a brick wall
like talking to a brick wall

(idiomatic) like talking to a wall, like talking to a brick wall (be futile communication due to the ignorance or stubbornness of the other party)


niin kai

Literally, niin (“so, thus”) + kai (“maybe”).

Mitä? Tippuiko puhelimesi veteen? --Niin kai.

What? Did you drop your phone into water? --Yes, I'm afraid so.

Pitääkö meidän tehdä kaikki käsin? --Niin kai.

Do we really have to do every one by hand? --Yes, I'm afraid so.


tête à queue

tête à queue Literally (canonical)
“head at the tail” (canonical)

Signifying the reversal of order, where the head becomes the tail and the tail becomes the head, such as in a file, battle line, army column


obscurum per obscurius

From Latin obscūrum per obscūrius, “[to explain] the obscure by the more obscure”.

We have no doubt—in spite of those rumours to the contrary which took so preposterous a shape in the table-talk of Lord Byron—that Miss More’s part in the transaction was blameless; but she certainly owes little to the dull slipslop with which Mr. Roberts has contrived to overlay—obscurum per obscurius—the only page in her history that really demanded elucidation.

1834, “Review of Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Mrs. Hannah More”, in The Quarterly Review, volume 52, page 423:

Ivy has been compared to Latin ibex ‘wild goat’ (that is ‘climber’), but, unfortunately, the origin of ibex is obscure […] and, according to the golden rule of etymology, one should never explain obscurum per obscurius.

2002, Anatoly Liberman, “Origin unknown”, in Donka Minkova, Robert Stockwell, editors, Studies in the History of the English Language: A Millennial Perspective, →ISBN, page 119:

In the first place, it cannot be denied that Napoleon changed the political face of Europe in a mere ten years[…]. To explain this by the intervention of some vast, impersonal force is undoubtedly an explanation of obscurum per obscurius at the very least, and it seems quixotic to deny that Napoleon’s rare talent as a military commander must have played a role here as well.

2012, Frank Ankersmit, Meaning, Truth, and Reference in Historical Representation, →ISBN, page 249:

ignotum per ignotius
ignotum per ignotius#English

Synonym of ignotum per ignotius (“explaining an obscure subject by resort to one even more obscure”)


to se rozumí samo sebou

it goes without saying
it goes without saying


melawan hukum

Compound of melawan + hukum (“law”), calque of Dutch wederrechtelijk (“illegal, against the law”).


pembelaan terpaksa

Compound of pembelaan + terpaksa, calque of Dutch noodweer (“self-defence”)


pelepasan bersyarat

Compound of pelepasan (“release”) + bersyarat (“conditional”), calque of Dutch voorwaardelijke invrijheidstelling (“parole”).

clq

(law) parole: Conditional release of a prisoner (now especially before the end of a custodial sentence), or the term or state of such release; the system governing such releases.


pajak penghasilan

Compound of pajak (“tax”) + penghasilan (“income”), calque of Dutch inkomstenbelasting.

(taxation) income tax: a tax levied on earned and unearned income, net of allowed deductions.


pidana mati

Compound of pidana (“punishment”) + mati (“death”), calque of Dutch doodstraf.


danh bất hư truyền

[zajŋ̟˧˧ ʔɓət̚˧˦ hɨ˧˧ t͡ɕwiən˨˩]

[jɛɲ˧˧ ʔɓək̚˦˧˥ hɨ˧˧ ʈwiəŋ˦˩]

[jan˧˧ ʔɓək̚˦˥ hɨ˧˧ ʈ⁽ʷ⁾iəŋ˨˩]


早日康復

ㄗㄠˇ ㄖˋ ㄎㄤ ㄈㄨˋ

цзаожи канфу

/t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐ̩⁵¹ kʰɑŋ⁵⁵ fu⁵¹/

/t͡sou̯³⁵ jɐt̚² hɔːŋ⁵⁵ fʊk̚²/

/t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐ̩⁵¹ kʰɑŋ⁵⁵ fu⁵¹/

/t͡sou̯³⁵ jɐt̚² hɔːŋ⁵⁵ fʊk̚²/


pater est quem nuptiae demonstrant

pater est quem nū̆ptiae dēmōnstrant (canonical)

Literally, “The father is he whom marriage indicates”.

lit

(law) the child of a married mother is always supposed to be the legitimate offspring of her husband


it's none of your business

(idiomatic) It's a matter that you are not entitled to be involved in or informed about.

不關你的事

matter that someone is not entitled to be involved in


ekki fyrir fimm aura

Literally "not (even) for five cents", i.e. it is worthless. Compare Swedish inte för fem öre, Norwegian ikke for fem øre.

Ég treysti þessu ekki fyrir fimm aura.

Þetta virkaði ekki fyrir fimm aura.


kepastian hukum

Compound of kepastian (“certainty”) + hukum (“law”), calque of Dutch regtszekerheid.


pembebasan bersyarat

Compound pembebasan (“release”) + bersyarat (“conditional”), calque of Dutch voorwaardelijke invrijheidstelling (“parole”).


the handwriting is on the wall

the writing is on the wall
the writing is on the wall#English

Alternative form of the writing is on the wall


God rest his soul

Her mother hesitated, then said, with feeling, “Your grandfather, God rest his soul, was a humble man but a great one[…]”

2018, Alaa Al Aswany, The Republic of False Truths:

A respectful way to mention a deceased male person.


the wolf is at the door

Poverty or financial trouble is threatening someone.


thắng làm vua, thua làm giặc

[tʰaŋ˧˦ laːm˨˩ vuə˧˧ tʰuə˧˧ laːm˨˩ zak̚˧˨ʔ]

[tʰaŋ˦˧˥ laːm˦˩ vuə˧˧ tʰuə˧˧ laːm˦˩ jak̚˨˩ʔ]

[tʰaŋ˦˥ laːm˨˩ vuə˧˧ tʰuə˧˧ laːm˨˩ jak̚˨˩˨]

[tʰaŋ˦˥ laːm˨˩ juə˧˧ tʰuə˧˧ laːm˨˩ jak̚˨˩˨]

Literally "win and become the king; lose and become the outlaw". Calque of Chinese 成者為王，敗者為寇／成者为王，败者为寇 (thành giả vi vương, bại giả vi khấu) or any of its variants.

calque

Thắng làm vua, thua làm giặc. Bất kể tốt hay xấu, đúng hay sai, kẻ chiến thắng luôn là kẻ mạnh, kẻ nắm lý lẽ.

2017, "Những thành ngữ tiếng Anh về những quy luật cuộc sống (English Idioms about the Rules of Life)" Tiếng Anh cho Người Đi Làm (English for Working People)

The winner becomes the king and the loser becomes the outlaw. Whether good or bad, right or wrong, the strong always wins and holds legitimacy.

might makes right; the winner is always in the right and the loser is always in the wrong.


được làm vua, thua làm giặc

[ʔɗɨək̚˧˨ʔ laːm˨˩ vuə˧˧ tʰuə˧˧ laːm˨˩ zak̚˧˨ʔ]

[ʔɗɨək̚˨˩ʔ laːm˦˩ vuə˧˧ tʰuə˧˧ laːm˦˩ jak̚˨˩ʔ]

[ʔɗɨək̚˨˩˨ laːm˨˩ vuə˧˧ tʰuə˧˧ laːm˨˩ jak̚˨˩˨]

[ʔɗɨək̚˨˩˨ laːm˨˩ juə˧˧ tʰuə˧˧ laːm˨˩ jak̚˨˩˨]

Alternative form of thắng làm vua, thua làm giặc.

alternative form of

“Được làm vua, thua làm giặc” câu thành ngữ gắn liền với số phận nghiệt ngã của những vị tướng đã chọn cách đặt tương lai của cuộc đời mình vào tài năng binh lược.

2022, Nguyễn Khắc An, “Nỗi Đau Không Của Riêng Ai (The Pain of None in Particular)”, Báo Nghệ An (Nghệ An Newspaper Online):

“The winner becomes the king and the loser becomes the outlaw”, the idiom which is closely linked to the tragic fates of generals who had placed their future in their military talents.

(uncommon) might makes right; the winner is always in the right and the loser is always in the wrong.


ласкаво просимо

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ласка́во про́симо

ласка́во про́симо • (laskávo prósymo)

ласка́во про́симо (canonical)
laskávo prósymo (romanization)

Uk-ласкаво просимо.ogg

Ласка́во про́симо до на́шого до́му!

Ласка́во про́симо до пе́кла.

Greeting given upon someone's arrival: welcome


quân vô hí ngôn

[kwəŋ˧˧ vow˧˧ hɪj˨˩˦ ŋoŋ˧˧]

[wəŋ˧˧ vow˧˧ hɪj˦˥ ŋoŋ˧˧]

[wəŋ˧˧ jow˧˧ hɪj˦˥ ŋoŋ˧˧]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 君 (“monarch”), 無 (“not”) and 戲言 (“to joke, to jest, to say something playfully and not in earnest”).
Based on a quote in Lüshi Chunqiu (translation adapted from Knoblock & Riegel 2001):
*

vi-etym-sino

The Son of Heaven utters no playful words. What the Son of Heaven says, the scribes record, the musicians chant, and the knights proclaim.

Lü Buwei, Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals, 239 BCE

Thiên tử vô hí ngôn. Thiên tử ngôn, tắc sử thư chi, công tụng chi, sĩ xưng chi.

天子無戲言。天子言，則史書之，工誦之，士稱之。

A monarch should not say anything in jest

Dù vậy, "quân vô hí ngôn", dẫu nhiều khả năng chỉ là một đòn gió, thì "nước cờ" của Tổng thống D. Trump cũng tiềm ẩn nhiều rủi ro.

2018, Linh Oanh, "Nước cờ nguy hiểm (The Dangerous Chess Move)", Báo Quân đội nhân dân (People's Army Newspaper)

Even so, "a monarch / a person in power should not say anything in jest", though in most likelihoods it has been just a feint attack, President D. Trump's "chess move" also has many potential risks.

(by extension) A person in power should not say anything in jest and not in earnest


quân bất hí ngôn

[kwən˧˧ ʔɓət̚˧˦ hi˧˦ ŋon˧˧]

[kwəŋ˧˧ ʔɓək̚˦˧˥ hɪj˨˩˦ ŋoŋ˧˧]

[wəŋ˧˧ ʔɓək̚˦˥ hɪj˦˥ ŋoŋ˧˧]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 君 (“monarch”), 不 (“not”) and 戲言 (“to joke, to jest, to say something playfully and not in earnest”). See its alternative form "quân vô hí ngôn" for etymology.

2019, Lê Hiền, "Đừng ngẫu hứng… chính sách (Do not improvise... policies)", Tin Tức (The News) by Vietnam News Agency
Từ thời phong kiến xa xưa đã có một nguyên tắc là “quân bất hí ngôn”. Người xưa giữ nguyên tắc này không phải vì vua không biết nói đùa mà là vì một lời nói của những người có chức vị càng cao thì sức ảnh hưởng càng lớn. Một lời nói ra nếu không được suy nghĩ chín chắn có thể trở thành hệ lụy cho bao người… Vậy nên, người làm vua, làm quan vì thế không được ngẫu hứng, tùy tiện mà phải suy nghĩ cẩn thận trước khi nói ra, ấy cũng là đạo lý.

Since the ancient feudal time there already was a principle, namely “a monarch does not joke”. People in the past upheld this principle not because monarchs did not know how to joke, but because the higher a person's rank and status was, the more influential that person was. One word spoken without prior prudent thought could negatively impact many others. Therefore, a monarch or an official must never improvise whenever convenient yet should carefully think before speaking out; that is also the moral way.


pencucian uang

Compound of pencucian (“washing”) + uang (“money”), calque of English money laundering.

(law) money laundering: The act of engaging in transactions designed to obscure the origin of money, especially money that has been obtained illegally.


no contact, no contract

A person is not legally answerable to somebody with whom they have not previously interacted.


ܒܫܡܐ ܕܐܠܗܐ

aii-phrase

ܒܫܸܡܵܐ ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ

ܒܫܸܡܵܐ ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ • (bšimmā allāhā)

ܒܫܸܡܵܐ ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ (canonical)
bšimmā allāhā (romanization)

[ʃɪm.mɑː‿də.ʔaːlɑː]


a³¹ ɣa⁵⁵

From a³¹− + ɣa⁵⁵ (“need”). Possibly a Calque of Jingpho N ra ai (“You're welcome”, literally “No need”). Compare Lhao Vo Ma ra".


các kiểu

các (pluralizer) + kiểu (“form; style; way”).

af

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see các, kiểu.


les affaires sont les affaires

desc

→ English: business is business (calque)

business is business
business is business

Octave Mirbeau
fr:Les affaires sont les affaires


one's house in order

Make sure to keep your house in order.

You have to get your house in order before you write the lease.

1976, United States. Congress. House. Ad Hoc Select Committee on Outer Continental Shelf, Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1975, page 350:

You can get your financial house in order.

2020, Ronnie Lee Johnson, Is Your House in Order: Living in Today's Economy:

[T]he group asked Mr. Musk for a multimonth moratorium on changes to Twitter’s policies and enforcement processes related to elections, hate speech and harassment — at least until the midterm election results were final and “he has his house in order,” Ms. Eisenstat said.

2022 November 2, Kate Conger, Ryan Mac, Tiffany Hsu, “Elon Musk Takes a Page Out of Mark Zuckerberg’s Social Media Playbook”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(with a verb, resultative) One’s personal situation as it should be, with no problems.


verbum sapienti

A shortening of Latin verbum sapienti sat est (“a word is enough to a wise man”). Compare verbum sat.

der

Used to bring something to a conclusion, implying that further comment is unadvisable or unneeded.


verb. sap.

[…] everything’s permitted to the poor drunkard, particularly if he’s only a poor colonial and doesn’t know any better. Verb sap.

1926 January, Aldous Huxley, “The Monocle”, in The Criterion, volume 4, Faber and Gwyer, Ltd., page 53:


好唔好

/hou̯³⁵ m̩²¹ hou̯³⁵/

/hou̯³⁵ m̩²¹ hou̯³⁵/


掇臀捧屁

ㄉㄨㄛ ㄊㄨㄣˊ ㄆㄥˇ ㄆㄧˋ

ㄉㄨㄛˊ ㄊㄨㄣˊ ㄆㄥˇ ㄆㄧˋ

/tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ tʰu̯ən³⁵ pʰɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰi⁵¹/

/tu̯ɔ³⁵ tʰu̯ən³⁵ pʰɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰi⁵¹/

/t͡syːt̚³ tʰyːn²¹ pʰʊŋ³⁵ pʰei̯³³/

/tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ tʰu̯ən³⁵ pʰɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰi⁵¹/

/tu̯ɔ³⁵ tʰu̯ən³⁵ pʰɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰi⁵¹/

/t͡syːt̚³ tʰyːn²¹ pʰʊŋ³⁵ pʰei̯³³/


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you don't know what you're talking about

What you said is so wrong it reveals you lack basic understanding of the subject or relevant experience.

daha ne hakkında konuştuğunu bile bilmiyorsun


摸老虎屁股

ㄇㄛ ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˇ ㄆㄧˋ ˙ㄍㄨ

мо лаоху пигу

/mu̯ɔ⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰi⁵¹ g̊u¹/

/mɔː³⁵ lou̯¹³ fuː³⁵ pʰei̯³³ kuː³⁵/

/mu̯ɔ⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰi⁵¹ g̊u¹/

/mɔː³⁵ lou̯¹³ fuː³⁵ pʰei̯³³ kuː³⁵/

(Mainland China, figurative, colloquial) to offend an influential person


din lac în puț

Literally, “from the lake into the well”.

lit

out of the frying pan, into the fire
out of the frying pan, into the fire

(idiomatic) out of the frying pan, into the fire


язик до Києва доведе

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язи́к до Ки́єва доведе́

язи́к до Ки́єва доведе́ • (jazýk do Kýjeva dovedé)

язи́к до Ки́єва доведе́ (canonical)
jazýk do Kýjeva dovedé (romanization)

[jɐˈzɪk dɔ ˈkɪjeʋɐ dɔʋeˈdɛ]

LL-Q8798 (ukr)-Po ukraińsku (Andriana)-язик до Києва доведе.wav

Literally, “a tongue will lead [one] to Kyiv”.

lit

(idiomatic) one must be communicative and ask other people if needed

en-язик_до_Києва_доведе-uk-phrase-6MfvqOPz


what nonsense

That is nonsense; that is patently untrue.


kunnes toisin todistetaan

until proven otherwise
until proven otherwise


how-de-do

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling

Pronunciation spelling of how do you do.


bez ladu a skladu

without rhyme or reason
without rhyme or reason

chaotic, random, haphazard, disorganized, incoherent, without rhyme or reason


Kiong Hee Huat Chai

/kɪˌoŋ ˌhi ˌhuɐt ˈt͡ʃaɪ̯/

From Hokkien 恭喜發財／恭喜发财 (Kiong-hí hoat-châi). Compare Tagalog Kiong Hee Huat Tsai.


Kung Hei Fat Choi

/kʊŋ ˌheɪ ˌfat ˈt͡ʃoɪ̯/

From Cantonese 恭喜發財／恭喜发财 (gung¹ hei² faat³ coi⁴). Compare Tagalog Kung Hey Fat Tsoy.

bor

(Hong Kong, Philippines) Happy Chinese New Year


Gong Xi Fa Cai

/kɔŋ ɕi fä t͡sʰaɪ̯/

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 恭喜發財／恭喜发财 (Gōngxǐ fācái).


Kiong Hee Huat Tsai

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Kiong Hee Huat Tsai (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜌᜓᜅ᜔ ᜑᜒ ᜑᜓᜏᜆ᜔ ᜆ᜔ᜐᜌ᜔)

ᜃᜒᜌᜓᜅ᜔ ᜑᜒ ᜑᜓᜏᜆ᜔ ᜆ᜔ᜐᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)

Borrowed from Hokkien 恭喜發財／恭喜发财 (Kiong-hí hoat-châi). The forms with ⟨ee⟩ spellings are indirect unadapted borrowing from English Kiong Hee Huat Chai, which is also from Hokkien 恭喜發財／恭喜发财 (Kiong-hí hoat-châi).


Kung Hey Fat Tsoy

tl-head

Kung Hey Fat Tsoy (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜅ᜔ ᜑᜒᜌ᜔ ᜉᜆ᜔ ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜌ᜔)

ᜃᜓᜅ᜔ ᜑᜒᜌ᜔ ᜉᜆ᜔ ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)

[kʊŋ ˌheɪ̯ ˌfat̪ ˈt͡ʃoɪ̯]

[kʊŋ ˌheɪ̯ ˌpat̪ ˈt͡ʃoɪ̯]

Borrowed from Cantonese 恭喜發財／恭喜发财 (gung¹ hei² faat³ coi⁴). Compare English Kung Hei Fat Choi.


NAMALT

Coordinate term: AWALT

Initialism of not all men are like that.


StVZO

Initialism of Straßenverkehrs-Zulassungs-Ordnung. Literally a reference to German's traffic code, but frequently used to refer to vehicle light marketing outside Germany


賴地硬

/laːi̯²² tei̯²² ŋaːŋ²²/

/laːi̯²² tei̯²² ŋaːŋ²²/

Short for 屙屎唔出賴地硬／屙屎唔出赖地硬. The original phrase is considered slightly vulgar.

zh-etym-short

Short for 屙屎唔出賴地硬／屙屎唔出赖地硬

a bad workman always blames his tools
a bad workman always blames his tools

(Cantonese) to always look for excuses upon failure rather than reflecting on oneself; a bad workman always blames his tools


какво да еба

[kɐˈkvɔ dɐ ˈɛbɐ]

Какво да еба правиш?

Какво да еба беше това?


ᱚᱠᱟ ᱞᱮᱠᱟ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱢᱟ

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ᱚᱠᱟ ᱞᱮᱠᱟ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱢᱟ • (ôka leka menama)


𣍐曉駛船嫌溪彎

袂曉駛船嫌溪彎
𫧃晓驶船嫌溪弯

blame the river for being too crooked when one is unable to sail a boat

/bue²²⁻²¹ hiau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sun²⁴ hiam²⁴⁻²² kʰue⁴⁴ uan⁴⁴/

/bue²² hiau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sun²⁴ hiam²⁴⁻²² kʰue³³ uan³³/

/be³³⁻²¹ hiau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sun²³ hiam²³⁻³³ kʰe⁴⁴ uan⁴⁴/

/be²²⁻²¹ hiau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sun¹³ hiam¹³⁻²² kʰe⁴⁴ uan⁴⁴/

(Hokkien, figurative) to always blame others upon failure rather than reflecting on oneself; a bad workman always blames his tools


屙屎唔出賴地硬

痾屎唔出賴地硬
屙屎唔出赖地硬

blame the floor for being too hard when one is unable to poop

/ɔː⁵⁵ siː³⁵ m̩²¹ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ laːi̯²² tei̯²² ŋaːŋ²²/


asv

(Internet, slang) asl Initialism of âge, sexe, ville. Used mainly in chat rooms to request this information from the person with whom one is communicating.


терпи, козаче, отаманом будеш

терпи́, коза́че, ота́маном бу́деш

терпи́, коза́че, ота́маном бу́деш • (terpý, kozáče, otámanom búdeš)

терпи́ (canonical)
коза́че (canonical)
ота́маном бу́деш (canonical)
terpý (romanization)
kozáče (romanization)
otámanom búdeš (romanization)

Literally, “endure it, Cossack, [then] you'll be an otaman”.

m-g

endure it, Cossack, 􂀿then􂁀 you'll be an otaman

lit

(idiomatic) said to someone that needs to endure something

en-терпи,_козаче,_отаманом_будеш-uk-phrase-iKTtnvp9


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вари́, сра́ко, борщ а я піду́ на москалі́в диви́тися • (varý, sráko, boršč a ja pidú na moskalív dyvýtysja)

вари́ (canonical)
сра́ко (canonical)
борщ а я піду́ на москалі́в диви́тися (canonical)
varý (romanization)
sráko (romanization)
boršč a ja pidú na moskalív dyvýtysja (romanization)

[ʋɐˈrɪ | ˈsrakɔ | bɔrʃt͡ʃ | a ja pʲiˈdu na mɔskɐˈlʲiu̯ deˈʋɪtesʲɐ]

Literally, “cook borscht, o arse, and I'll go look at the soldiers”.

lit

вари, срако, борщ, а я піду на москалів дивитися

(idiomatic, vulgar) said of something done poorly

en-вари,_срако,_борщ,_а_я_піду_на_москалів_дивитися-uk-phrase-Gk0-cKII

varý, sráko, boršč, a ja pidú na soldátiv dyvýtysja

вари́, сра́ко, борщ, а я піду́ на солда́тів диви́тися

varý, sráko, boršč, a ja pidú na moskalív dyvýtʹsja

вари́, сра́ко, борщ, а я піду́ на москалі́в диви́ться

varý, sráko, boršč, a ja pidú na soldátiv dyvýtʹsja

вари́, сра́ко, борщ, а я піду́ на солда́тів диви́ться


trust the process

(Internet, informal) One should have faith or be confident that everything will work out as planned.


插翅難逃

even with wings it would be difficult to escape

ㄔㄚ ㄔˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄊㄠˊ

/ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹ nän³⁵ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹ nän³⁵ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵/


pongezi kwa siku ya kuzaliwa

Literally, “congratulations for the day of birth”.


ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam

Literally, “may his soul be to the right of God”


說一套做一套

ㄕㄨㄛ ㄧ ㄊㄠˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄧ ㄊㄠˋ

shuō yī tào zuò yī tào [Phonetic:shuō yí tào zuò yí tào]

шо и тао цзо и тао

/ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ tʰɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ tʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/


your words, not mine

—Do you think I'm stupid? —Hey, your words, not mine.

(colloquial, humorous) Used to facetiously agree with someone's self-deprecating statement.


一家唔知一家事

/jɐt̚⁵ kaː⁵⁵ m̩²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ kaː⁵⁵ siː²²/

(Cantonese) Outsiders have no idea what happens within a family


插槓子

/ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ kɑŋ⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ kɑŋ⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/

(figurative, chiefly derogatory) to interfere; to interrupt; to cut in; to have a hand in at a wrong time


your money is no good here

One's purchases are on the house; one will not be charged for one's purchases; said to insist on comping or treating a customer.

"Your money's no good here," he answered, shoving the two dimes across the bar to me. Sadly I dropped them back into my pocket, sadly we yearned toward the blessed stove and the armchairs, and sadly we went out into the frosty night.

1907 December 5, Jack London, “Hoboes That Pass In The Night”, in The Cosmopolitan, volume 44, number 2, page 193:


someone's heart is in

John Redwood, a longtime Eurosceptic Tory MP, said: “Sir Ivan’s heart was not in the negotiations. The talks do not need to be that complicated. If you leave, you leave. You take control of your borders, your laws and your money and that is not something that needs to be negotiated with Mrs Merkel.”

2017 January 3, Jessica Elgot, Patrick Wintour, Peter Walker, “Ambassador to EU quits and warns staff over 'muddled thinking'”, in The Guardian:

In September, [Richard] Lee set up a deal for him to go to top-flight Newcastle United as a reserve, but [Ben] Foster decided his heart wasn’t in it, rejected the move and retired.

2023 March 24, Adam Leventhal, “Ben Foster’s move to Wrexham: How a business and football deal was done”, in The Athletic:

(idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) Someone is emotionally invested in (something); someone does (something) wholeheartedly.


毋知死活

/m̩⁴¹⁻²² t͡sai³³ si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ uaʔ²⁴/

/m̩³³⁻¹¹ t͡sai⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uaʔ⁴/

/m̩³³⁻²¹ t͡sai⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ uaʔ⁴/

/m̩⁴¹⁻²² t͡sai³³ si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ uaʔ²⁴/

/m̩³³⁻¹¹ t͡sai⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uaʔ⁴/

/m̩³³⁻²¹ t͡sai⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ uaʔ⁴/

(Hokkien) to act recklessly; to do something regardless of danger


活久見

ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

хо цзю цзянь

/xu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/xu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/

Huó dé jiǔ shénme shì dōu néng jiàn dào.

活得久什麼事都能見到。

活得久什么事都能见到。

Used to express one's being amazed when having seen something that is so unusual that is never thought will happen but has happened.

(neologism, Internet slang) You can see anything if you live long.


le cœur y est

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-le cœur y est.wav

the thought is there; someone's heart is in the right place; used to apologize when one wants to do something but cannot

le cœur n’y est pas

le cœur n’y est plus

le cœur n’y était pas

le cœur n’y était plus

someone's heart isn't in it
someone's heart isn't in it

(in the negative) someone's heart isn't in it


毋知死

/m̩³³⁻²¹ t͡sai⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴¹/

/m̩⁴¹⁻²² t͡sai³³ si⁵⁵⁴/

/m̩²²⁻²¹ t͡sai⁴⁴⁻²² si⁵³/

/m̩³³⁻¹¹ t͡sai⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁵³/

/m̩³³⁻²¹ t͡sai⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴¹/

/m̩⁴¹⁻²² t͡sai³³ si⁵⁵⁴/

/m̩²²⁻²¹ t͡sai⁴⁴⁻²² si⁵³/

/m̩³³⁻¹¹ t͡sai⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁵³/


this is it

Yesterday, when I heard that General Prats had resigned as Commander-in-Chief, I thought to myself, This is it. The Fascists have finally driven him out.

1986, Caroline Richards, Sweet Country, page 6:

This is it: the moment of truth. This is when the preparation and work of all contributors is finally put to the test.

2014, Patrick Tucker, Secrets of Screen Acting:

In this cinematic epiphany Bridges has gone from panic and fear of crashing (“He can't steer, we're going down”) to a shock-induced realization of his own mortality (“This is it, the moment of your death”) to realizing the possibility of something like life after death ("I am not afraid, I have no fear").

2017, Andrew M. Greeley, God in the Movies, page 20:

Used to indicate that something important has finally happened or is about to happen.

Remember, the key here is that you know that this is it, the last copy; there will be no more chances to revise, no typist to complete this onerous task.

1977, Bill Knott, The Craft of Fiction, page 6:

It makes me want to have more of an influence on the world while I'm here because this is it. This is my only shot.

2015, Phil Zuckerman, Faith No More: Why People Reject Religion, page 129:

“So,” completely resigned to a dreary world, “this is it? There is nothing to look forward to? We get just one life? It hardly seems worth it, doesn't it?”

2019, Sreenivas Madhira, This is it: Yet another NDE? Or, is it just END?:

The key to happiness is recognising that, yes, this is it. You're all you have to work with and this moment is the only one you have any control over.

Used to acknowledge the limits of something.


no further action

Alternative form: (abbreviation) NFA

(law enforcement, criminal law, UK, Malaysia) A potential formal outcome for a suspect from a police investigation, indicating that no action will be taken.


察察而明

ㄔㄚˊ ㄔㄚˊ ㄦˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

/ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ miŋ³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ miŋ³⁵/

to think one is discerning and shrewd for focusing on minutiae, but neglecting the bigger picture


察察為明

ㄔㄚˊ ㄔㄚˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

/ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ miŋ³⁵/

/t͡sʰaːt̚³ t͡sʰaːt̚³ wɐi̯²¹ mɪŋ²¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ miŋ³⁵/

/t͡sʰaːt̚³ t͡sʰaːt̚³ wɐi̯²¹ mɪŋ²¹/


虎背熊腰

to have the back of a tiger and the waist of a bear

ㄏㄨˇ ㄅㄟˋ ㄒㄩㄥˊ ㄧㄠ

/xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ peɪ̯⁵¹ ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/fuː³⁵ puːi̯³³ hʊŋ²¹ jiːu̯⁵⁵/

/xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ peɪ̯⁵¹ ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/fuː³⁵ puːi̯³³ hʊŋ²¹ jiːu̯⁵⁵/


妙趣橫生

ㄇㄧㄠˋ ㄑㄩˋ ㄏㄥˊ ㄕㄥ

мяоцюйхэншэн

/mi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹ xɤŋ³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

/miːu̯²² t͡sʰɵy̯³³ waːŋ²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/

/miau³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ hũẽ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sẽ³³/

/mi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹ xɤŋ³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

/miːu̯²² t͡sʰɵy̯³³ waːŋ²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/

/miau³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ hũẽ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sẽ³³/


क्या हाल चाल?

hi-phrase

क्या हाल चाल?

क्या हाल चाल? • (kyā hāl cāl?)

क्या हाल चाल (canonical)
kyā hāl cāl? (romanization)


奼紫嫣紅

ㄔㄚˋ ㄗˇ ㄧㄢ ㄏㄨㄥˊ

/ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn⁵⁵ xʊŋ³⁵/

/t͡sʰaː³³ t͡siː³⁵ jiːn⁵⁵ hʊŋ²¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn⁵⁵ xʊŋ³⁵/

/t͡sʰaː³³ t͡siː³⁵ jiːn⁵⁵ hʊŋ²¹/


茶餘酒後

ㄔㄚˊ ㄩˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄏㄡˋ

/ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ y³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xoʊ̯⁵¹/

/t͡sʰaː²¹ jyː²¹ t͡sɐu̯³⁵ hɐu̯²²/

/ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ y³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xoʊ̯⁵¹/

/t͡sʰaː²¹ jyː²¹ t͡sɐu̯³⁵ hɐu̯²²/


拆東牆，補西牆

to tear down the east wall to repair the west wall

/ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ pu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵/

rob Peter to pay Paul
rob Peter to pay Paul


εκ των προτέρων

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εκ των προτέρων • (ek ton protéron)

el-phrase

εκ των προτέρων • (ek ton protéron)


饞涎欲滴

ㄔㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄩˋ ㄉㄧ

чаньсяньюйди

/ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ y⁵¹ ti⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰaːm²¹ jiːn²¹ jʊk̚² tɪk̚²/

/ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ y⁵¹ ti⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰaːm²¹ jiːn²¹ jʊk̚² tɪk̚²/


no eye see

Calque of Cantonese 冇眼睇 (mou⁵ ngaan⁵ tai²).

calque

(Hong Kong, Singapore) To be unable to bear (the sight of) something anymore; to refuse to be involved further; to be disinclined to continue caring about.


vaya tela

Leonard Cohen, por ejemplo, hay un momento en el que se mira a sí mismo y dice: 'Hostia puta, macho, vaya tela".

2017 February 6, Guillermo Arenas, “Antonna se flagela en su nuevo disco sin Los Punsetes”, in El País, Madrid, →ISSN:


אד״גל

/ʊn dɔs ɡɫaɪ̯χn̩/

[ʊn dɔs ɡɫaɪ̯χn̩]

[ʊn dɔz ɡɫaɪ̯χn̩]

[ɪn dʊs ɡɫaːχn̩]

[ɪn dʊz ɡɫaːχn̩]

און דאָס גלײַכן
און דאָס גלײַכן#Yiddish

Abbreviation of און דאָס גלײַכן (un dos glaykhn, “et cetera”): etc.


la pelota está en el tejado

Literally, “the ball is on the roof”, implying that it could fall down on either side.


la pelota está en el tejado de alguien

desc

→ Catalan: la pilota és a la teulada d'algú (calque)

Literally, “the ball is on someone's roof”, from a conflation of the earlier phrase la pelota está en el tejado (literally “the ball is on the roof”) with English the ball is in someone's court.

lit

Les propusimos la redacción Andaluza porque pasó todos los filtros de legalidad. Ahora la pelota está en su tejado.

2010 February 26, María Fernández, quoting Gaspar Zarrías, “La pelota está en su tejado”, in El País, Madrid, →ISSN:

“La pelota está en su tejado”, ha dicho este lunes por la tarde Theresa May a los líderes europeos.

2017 October 10, Pablo Guimón, quoting Theresa May, “May advierte a Europa: “La pelota está en su tejado””, in El País, Madrid, →ISSN:

the ball is in someone's court
the ball is in someone's court

(idiomatic) the ball is in someone's court


Kiong Hi Huat Tsai

tl-head

Kiong Hi Huat Tsai (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜌᜓᜅ᜔ ᜑᜒ ᜑᜓᜏᜆ᜔ ᜆ᜔ᜐᜌ᜔)

ᜃᜒᜌᜓᜅ᜔ ᜑᜒ ᜑᜓᜏᜆ᜔ ᜆ᜔ᜐᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)

Kiong Hee Huat Tsai
Kiong Hee Huat Tsai#Tagalog

Alternative spelling of Kiong Hee Huat Tsai


Treu und Glauben

auf Treu und Glauben

assuming good faith / relying on someone's sincerity

(law or figurative) good faith, bona fides, sincerity, honesty, especially during the process of concluding contracts


無像鬼

/bo²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiũ³³⁻²² kui⁵⁵⁴/

/bo²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiũ³³⁻²² kui⁵⁵⁴/

(Philippine Hokkien) to behave shamelessly or mischievously


la pilota és a la teulada d'algú

[lə piˈlɔ.tə ˈez ə lə təwˈla.ðə ð‿əlˈɣu]

[la piˈlɔ.ta ˈez a la tewˈla.ða ð‿alˈɣu]

Calque of Spanish la pelota está en el tejado de alguien.

cal

“La pilota és a la teulada del PSOE”, va destacar el portaveu de la formació morada, sòcia minoritària de la coalició de govern.

2022 May 25, “El PSOE tanca la porta a limitar la inviolabilitat del rei”, in El Punt Avui:

El portaveu, Ígor Konashénkov[…] ha afirmat que “la pilota està en la teulada d’Ucraïna, que encara no ha buidat la costa de mines, incloses les aigües pròximes al port” d’Odessa.

2022 June 30, “Rússia es retira d'una illa estratègica a la mar Negra, però avança a Luhansk”, in El Punt Avui:

La pilota torna a ser a la teulada de l’executiu europeu i dels ministres d’Energia, que es reuneixen dimarts.

2022 October 22, Nazaret Romero González, “El no d'Alemanya frustra l'acord per limitar el preu del gas”, in El Punt Avui:


صلی‌الله علیه وسلم

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صلیالله علیه وسلم

صلیالله علیه وسلم • (sallâ-llâho 'aleyhe va-sallam)

صلیالله علیه وسلم (canonical)
sallâ-llâho 'aleyhe va-sallam (romanization)

صلی الله علیه وسلم
صلی الله علیه وسلم#Persian

Alternative spelling of صلی الله علیه وسلم (sallâ-llâho 'aleyhe va-sallam)


әлејһиссәлам

әлејһиссәлам


aleyhisselam

From Arabic عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ (ʕalayhi s-salāmu).

der

عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ


əleyhissəlam

Borrowed from Arabic عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ (ʕalayhi s-salāmu).

bor+

عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ


alayhissalom

عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ


səlla

Borrowed from Arabic صَلَّى (ṣallā, “he blessed; may he bless”).

səllallahu əleyhi və səlləm
səllallahu əleyhi və səlləm#Azerbaijani

Only used in səllallahu əleyhi və səlləm


sallollohu alayhi vasallam

Borrowed from Arabic صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ (ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhī wa-sallama).

صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

(Islam) blessings of God be upon him and grant him peace


賞花杏仁露

/sœːŋ³⁵ faː⁵⁵ hɐŋ²² jɐn²¹ lou̯²²/

/sœːŋ³⁵ faː⁵⁵ hɐŋ²² jɐn²¹ lou̯²²/

Corruption of 上返行人路 (soeng5 faan1 hang4 jan4 lou6, “get back onto the sidewalk”).

zh-m

(Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism) A phrase used for satirising the Hong Kong Police Force.


علیہ السلام

Borrowed from Classical Persian عَلَیْهِ السَّلَام (alayhi s-salām), from Arabic عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ (ʕalayhi s-salāmu).

bor+

عَلَیْهِ السَّلَام

der

عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ


sallallahu aleyhi ve sellem

From Arabic صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ (ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhī wa-sallama).

صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ


صلی

Only used in صلی الله علیه وسلم (sallâ-llâho 'aleyhe va-sallam)


صلی

صَلّیٰ (canonical)
sallā (romanization)
सल्ला (Hindi)

Borrowed from Classical Persian صَلَّیٰ (sallā), from Arabic صَلَّى (ṣallā, “he blessed; may he bless”).

der

صلیٰ اللہ علیہ وسلم
صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم#Urdu

Only used in صلیٰ اللہ علیہ وسلم (sallā-llāhu 'alayhi wa-sallam)


علیه السلام

bor+

عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ


صلی الله علیه وسلم

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صلی الله علیه وسلم

صلی الله علیه وسلم • (sallâ-llâho 'aleyhe va-sallam)

sallâ-llâho 'aleyhe va-sallam (romanization)

bor+

صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

(Islam) God shower blessing and salutation upon him and grant him peace


səllallahu əleyhi və səlləm

der

صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ


алайҳиссалом

head

алайҳиссалом • (alayhissalom) (Persian spelling علیه السلام or علیهالسلام)

alayhissalom (romanization)
spelling علیه السلام (Persian)
علیهالسلام (Persian)

Inherited from Classical Persian عَلَیْهِ السَّلَام ('alayhi s-salām), from Arabic عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ (ʕalayhi s-salāmu).

inh

عَلَیْهِ السَّلَام

inh+

عَلَیْهِ السَّلَام

der

عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ


Initialism of English what + Cantonese 7 (cat1), a euphemism for Chinese 柒 (cat6, “penis”) + English u (“you”) + Cantonese 四 (sei3, “four”), near-homophone with English say and written as a number.

(Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang) what on earth are you saying?


саллоллоҳу алайҳи васаллам

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صلی الله علیه وسلم

саллоллоҳу алайҳи васаллам • (sallollohu alayh-i vasallam) (Persian spelling صلی الله علیه وسلم)

tg-phrase

صلی الله علیه وسلم

sallollohu alayh-i vasallam (romanization)
spelling صلی الله علیه وسلم (Persian)

Inherited from Classical Persian صَلَّیٰ اللّٰهُ عَلَیْهِ وَسَلَّم (sallā llāhu alayhi wasallam), from Arabic صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ (ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi wasallama).

inh

صَلَّیٰ اللّٰهُ عَلَیْهِ وَسَلَّم

inh+

صَلَّیٰ اللّٰهُ عَلَیْهِ وَسَلَّم

der

صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

en-саллоллоҳу_алайҳи_васаллам-tg-phrase-vXNIC6Xx


саллоллоҳу алайҳи васаллам

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саллоллоҳу алайҳи васаллам

саллоллоҳу алайҳи васаллам (sallollohu alayhi vasallam)

sallollohu alayhi vasallam (romanization)

sallollohu alayhi vasallam
sallollohu alayhi vasallam#Uzbek

Cyrillic spelling of sallollohu alayhi vasallam

en-саллоллоҳу_алайҳи_васаллам-uz-phrase-MFhmardt


صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم

صَلّیٰ اللہُ عَلَیہِ وَسَلَّم

صَلّیٰ اللہُ عَلَیہِ وَسَلَّم • (sallāllāhu 'alaihi va-sallam)

صَلّیٰ اللہُ عَلَیہِ وَ سَلَّم (canonical)
sallāllāhu 'alaihi va-sallam (romanization)

/səl.lɑː.llɑː.ɦʊ (ʔ)ə.ləj.ɦɪ ʋə.səl.ləm/

Borrowed from Classical Persian صَلَّیٰ ٱللّٰهُ عَلَیْهِ وَسَلَّم (sallā l-lāhu alayh-i wasallam), from Arabic صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ (ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhī wa-sallama).

bor+

صَلَّیٰ ٱللّٰهُ عَلَیْهِ وَسَلَّم

der

صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ


纏綿悱惻

ㄔㄢˊ ㄇㄧㄢˊ ㄈㄟˇ ㄘㄜˋ

чаньмяньфэйцэ

/ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵ mi̯ɛn³⁵ feɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰɤ⁵¹/

/t͡sʰiːn²¹ miːn²¹ fei̯³⁵ t͡sʰɐk̚⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵ mi̯ɛn³⁵ feɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰɤ⁵¹/

/t͡sʰiːn²¹ miːn²¹ fei̯³⁵ t͡sʰɐk̚⁵/


tenpence to the shilling

The British shilling was worth twelve pence, so tenpence would be a deficient exchange.

I knew that chap; but he never was more nor tenpence to the shilling. He was one of the men, we say, who fell out of his cradle and knocked his head.

1909, Edward R. Hartley, Train Talks, page 4:

He felt no curiosity about news or daily events, and was getting to be looked on as 'tenpence to the shilling' in the head.

1951, Crichton Porteous, Wild Acres, page 203:

Whenever he did manage to engineer a meeting she always treated him as if he was only tenpence to the shilling, a few bricks short of a load, as if he needed another brain cell to qualify as a plant.

2011, Ruth Hamilton, A Whisper To The Living:


WROS

Initialism of with rights of survivorship. Synonym of JWROS


JTWROS

Initialism of Joint Tenancy with Rights of Survivorship. Synonym of JWROS


JWROS

The vast majority of banks set up all of their joint accounts as "Joint with Rights of Survivorship" (JWROS).

2018 December 5, The Trouble with Joint Bank Accounts 'Just in Case', kiplinger.com (retrieved 24 Nov 2022)

You can own assets jointly with rights of survivorship (JWROS). At the death of one joint owner, the assets go to the survivor.

2019 February 7, What is Probate and Should You Avoid It? Part I, Downs Law Firm (retrieved 24 Nov 2022)

(law) Initialism of Joint with Rights of Survivorship. Indicating that a property is owned by two or more individuals, usually in equal portions, and that, on the death of one individual, the property will continue to be owned by the surviving individual(s).


etwas von wegen

Etwas von wegen Urlaubstagen und schlechten Fish and Chips.

Something along the lines of holiday bonuses and bad fish and chips.

something like, something along the lines of


صدق أو لا تصدق

head

صدق أو لا تصدق • (/sˤaddiq ʔaw laː tusˤaddiq/)

sˤaddiq ʔaw laː tusˤaddiq (romanization)


aliud cura

[ˈälʲiʊd̪ ˈkuːräː]

Atqui reperiam: aliud cura.

161 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Phormio 2.1.235

(colloquial) don’t worry, never mind, do not be concerned


ик гидгәр ханҗанав

ик гидгәр ханҗанав • (ik gidgär xanjanav)


誤打誤撞

ㄨˋ ㄉㄚˇ ㄨˋ ㄓㄨㄤˋ

/u⁵¹ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ u⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/

/ŋ̍²² taː³⁵ ŋ̍²² t͡sɔːŋ²²/

/u⁵¹ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ u⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/

/ŋ̍²² taː³⁵ ŋ̍²² t͡sɔːŋ²²/


おしろ

御城, お城: honorific form of 城 (shiro, “castle”)


là où ça fait mal

Literally, “where it's painful”. From faire mal.

where the shoe pinches
where the shoe pinches


il n'y a qu'un pas

Literally, “there is only one step”, or “it is only one step away.”

there's a fine line between... (said of things that are very close to one another, such that one could easily lead to the other)


me direz-vous

I hear you say, I hear you cry, you may ask, you may say, some will ask, some will say


je ne dis pas

(informal) all right so far, OK, why not?, I can let it pass, that I can tolerate, ... is one thing (but...) (used to say that the first option is (barely) tolerable, but that the second is too much)


I hear you say

Used to introduce one's understanding of someone's point of view.


άρες-μάρες

άρες-μάρες • (áres-máres)

el-phrase

άρες-μάρες • (áres-máres)

άρες μάρες
άρες μάρες#Greek

Alternative form of άρες μάρες (áres máres)


άρες μάρες

head

άρες μάρες • (áres máres)

el-phrase

άρες μάρες • (áres máres)

λέτε άρες μάρες

balderdash, piffle, baloney, hogwash, poppycock


rzecz w tym

(idiomatic, colloquial) the thing is (used to introduce the main point or issue)


形隻影單

ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄓ ㄧㄥˇ ㄉㄢ

синчжииндань

/ɕiŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ iŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tän⁵⁵/

/ɕiŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ iŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tän⁵⁵/

形單影隻 形單影隻#Chinese

形单影只 形单影只#Chinese


tháinig sé de mhitheas

Tháinig sé de mhitheas dó dul.


ถามจริง

/tʰaːm˩˩˦.t͡ɕiŋ˧/

From ถาม (tǎam, “to ask”) + จริง (jing, “real(ly); serious(ly)”).

com

(slang) used to ask if someone is being seious: are you serious? / seriously? / for real? / etc


除褲放屁

/t͡sʰɵy̯²¹ fuː³³ fɔːŋ³³ pʰei̯³³/

/t͡sʰɵy̯²¹ fuː³³ fɔːŋ³³ pʰei̯³³/


神憎鬼厭

ㄕㄣˊ ㄗㄥ ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄧㄢˋ

шэньцзэнгуйянь

/ʂən³⁵ t͡sɤŋ⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn⁵¹/

/sɐn²¹ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯³⁵ jiːm³³/

/ʂən³⁵ t͡sɤŋ⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn⁵¹/

/sɐn²¹ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯³⁵ jiːm³³/

to be extremely detestable; to be extremely irritating

神檯貓屎——神憎鬼厭／神台猫屎——神憎鬼厌

san4 toi4 maau1 si2, san4 zang1 gwai2 jim3


輸打贏要

beat (the opponent) when one loses, but only accept (the results) when one wins

ㄕㄨ ㄉㄚˇ ㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄠˋ

/ʂu⁵⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ iŋ³⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/syː⁵⁵ taː³⁵ jɛːŋ²¹ jiːu̯³³/

/ʂu⁵⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ iŋ³⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/syː⁵⁵ taː³⁵ jɛːŋ²¹ jiːu̯³³/

(chiefly Cantonese) to refuse to accept the outcome after losing


屎窟撞棍

/siː³⁵ fɐt̚⁵ t͡sɔːŋ²² kʷɐn³³/

/siː³⁵ fɐt̚⁵ t͡sɔːŋ²² kʷɐn³³/


伊講

/ɦi³³ kɑ̃³⁴/

/ɦi³³ kɑ̃³⁴/

Likely a semantic development from quotative usages of the literal sense (Han & Shi, 2014).
Compare also general Northern Wu 叫啥 or 話咾／话咾.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 伊, 講／讲.

伊講伊戇伊講。

伊讲伊戆伊讲。

There are going to be exams soon, apparently.

要考試了嗄伊講。

要考试了嗄伊讲。

2014, Weifeng Han and Dingxu Shi, The Evolution of ɦi23kã34 (‘he says’) in Shanghainese

伊伊講，講勿好。

伊伊讲，讲勿好。

To express unexpectedness, disbelief or shock in reaction to a statement.


夜の衣を返す

ja-pos

よる の ころも を かえす

夜(よる)の衣(ころも)を返(かえ)す • (yoru no koromo o kaesu)

夜の衣を返す (canonical)
yoru no koromo o kaesu (romanization)

Literally “to flip over one’s nightrobe”.

いとせめてこひしき時はむばたまの夜の衣をかへしてぞきる

ito semete koishiki toki wa mubatama no yoru no koromo o kaeshite zo kiru

Just as so much time longing [for him] is the wearing inside-out my jet-black nightrobe.

(archaic, literary) to sleep with clothes overturned, as to meet their longed-for partner in a dream


KONSUKIEPRE

Abbreviation of konjunktio, subjekti, kieltosana, predikaatti

abbrev

subordinate clause
subordinate clause#English

(mnemonic) A mnemonic to remember the word order in a subordinate clause in Swedish: after the conjunction (konjunktio) comes the subject (subjekti), then the negation word (kieltosana) and then the predicate verb (predikaatti).


SPOTPA

Initialism of subjekti, predikaatti, objekti, tapa, paikka, aika

init

(mnemonic) A mnemonic to remember the word order in English: first comes the subject (subjekti), then the predicate verb (predikaatti), then the object (objekti), then the manner (tavan ilmaus), then the place (paikan ilmaus) and then the time (ajan ilmaus).


gehüpft wie gesprungen

Literally, “[just as well] hopped as jumped”.

lit

[…] Das betrifft aber vor allen Dingen die osteuropäischen und die südeuropäischen Staaten; für Deutschland ist das gehüpft wie gesprungen.

2008 April 11, Frank Schwabe (SPD), “Vorschlag der EU-Kommission für den Emissionshandel nach 2012 überarbeiten […] ”, in parliamentary debates (Deutscher Bundestag), Berlin, page 16331, column D:

six of one, half a dozen of the other
six of one, half a dozen of the other

(idiomatic) same difference; six of one, half a dozen of the other


ce dracu'

(colloquial) what the hell, what the devil


ce naiba

(colloquial) what the heck, what the hell


IDGT

Popularized by American rapper Kevin Gates in 2014 through his song I Don't Get Tired, which was abbreviated into #IDGT, but the abbreviation is attested earlier.

"It's IDGT," Kara-France said, "I don't get tired."

2021 March 7, Lyle Fitzsimmons, “Jan Blachowicz and the Real Winners and Losers from UFC 259”, in Bleacher Report:

(Internet slang) Initialism of I don't get tired.


氣壯如牛

ㄑㄧˋ ㄓㄨㄤˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄋㄧㄡˊ

/t͡ɕʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/


monto un circo y me crecen los enanos

Literally, "I set up a circus and [then] the midgets grow"

Discúlpame. Es que llevo una racha muy mala. Monto un circo y me crecen los enanos.

2021, Enrique González de Andrés, Donde las estrellas no alcanzan:

it never rains but it pours
it never rains but it pours


講就兇狠，做就碌撚

gong² zau⁶ hung¹ han², zou⁶ zau⁶ luk¹ lan²

gong² dzau⁶ hung¹ han², dzou⁶ dzau⁶ luk⁷ lan²

gong² zeo⁶ hung¹ hen², zou⁶ zeo⁶ lug¹ len²

/kɔːŋ³⁵ t͡sɐu̯²² hʊŋ⁵⁵ hɐn³⁵ t͡sou̯²² t͡sɐu̯²² lʊk̚⁵ lɐn³⁵/

all bark and no bite
all bark and no bite

(Cantonese, vulgar) all bark and no bite; powerful on one's words, a fool on one's actions

講就天下無敵，做就有心無力／讲就天下无敌，做就有心无力

gong2 zau6 tin1 haa6 mou4 dik6, zou6 zau6 jau5 sam1 mou4 lik6


有心無力

ㄧㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄨˊ ㄌㄧˋ

/joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵ u³⁵ li⁵¹/

/jɐu̯¹³ sɐm⁵⁵ mou̯²¹ lɪk̚²/

/joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵ u³⁵ li⁵¹/

/jɐu̯¹³ sɐm⁵⁵ mou̯²¹ lɪk̚²/

to have the will but not the power or strength to do something


一漿十餅

ㄧ ㄐㄧㄤ ㄕˊ ㄅㄧㄥˇ

/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ piŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jɐt̚⁵ t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵ sɐp̚² pɛːŋ³⁵/

/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ piŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jɐt̚⁵ t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵ sɐp̚² pɛːŋ³⁵/


成本大套

ㄔㄥˊ ㄅㄣˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄊㄠˋ

чэнбэньдатао

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/

(of content) rich, complete and systematic

(Beijing Mandarin, of a person) talkative; long-winded


笑騎騎，放毒蛇

to laugh mirthfully while releasing a venomous snake

/siːu̯³³ kʰɛː²¹ kʰɛː²¹ fɔːŋ³³ tʊk̚² sɛː²¹/

wolf in sheep's clothing
wolf in sheep's clothing

(Cantonese) to act in a friendly manner with hypocritical intentions; to be a wolf in sheep's clothing


妹仔大過主人婆

the maidservant is greater than the mistress

/muːi̯²²⁻⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵ taːi̯²² kʷɔː³³ t͡syː³⁵ jɐn²¹ pʰɔː²¹/

tail wagging the dog
tail wagging the dog

(Cantonese) tail wagging the dog; the minor part is dominating the major part


fel a fejjel

[ˈfɛl ɒ ˈfɛjːɛl]

fel (“up”) + a (“the”) + fej (“head”) + -vel (“with”, case suffix), literally “up with the head”

affix

cheer up, chin up (an encouragement to somebody who seems unhappy)


BFFR

Minaj has deleted her tweets toward Latto, but the Atlanta rapper is still going: On Friday, she called Minaj a “40 Year Old Bully” and declared on Twitter, “I’ll die on this hill by myself! Everybody ain’t lying on you! We see the pattern! BFFR!”

2022 October 14, Andre Gee, “Nicki Minaj and Latto Get Into a Twitter Spat After a Perplexing Grammy Choice”, in Rolling Stone:

(Internet slang, vulgar) Initialism of be fucking for real.


no joke

No joke: In February, single copy sales spiked an average 1,116 weekdays and 1,600 on Sundays, an increase Castaneda says can be attributed at least in part to the custody and asylum struggle over the six-year-old Cuban shipwreck survivor.

2000, Brandweek - Volume 41, Issues 18-22, page 140:

Well over a hundred urban warriors who weren't afraid to die had a bone to pick with me. No joke.

2011, Dennis Lehane, A Drink Before The War:

lightning just struck Jerzeybell. No joke— saw it blow!

No Joke! We put together more than 1,000 knock-knock jokes about every subject under the sun, along with some hilarious illustrations!

2018, Brian Boone, The Jokiest Joking Knock-Knock Joke Book Ever Written:

No joke, I was making $50 a day after tax and working so many hours that I had neither the time nor energy to even think about making music.

Emphasizing the seriousness or truthfulness of a statement.


止暴制亂

ㄓˇ ㄅㄠˋ ㄓˋ ㄌㄨㄢˋ

чжибаочжилуань

/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu̯än⁵¹/

/t͡siː³⁵ pou̯²² t͡sɐi̯³³ lyːn²²/

/t͡siː³⁵ pou̯²² t͡sɐi̯³³ lyːn²²/

(Hong Kong, politics, officialese) to end violence and control unrest


niemand hat die Absicht

After the famous statement Niemand hat die Absicht, eine Mauer zu errichten (“No one has the intention to build a wall”), made by East German leader Walter Ulbricht at a press conference in June 1961, two months before the construction of the Berlin Wall.

Niemand hat die Absicht, die Grundrechte einzuschränken.

(literally, “Nobody has the intention to restrict fundamental rights.”)

+obj

(idiomatic) introduces a sentence that expresses a supposed secret plan or hidden agenda [with zu (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’]


YABU

(Internet slang) Initialism of you are being unreasonable.


YANBU

(Internet slang) Initialism of you are not being unreasonable.


AIBU

(Internet slang) Initialism of am I being unreasonable.


多做多錯，少做少錯，不做不錯

head

多做多錯，少做少錯，不做不錯

多做多错，少做少错，不做不错

ㄉㄨㄛ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄘㄨㄛˋ

ㄕㄠˇ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄕㄠˇ ㄘㄨㄛˋ

ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄘㄨㄛˋ

/tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/

if you do more you make more mistakes; if you do less you make less mistakes; if you do nothing you make no mistakes


in piety

THE PELICAN is represented in both British and Foreign Armory with a bowed neck vulning (ie . wounding) her breast; [...] Argent, three pelicans in piety or, their nests vert, was borne by the Scottish family of PATTERSON.

1892, John Woodward, George Burnett, A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries, page 264:

Argent, a pelican in piety vert. SHERBURN, St. David's 1505; Chichester 1508. Azure, a pelican in piety or. WAKERING, Norwich 1416. Fox, Exeter 1487; Bath and Wells 1492; Durham 1495; Winchester 1501.

1897, William Kirkpatrick Riland Bedford, The Blazon of Episcopacy: Being the Arms Borne by Or Attributed to the Archbishops and Bishops of England and Wales with an Ordinary of the Coats Described and of Other Episcopal Arms, page 189:

Sinister: Three pelicans in their piety, on a chief three stars. Motto, on an escroll above the mitre : PRO REGE ET GREGE.

1904, William Rae Macdonald, Scottish Armorial Seals, page 276:


食屎屙飯

/sɪk̚² siː³⁵ ɔː⁵⁵ faːn²²/

/sɪk̚² siː³⁵ ɔː⁵⁵ faːn²²/

In contrast with the norm of 食飯屙屎 (“to eat rice and excrete faeces”).

putting the cart before the horse
putting the cart before the horse

(Cantonese, colloquial, vulgar) to not follow norms; putting the cart before the horse


牛嚼牡丹

ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄇㄨˇ ㄉㄢ

нюцзюэмудань

/ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tän⁵⁵/

/ŋɐu̯²¹ t͡siːu̯²² maːu̯¹³ taːn⁵⁵/

/ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tän⁵⁵/

/ŋɐu̯²¹ t͡siːu̯²² maːu̯¹³ taːn⁵⁵/

not knowing the value of food, hence wasting it


моя хата скраю, я нічого не знаю

моя́ ха́та скра́ю, я нічо́го не зна́ю

моя́ ха́та скра́ю, я нічо́го не зна́ю • (mojá xáta skráju, ja ničóho ne znáju)

моя́ ха́та скра́ю (canonical)
я нічо́го не зна́ю (canonical)
mojá xáta skráju (romanization)
ja ničóho ne znáju (romanization)

[mɔˈja ˈxatɐ ˈskrajʊ | ja nʲiˈt͡ʃɔɦɔ nɛ ˈznajʊ]

Literally, "my home is on the edge (of town/the village), I don't know anything".

none of my business
none of someone's business

(idiomatic) it's none of my business, I don't care

en-моя_хата_скраю,_я_нічого_не_знаю-uk-phrase-vOCJJq72


моя хата скраю

моя́ ха́та скра́ю

моя́ ха́та скра́ю • (mojá xáta skráju)

моя́ ха́та скра́ю (canonical)
mojá xáta skráju (romanization)

моя́ ха́та скра́ю, я нічо́го не зна́ю

моя хата скраю, я нічого не знаю#Ukrainian

(idiomatic) Ellipsis of моя́ ха́та скра́ю, я нічо́го не зна́ю (mojá xáta skráju, ja ničóho ne znáju).


ਖਿਆਲੀ ਪੁਲਾਉ ਪਕਾਉਣਾ

ਖਿਆਲੀ ਪੁਲਾਉ ਪਕਾਉਣਾ • (khiālī pulāu pakāuṇā)

build castles in the air
build castles in the air

en-ਖਿਆਲੀ_ਪੁਲਾਉ_ਪਕਾਉਣਾ-pa-phrase-DStP5J-7


fer castells a l'aire

build castles in the air (i.e. daydream)


ਰਾਈ ਦਾ ਪਹਾੜ ਬਣਾਉਣਾ

ਰਾਈ ਦਾ ਪਹਾੜ ਬਣਾਉਣਾ • (rāī dā pahāṛ baṇāuṇā)

make a mountain out of a molehill
make a mountain out of a molehill


calado é poeta

Literally, “(someone) in silence is a poet”.

lit

Na verdade, o Pelé calado é um poeta, né?

2005 January 14, Globo Esporte, spoken by Romário, Rio de Janeiro: Globo, via TV Globo:

(idiomatic, sarcastic, derogatory) Indicates that someone often says stupid, disagreeable, or obnoxious things.


ditto, brother smut

“You fucking bitch!” Rose blubbered.
“Ditto, brother smut.”

2014, Colleen McCullough, Sins of the Flesh, page 250:

'[…] So far as I can see, there's nothing whatever to substantiate her statement.'
'Ditto, ditto, Brother Smut,' quoted Crook cheerfully.

2014, Anthony Gilbert, Give Death a Name:

Calling attention to the addressee's hypocrisy; a form of tu quoque.


按勞取酬

ㄢˋ ㄌㄠˊ ㄑㄩˇ ㄔㄡˊ

аньлаоцюйчоу

/ˀän⁵¹ lɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵/

/ˀän⁵¹ lɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵/

distribution (of benefits, pay etc.) according to one's job performance


早浪好

/t͡sɔ³³ lɑ̃⁵⁵ hɔ²¹/

/t͡sæ⁴⁴ lɑ̃³³ hæ⁵¹/

/t͡sɔ³³ lɑ̃⁵⁵ hɔ²¹/

/t͡sæ⁴⁴ lɑ̃³³ hæ⁵¹/


такова жизнь

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такова́ жизнь

такова́ жизнь • (taková žiznʹ)

такова́ жизнь (canonical)
taková žiznʹ (romanization)


hyvvää hoomusta

[ˈhyʋˑæː ˈho̝ːmuʃtɑ]


hyvvää iltaa

/ˈhyʋæː ˈiltɑː/

[ˈhyʋːæ ˈiɫtɑ]

/ˈhyʋæː ˈiltɑː/

[ˈhyʋˑæː ˈiɫtɑː]


il n'en reste pas moins que

il n’ en reste pas moins que (canonical)


hyvvää matkaa

/ˈhyʋæː ˈmɑtkɑː/

[ˈhyʋːæ ˈmɑtkɑ]

/ˈhyʋæː ˈmɑtkɑː/

[ˈhyʋˑæː ˈmɑtkɑː]


il n'en est pas question

out of the question! it's out of the question!


kaikkia hyvvää

/ˈkɑi̯kːiɑ ˈhyʋæː/

[ˈkɑi̯kːe̞ ˈhyʋːæ]

/ˈkɑi̯kːiɑ ˈhyʋæː/

[ˈkɑi̯kːiɑ ˈhyʋˑæː]


hyvvää öötä

/ˈhyʋæː ˈøːtæ/

[ˈhyʋːæ ˈøːt]

/ˈhyʋæː ˈøːtæ/

[ˈhyʋˑæː ˈø̝ːd̥æ]


azért is

From azért, causal-final singular of az (“that”), and is (“also, even”), literally “for that as well” or, loosely, “even in that case”.

De azért is kipróbálom.

Csak azért is!

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see azért, is.


ejo lọwọ ninu

ejò lọ́wọ́ nínú

ejò lọ́wọ́ nínú

yo-pos

ejò lọ́wọ́ nínú

ejò lọ́wọ́ nínú

/ē.d͡ʒò lɔ́.wɔ́ nĩ́.nṹ/

(literally) a snake's hands are on its inside.

Ọ̀túnba ní ìwé àṣẹ fún irú ìbọn kan náà tí wọ́n fi pa Báyọ̀ àti Adérójú, ejò lọ́wọ́ nínú.

Ọ̀túnba had the license for the same kind of gun that was used to kill Báyọ̀ and Adérójú, how suspicious.

more than meets the eye
more than meets the eye

(idiomatic) there's more than meets the eye; a seemingly innocent person is suspicious.


much for muchness

much of a muchness
much of a muchness#English


ar chuma

ar chuma leat?

past/conditional interrogative of is cuma


әлејһассәлам

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әлејһассәлам


aleyhasselam

From Arabic عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ (ʕalayhā s-salāmu).

der

عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ


alayhossalom

Borrowed from Arabic عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ (ʕalayhā s-salāmu).

bor+

عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ


əleyhassəlam

عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ


飲頭啖湯

/jɐm³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ taːm²² tʰɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/jɐm³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ taːm²² tʰɔːŋ⁵⁵/

(Cantonese) to be the first in doing something; to gain the first profits


علیها السلام

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علیها السلام

bor+

عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ


علیہا السلام

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علیہا السلام

bor+

عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ


алайҳоссалом

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علیها السلام

алайҳоссалом • (alayhossalom) (Persian spelling علیها السلام or الیهاالسلام)

tg-phrase

علیها السلام

alayhossalom (romanization)
spelling علیها السلام (Persian)
الیهاالسلام (Persian)

Inherited from Classical Persian عَلَیْهَا السَّلَام ('alayhā s-salām) Arabic عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ (ʕalayhā s-salāmu).

inh

عَلَیْهَا السَّلَام

inh+

عَلَیْهَا السَّلَام

der

عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ


άρα μάρα

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άρα μάρα • (ára mára)

el-phrase

άρα μάρα • (ára mára)

άρες μάρες
άρες μάρες#Greek

(colloquial, rare) rare singular form of άρες μάρες (áres máres) (expressing indifference)

άρες μάρες

áres máres, expressing nonsense, nonsensical speech


結論から言うと

ja-pos

けつろん から いう と

結(けつ)論(ろん)から言(い)うと • (ketsuron kara iu to)

結論から言うと (canonical)
ketsuron kara iu to (romanization)

said right before getting to the main point of something, "to cut to the chase, ..."


昊天罔極

ㄏㄠˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄨㄤˇ ㄐㄧˊ

хаотяньванцзи

/xɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/

/hou̯²² tʰiːn⁵⁵ mɔːŋ¹³ kɪk̚²/

/xɑʊ̯⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/

/hou̯²² tʰiːn⁵⁵ mɔːŋ¹³ kɪk̚²/

O my father, who begat me! O my mother, who nourished me! Ye indulged me, ye fed me, ye held me up, ye supported me, ye looked after me, ye never left me, out and in ye bore me in your arms. If I would return your kindness, it is like great Heaven, illimitable.

The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Fù xī shēng wǒ, mǔ xī jū wǒ, fǔ wǒ xù wǒ, zhǎng wǒ yù wǒ, gù wǒ fù wǒ, chū rù fù wǒ. Yù bào zhī dé, hàotiānwǎngjí.

父兮生我，母兮鞠我，拊我畜我，長我育我，顧我復我，出入腹我。欲報之德，昊天罔極。

父兮生我，母兮鞠我，拊我畜我，长我育我，顾我复我，出入腹我。欲报之德，昊天罔极。

the immeasurable kindness of parents and elders, as boundless as the sky


動人心弦

ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄢˊ

дунжэньсиньсянь

/tʊŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/

/tʊŋ²² jɐn²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ jyːn²¹/

/tʊŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/

/tʊŋ²² jɐn²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ jyːn²¹/

to be deeply moving; to tug at one's heartstrings


las-o jos că măcăne

Literally, “let it down, because it quacks”.


get rekt

(slang, humorous) Indicating offensiveness to one another.


moja racja jest mojsza

Literally, “my truth is more mine”, using an ironic comparative form of the possessive pronoun mój (mój + -szy); popularized in the 2002 film Dzień świra.

a co do zainteresowan - netykieta... odpisuj pod postami i tnij cytaty, tak jak ja to zrobilem i robi wiekszosc ludzi... proponuje tez zmiane czytnika na lepszy - nie ze zlosciwosci, bo moja racja jest mojsza , ale z wygody... zobaczysz - sprobuj thunderbird'a ;)

2005 May 10, MonikaM, witam, Usenet -- pl.sci.psychologia:

as to the interests - netiquette... respond under posts and cut quotes like I did and like how most people do... I also propose you change your reader to a better one - not out of spite, since I'm more right than you are, but more out of convenience...

Z definicji - moja racja jest mojsza.

2006 September 19, "KrzychuT", "regent...", Liwiusz, Kira, "Nixe", "ppm", Michał, "Mag..., Re: Chorobowe-jak zapobiegac?:

By definition I'm right and you're wrong.

Z czego w prostej linii wynika, że moja racja jest mojsza ;)

2007 December 29, "ksRobak", "salonowiec-troll", Wladyslaw Los, "Robakks", "salonowiec", "pafau k."..., Jeszcze o Pi:

And as a direct result I'm right and you're wrong ;)

(humorous, idiomatic, ironic) used to state that one's subjective opinion should be considered objectively correct; my taste is right and yours is wrong, I'm right and you're wrong

moja racja jest mojsza, więc najmojsza i najlepsza


ਹਵਾਲਾ ਲੋੜੀਂਦਾ

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ਹਵਾਲਾ ਲੋੜੀਂਦਾ • (havālā loṛīndā)


go it, you cripples

go it, ye cripples
go it, ye cripples#English


go it, ye cripples

Said to have been a facetious rendering of the last line of Virgil's Eclogues: "Ite domum saturæ, venit Hesperus, ite capellæ"; or, "Go it, ye cripples, crutches are cheap."

(obsolete, slang) Synonym of go it (“keep it up; term of encouragement”)


napim

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling

Pronunciation spelling of ne yapayım?; what shall I do?


napalım

Pronunciation spelling of ne yapalım?; what shall we do?


量出為入

ㄌㄧㄤˋ ㄔㄨ ㄨㄟˊ ㄖㄨˋ

/li̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ ʐu⁵¹/

/lœːŋ²² t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ wɐi̯²¹ jɐp̚²/

/li̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ ʐu⁵¹/

/lœːŋ²² t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ wɐi̯²¹ jɐp̚²/

A wise ruler, therefore, measures the expenditures according to his revenues. Although he may encounter disasters, the lower level can still avoid poverty. When the manners weaken, on the other hand, it will be upside down: He measures the revenues according to his expenditures, and has no sympathy for those who have nothing. (Wiktionary translation)

1084 CE, Sima Guang, Comprehensive Mirror to Aid in Government

Shìyǐ shèngwáng lì chéng, liàngrùwèichū, suī yù zāinán, xià wú kùnqióng. Lǐ huà jì shuāi, zé nǎi fǎnshì, liàngchūwèirù, bù xù suǒ wú.

是以聖王立程，量入為出，雖遇災難，下無困窮。理化既衰，則乃反是，量出為入，不恤所無。

是以圣王立程，量入为出，虽遇灾难，下无困穷。理化既衰，则乃反是，量出为入，不恤所无。

政府施政為民服務，一般應該先決定政務優先順序，再據以籌措適量財源，以資因應，此乃政府財政「量出為入」的原則，實不宜以政府有錢或沒錢來決定應否執行政務。 [MSC, trad.]
政府施政为民服务，一般应该先决定政务优先顺序，再据以筹措适量财源，以资因应，此乃政府财政「量出为入」的原则，实不宜以政府有钱或没钱来决定应否执行政务。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhèngfǔ shīzhèng wèi mín fúwù, yībān yìnggāi xiān juédìng zhèngwù yōuxiān shùnxù, zài jù yǐ chóucuò shìliàng cáiyuán, yǐ zī yīnyìng, cǐ nǎi zhèngfǔ cáizhèng “liàngchūwèirù” de yuánzé, shí bùyí yǐ zhèngfǔ yǒuqián huò méiqián lái juédìng yìngfǒu zhíxíng zhèngwù. [Pinyin]

2020, 李述德 (Lee Sush-der), 《國政芻言》政府財政應量出為入, 台灣醒報 (Awakening News Networks)

Generally, when it comes to serving the people, the government should decide the priority of government affairs first, then raise the appropriate revenue to get by. This is the principle of measuring revenues within the expenditure. The government should not decide affairs by the revenue of the treasury.

量出為入，強調應收才收、收支匹配，意味著支出決定於職能的實現，預算收入為支出提供保証，但不能據此片面地認為支出決定收入，為好大喜功、脫離實際找借口。 [MSC, trad.]
量出为入，强调应收才收、收支匹配，意味著支出决定于职能的实现，预算收入为支出提供保証，但不能据此片面地认为支出决定收入，为好大喜功、脱离实际找借口。 [MSC, simp.]
Liàngchūwèirù, qiángdiào yìng shōu cái shōu, shōuzhī pǐpèi, yìwèi zhù zhīchū juédìng yú zhínéng de shíxiàn, yùsuàn shōurù wèi zhīchū tígōng bǎozhèng, dàn bùnéng jù cǐ piànmiàn dì rènwèi zhīchū juédìng shōurù, wèi hǎodàxǐgōng, tuōlí shíjì zhǎo jièkǒu. [Pinyin]

2013, 譚介輝, 淺談量入為出與量出為入, 人民日報理論版 (People's Daily: theory page)

To measure government's revenues according to its expenditures emphasise collecting taxes only when necessary and balancing the budget. The principle implies that the expenditure should be based on a function's implementation, and the revenue guarantees the expenditure. The principle cannot be unilaterally interpreted as the expenditure decides the revenue, making excuses of craving greatness or being out of touch.

to measure one's revenues according to one's expenditures


какая жалость

кака́я жа́лость

кака́я жа́лость • (kakája žálostʹ)

кака́я жа́лость (canonical)
kakája žálostʹ (romanization)

[kɐˈkajə ˈʐaɫəsʲtʲ]


kaplumbağa deden

Chosen for the rhyme. Literally, “turtle is your grandpa”

(somewhat childish) Said in response to neden (“why”) when one doesn't want to explain why, or simply for the comedic effect.


me cago en mi manto

Pero, bueno, qué pasa con los sexagenarios (yo y mis amigos pasamos de sesenta). ¿Acaso hay que tirarnos al contenedor de basuras? Me cago en mi manto, pero si el probable autor del insulto también pasa de los sesenta... y bastante, además.

2011 January 25, Manuel Muñoz Redondo, “Culebrón Cascos: llanto por Asturies”, in La Nueva España:

¿Sabina está de resaca? Cierre de colegios. ¿Florentino tiene mocos? Cierre de colegios. ¿Villacís atrapada en una lámpara de rayos uva? Cierre de colegios. Todo abierto menos los colegios. Me cago en mi manto.

2021 January 14, Carlos Prieto, “Solo el pueblo salva al pueblo: una semana en el círculo polar de Madrid”, in El Confidencial:

[…]así que, me cago en mi manto, Delmiro, voy a bajar a la boda, aunque sea lo último que haga en esta puta vida.

2023, Fulgencio Argüelles, Noches de luna rota:

me cago en la leche
me cago en la leche#Spanish


DM;HS

(Internet slang, Reddit slang) Initialism of doesn't matter; had sex.


noldu

(colloquial) contraction of nə oldu (“what happened?”).


noldu

Pronunciation spelling of ne oldu?; what happened?


puff, puff, pass

(slang) To take two puffs from a blunt or joint and then pass it to the next person in a group; an informal rule of etiquette when smoking cannabis.


噓寒問暖

ㄒㄩ ㄏㄢˊ ㄨㄣˋ ㄋㄨㄢˇ

сюйханьвэньнуань

/ɕy⁵⁵ xän³⁵ wən⁵¹ nu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/hɵy̯⁵⁵ hɔːn²¹ mɐn²² nyːn¹³/

/ɕy⁵⁵ xän³⁵ wən⁵¹ nu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/hɵy̯⁵⁵ hɔːn²¹ mɐn²² nyːn¹³/

to show concern for someone by asking about their lives


새해를 축하합니다

[sʰɛɦɛɾɯɭ t͡ɕʰukʰa̠ɦa̠mnida̠]

[sʰe̞ɦe̞ɾɯɭ t͡ɕʰukʰa̠ɦa̠mnida̠]

Literally “congratulations on the new year”.

(North Korea) an expression wishing one the best in a new year; Happy New Year


winti wai, lanti pai

Unadapted borrowing from Sranan Tongo winti wai, lanti pai (“the wind blows, the government pays”).

ubor

Wij vinden het bizonder belangrijk om de jengd^([sic – meaning jeugd]) van ons land ook te betrekken in onze aktiviteiten om de burgers van Suriname het gevoel voor gemeenschapszin bij te brengen. Meestal komt het in alle lagen van de bevolking voor, dat wij allen nog volstrekt leven in de roes van WINTI WAI LANTI PAI, erwijl^([sic – meaning terwijl]) men zich allerminst realiseert, dat lanti gevormd wordt door de gehele bevolking van dit land.

1972 June 29, “Informaties over onze Ontwikkeling [Information on our development]”, in Vrije Stem: onafhankelijk weekblad voor Suriname, page 7:

We attach great importance to involving our country's young people in our activities to instil a sense of community in the citizens of Suriname. Usually, in all layers of the population, we all are still completely intoxicated with winti wai, lanti pai, while people do not realise at all that the state is constituted by the entire population of this country.

Er was geen geld, zei regering altijd. Ze voerden toch al geen kultuurpolitiek! En van dit kultuuronderdeel zou er nóóit iets terechtkomen, als niet een partikulier zich uitermate inspande en zelfs opofferde. Het ‘winti wai, lanti pai’ principe moest, als men wat bereiken wilde, totaal worden uitgebannen.

1977, Edgar Cairo, Adoebe-lobi/Alles tegen alles., Haarlem: In de Knipscheer, →ISBN, page 171:

There is no money, the government always said. They were not pursuing a cultural policy anyway! And nothing would ever come of this aspect of culture, unless a private individual made extreme efforts and even made sacrifices. If anything was to be achieved, the winti wai, lanti pai principle had to be totally eliminated.

Wanneer Jopie Pengel weer eens terugkwam van een zoveelste 'overlegronde' in Den Haag was het vaste prik: Pengel bij aankomst op vliegveld Zanderij zwaaiend met een koffertje. “A moni doro!”, riep hij dan, “het geld is er!” En het toegestroomde volk juichte en ging tevreden in de bussen, terug naar Paramaribo. Voldaan omdat er weer weinig mis kon gaan, immers, 'winti wai, lanti pai', 'laat maar waaien, het land betaalt'.

1996 May 23, Peter van Deutekom, “Nooit zal Nederland uit Suriname verdwijnen [Never will the Netherlands disappear from Suriname]”, in Trouw, retrieved 2023-01-24:

Whenever Jopie Pengel returned from yet another 'consultation round' in The Hague, it was a regular occurrence: Pengel on arrival at Zanderij airport waving a suitcase. "A moni doro!" he would shout, "the money is here!" And the assembled crowd cheered and contentedly boarded the buses back to Paramaribo. Satisfied because, once again, little could go wrong; after all, "winti wai, lanti pai", "never mind, the country pays".

Dubbele salarissen van politici gaan wij ondanks deze olievondst niet meer tolereren, onnodige dienstreizen zullen aan banden worden gelegd. “7 even- mentaliteit” en “winti wai lanti pai” moet verdwijnen uit ons overheidssysteem.

2020 January 8, Peter M. Wolff, “Zal de olievondst Suriname financieel-economisch redden? [Will the oil discovery save Suriname financially and economically?]”, in StarNieuws, retrieved 2022-12-29:

In spite of this oil discovery, we will no longer tolerate double salaries of politicians; needless official travel will be restricted. Absenteeism and winti wai, lanti pai will have to disappear from our government system.

(Suriname, idiomatic) Used to indicate indifference to good governance, prudent management of public assets, or civic engagement; whatever happens, the government will foot the bill; the individual need not take personal responsibility, because the state will do so


winti wai, lanti pai

Literally, “the wind blows, the government pays”.


here, there, and everywhere

here, there and everywhere
here, there and everywhere#English

Alternative form of here, there and everywhere


here, there and everywhere

After our stop, we return to Ulceby, where we reverse and then head to the industrial heartlands of Immingham Docks and a visit to the Bulk terminal. This is a fascinating rail network, with lines here, there and everywhere.

2022 December 14, Pip Dunn, “Caroline is ready for inspection...”, in RAIL, number 972, page 53:

(idiomatic) In or to many different places; all over the place.


水浸眼眉

/sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sɐm³³ ŋaːn¹³ mei̯²¹/

/sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sɐm³³ ŋaːn¹³ mei̯²¹/


Esko Aho Diggaa Golfista, Halonen Ei

Literally, "Esko Aho digs golf, [Tarja] Halonen does not."

Alternative form: Esko Aho Diggaa Golfia, Halonen Ei

(mnemonic) A mnemonic to remember the strings of a guitar from lowest (thickest) to highest (thinnest): E, A, D, G, H (Finnish for the note B), E.


perilaku organisasi

Compound of perilaku + organisasi, calque of English organizational behavior.

clq

organizational behavior
organizational behavior#English

(management) organizational behavior: the study of human behavior in organizational settings, the interface between human behavior and the organization, and the organization itself."


det ante mig

Så han gjorde alltså inte det där viktiga vi bad honom om? Det ante mig.

So he didn't do that important thing we asked him to do? It figures.

it figures (upon learning something disappointing)


pang på rödbetan

By surface analysis, pang (“bang”) + på (“on”) + rödbetan (“the beetroot”).

surf

Vi hade inte tid att förbereda oss, så det blev pang på rödbetan

We didn't have time to prepare, so we got straight down to it

(idiomatic) straight (down) to it, directly, without ado


苦心經營

ㄎㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄧㄥˊ

кусиньцзинъин

/kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ iŋ³⁵/

/fuː³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ kɪŋ⁵⁵ jɪŋ²¹/

/kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ iŋ³⁵/

/fuː³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ kɪŋ⁵⁵ jɪŋ²¹/


deret waktu

Compound of deret (“series”) + waktu (“time”), calque of English time series.


едан аҿа

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едан аҿа • (edan aĉʼa)


yo qué sé

Es que, tú imagínate, cuando empecé, decirle a mi familia, yo qué sé, que iba a grabar un vídeo en tanga. ¡Imagínate esas comidas familiares!

2021 September 16, Leticia García, “Bad Gyal: "La ropa es la herramienta que me permite tener la actitud que quiero, es el modo de expresar mi personalidad"”, in El País:

La sirenita es negra, es verde, es azul, es roja, Yo que sé^([sic]), que más da… Es Ariel, es el cuento.

2022 October 22, Julio Delgado, “Javier Bardem: “Es la primera vez que veo una película mía en el cine con mis hijos””, in El País:


a mil

Eu estava dirigindo a mil pela rodovia quando vi um carro parado na margem da estrada.

"I was driving at full blast down the highway when I saw a car pulled over on the side of the road."


你出豉油我出雞

you contribute soy sauce, I contribute a chicken

/nei̯¹³ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ siː²² jɐu̯²¹ ŋɔː¹³ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ kɐi̯⁵⁵/

(Cantonese) Describes a situation where two parties have disproportionate contributions.


aquela que matou o guarda

Literally, “that which killed the guard”

lit

(chiefly Northeast Brazil) refer to a bad cachaça


fingers and toes crossed

(emphatic, humorous) Alternative form of fingers crossed.


up goes the donkey

Said to have originated from a travelling showman whose finale involved the hoisting of a donkey on a pole or ladder.


weggegangen, Platz vergangen

Literally, “gone away, seat gone/forfeited”.

Hey, das war mein Platz! – Tja, Pech gehabt! Weggegangen, Platz vergangen!

Hey, that was my spot! - Well, tough luck! First come, first served!

(childish) Said spitefully when someone takes another's seat and the latter claims it back.


બધા દેશોમાં કામદાર, સંગઠિત

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બધા દેશોમાં કામદાર, સંગઠિત • (badhā deśomā̃ kāmdāra, saṅgṭhit)

badhā deśomā̃ kāmdāra (romanization)
saṅgṭhit (romanization)

workers of the world, unite
workers of the world, unite

en-બધા_દેશોમાં_કામદાર,_સંગઠિત-gu-phrase-DiYkbHDw


尋新求變

ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋ

сюньсиньцюбянь

/ɕyn³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/ɕyn³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/


দুনিয়ার মজদুর এক হও

দুনিয়ার মজদুর এক হও • (duniẏar mojodur ek hō)


दुनिया के मजदूरों एक हो जाओ

دنیا کے مزدوروں ایک ہو جائے

दुनिया के मजदूरों एक हो जाओ • (duniyā ke majdūrõ ek ho jāo) (Urdu spelling دنیا کے مزدوروں ایک ہو جائے)

duniyā ke majdūrõ ek ho jāo (romanization)
دنیا کے مزدوروں ایک ہو جائے (Urdu)

en-दुनिया_के_मजदूरों_एक_हो_जाओ-hi-phrase-DiYkbHDw


no battle plan survives first contact with the enemy

no plan survives contact with the enemy#English

Alternative form of no plan survives contact with the enemy


no plan survives first contact with the enemy


विश्व के कार्यकर्ताओं एकजुट हो जाओ

hi-phrase

विश्व के कार्यकर्ताओं एकजुट हो जाओ • (viśva ke kāryakartāõ ekjuṭ ho jāo)

viśva ke kāryakartāõ ekjuṭ ho jāo (romanization)

en-विश्व_के_कार्यकर्ताओं_एकजुट_हो_जाओ-hi-phrase-DiYkbHDw


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no battle plan survives contact with the enemy


bổn cũ soạn lại

[ʔɓon˧˩ ku˦ˀ˥ swaːn˧˨ʔ laːj˧˨ʔ]

[ʔɓoŋ˧˨ kʊw˧˨ ʂwaːŋ˨˩ʔ laːj˨˩ʔ]

[ʔɓoŋ˧˨ kʊw˧˨ swaːŋ˨˩ʔ laːj˨˩ʔ]

[ʔɓoŋ˨˩˦ kʊw˨˩˦ ʂ⁽ʷ⁾aːŋ˨˩˨ laːj˨˩˨]

[ʔɓoŋ˨˩˦ kʊw˨˩˦ s⁽ʷ⁾aːŋ˨˩˨ laːj˨˩˨]

(idiomatic) the same tired old trick; the same trite trope


какво по дяволите

какво по дяволите • (kakvo po djavolite)

LL-Q7918 (bul)-Kiril kovachev-какво по дяволите.wav


IDRK

And while we've already seen Jenner stroll right on through a Rolodex of hair colors this year, I'd say this new ice-blue hue is my personal favorite. That's the kind of energy I want to bring into 2019. IDRK what to call it, but I want it.

2018 December 31, Theresa Massony, “Kylie Jenner Made A Huge Hair Change *Again* & You'll Want To Copy It So, So Badly”, in Elite Daily:

(Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of I don't really know; also idrk.


idrk

Kate Moss’ daughter Lila Grace may have her mother’s model looks but she’s not planning to take to the catwalk anytime soon. “Mayb a fashion designer idrk but defo not a model (sic),” she wrote during a digital forum chat. [image caption]

2017 August 15, Charlotte Duck, “Celebrity mini-mes”, in Glamour UK:

(Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of I don't really know; also IDRK.


街知巷聞

known in the streets and heard in the alleys

/kaːi̯⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ hɔːŋ²² mɐn²¹/

/kaːi̯⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ hɔːŋ²² mɐn²¹/

(Cantonese) very well-known; ubiquitously known


趨吉避凶

ㄑㄩ ㄐㄧˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄩㄥ

/t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵ pi⁵¹ ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵ kɐt̚⁵ pei̯²² hʊŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵ pi⁵¹ ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵ kɐt̚⁵ pei̯²² hʊŋ⁵⁵/

to seek good fortune and avoid disasters


不在少數

ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄕㄠˇ ㄕㄨˋ

/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu⁵¹/

/pɐt̚⁵ t͡sɔːi̯²² siːu̯³⁵ sou̯³³/

/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu⁵¹/

/pɐt̚⁵ t͡sɔːi̯²² siːu̯³⁵ sou̯³³/


ce dracu

Ce dracu te-a apucat, amice?

(colloquial) what the Devil, what the hell


அதான்

அதான் • (atāṉ)

Spoken form of அது தான் (atu tāṉ, proximal far), roughly translated as 'that is it' or 'it is.' compare இதான் (itāṉ), which is a spoken form of இது தான் (itu tāṉ, proximal near).


飯吃過了𠲎

⁶ve ⁷chiq-ku-leq-va; ⁶ve ⁷chiq-ku-leq-vaq

ve^去 chih^入 ku leh va; ve^去 chih^入 ku leh vah

/ve²³ t͡ɕʰiɪʔ³³ ku⁵⁵ ləʔ³³ va²¹/

/ve²³ t͡ɕʰiɪʔ³³ ku⁵⁵ ləʔ³³ vaʔ²¹/

/ve²³ t͡ɕʰiɪʔ³³ ku⁵⁵ ləʔ³³ va²¹/

/ve²³ t͡ɕʰiɪʔ³³ ku⁵⁵ ləʔ³³ vaʔ²¹/

How are you? Fine, thanks.
(Literally: Have you eaten yet? I've eaten, thanks.)

⁶ve ⁷chiq-ku-leq-va ⁷chiq-ku-leq ⁶zhia-ya

飯吃過了𠲎？吃過了，謝謝。

饭吃过了𠲎？吃过了，谢谢。


冇人冇物

/mou̯¹³ jɐn²¹ mou̯¹³ mɐt̚²/

/mou̯¹³ jɐn²¹ mou̯¹³ mɐt̚²/

(Cantonese) to have no kin, no friends, and no belongings


não está no gibi

Literally, “(it) is not in the comic book”. See gibi for more.

lit

said of very surprising things or situations


önce sen aç

(humorous) "You show it first". Said in response to amaç? (“what is your purpose?”) from the fact that it sounds like am (“pussy”) aç (“open, show”).


nici cal nici măgar

neither fish nor fowl
neither fish nor fowl

(idiomatic) neither fish nor fowl (not easily categorised)


tqt

Alternative spelling of tkt (“don't worry”)


又食又拎

/jɐu̯²² sɪk̚² jɐu̯²² lɪŋ⁵⁵/

/jɐu̯²² sɪk̚² jɐu̯²² lɪŋ⁵⁵/

(Cantonese) to be greedy (especially in food or gifts)


gusto kita

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gustó kitá (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜓ ᜃᜒᜆ)

gustó kitá (canonical)
ᜄᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜓ ᜃᜒᜆ (Baybayin)


個腦生喺屎窟度

to have one's brain develop at where one's buttocks are

/kɔː³³ nou̯¹³ saːŋ⁵⁵ hɐi̯³⁵ siː³⁵ fɐt̚⁵ tou̯²²/

(Cantonese, slightly offensive) stupid; idiotic


七擒七縱

ㄑㄧ ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄑㄧ ㄗㄨㄥˋ

цициньцицзун

/t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰin³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵¹/

/t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ kʰɐm²¹ t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊŋ³³/

/t͡ɕʰiɪʔ³³ d͡ʑin⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰiɪʔ³³ t͡soŋ⁴⁴/

/t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰin³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵¹/

/t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ kʰɐm²¹ t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊŋ³³/

/t͡ɕʰiɪʔ³³ d͡ʑin⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰiɪʔ³³ t͡soŋ⁴⁴/

to use strategies optimally; to be strategic


坐住個腦

/t͡sʰɔː¹³ t͡syː²² kɔː³³ nou̯¹³/

/t͡sʰɔː¹³ t͡syː²² kɔː³³ nou̯¹³/


ang liit ng mundo

ang liít ng mundó (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜅ᜔ ᜎᜒᜁᜆ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜋᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜓ)

ang liít ng mundó (canonical)
ᜀᜅ᜔ ᜎᜒᜁᜆ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜋᜓᜈ᜔ᜇᜓ (Baybayin)

[ʔɐn̪ lɪˌʔit̪ n̪ɐŋ mʊn̪ˈd̪o]

Literally, “the smallness of the world”.


the math is mathing

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-the math is mathing.wav

Some of the same people who called for the abolishment of the monarchy back during that explosive Oprah interview are now saying how sweet it is that baby Lili is named after her grandmother, how perfectly it fits her, and the math isn’t mathing. There is a fundamental contradiction here.

2021 June 7, Nylah Burton, “Harry and Meghan’s baby name proves they’re not the heroes you thought they were. And that’s OK”, in The Independent:

Something’s been bothering me for about a month or so, and we gotta talk it because the math’s just not mathing! On the one hand, we’ve got folks praising Rihanna for baring her baby bump in a number of unapologetically sexy ’fits. And on the other hand, we’ve got folks bashing Lizzo for baring her bodacious butt in a number of unapologetically sexy ’fits, […]

2022 May 12, Jazzmyne Robbins, “Please Join Me in This Quick Rant About How Everyone Needs to Stop Talking About Rihanna’s and Lizzo’s Bodies”, in Cosmopolitan:

Following intense speculation over the account’s veracity, fellow manga artist Yusuke Murata, the creator behind One-Punch Man, confirmed that the account indeed belongs to Togashi. The math started mathing for Hunter x Hunter fans, who are hoping there will be new installments of the manga on the way.

2022 May 24, Zoe Guy, “Hunter x Hunter Creator Mysteriously Joins Twitter, Teases New Installments of the Manga”, in Vulture:

Maisha Sullivan-Ongoza, of the Celebrating the Legacy of Nana Harriet Tubman Committee that opposed the no-bid commission for Wofford, said the group was still studying the city’s survey report. But she raised doubts about the interpretation of the results. / “The math ain’t mathing,” she said.

2022 November 22, Valerie Russ, “City’s public input survey shows most area residents want a Harriet Tubman statue”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer:

Problem is, she's paying $550 a week. If the math is mathing, that's 28,600 a year, well below the $31,200 yearly salary if one was to work for $15 an hour. That $550 salary also doesn't say anything about overtime, bonuses or any additional covered expenses.

2022 December 16, Jade Gomez, “GloRilla Addresses Personal Assistant Salary Controversy”, in Paper:

[Image caption:] The math is mathing.

2023 April 10, Ian Kumamoto, “'Girl Math' Turned Into A Self-Roast For So Many Communities — And I'm Here For It”, in The Huffington Post, archived from the original on 2023-10-11:

"It's a very nice organization," she offers. "Might even get my house restored, if the math is mathing. But it's going to take a lot more than them to outsmart the weather. And besides, what if you don't win? How you gonna help folks then?"

2024, DaVaun Sanders, Minecraft: The Tournament, New York, N.Y.: Random House Worlds, page 27:

The math is mathing, people!

2024 February 29, Gretty Garcia, “Everything You Need to Know about Lana Del Rey's Rumored Ex-Fiancé, Evan Winiker”, in Cosmopolitan, New York, N.Y.: Hearst Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-03-03:

At the core, the math appears to be "mathing" for Plains All American Pipeline (PAA), as the kids like to say.

2024 April 1, Josh Enomoto, “The Math is ’Mathing’ for Plains All American Pipeline (PAA)”, in The Globe and Mail, Toronto, ON: The Woodbridge Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-06-16:

(slang, humorous, Canada, US, chiefly in the negative) Something is correct or reasonable; something adds up or makes sense.


триста тридцать три

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три́ста три́дцать три́

три́ста три́дцать три́ • (trísta trídcatʹ trí)

три́ста три́дцать три́ (canonical)
trísta trídcatʹ trí (romanization)

Chosen for the phrase's cadence when spoken; compare to English ready, steady, go or English two, six, heave.

Команда «триста тридцать три» звучит на финальной стадии подготовки к ведению огня, после установления взрывателя, заряжания и прицеливания.

2023, Анна Джей, “Что такое команда «триста тридцать три»?”, in Аргументы и факты:

The “ready, steady, fire” command comes at the final stage of getting ready to fire, after installing the fuze, loading, and aiming.

Komanda «trista tridcatʹ tri» zvučit na finalʹnoj stadii podgotovki k vedeniju ognja, posle ustanovlenija vzryvatelja, zarjažanija i pricelivanija.

(military, informal) ready, steady, fire! (a countdown to fire a coordinated artillery salvo)


quem te viu, quem te vê

[ˈkẽɪ̯̃ t͡ʃi ˈviʊ̯ | ˈkẽɪ̯̃ t͡ʃi ˈve]

[ˈkẽɪ̯̃ t͡ʃi ˈviʊ̯ | ˈkẽɪ̯̃ t͡ʃi ˈve]

[ˈkẽɪ̯̃ te ˈviʊ̯ | ˈkẽɪ̯̃ te ˈve]

[ˈkɐ̃j̃ tɨ ˈβiw | ˈkɐ̃j̃ tɨ ˈβe]

(idiomatic) Indicates that the speaker is surprised to learn something unexpected about the interlocutor.


nothing about us without us

Political slogan stating that no policy should be decided by any representative without the full and direct participation of members of the group(s) affected by that policy.


ruokahalu kasvaa syödessä

Literally ruokahalu (“appetite”) + kasvaa (“grows”) + syödessä (“while eating”)

appetite comes with eating
appetite comes with eating

(idiomatic) appetite comes with eating (when one gets something good one wants more)


ilo on minun puolellani

the pleasure is all mine
the pleasure is all mine

my pleasure, it's my pleasure, the pleasure is all mine (polite reaction to receiving thanks)


ei ihminen elä ainoastaan leivästä

From the Bible:
* Luuk. 4:4 Jeesus vastasi: "On kirjoitettu: 'Ei ihminen elä ainoastaan leivästä.'"

man shall not live by bread alone
man shall not live by bread alone

man shall not live by bread alone (food and shelter are not enough to live a fulfilling life)


kaiken päälle

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: kaiken päälle.


飛象過河

ㄈㄟ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄜˊ

/feɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku̯ɔ⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/

/fei̯⁵⁵ t͡sœːŋ²² kʷɔː³³ hɔː²¹/

/feɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku̯ɔ⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/

/fei̯⁵⁵ t͡sœːŋ²² kʷɔː³³ hɔː²¹/

(xiangqi) to move one's elephant across the river (a move that is against the rules of xiangqi)

(Cantonese) to get food from the far side of a dish


hearts, not parts

People's personalities as opposed to their biological sex.


lang may your lum reek

The B[ritish] P[rinter] is much appreciated in our office. It is regarded as indispensable, and is beyond doubt the best Trade Journal. Lang may your lum reek.

1895 March–April, Andrew Craighead, “‘Lang May Your Lum Reek’”, in The British Printer, volume VIII, number 44, London: Raithby, Lawrence & Co. […], →OCLC, page 117:

If he will only see that Protestantism is protected, my daily prayer shall be, "Lang may your lum reek," a prayer which warms and gladdens every Scottish heart.

1896, Joseph Parker, “Note XXIX. [Concerning ‘Bits’.]”, in Might Have Been: Some Life Notes, New York, N.Y.: Frederick A[bbott] Stokes Company, →OCLC, page 187:

Lang may your lum reek and your kalipot boil!

1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 14: Oxen of the Sun]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 404:

‘Lang may your lum reek,’ called Fingal as his guest drifted out of sight. […] ‘Lang may your lum what?’ Ben murmured to himself. Just catching the question, Alec whispered – ‘reek. Lang may your lum reek. Long may your chimney smoke. That’s what. Long may you live, you see.’

2012 May 2, Will Riding, chapter 9, in Flight of the Yellow Bowler, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 126:

lang may yer lum reek
lang may yer lum reek#English

Alternative spelling of lang may yer lum reek


鮑魚之肆

баоюй чжи сы

/pɑʊ̯⁵¹ y³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ sz̩⁵¹/

/pɑʊ̯⁵¹ y³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ sz̩⁵¹/

(figurative) filthy place; smelly and nasty environment; gathering place of bad people


謙謙君子

ㄑㄧㄢ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄩㄣ ㄗˇ

цяньцяньцзюньцзы

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/hiːm⁵⁵ hiːm⁵⁵ kʷɐn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

/hiːm⁵⁵ hiːm⁵⁵ kʷɐn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

The first SIX, divided, shows us the superior man who adds humility to humility. (Even) the great stream may be crossed with this, and there will be good fortune.

I Ching, 11ᵗʰ – 8ᵗʰ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Chū liù: qiānqiān jūnzǐ, yòng shè dà chuān, jí.

初六：謙謙君子，用涉大川，吉。

初六：谦谦君子，用涉大川，吉。

List of hexagrams of the I Ching#Hexagram 15


نیا سال مبارک

ur-phrase

نَیَا سال مُبارَک

नया साल मुबारक

نَیَا سال مُبارَک • (nayā sāl mubārak) (Hindi spelling नया साल मुबारक)

نَیَا سال مُبارَک (canonical)
nayā sāl mubārak (romanization)
नया साल मुबारक (Hindi)

From نَیَا (nayā, “new”) + سال (sāl, “year”) + مُبارَک (mubārak, “felicitation”).


unha e carne

like two peas in a pod
like two peas in a pod

(slang, idiomatic) joined at the hip; like two peas in a pod (said of people or things that are very closely connected)


FWICT

from what I can tell
from what I can tell#English

(Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of from what I can tell.


zeven even

Literally, “seven short while”. Refers to employees who show up at work at 07:00 hours, the traditional start of business hours, but go home soon after.

(Suriname, idiomatic) office worker absenteeism, sinecurism


醉生夢死

ㄗㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄥ ㄇㄥˋ ㄙˇ

цзуйшэнмэнсы

/t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ mɤŋ⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sɵy̯³³ sɐŋ⁵⁵ mʊŋ²² sei̯³⁵/

/t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ mɤŋ⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sɵy̯³³ sɐŋ⁵⁵ mʊŋ²² sei̯³⁵/

to lead a befuddled life as if one is drunk or dreaming


三番四次

/saːm⁵⁵ faːn⁵⁵ sei̯³³ t͡sʰiː³³/

/saːm⁵⁵ faːn⁵⁵ sei̯³³ t͡sʰiː³³/

(Cantonese, Nanning Pinghua) again and again; over and over again


我好鍾意你

/ŋɔː¹³ hou̯³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jiː³³ nei̯¹³/

/ŋɔː¹³ hou̯³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jiː³³ nei̯¹³/

(Cantonese) I love you, I like you very much


dollar, dollar bill, y'all

From Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill) 2007, which references C.R.E.A.M. (1993) by Wu-Tang Clan, which in turn carries interpolation of "Money (Dollar Bill Y'all)" (1983) by Jimmy Spicer.

(slang) A maxim encouraging making money, especially by hustling (illicit or forceful actions)

C.R.E.A.M.
Jimmy Spicer
Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)
Wu-Tang Clan


我愛儂

/ŋu³³ e⁴⁴ noŋ²³/

/ŋu³³ e⁴⁴ noŋ²³/


我聽無

/ɡua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiã⁴⁴⁻²² bo¹³/

/ɡua⁴²⁻²⁴ tʰiã⁴⁴⁻²² bo²⁴/

/ɡua⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰiã³³ bo²⁴/

/ɡua⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰiã⁴⁴⁻³³ bɤ²³/

/ɡua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiã⁴⁴⁻³³ bo²⁴/

/ɡua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiã⁴⁴⁻²² bo²⁴/

/ɡua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiã⁴⁴⁻²² bo¹³/

/ɡua⁴²⁻²⁴ tʰiã⁴⁴⁻²² bo²⁴/

/ɡua⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰiã³³ bo²⁴/

/ɡua⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰiã⁴⁴⁻³³ bɤ²³/

/ɡua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiã⁴⁴⁻³³ bo²⁴/

/ɡua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiã⁴⁴⁻²² bo²⁴/


白鴿眼

/paːk̚² kaːp̚³ ŋaːn¹³/

/paːk̚² kaːp̚³ ŋaːn¹³/

(Cantonese) to look down on the lower class as inferior; to be arrogant


合皮扭耳

/hɐp̚² pʰei̯²¹ nɐu̯³⁵ jiː¹³/

/hɐp̚² pʰei̯²¹ nɐu̯³⁵ jiː¹³/


ខ្ញុំជាខ្មែរ

km-phrase

ខ្ញុំជាខ្មែរ

ខ្ញុំជាខ្មែរ • (khñom ciə khmae)


百屌成才

to be scolded for one hundred times and becomes a talented person

/paːk̚³ tiːu̯³⁵ sɪŋ²¹ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/

/paːk̚³ tiːu̯³⁵ sɪŋ²¹ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/

(Cantonese, vulgar, neologism, of a person) to improve after repeated criticism


時既に遅し

ja-pos

時(とき)既(すで)に遅(おそ)し • (toki sude ni ososhi)

時既に遅し (canonical)
toki sude ni ososhi (romanization)

it's already too late
it's already too late


time to make the donuts

Slogan from a 1980s Dunkin' Donuts television commercial.

For the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury, it is time to make the donuts because there is a crowd standing outside, […]

2012, Anthony Crescenzi, Beyond the Keynesian Endpoint, page 139:

(US, informal) A time to make an effort and to accomplish tasks.


nie mam pieniędzy

Literally, “I don't have money/I have no money”.


how farest thou

/haʊ ˈfɛəɹɪst ðaʊ/

Occurs already as Old English hū færest þū, literally “how are you going or traveling.”

POMPEY: "I know thee now. How farest thou, soldier?" ENOBARBUS: "Well. And well am like to do, for I perceive four feasts are toward."

c. 1607, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra:

(obsolete) how are you?, how's it going?


呃鬼食豆腐

/ŋaːk̚⁵ kʷɐi̯³⁵ sɪk̚² tɐu̯²² fuː²²/

/ŋaːk̚⁵ kʷɐi̯³⁵ sɪk̚² tɐu̯²² fuː²²/

豆腐 (dau⁶ fu⁶) is possibly altered from 道符 (dou⁶ fu⁴, “talisman papers”).

(Cantonese) to lure someone into a trap, to trick someone

That guy never returns anything he borrows, but now he's saying that he never took that. Pull the other one!

ne¹ tiu⁴ jau⁵ lo² zo² jan⁴ dei⁶ ge³ je⁵ jau⁶ m⁴ waan⁴, ji⁴ gaa¹ keoi⁵ jau⁶ waa⁶ mou⁵ lo² wo⁴, aak¹ gwai² sik⁶ dau⁶ fu⁶ me¹!

呢條友攞咗人哋嘅嘢又唔還，而家佢又話冇攞喎，呃鬼食豆腐咩！

呢条友𫽋咗人哋嘅嘢又唔还，而家佢又话冇𫽋㖞，呃鬼食豆腐咩！

pull the other one, it's got bells on
pull the other one, it's got bells on

(Cantonese) pull the other one, it's got bells on (used to show disbelief in something)


zum Himmel stinken

stink to high heaven
stink to high heaven


肚皮打鼓

/tʰou̯¹³ pʰei̯²¹ taː³⁵ kuː³⁵/

/tʰou̯¹³ pʰei̯²¹ taː³⁵ kuː³⁵/


كثر خيرك

head

كثر خيرك • (kaṯṯar ḵērak)

Ellipsis of كثر الله خيرك (kaṯṯar allāh ḵērak, “may God increase your wealth”).

ellipsis

كثر الله خيرك

Used to politely decline an offering or invitation