一體兩面

ㄧ ㄊㄧˇ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ

/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ tʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/jɐt̚⁵ tʰɐi̯³⁵ lœːŋ¹³ miːn²²/

/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ tʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/jɐt̚⁵ tʰɐi̯³⁵ lœːŋ¹³ miːn²²/

two sides of the same coin
two sides of the same coin

two sides of the same coin; two different aspects of the same thing


cinta mati

Compound of cinta (“love”) + mati (“death”), literally “love [till] death”.


意氣風發

ㄧˋ ㄑㄧˋ ㄈㄥ ㄈㄚ

/i⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ fä⁵⁵/

/jiː³³ hei̯³³ fʊŋ⁵⁵ faːt̚³/

/i²¹⁻⁵³ kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² huat̚³²/

/i⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hɔŋ³³ huat̚⁵/

/i²¹⁻⁵³ kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² huat̚³²/

/i¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ huat̚³²/

/i²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ huat̚³²/

/i⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ fä⁵⁵/

/jiː³³ hei̯³³ fʊŋ⁵⁵ faːt̚³/

/i²¹⁻⁵³ kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² huat̚³²/

/i⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hɔŋ³³ huat̚⁵/

/i²¹⁻⁵³ kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² huat̚³²/

/i¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ huat̚³²/

/i²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ huat̚³²/


傍人門戶

ㄅㄤˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄣˊ ㄏㄨˋ

банжэньмэньху

/pɑŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ mən³⁵ xu⁵¹/

/pɔːŋ²² jɐn²¹ muːn²¹ wuː²²/

/pɑŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ mən³⁵ xu⁵¹/

/pɔːŋ²² jɐn²¹ muːn²¹ wuː²²/

to depend on others; to be unable to live independently


懸羊頭賣狗肉

to hang up agoat's head but sell dog meat

ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄧㄤˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄇㄞˋ ㄍㄡˇ ㄖㄡˋ

сюань янтоу май гоужоу

/ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ jɑŋ³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ maɪ̯⁵¹ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹/

掛羊頭賣狗肉 掛羊頭賣狗肉#Chinese

挂羊头卖狗肉 挂羊头卖狗肉#Chinese

Synonym of 掛羊頭賣狗肉／挂羊头卖狗肉 (guà yángtóu mài gǒuròu, “to cry wine and sell vinegar; to use a good cause as a cover for doing something bad”)


膀大腰圓

ㄅㄤˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄧㄠ ㄩㄢˊ

/pɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/

/pʰɔːŋ²¹ taːi̯²² jiːu̯⁵⁵ jyːn²¹/

/pɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/

/pʰɔːŋ²¹ taːi̯²² jiːu̯⁵⁵ jyːn²¹/


chan eil fios agam

Present negative of bi fhios aig in the first-person singular.


hyvää venetsialaista

[ˈhyʋæː ˈʋe̞ne̞ts̠iɑ̝ˌlɑ̝i̯s̠tɑ̝]

From hyvä (“good”) + venetsialainen (“Venetian festival”), both in partitive singular (despite venetsialaiset typically being pluralia tantum). Compare such expressions as hyvää joulua (“merry Christmas”) and hyvää syntymäpäivää (“happy birthday”).

happy Venetian festival (used to express good wishes during venetsialaiset)


donde esta la biblioteca

From Spanish dónde (“interrogative form of where”) + está (“be, is, are”) + la (“the”) + biblioteca (“library”) (where is the library); a phrase apparently often taught to beginning Spanish-language learners. The accents are usually omitted in English.

bor

Ola, como esta usted? Donde esta la biblioteca? Everyone who took high school Spanish knows that those phrases are probably all they recognize from their teenaged efforts to learn one of the three most spoken languages in the world.

2002 [2001 May 15], Raoul Lowery Contreras, “English + Spanish == The USA”, in A Hispanic View: American Politics and the Politics of Immigration, →ISBN, page 257:

"Dónde está la biblioteca, Pedro?" "What?" "I'm thinking of opening a new Globo Gym down in Mexico City, so I've been boning up on my Spanish."

2004, Rawson Marshall Thurber, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story:

“Donde esta la biblioteca?” has become so overused to depict people with a very limited understanding of Spanish that it really pulls me out of the scene when Foggy says it to Mrs. Cardenas. Totally unnecessary line.

2015 April 18, Oliver Sava, “Marvel’s Daredevil: “Speak Of The Devil””, in The A.V. Club:

Stock phrase used to denote someone's poor knowledge of Spanish.

London is the capital of Great Britain

Versions in other languages for English; Ukrainian


包打天下

ㄅㄠ ㄉㄚˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

/pɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/

/paːu̯⁵⁵ taː³⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ haː²²/

/pɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/

/paːu̯⁵⁵ taː³⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ haː²²/

to take care of everything and not allow others to get involved


it's a deal

(informal) Used to show agreement, especially when agreeing to a price.


беља работа

said of an inconvenient situation or something that has gone amiss


殺狗教猴

(Hakka) to make a public demonstration of punishing a wrongdoer in order to deter innocents who might mimic the example of the wrongdoer


寶刀不老

ㄅㄠˇ ㄉㄠ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄠˇ

/pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

old but still got it; as vigorous and active as before; just as skilled as when one was young


心無旁騖

ㄒㄧㄣ ㄨˊ ㄆㄤˊ ㄨˋ

/ɕin⁵⁵ u³⁵ pʰɑŋ³⁵ u⁵¹/

/sɐm⁵⁵ mou̯²¹ pʰɔːŋ²¹ mou̯²²/

/ɕin⁵⁵ u³⁵ pʰɑŋ³⁵ u⁵¹/

/sɐm⁵⁵ mou̯²¹ pʰɔːŋ²¹ mou̯²²/


one's door is open

One is ready to receive and welcome another person.


the latchstring is out

A person is assured of a hospitable welcome.


I'm a lesbian

Indicates that the speaker is a female homosexual or lesbian.


со сиот ум

in one's infinite wisdom (used to sarcastically criticize someone who made a foolish or imprudent decision)


iek häbe die ljo

iek häbe die ljoof
iek häbe die ljoof#Saterland_Frisian


дрн-дрн јариња

blah blah blah (stand-in for tedious or irrelevant content)


cheque, please

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-cheque, please.wav

From the British sketch show Goodness Gracious Me, in which one character has this as his catchphrase after saying inappropriate comments during dates.

Used after making an embarrassment statement, suggesting it's time to leave.


rẽ thuý chia uyên

斫(Chước)兜(đâu)𢪊(rẽ)翠(thuý)𢺺(chia)鴛(uyên)
埃(Ai)𠚢(ra)塘(đường)乃(nấy)埃(ai)𥆾(nhìn)特(được)埃(ai)

1820, Nguyễn Du, Truyện Kiều (傳翹) [The Tale of Kieu], published 1870, lines 1875-1876:

chia uyên rẽ thuý
chia uyên rẽ thuý#Vietnamese


chia uyên rẽ thuý

[t͡ɕiə˧˧ ʔwiən˧˧ zɛ˦ˀ˥ tʰwi˧˦]

[t͡ɕiə˧˧ ʔwiəŋ˧˧ ʐɛ˧˨ tʰwɪj˨˩˦]

[ciə˧˧ (ʔ)wiəŋ˧˧ ɹɛ˨˩˦ tʰ⁽ʷ⁾ɪj˦˥]

From chia rẽ + uyên, short for uyên ương (“mandarin duck”) + thuý, synonym of bói cá (“kingfisher”). Compare uyên ương, chia loan rẽ phượng for similar expressions about love through birds.


瞠乎其後

ㄔㄥ ㄏㄨ ㄑㄧˊ ㄏㄡˋ

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹/

/t͡sʰaːŋ⁵⁵ fuː²¹ kʰei̯²¹ hɐu̯²²/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹/

/t͡sʰaːŋ⁵⁵ fuː²¹ kʰei̯²¹ hɐu̯²²/

to lag behind a lot without any hope of catching up; to be left in the dust


別樹一幟

ㄅㄧㄝˊ ㄕㄨˋ ㄧ ㄓˋ

/pi̯ɛ³⁵ ʂu⁵¹ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/piːt̚² syː²² jɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰiː³³/

/pi̯ɛ³⁵ ʂu⁵¹ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/piːt̚² syː²² jɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰiː³³/


et toutes ses dents

and still going strong, and still fighting fit, alive and kicking (used to indicate that an old person is still youthful despite their age)


掛け替えのない

掛け替えのない (canonical)
kakegae no nai (romanization)
掛け替えのなかろ (imperfective stem)
かけがえのなかろ (imperfective stem)
kakegae no nakaro (imperfective)
掛け替えのなく (continuative stem)
かけがえのなく (continuative stem)
kakegae no naku (continuative)
掛け替えのない (stem terminative)
かけがえのない (stem terminative)
kakegae no nai (terminative)
掛け替えのない (attributive stem)
かけがえのない (attributive stem)
kakegae no nai (attributive)
掛け替えのなけれ (hypothetical stem)
かけがえのなけれ (hypothetical stem)
kakegae no nakere (hypothetical)
掛け替えのなかれ (imperative stem)
かけがえのなかれ (imperative stem)
kakegae no nakare (imperative)
掛け替えのなくない (informal negative)
かけがえのなくない (informal negative)
kakegae no naku nai (informal negative)
掛け替えのなかった (informal past)
かけがえのなかった (informal past)
kakegae no nakatta (informal past)
掛け替えのなくなかった (informal negative past)
かけがえのなくなかった (informal negative past)
kakegae no naku nakatta (informal negative past)
掛け替えのないです (formal)
かけがえのないです (formal)
kakegae no nai desu (formal)
掛け替えのなくないです (formal negative)
かけがえのなくないです (formal negative)
kakegae no naku nai desu (formal negative)
掛け替えのなかったです (formal past)
かけがえのなかったです (formal past)
kakegae no nakatta desu (formal past)
掛け替えのなくなかったです (formal negative past)
かけがえのなくなかったです (formal negative past)
kakegae no naku nakatta desu (formal negative past)
掛け替えのなくて (conjunctive)
かけがえのなくて (conjunctive)
kakegae no nakute (conjunctive)
掛け替えのなければ (conditional)
かけがえのなければ (conditional)
kakegae no nakereba (conditional)
掛け替えのなかったら (conditional past)
かけがえのなかったら (conditional past)
kakegae no nakattara (conditional past)
掛け替えのなかろう (volitional)
かけがえのなかろう (volitional)
kakegae no nakarō (volitional)
掛け替えのなく (adverbial)
かけがえのなく (adverbial)
kakegae no naku (adverbial)
掛け替えのなさ (noun-from-adj)
かけがえのなさ (noun-from-adj)
kakegae no nasa (noun-from-adj)

Compound of 掛(か)け替(が)え (kakegae, “replacement, substitution”) + の (no, subjective case particle) + 無(な)い (nai, “nonexistent”), literally "replacement does not exist” or “no replacement.”

ja-com

彼女は私にとって掛け替えのない存在だ。

Kanojo wa watashi ni totte kakegae no nai sonzai da.


một con ngựa đau, cả tàu bỏ cỏ

(literal) when a single horse falls ill, the whole stable stops eating

(figurative) when one of us falls, it affects all of us


thuyền theo lái, gái theo chồng

(literal) boats follow their rower, women follow their husbands

(figurative) women are supposed to follow and obey their husbands unconditionally


trứng khôn hơn vịt

[t͡ɕɨŋ˧˦ xon˧˧ həːn˧˧ vit̚˧˨ʔ]

[ʈɨŋ˦˧˥ kʰoŋ˧˧ həːŋ˧˧ vit̚˨˩ʔ]

[ʈɨŋ˦˧˥ xoŋ˧˧ həːŋ˧˧ vit̚˨˩ʔ]

[ʈɨŋ˦˥ kʰoŋ˧˧ həːŋ˧˧ vɨt̚˨˩˨]

[ʈɨŋ˦˥ xoŋ˧˧ həːŋ˧˧ jɨt̚˨˩˨]

(literal) the egg is smarter than the duck

Mày có cái tật trứng khôn hơn vịt.

(figurative) when a child thinks they're smarter than the adults around them


xong phim

[sɔŋ˧˧ fim˧˧]

(figurative) I'm/we're screwed; I'm/we're done for


viran puolesta

virkani puolesta (first-person singular)
virkamme puolesta (first-person plural)
virkasi puolesta (second-person singular)
virkanne puolesta (plural second-person)
virkansa puolesta (third-person)

viran (“of office”) + puolesta (“on behalf”)

Ranskan tasavallan presidentti on virkansa puolesta myös Andorran diarkian prinssi.

The President of the Republic of France is, ex officio, also prince of the dyarchy called Andorra.

by right of office, ex officio, (by virtue of the office that originated it, or of the title held)

Asianosaiset eivät ole muotovirheeseen vedonneet, mutta Korkein oikeus ottaa sen viran puolesta huomioon.

The parties have not appealed to the irregularity, but the Supreme Court takes it into consideration ex officio.

Verottajan viran puolesta tekemät vähennykset

Deductions applied by the tax authority ex officio (ie. automatically)

(law) ex officio (relating to the power and obligation in certain circumstances of a court of law or other public officer to act on their own initiative)


隙あらば自分語り

ja-pos

すき あらば じぶん-がたり

隙(すき)あらば自(じ)分(ぶん)語(がた)り • (suki araba jibun-gatari)

隙あらば自分語り (canonical)
suki araba jibun-gatari (romanization)

[sɨkʲi a̠ɾa̠ba̠ d͡ʑibɯ̟̃ŋɡa̠ta̠ɾʲi]

Internet slang, with archaic grammar (あらば (araba) instead of あれば (areba)) in the style of traditional proverbs and idioms.

(Internet slang, derogatory) talking about oneself whenever possible; self-centered


c'est le pompon

LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-c’est le pompon.wav

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-c’est le pompon.wav

(informal) that takes the biscuit! that takes the cake! that beats everything! that caps it all! that's the last straw! that's done it!


c'est le bouquet

LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-c’est le bouquet.wav

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-c’est le bouquet.wav

LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-c'est le bouquet.wav

c’est la goutte d’eau qui fait déborder le vase


most ugrik a majom a vízbe

Literally, “now the monkey is about to jump into the water”, from most (“now”) + ugrik (“jumps”) + a (“the”) + majom (“monkey”) + a (“the”) + víz (“water”) + -be (“into”).

affix

(colloquial) It can be said in the following cases:

Now comes the most interesting part of the situation/matter.

Now the outcome of a situation/action/attempt will be revealed. This is the moment of truth.


too right

(informal, UK, Australia, New Zealand) Used to express complete agreement with a previous statement by the interlocutor.


魚の釜中に遊ぶが若し

ja-pos

うお の ふちゅう に あそぶ が ごとし

魚(うお)の釜(ふ)中(ちゅう)に遊(あそ)ぶが若(ごと)し • (uo no fuchū ni asobu ga gotoshi)

魚の釜中に遊ぶが若し (canonical)
uo no fuchū ni asobu ga gotoshi (romanization)

[ɯ̟o̞ no̞ ɸɯ̟t͡ɕɨː ɲ̟i a̠so̞bɯ̟ ɡa̠ ɡo̞to̞ɕi]

Literally, "like a fish playing in a kettle". Calque from Literary Chinese 若魚遊釜中／若鱼游釜中.

(figuratively) being carefree and unaware of an imminent danger


en foi de quoi

(law) in witness whereof (words announcing the concluding clause in deeds)


ce n'est que partie remise

ce n’ est que partie remise ! (canonical)

let's take a rain check! we'll do it another time! that will be for next time!


enough to make a cat laugh

(idiomatic) Very outlandish or outrageous.


qurşaqdan aşağı

LL-Q9292 (aze)-Allahverdi Verdizade-qurşaqdan aşağı.wav

Likely a calque of Russian ни́же по́яса (níže pójasa). Literally, 'below the belt'.

calque

ни́же по́яса

Onların qurşaqdan aşağı olan silsilə yazıları, qonşu ölkələrdə, hərbi xidmətdə başına və ağzına gələn hər şeyi ədəbiyyat şəklində oxuculara sırıyaraq özlərini bu yolla reklam edib tanıtmaq istəkləri qıcıqla qarşılandı.

Their texts near the knuckle appearing one after another, and their desire to promote themselves and become famous by foisting onto the readers every little thing that happened to them in neighboring countries, or during the military service without any restraint in a literary form has been met with irritation.

cheeky, risqué, slightly obscene, near the knuckle


od megdana

sh-phrase

od megdana (Cyrillic spelling од мегдана)

od + megdana, literally ‘from the battlefield’, ‘from battle’.

(of horses and weapons) of war, of battle, military


sekolah negeri

Compound of sekolah (“school”) + negeri (“state”).

(education) public school, state school: a publicly funded and administered school.


sekolah swasta

Compound of sekolah (“school”) + swasta (“private”).

(education) private school: a fee-charging private or independent school.


sekolah partikulir

Compound of sekolah (“school”) + partikulir (“private”). Displaced by sekolah swasta.

com

(education, dated) private school: a fee-charging private or independent school.


tôi tư duy, nên tôi tồn tại

I think therefore I am
I think therefore I am


先到先得

ㄒㄧㄢ ㄉㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄉㄜˊ

сяньдаосяньдэ

/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tɤ³⁵/

/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tɤ³⁵/

first come, first served
first come, first served

the early bird gets the worm
the early bird gets the worm

first come, first served; the early bird gets the worm


cadavru viu

a sickly looking and extremely slender man; death warmed up


衣食父母

ㄧ ㄕˊ ㄈㄨˋ ㄇㄨˇ

/i⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ fu⁵¹ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jiː⁵⁵ sɪk̚² fuː²² mou̯¹³/

/i⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ fu⁵¹ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jiː⁵⁵ sɪk̚² fuː²² mou̯¹³/


hết thuốc chữa

[het̚˧˦ tʰuək̚˧˦ t͡ɕɨə˦ˀ˥]

[het̚˦˧˥ tʰuək̚˦˧˥ t͡ɕɨə˧˨]

[həːt̚˦˥ tʰuək̚˦˥ cɨə˨˩˦]

Mày đúng là ngu hết thuốc chữa !

(figurative) the person in question is hopeless; there's no hope for this person's laziness/bad habit/stupidity


一展身手

ㄧ ㄓㄢˇ ㄕㄣ ㄕㄡˇ

ичжаньшэньшоу

ičžanʹšɛnʹšou

/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jɐt̚⁵ t͡siːn³⁵ sɐn⁵⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/

/jɐt̚⁵ t͡siːn³⁵ sɐn⁵⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/


文人相輕

ㄨㄣˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄑㄧㄥ

вэньжэньсянцин

/wən³⁵ ʐən³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/

/mɐn²¹ jɐn²¹ sœːŋ⁵⁵ hɪŋ⁵⁵/

/wən³⁵ ʐən³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/

/mɐn²¹ jɐn²¹ sœːŋ⁵⁵ hɪŋ⁵⁵/

scholars (tend to) disparage one another


隻手遮天

to block out the sky with one hand (and pretend that it is not there)

ㄓ ㄕㄡˇ ㄓㄜ ㄊㄧㄢ

чжишоучжэтянь

čžišoučžɛtjanʹ

/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

/t͡sɛːk̚³ sɐu̯³⁵ t͡sɛː⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

/t͡sɛːk̚³ sɐu̯³⁵ t͡sɛː⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

to hide the truth (from the public or masses)


hell to the no

"Are you... happy being a girl?" "Um, yeah? I'm awesome?" "You wouldn't rather be a boy?" "Hell''' to the no." "Not at all?" "No. I've never felt dysphoria as a girl, not even when I was you, and I identify as a girl now. I dunno if that's just how I am, or because magic, or inter-universe nonsense, or my soul or whatever, but I am not, nor do I want to be, a dude."

2017 May 10, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Wednesday, May 10, 2017:

(US, chiefly African-American Vernacular, slang) Expressing firm disagreement or refusal.


坐享其成

ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄑㄧˊ ㄔㄥˊ

/t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/

/t͡sɔː²² hœːŋ³⁵ kʰei̯²¹ sɪŋ²¹/

/t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/

/t͡sɔː²² hœːŋ³⁵ kʰei̯²¹ sɪŋ²¹/

to sit idle and enjoy the fruits of others' work


一本通書睇到老

/jɐt̚⁵ puːn³⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ syː⁵⁵ tʰɐi̯³⁵ tou̯³³ lou̯¹³/

(Cantonese) to be rigid and inflexible; to be unadaptable


بلا طول سيرة

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بلا طول سيرة

بلا طول سيرة • (bala ṭūl sīre)

Literally: “without the length of a story”.


из варяг в греки

из варя́г в гре́ки

из варя́г в гре́ки • (iz varjág v gréki)

из варя́г в гре́ки (canonical)
iz varjág v gréki (romanization)

[ɪz‿vɐˈrʲaɡ ˈv‿ɡrʲekʲɪ]

(historical) from the Varangians to the Greeks (medieval trade route connecting Scandinavia, Kievan Rus', and the Byzantine Empire)

ru:из варяг в греки


一啖砂糖一啖屎

one mouthful ofgranulated sugar, one mouthful of crap

/jɐt̚⁵ taːm²² saː⁵⁵ tʰɔːŋ²¹ jɐt̚⁵ taːm²² siː³⁵/

(Cantonese) carrot and stick; temperamental actions


一石激起千層浪

ㄧ ㄕˊ ㄐㄧ ㄑㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄘㄥˊ ㄌㄤˋ

yī shí jīqǐ qiān céng làng [Phonetic:yì shí jīqǐ qiān céng làng]

i¹ shih² chi¹-chʻi³ chʻien¹ tsʻêng² lang⁴

и ши цзици цянь цэн лан

/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɤŋ³⁵ lɑŋ⁵¹/

/jɐt̚⁵ sɛːk̚² kɪk̚⁵ hei̯³⁵ t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐŋ²¹ lɔːŋ²¹/

A small incident or someone's actions or remarks have triggered a huge reaction


طويل الروح

طويل الروح • (ṭawīl ir-rūḥ)


طويل البال

طويل البال • (ṭawīl il-bāl)

[tˤɑˈwiːl‿ɪlˈbæːl]

LL-Q55633582 (ajp)-Muhammad (AdrianAbdulBaha)-طويل البال.wav


ask me one about sport

ask me one on sport
ask me one on sport#English


सुबह बख़ैर

hi-phrase

صُبْح بَخَیر

सुबह बख़ैर • (subah baxair) (Urdu spelling صُبْح بَخَیر)

subah baxair (romanization)
صُبْح بَخَیر (Urdu)

[sʊ.bɛʱ‿bɐ.xɛːɾ]

/sʊ.bəɦ bə.kʰɛːɾ/

[sʊ.bɛʱ‿bɐ.kʰɛːɾ]

Borrowed from Classical Persian صبح بخیر (subh ba-xair).


vabandage mind

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vabandage mind (second-person formal or plural)


s.t.d.d.

sebagaimana telah diubah dengan#Indonesian

Abbreviation of sebagaimana telah diubah dengan.


arrieros somos, y en el camino nos encontraremos

Literally, “we are arrieros and on the road we will meet each other”

lit

what goes around comes around
what goes around comes around


それだけ

ja-pos

それだけ • (sore dake) ^(←それだけ (sore dake)?)

that's all (used when finished speaking)


幕天席地

to use the sky as a tent and the land as a sleeping mat

ㄇㄨˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧˊ ㄉㄧˋ

/mu⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi³⁵ ti⁵¹/

/mu⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi³⁵ ti⁵¹/

(figurative) to be open-minded and carefree


la garantia soy yo

[la ɡa.ɾɐ̃ˈt͡ʃi.ɐ ˈsoɪ̯ ˈd͡ʒo]

[la ɡa.ɾɐ̃ˈt͡ʃi.ɐ ˈsoɪ̯ ˈd͡ʒo]

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish la garantía soy yo (“take my word”, literally “I am the guarantee/warranty”).
Popularised by a SEMP Toshiba advertisement from the 90s in which a Japanese-Paraguayan salesman uses the phrase to promote his VHS player. Paraguay was notorious as a port of entry for pirated goods in Brazil.

ubor

- Aí seu Kisugateusangi... tive de vender até o meu computador, que garantia vou ter desse negócio?
- La garantia soy yo, né? Agora passa o dinheiro pra Norimaro que Norimaro ajeita tudo.
- Hey mr. Husaksyurblud... I even had to sell my computer, what guarantee do I have for this deal?

Luciano R. Rodrigues, Crônica Nipônica in 2011, Luciano R. Rodrigues, Crônicas Noturnas, Clube de Autores, pages 6-7

-You just gotta take my word, OK? Now hand over the money to Norimaro and Norimaro will get everything going.

(Brazil, humorous) you will have to take my word

Todos artigos genuinamente falsificados. La garantia soy yo!

2006, Mauro Castro, Taxitramas: diário de um taxista, Clube de Autores, page 29:

All articles genuinely falsified. I am the warranty!

(Brazil, sarcastic) implies that someone who is demanding trust cannot be trusted or depended on; source: trust me bro


ميخالف

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مَيْخالِف • (mayḵālif)

مَيْخالِف (canonical)
mayḵālif (romanization)

Univerbation of ما (mā, “negation particle”) + يخالف (yḵālif, “be not OK, goes against”).

univerbation

― حبيبي عادي نروح المطعم الياباني اليوم
― ميخالف
―Ḥabībi ʕādi nrūḥ il-maṭʕam il-yābāni l-yōm?
― mayḵālif
― My love, is it OK that we go to the Japanese restaurant today
― It's alright

ميخالف آخذ تلفونك شوي؟

Is it OK if I take your phone for a little bit?


試合に負けて勝負に勝つ

ja-pos

しあい に まけて しょうぶ に かつ

試(し)合(あい)に負(ま)けて勝(しょう)負(ぶ)に勝(か)つ • (shiai ni makete shōbu ni katsu)

試合に負けて勝負に勝つ (canonical)
shiai ni makete shōbu ni katsu (romanization)

[ɕia̠i ɲ̟i ma̠ke̞te̞ ɕo̞ːbɯ̟ ɲ̟i ka̠t͡sɨ]

Literally, "to lose the competition but win the match".

(informal) to have "won" a match on a psychological or personal level despite losing to all appearances


walk good

(Jamaican Creole, Caribbean) Used to wish good fortune and a good trip for departing travelers.


卑不足道

ㄅㄟ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ ㄉㄠˋ

/peɪ̯⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/pei̯⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ tou̯²²/

/peɪ̯⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/pei̯⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ tou̯²²/

(chiefly of a person's character, standing, etc.) too trivial to be worth mentioning


纖纖玉手

ㄒㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄩˋ ㄕㄡˇ

сяньсяньюйшоу

/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ y⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ y⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


杯水風波

ㄅㄟ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄈㄥ ㄅㄛ

/peɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

/peɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵/


votre humble serviteur

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ваш покорный слуга

→ Russian: ваш покорный слуга (vaš pokornyj sluga) (calque)

Dieu vous faſſe la grace (Monseigneur) d’y demeurer ferme an longue proſperité, & à moy de vous randre un iour quelque agreable ſervice, qui vous puiſſe convier à croire que ie ſuis, comme vraymant ie ſuis, du meilleur et du plus pur de mon cœur,
MONSEIGNEVR,
 Votre très humble ſerviteur.
CLAVDE EXPILLY.

1612 August 1, Claude sieur d'Expilly, A tres illustre et vertueux seigneur Armand Ian du Plessis, Cardinal de Richelieu:


hors de l'Église, point de salut

hors de l’Église (canonical)
point de salut (canonical)

Calque of Latin extrā Ecclēsiam nūlla salūs.

clq

there is no salvation outside the Church


鴨仔跋落水——免驚死

鸭仔跋落水——免惊死
鴨仔絆落水——免驚死

the duck falls into the water—no need to fear death

/a(ʔ)⁵ a⁵⁵⁴ pua(ʔ)²⁴⁻² lo(ʔ)²⁴⁻² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴ biɛn⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiã³³ si⁵⁵⁴/

(Hokkien) one has the ability to save oneself, and therefore need not fear adversity


suck my Richard

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-suck my Richard.wav


in dubio pro reo

benefit of the doubt
benefit of the doubt

(law) benefit of the doubt to the accused


in dubio pro reo

Borrowed from Latin. Literally, “in case of doubt in favour of the accused”.

lit

(law) one is innocent until proven guilty; there is the benefit of the doubt


望而興嘆

ㄨㄤˋ ㄦˊ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄊㄢˋ

ванъэрсинтань

/wɑŋ⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ tʰän⁵¹/

/mɔːŋ²² jiː²¹ hɪŋ⁵⁵ tʰaːn³³/

/wɑŋ⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ tʰän⁵¹/

/mɔːŋ²² jiː²¹ hɪŋ⁵⁵ tʰaːn³³/

to look and sigh; to feel helpless; not to know what to do


搞搞震，冇幫襯

搞搞震，冇帮衬
攪攪震，冇幫襯

/kaːu̯³⁵ kaːu̯³⁵ t͡sɐn³³ mou̯¹³ pɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐn³³/

(Cantonese) to not help and only cause more trouble


okey-dokey Smokey

okey-dokey, Smokey
okey-dokey, Smokey#English


okey-dokey artichokey

okey dokey, artichokey
okey dokey, artichokey#English

Alternative form of okey dokey, artichokey


шток на рок

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шток на рок • (štok na rok)

штокче на рокче
штокче на рокче#Macedonian

Alternative form of штокче на рокче (štokče na rokče)


од дожд на град

од дожд на град • (od dožd na grad)

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

out of the frying pan, into the fire (get from an already bad situation to a worse one)


Којчин од Којчишта

Којчин од Којчишта

Којчин од Којчишта • (Kojčin od Kojčišta)

Којчин од Кочишта
Којчин од Кочишта#Macedonian

Alternative form of Којчин од Кочишта (Kojčin od Kočišta)


Којче од Којчишта

Којче од Којчишта

Којче од Којчишта • (Kojče od Kojčišta)


Којчин од Кочишта

Којчин од Кочишта

Којчин од Кочишта • (Kojčin od Kočišta)

Ironic reply to the question "Кој?" ("Who?"), used to suggest that one's interlocutor is silly to ask it or to indicate that one is cross with one's interlocutor and does not wish to explain anything further to him.


on with you

(idiomatic, chiefly as imperative, derogatory, colloquial, dismissal) An expression of dismissal or contempt directed at someone.


forget you

(idiomatic, chiefly as imperative, derogatory, colloquial, dismissal) A forceful expression of anger, dismissal, or contempt directed at someone.


what you don't know can't hurt you

So they put me on the payroll, and I guess Father Paul Shanley in Boston and I were the first to get paid for picking up hustlers! The salary order went all the way to Cardinal Cooke's office, and he approved it personally. But they never realized I wasn't trying to convert people to being straight. I'm sure they thought I was just bringing sinners into the fold, which is probably what my superiors think now. What they don't know won't hurt them.

1981 December 12, Robert J. Nelson, quoting Leo Gallant, “Creating a People”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 21, page 7:

If one does not know about a problem or a misdeed, one will not be able to render oneself unhappy by worrying about it.

ce qu’on ignore ne peut pas nous faire de mal

czego oczy nie widzą, tego sercu nie żal


閻羅王探病——問你死未

Yama visits a sick person—to ask you if you are going to die yet

/jiːm²¹ lɔː²¹ wɔːŋ²¹ tʰaːm³³ pɛːŋ²² mɐn²² nei̯¹³ sei̯³⁵ mei̯²²/

(Cantonese) to be up to no good; to have ulterior motives; to be in serious trouble


墳場耍大刀——嚇鬼

play with a large broadsword in a graveyeard – scare ghosts

/fɐn²¹ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ saː³⁵ taːi̯²² tou̯⁵⁵ haːk̚³ kʷɐi̯³⁵/

(Cantonese) to be unable to scare people


absence makes the heart fonder

absence makes the heart grow fonder#English

Alternative form of absence makes the heart grow fonder


墳頭上耍大刀——嚇鬼

play with a large broadsword on a grave mound – scare ghosts

ㄈㄣˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄨㄚˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄠ

фэньтоу шан шуа дадао

/fən³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʂu̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


so help me Bob

"So I would have, but it was pretty dark and so help me Bob, if I didn't get off the road somewhere."

1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 70:


et similia

Unadapted borrowing from Latin et similia (literally “and similar (things)”).

ubor

(chiefly lightly humorous) and the like, and so on


sod this for a lark

sod this for a game of soldiers
sod this for a game of soldiers#English

Alternative form of sod this for a game of soldiers


I'm not the one

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-I'm not the one.wav

Ellipsis of "I'm not the one to mess with", "I'm not the one you think I am" or some comparable expression.

(idiomatic, slang, African-American Vernacular) A warning to an individual who has greatly offended one's dignity or has acted or spoken insolently.


人生地不熟

ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄥ ㄉㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄨˊ

ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄥ ㄉㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄡˊ

жэньшэндибушу

/ʐən³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʂu³⁵/

жэньшэндибушоу

/ʐən³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯³⁵/

/jɐn²¹ saːŋ⁵⁵ tei̯²² pɐt̚⁵ sʊk̚²/

/naŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰẽ³³⁻²³ ti¹¹ puk̚²⁻⁴ sek̚⁴/

/ʐən³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʂu³⁵/

/ʐən³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯³⁵/

/jɐn²¹ saːŋ⁵⁵ tei̯²² pɐt̚⁵ sʊk̚²/

to be unfamiliar with the place and the people; to be a stranger in a strange place


meeldiv tutvuda

Literally, “Pleasant to meet/get acquainted”.


修成正果

ㄒㄧㄡ ㄔㄥˊ ㄓㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄛˇ

/ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sɐu̯⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹ t͡sɪŋ³³ kʷɔː³⁵/

/sɐu̯⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹ t͡sɪŋ³³ kʷɔː³⁵/

(Buddhism) to finally achieve enlightenment after profound efforts and insights

(figurative) to attain the desired outcome after persistently striving


事出有因

ㄕˋ ㄔㄨ ㄧㄡˇ ㄧㄣ

/ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ in⁵⁵/

/siː²² t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ jɐu̯¹³ jɐn⁵⁵/

/ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ in⁵⁵/

/siː²² t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ jɐu̯¹³ jɐn⁵⁵/


monkeys humping a football

(vulgar) energetic but useless action, or a person engaged in such action.


latest and greatest

An expression of enthusiasm to describe new people, ideas, innovations or objects.


父子騎驢

ㄈㄨˋ ㄗˇ ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄩˊ

/fu⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ly³⁵/

/fu⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ly³⁵/

From the miller, his son and the donkey fable.

Uncertain self-position, dilemmas of pleasing people, alter styling before being popular, the company has no central themes, awful planning abilities - It's not surprising that Stellar leading to disband. It's futile even if the members are talented and with physical attractiveness.

陳皓嬿, 2018-11-21, 女星衣服脫了之後 還穿得回來嗎？

Zìwǒ dìngwèi bùmíng, fùzǐqílǘ, rénqì háiméi zhànwěn jiù xiǎng diàozhěng fēnggé, gōngsī quēfá zhōngxīnsīxiǎng, zāogāo de qǐhuà lì ràng Stellar luòdé jiěsàn de jiéguǒ, qíshí méi shénme hǎo yìwài de, chéngyuán shílì yánzhí zài hǎo yěshì wǎngrán.

自我定位不明、父子騎驢，人氣還沒站穩就想調整風格，公司缺乏中心思想、糟糕的企劃力讓Stellar落得解散的結果，其實沒什麼好意外的，成員實力顏值再好也是枉然。

陳皓嬿, 2018-11-21, 女星衣服脫了之後 還穿得回來嗎？

自我定位不明、父子骑驴，人气还没站稳就想调整风格，公司缺乏中心思想、糟糕的企划力让Stellar落得解散的结果，其实没什么好意外的，成员实力颜值再好也是枉然。

The Financial Times believes that the failure of forming a cabinet by Merkel makes the SPD, which wants to be in opposition, trapped in a dilemma instead.

轉角24小時, 2017/11/21, 德國組閣危機：硬著頭皮重啟大選，梅克爾還有別招嗎？

Yīngguó “Jīnróng shíbào” rènwèi, Méikè'ěr de zǔgé shībài, fǎnràng yì zài zàiyě de Shèmíndǎng xiànrù fùzǐqílǘ de jiǒngjìng.

英國《金融時報》認為，梅克爾的組閣失敗，反讓意在在野的社民黨陷入父子騎驢的窘境。

英国《金融时报》认为，梅克尔的组阁失败，反让意在在野的社民党陷入父子骑驴的窘境。


so much the worse for

If he cannot realize the error of his ways, then so much the worse for him.

(+object) Used to indicate that an unfortunate event, outcome, etc. is of the subject's own doing; and that the speaker feels no great concern for it.

tanto peggio per

indicates that an unfortunate event is the subject's own doing


сила есть — ума не надо

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си́ла есть — ума́ не на́до

си́ла есть — ума́ не на́до • (síla jestʹ — umá ne nádo)

си́ла есть — ума́ не на́до (canonical)

Literally, “have strength, don't need intelligence”.

lit

И, во-вторы́х, мо́жет быть, пора́ отойти́ от исчерпа́вшего себя́ при́нципа «си́ла есть — ума́ не на́до» и взя́ться за реше́ние чече́нской пробле́мы по уму́.

2003, “Соблюдение прав ― лучшая профилактика взрывов”, in Независимая газета:

And second, perhaps it's time to stop blindly applying brute force, an approach which has exhausted itself, and to look for an intelligent solution to the Chechen problem.

I, vo-vtorýx, móžet bytʹ, porá otojtí ot isčerpávševo sebjá príncipa «síla jestʹ — umá ne nádo» i vzjátʹsja za rešénije čečénskoj problémy po umú.

all brawn and no brain
all brawn and no brain

(idiomatic, ironic) all brawn and no brain (a reference to someone strong but stupid, or to artless or clumsy use of brute force)

en-сила_есть_—_ума_не_надо-ru-phrase-wcaNzM72


泰山北斗

ㄊㄞˋ ㄕㄢ ㄅㄟˇ ㄉㄡˇ

тайшаньбэйдоу

/tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ʂän⁵⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ toʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʰaːi̯³³ saːn⁵⁵ pɐk̚⁵ tɐu̯³⁵/

/tʰaːi̯³³ saːn⁵⁵ pɐk̚⁵ tɐu̯³⁵/

eminent and accomplished figure in a field


здраво живо

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здраво живо • (zdravo živo)

extended way of saying hello, to express greater enthusiasm or cordiality


tere päivää

[ˈte̞re̞ ˈpæi̯ʋæ]

[ˈte̞re̞ ˈpæi̯ʋæː]


hyvvää päivää

/ˈhyʋæː ˈpæi̯ʋæː/

[ˈhyʋːæ ˈpæi̯ʋæ]

/ˈhyʋæː ˈpæi̯ʋæː/

[ˈhyʋˑæː ˈpæi̯ʋæː]


往事如煙

ㄨㄤˇ ㄕˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄧㄢ

/wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ jɛn⁵⁵/

/wɔːŋ¹³ siː²² jyː²¹ jiːn⁵⁵/

/wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ jɛn⁵⁵/

/wɔːŋ¹³ siː²² jyː²¹ jiːn⁵⁵/

past events have faded like a puff of smoke


why buy a book when you can join the library

why buy a book when you can join a library#English

Alternative form of why buy a book when you can join a library


蛛網塵封

ㄓㄨ ㄨㄤˇ ㄔㄣˊ ㄈㄥ

чжуванчэньфэн

/ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/

(figurative, of a house, objects, etc.) to be abandoned or unused for a long time


塵封網罥

ㄔㄣˊ ㄈㄥ ㄨㄤˇ ㄐㄩㄢˋ

чэньфэнванцзюань

/ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵ wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵ wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/


高手如雲

ㄍㄠ ㄕㄡˇ ㄖㄨˊ ㄩㄣˊ

/kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu³⁵ yn³⁵/

/kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu³⁵ yn³⁵/


beg, borrow, or steal

To acquire something by any means necessary or available.


കയ്യിൽ

Coordinate term: പക്കൽ (pakkal)


童言無忌

ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄨˊ ㄐㄧˋ

/tʰʊŋ³⁵ jɛn³⁵ u³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/

/tʰʊŋ²¹ jiːn²¹ mou̯²¹ kei̯²²/

/tʰʊŋ³⁵ jɛn³⁵ u³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/

/tʰʊŋ²¹ jiːn²¹ mou̯²¹ kei̯²²/

take no offence at a child's words; a child simply says what he/she thinks


奇技淫巧

ㄑㄧˊ ㄐㄧˋ ㄧㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄠˇ

/t͡ɕʰi³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹ in³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(usually derogatory) strange and exquisite skill or product


難分難解

ㄋㄢˊ ㄈㄣ ㄋㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄝˇ

наньфэньнаньцзе

/nän³⁵ fən⁵⁵ nän³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/naːn²¹ fɐn⁵⁵ naːn²¹ kaːi̯³⁵/

/nän³⁵ fən⁵⁵ nän³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/naːn²¹ fɐn⁵⁵ naːn²¹ kaːi̯³⁵/

to be locked in a stalemate in a fight or struggle

(of a romantic couple) to be intimate and inseparable


難解難分

ㄋㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄈㄣ

наньцзенаньфэнь

/nän³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵ fən⁵⁵/

/naːn²¹ kaːi̯³⁵ naːn²¹ fɐn⁵⁵/

/nän³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵ fən⁵⁵/

/naːn²¹ kaːi̯³⁵ naːn²¹ fɐn⁵⁵/


таман работа

Used to reject an interlocutor's negative idea as impossible or false, to dispel their fears and worries, and thus reassure them.


dalga geçmek

(idiomatic, slang) make fun of (tease, ridicule)


my skull's afly

(obsolete, idiomatic, slang) I'm awake; I'm alert; I know what's happening.


none the worse

[…] the lowest boiler pressure—220 lb. per sq. in.—goes with the largest cylinder volume, and the highest—280 lb. per sq. in.—with the smallest cylinder volume—which is, of course, obvious, but is none the worse for being repeated.

1951 April, Stirling Everard, “A Matter of Pedigree”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 272:

(typically with for) Not damaged or affected negatively (by/due to).

meg se kottyan (neki)

not damaged or affected negatively (by/due to)

kutya/semmi baja (sem lesz/esik/történik tőle)


大車無輗

ㄉㄚˋ ㄔㄜ ㄨˊ ㄋㄧˊ

/tä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵ u³⁵ ni³⁵/

/taːi̯²² t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵ mou̯²¹ ŋɐi̯²¹/

/tä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵ u³⁵ ni³⁵/

/taːi̯²² t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵ mou̯²¹ ŋɐi̯²¹/

The Master said, "I do not know how a man without truthfulness is to get on. How can a large carriage be made to go without the crossbar for yoking the oxen to, or a small carriage without the arrangement for yoking the horses?"

The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Zǐyuē: “Rén ér wú xìn, bùzhī qí kě yě. Dàchē wú ní, xiǎochē wú yuè, qí héyǐ xíng zhī zāi?”

子曰：「人而無信，不知其可也。大車無輗，小車無軏，其何以行之哉？」

子曰：「人而无信，不知其可也。大车无𫐐，小车无𫐄，其何以行之哉？」

an untrustworthy person cannot receive trust from others and be established in society


how do you like

How do you like your steak, sir?

How do you like this guy!

(humorous, derogatory) Used to deride the character or personality of someone.


il bue che dà del cornuto all'asino

il bue che dice cornuto all'asino#Italian

Alternative form of il bue che dice cornuto all'asino


who's robbing this coach

mind your own business
mind your own business

(Australia) mind your own business; an admonition to an uninvolved person not to interfere


호랑이 잡아먹는 담비

ko-pos

호랑이 잡아먹는 담비 • (horang'i jabameongneun dambi)

horang'i jabameongneun dambi (romanization)

호(ː)랑이자바멍는담비

[호(ː)랑이자바멍는담비]

The yellow-throated marten is supposedly capable of killing tigers when they hunt in packs.

"a marten that hunts tigers"; a David before a Goliath


il ne manquait plus que ça

il ne manquait plus que ça ! (canonical)

(informal) great, that's just what we needed; that takes the cake; that's the last thing we needed


no caerá esa breva

one should be so lucky
one should be so lucky


I see you

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see I, see, you.

Used to express that the speaker recognizes the listener's actions.


ağzına sıçmak

(idiomatic, slang) to put someone in a very bad situation


糟糠之妻

цзаоканчжици

/t͡sɑʊ̯⁵⁵ kʰɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/

/t͡sɑʊ̯⁵⁵ kʰɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/

(humble) wife who has shared her husband’s hard lot


best of the best

crème de la crème
crème de la crème#English


pick of the crop

cream of the crop
cream of the crop#English


盛極一時

ㄕㄥˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄧ ㄕˊ

/ʂɤŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/

/sɪŋ²² kɪk̚² jɐt̚⁵ siː²¹/

/ʂɤŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/

/sɪŋ²² kɪk̚² jɐt̚⁵ siː²¹/

to be thriving or very popular for a time


目擩耳染

ㄇㄨˋ ㄖㄨˋ ㄦˇ ㄖㄢˇ

/mu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐu⁵¹ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʐän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/mu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐu⁵¹ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʐän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

耳濡目染 耳濡目染#Chinese


耳染目濡

ㄦˇ ㄖㄢˇ ㄇㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ

/ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʐän²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵/

/ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʐän²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu⁵¹ ʐu³⁵/

耳濡目染 耳濡目染#Chinese


everything is everything

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-everything is everything.wav

(US, African-American Vernacular, informal) Everything is going well or according to plan.


everything under the sun

(figurative) A very great number of things.

(figurative) Everything that exists or is possible.


奔走呼號

ㄅㄣ ㄗㄡˇ ㄏㄨ ㄏㄠˊ

бэньцзоухухао

/pən⁵⁵ t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu⁵⁵ xɑʊ̯³⁵/

/pən⁵⁵ t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu⁵⁵ xɑʊ̯³⁵/


sea como fuere

whatever the case may be
whatever the case may be


не умри, магаре, до зелена трева

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не умри, магаре, до зелена трева • (ne umri, magare, do zelena treva)

ne umri (romanization)
magare (romanization)
do zelena treva (romanization)

[nɛ ˈumri | ˈmaɡaɾɛ | dɔ ˈzɛlɛna ˈtrɛva]

(idiomatic) Said when someone is taking too long to complete a task or will never even succeed in doing so, but keeps assuring others that he is almost done and inviting others to bear with him.

en-не_умри,_магаре,_до_зелена_трева-mk-phrase-KPbSLEeH


редно време

about time, high time (used with a copula)


жив човек

жив човек • (živ čovek)

[ˈʒif ˈt͡ʃɔvɛk]

flesh and blood, human nature; said to justify as being natural an action or thought which might otherwise be perceived as uncivilized


кој ѓавол ти е крив

кој ѓавол ти е крив • (koj ǵavol ti e kriv)

(idiomatic) Literally "which devil is to blame", equivalent to "you only have yourself to blame".


nachts ist es kälter als draußen

Literally, “at night it’s colder than outside”.

lit

A: Der Spargel ist dieses Jahr unglaublich teuer. — B: Mein Nachbar sagt, seine Frau ist allergisch gegen Spargel. — A: Aha. Und nachts ist es kälter als draußen.

A: The asparagus is incredibly expensive this year. — B: My neighbour says his wife is allergic to asparagus. — A: Aha. And at night it's colder than outside.

(humorous) Said as a reply to a statement that is out of context, irrelevant, incomprehensible, unnecessarily complicated or detailed, etc.


望子成龍

ㄨㄤˋ ㄗˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ

ванцзычэнлун

/wɑŋ⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/

/mɔːŋ²² t͡siː³⁵ sɪŋ²¹ lʊŋ²¹/

/mo¹¹ t͡sɯ⁵²⁻³⁵ seŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ leŋ⁵⁵/

/wɑŋ⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/

/mɔːŋ²² t͡siː³⁵ sɪŋ²¹ lʊŋ²¹/

/mo¹¹ t͡sɯ⁵²⁻³⁵ seŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ leŋ⁵⁵/

to hope that one's child succeeds in life


das pfeifen die Spatzen von den Dächern

/das ˈp͡faɪ̯fn̩ diː ˈʃpat͡sn̩ fɔn deːn ˈdɛçɐn/

[…] und nachgerade pfiffen die Spatzen es von den Dächern, daß unser Schultypus überhaupt, wie er sich aus der Klosterschule des Mittelalters entwickelt habe, einen lächerlichen Zopf und Anachronismus darstelle, […]

1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 2, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 301:


umgekehrt wird ein Schuh daraus

put the cart before the horse
put the cart before the horse

to have put the cart before the horse (the reverse/opposite is correct)


赤手空拳

ㄔˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄑㄩㄢˊ

чишоукунцюань

/ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/

/t͡sʰɛːk̚³ sɐu̯³⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵ kʰyːn²¹/

/t͡sʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ siu⁵³ kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kuan²⁴/

/t͡sʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiu⁵³ kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kun²⁴/

/ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/

/t͡sʰɛːk̚³ sɐu̯³⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵ kʰyːn²¹/

/t͡sʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ siu⁵³ kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kuan²⁴/

(by extension) without any reliance; without anything to rely on


chả là

[t͡ɕaː˧˩ laː˨˩]

[t͡ɕaː˧˨ laː˦˩]

[caː˨˩˦ laː˨˩]

Chả là vợ tôi ốm. Đối với tôi, đó là một điều bất ngời ngoài sức tưởng tượng.

2013, Nguyễn Nhật Ánh, “Tôi trở thành người nội trợ đảm đang như thế nào? [How Did I Become a Good Househusband?]”, in Chuyện cổ tích dành cho người lớn [Fairy Tales for Adults], pages 139–140:

What happened was my wife got sick. That, to me, was completely beyond my imagination.


chẳng là

[t͡ɕaŋ˧˩ laː˨˩]

[t͡ɕaŋ˧˨ laː˦˩]

[caŋ˨˩˦ laː˨˩]

Mày chẳng/chả là cái cóc khô gì cả !

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chẳng, là.

Tôi không đến họp, chẳng là tôi nhận được điện phải đi ngay.

2000, Nguyễn Lân, Từ điển từ và ngữ VIỆT-NAM [Dictionary of VIETNAMESE words and idioms], Nhà xuất bản Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh:

I can’t make it to the meeting because I got a call and had to go.

Hôm bữa, trước khi đi ngủ, ta lại mở thêm một lần, thế là 1058 lần rồi đấy, dù đã rất quyết tâm. Chẳng là, chiều nay theo thói quen ngang qua Facebook đó, thấy người đưa lên một tấm hình chụp với ai kia, cô gái mà người từng nói chỉ là bạn. Ta biết nói gì đây? Biết phải im lặng khóc hay gào thét đây? Biết ngẩng mặt nhìn bầu trời u tối, hay gục đầu xuống mặt bàn lạnh ngắt đây? Ta biết phải làm thế nào đây? Làm thế nào đây?

2015 November 4, Phạm Anh Thư, Có duyên mới gặp có nợ mới yêu [Fate Has Us Meet, Destiny Has Us Love]:

The other day, before going to bed, I booted it up one more time, the 1058th time, even though I was so determined. It’s just that that evening, I was browsing Facebook as usual, and I saw you post a pic of you with someone, some girl you said was just a friend. What should I say? Should I keep quiet or scream my lungs out? Should I look at the gloomy sky, or should I faceplant on the cold table? What should I do? What do I do?

Chẳng là tôi có tham gia câu lạc bộ ghi-ta ở trường, cuối giờ học nào cũng ở lại độ 1 tiếng để luyện ghi-ta, trong khi đó, phạm vi hắn nhặt lá lại đúng trước khu sinh hoạt câu lạc bộ.

2016, Kio, Chuyện của Ju và Ki [The Story of Ju and Ki], Nhà xuất bản Văn học:

The thing is, I was a member of the school’s guitar club, so I always stayed about an hour after school to practice the guitar, meanwhile, his leaf-picking range was right in front of our club’s meetup.

so, what happened was; so, this is what happened


il n'y a plus de saisons

seasons don't count for anything anymore! (used to complain that seasons aren't as well-defined as they used to be)


فتحناله، دخل بحماره

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فتحناله، دخل بحماره

فتحناله، دخل بحماره • (fataḥnā-lo, daḵal bi-ḥmāro)

fataḥnā-lo (romanization)
daḵal bi-ḥmāro (romanization)

Literally: “we opened [our door] to him and he came in with his donkey”.

give them an inch and they'll take a mile


upp á hár

Literally "onto the tip of a hair", similar to the English phrase spot-on.

Ég kunni þetta upp á hár.

Hann vissi upp á hár hvernig ætti að bregðast við.

(as in "að vita eitthvað upp á hár") to know something perfectly


fehl am Platz

Ich fühlte mich in dieser Gesellschaft fehl am Platz.


shot heard 'round the world

shot heard round the world
shot heard round the world#English

Alternative form of shot heard round the world


một mũi tên trúng hai đích

[mot̚˧˨ʔ muj˦ˀ˥ ten˧˧ t͡ɕʊwŋ͡m˧˦ haːj˧˧ ʔɗïk̟̚˧˦]

[mok̚˨˩ʔ muj˧˨ ten˧˧ ʈʊwŋ͡m˦˧˥ haːj˧˧ ʔɗɨt̚˦˧˥]

[mok̚˨˩˨ muj˨˩˦ təːn˧˧ ʈʊwŋ͡m˦˥ haːj˧˧ ʔɗɨt̚˦˥]

LL-Q9199 (vie)-Penn Zero MSSJ-một mũi tên trúng hai đích.wav

two birds with one stone
two birds with one stone


God hates a coward

Ivanova let out a long breath. “Ah, God hates a coward. Let’s take our chances with door number 2.”

2021 August 29, “jdale” (username), “Mechanism of Enhanced Survival Times for Cerebral Hypoxia in Telepaths”, Archive of Our Own

Those who act out of cowardice or who are overly cautious are less likely to succeed.


be left kicking

to be left waiting restlessly or impatiently


本鄉本土

ㄅㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄅㄣˇ ㄊㄨˇ

бэньсянбэньту

/pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ pən²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


what the what

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-what the what.wav

(African-American Vernacular, euphemistic, informal) What the hell.


'di ba

'Di ba ang sarap?

Clipping of hindi ba: isn't it; isn't that


I am afraid of this

Indicates that the speaker is afraid of something.


off the scale

Give your head a wobble, Zoë, I told myself. You can't go around being broken-hearted because your heart isn't broken any more. That would be off-the-scale ridiculous.

"The people who run domestic intermodal are seeing enquiries flying off the scale in terms of what they can do, so there are some people they can help and some people they can't help.

2021 October 6, Philip Haigh, “Rail freight has a key role in boosting Britain's resilience”, in RAIL, number 941, page 46:

(idiomatic) Far in excess of what is normal or measurable.


vorbești engleză

do you speak English
do you speak English


라면 먹고 갈래

[ɾa̠mjʌ̹n mʌ̹k̚k͈o̞ ka̠ɭɭɛ]

[ɾa̠mjʌ̹n mʌ̹k̚k͈o̞ ka̠ɭɭe̞]

From the 2001 movie One Fine Spring Day (봄날은 간다), although the original quotation in the movie is 라면 먹을래요? (ramyeon meogeullae-yo?, “Do you want to have instant noodle?”).

(euphemistic) "Do you want to have instant noodle [at my place] before you leave?"; do you want to Netflix and chill?


風調雨順

ㄈㄥ ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄩˇ ㄕㄨㄣˋ

фэнтяоюйшунь

/fɤŋ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu̯ən⁵¹/

/fʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰiːu̯²¹ jyː¹³ sɵn²²/

/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tiau²³⁻³³ u⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sun³³/

/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tiau²⁴⁻¹¹ u⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sun³³/

/fɤŋ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu̯ən⁵¹/

/fʊŋ⁵⁵ tʰiːu̯²¹ jyː¹³ sɵn²²/

/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tiau²³⁻³³ u⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sun³³/

/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tiau²⁴⁻¹¹ u⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sun³³/

to have favourable weather conditions (moderate and timely wind and rain) for raising crops


toma corte

(Spain, colloquial) bazinga!; in your face!; take that!


I haven't got all day

we haven't got all day
we haven't got all day#English

Alternative form of we haven't got all day


woher der Wind weht

wissen, woher der Wind weht

to know and understand situation and its background

Der europäische M&A-Markt ist käuferfreundlicher geworden, nachdem die Corona-Pandemie zu einer größeren Risikoscheu geführt hat […] Die Klauseln zeigen woher der Wind weht […]

2021 March 25, “M&A: Unternehmenskäufer profitieren von Corona-Krise”, in Recht - Extrajournal.Net:

The European market has become more auspicious towards buyers, after the corona pandemic has led to greater risk aversion. […] Contractual provisions demonstrate which course things are on.

(informal) which direction things are going, current trend


अल्लाहो अकबर

hi-phrase

अल्लाहो अकबर

اَللہُ اَکْبَر

अल्लाहो अकबर • (allāho akbar) (Urdu spelling اَللہُ اَکْبَر)

allāho akbar (romanization)
اَللہُ اَکْبَر (Urdu)

अल्ला‧हो‧अक‧बर

Borrowed from Classical Persian الله اکبر (allāh akbar), from Arabic اللّٰهُ أَكْبَر (allāhu ʔakbar). Compare Marathi अल्लाहो अकबर (allāho akbar), Bengali আল্লাহু আকবার (allahu akbar).

der

اللّٰهُ أَكْبَر

nc

अल्लाहो अकबर

আল্লাহু আকবার


अल्लाहो अकबर

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अल्लाहो अकबर • (allāho akbar)

अल्ला‧हो‧अक‧बर

Borrowed from Classical Persian الله اکبر (allāh akbar), from Arabic اللّٰهُ أَكْبَر (allāhu ʔakbar). Compare Hindustani اَللہُ اَکْبَر (allhu akbar) / अल्लाहो अकबर (allāho akbar), Bengali আল্লাহু আকবার (allahu akbar).

der

اللّٰهُ أَكْبَر

nc

আল্লাহু আকবার


they say

They say the number 13 is unlucky.

They said the house was haunted.

Take the worst with the best, there's Grimaldi the souldier, a very well-timbred fellow: they say he is a Roman, Nephew to the Duke Mount Ferratto; they say he did good service in the warrs against the Millanoys.

c. 1626 or 1629–1633 (first performance), [John Ford], ’Tis Pitty Shee’s a Whore […], London: […] Nicholas Okes for Richard Collins, […], published 1633, →OCLC, Act I:

1. What are some of the things they said man would never do? 2. Name some dreams once thought of as impossible but have been realized. 3. Give examples of man's achievements[…]

2003, The New Dimensions in Learning English, Rex Bookstore, Inc., →ISBN, page 447:

"Let's talk about you. Why did you break up with the general?" *: "Maybe it's time I really got to know the lowly doughboy." […] *: "A cop and a reporter..." Mason rubbed his chin and feigned a thoughtful pause. "Well, they said man would never fly."

2016, John A. Connell, Ruins of War, Berkley, →ISBN, page 251:

It is commonly said; people in general say; a common saying is.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see they, say.


非驢非馬

ㄈㄟ ㄌㄩˊ ㄈㄟ ㄇㄚˇ

/feɪ̯⁵⁵ ly³⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/fei̯⁵⁵ lɵy̯²¹ fei̯⁵⁵ maː¹³/

/feɪ̯⁵⁵ ly³⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/fei̯⁵⁵ lɵy̯²¹ fei̯⁵⁵ maː¹³/

neither fish nor fowl
neither fish nor fowl


turn on, tune in, drop out

tune in, turn on, drop out
tune in, turn on, drop out#English

Alternative form of tune in, turn on, drop out


鼻青臉腫

ㄅㄧˊ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄌㄧㄢˇ ㄓㄨㄥˇ

бицинляньчжун

/pi³⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pei̯²² t͡sʰɛːŋ⁵⁵ liːm¹³ t͡sʊŋ³⁵/

/pei̯²² t͡sʰɛːŋ⁵⁵ liːm¹³ t͡sʊŋ³⁵/

to be black and blue in the face; with a bloody nose and swollen face


器大活好

ㄑㄧˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄏㄠˇ

/t͡ɕʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

ㄑㄧˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊㄦ ㄏㄠˇ

/t͡ɕʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹ xu̯ɔɻ³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡ɕʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡ɕʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹ xu̯ɔɻ³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(neologism, low colloquial, of a man) to have a big penis and be good in bed


quelle mouche le pique

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-quelle mouche le pique.wav

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-quelle mouche le pique.wav

what the hell is he thinking? what the hell got into him?


Alla jaħfirlu

God have mercy on his soul
God have mercy on his soul

(Christianity) God rest his soul; God have mercy on his soul


in witness whereof

(law) Turn of phrase used to introduce the concluding clause in deeds.


比翼齊飛

ㄅㄧˇ ㄧˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄈㄟ

/pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵/

/pei̯³⁵ jɪk̚² t͡sʰɐi̯²¹ fei̯⁵⁵/

/pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵/

/pei̯³⁵ jɪk̚² t͡sʰɐi̯²¹ fei̯⁵⁵/

(of a married couple) to be together day and night; to help each other and move forward together


比翼雙飛

ㄅㄧˇ ㄧˋ ㄕㄨㄤ ㄈㄟ

/pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹ ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵/

/pei̯³⁵ jɪk̚² sœːŋ⁵⁵ fei̯⁵⁵/

/pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹ ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵/

/pei̯³⁵ jɪk̚² sœːŋ⁵⁵ fei̯⁵⁵/


汝が

Old Japanese [Term?], from 汝 (“thou”, archaic second person singular pronoun) + が (archaic genitive marker). 汝 took the reading nare as a free morpheme, but na if followed by ga. See also 我が (a ga, wa ga, “my”) and 誰が (ta ga, “whose”).

af

(archaic) Synonym of あなたの (anata no) or synonym of おまえの (omae no, “your”)


此一時，彼一時

/t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/

/t͡sʰiː³⁵ jɐt̚⁵ siː²¹ pei̯³⁵ jɐt̚⁵ siː²¹/

that was then, this is now
that was then, this is now


право да ти кажам

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право да ти кажам • (pravo da ti kažam)


и швец, и жнец, и на дуде игрец

и шве́ц, и жне́ц, и на дуде́ игре́ц

и шве́ц, и жне́ц, и на дуде́ игре́ц • (i švéc, i žnéc, i na dudé igréc)

и шве́ц (canonical)
и жне́ц (canonical)
и на дуде́ игре́ц (canonical)
i švéc (romanization)
i žnéc (romanization)
i na dudé igréc (romanization)

[ɪ‿ˈʂvʲet͡s | ɪ‿ˈʐnʲet͡s | ɪ‿nə‿dʊˈdʲe ɪˈɡrʲet͡s]

LL-Q7737_(rus)-Cinemantique-и_швец,_и_жнец,_и_на_дуде_игрец.wav

Literally, “a tailor, and a reaper, and a piper all at once”.

lit

en-и_швец,_и_жнец,_и_на_дуде_игрец-ru-phrase-C0tkPWRg


各人各様

各人各様 (canonical)
kakujin kakuyō (romanization)

there's no accounting for taste
there's no accounting for taste

Synonym of 十人十色 (jūnin toiro, “there's no accounting for taste”)


多種多様

多種多様 (canonical)
tashu tayō (romanization)


十人十腹

十人十腹 (canonical)
jūnin tohara (romanization)


hmu

(Internet slang, text messaging) Alternative letter-case form of HMU.


have a blessed one

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-have a blessed one.wav

(US, African-American Vernacular) A phrase used when parting.


筆底生花

ㄅㄧˇ ㄉㄧˇ ㄕㄥ ㄏㄨㄚ

/pi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/

/pi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/

to begin to show one’s literary brilliance


夢筆生花

ㄇㄥˋ ㄅㄧˇ ㄕㄥ ㄏㄨㄚ

/mɤŋ⁵¹ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/

/mɤŋ⁵¹ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/


筆下生花

ㄅㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄕㄥ ㄏㄨㄚ

/pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/

/pɐt̚⁵ haː²² sɐŋ⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵/

/pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/

/pɐt̚⁵ haː²² sɐŋ⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵/


lạ gì

[laː˧˨ʔ zi˨˩]

[laː˨˩ʔ jɪj˦˩]

[laː˨˩˨ jɪj˨˩]

lạ (“strange; weird”) + gì (“what; not at all”).

af

Thằng đó thì lạ gì!

That's so him! / That's so typical of him!

Tao chả lạ gì ba cái vụ này.

𨔍(Lạ)之(gì)彼(bỉ)嗇(sắc)斯(tư)豊(phong)
𡗶(Trời)撑(xanh)涓(quen)貝(với)𦟐(má)紅(hồng)打(đánh)㭴(ghen)

1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Đoạn trường tân thanh (Truyện Kiều)^(https://vi.wikisource.org/wiki/Truyện_Kiều_(bản_Liễu_Văn_Ðường_1866)), published 1866, lines 5–6:

It’s not strange that beauty may beget misery.
 The jealous gods tend to heap spites on rosy-cheeked beauties.

whatever being discussed about is not strange or unfamiliar; I'm not unfamiliar with the fact that; everyone knows that


これに反し

ja-phrase

これに反(はん)し • (kore ni hanshi) ^(←これにはんし (kore ni fansi)?)

これに反し (canonical)
kore ni hanshi (romanization)
kore ni fansi (romanization)
これにはんし (hiragana historical)

[ko̞ɾe̞ ɲ̟i hã̠ɰ̃ɕi]

1907 September 10, “大隈伯渡清説”, in 朝鮮新報, page 1:

反之南韓の韓民は未だ[…]

反之 これ^([ママ])はんし

kore^([sic]) hanshi Nankan no kanmin wa imada […]


arah jam

Compound of arah (“direction”) + jam (“clock”).


WALT

(education) Acronym of we are learning to....


WILF

(education) Acronym of what I'm looking for: the teacher's desired outcome when students are set an exercise.


കൂപമണ്ഡൂകം

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കൂപമണ്ഡൂകം • (kūpamaṇḍūkaṁ)

From Sanskrit कूपमण्डूक (kūpamaṇḍūka). കൂപ (kūpa) + മണ്ഡൂകം (maṇḍūkaṁ). See English frog in a well for translations in other languages.

compound

കൂപ (kūpa) + മണ്ഡൂകം (maṇḍūkaṁ)

"the frog in a well"; a fool with limited outlook


виде, не виде

vide (romanization)
ne vide (romanization)

having seen that one has no other choice

when push comes to shove
when push comes to shove


空無一物

/kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ u³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ u⁵¹/

/hʊŋ⁵⁵ mou̯²¹ jɐt̚⁵ mɐt̚²/

/kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ u³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ u⁵¹/

/hʊŋ⁵⁵ mou̯²¹ jɐt̚⁵ mɐt̚²/


in hindsight

In hindsight, I should have quit that job sooner.

Denoting coming to an understanding of the full nature of an event after it has already occurred.


الله فرجك

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الله فرجك • (ʔaḷḷa farajak)


الله فرجك

الله فرجك • (ʔaḷḷa farajek)


黃髮兒齒

ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄈㄚˋ ㄦˊ ㄔˇ

ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄦˊ ㄔˇ

/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ fä⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ fä⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

With his excellent ministers and all his [other] officers.
Our region and State shall he hold,
Thus receiving many blessings,
To hoary hair, and with teeth ever renewed like a child's.

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

Yí dàfū shù shì, bāngguó shì yǒu. Jì duō shòu zhǐ, huángfà'érchǐ.

宜大夫庶士、邦國是有。既多受祉、黃髮兒齒。

宜大夫庶士、邦国是有。既多受祉、黄发儿齿。


響徹雲霄

ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄔㄜˋ ㄩㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄠ

/ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵¹ yn³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵¹ yn³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

to resound through the skies; to be loud and clear


HWU

(Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of hey, what's up?.


thần hồn nát thần tính

Chinese 神魂 (shénhún, literally “divine/mental soul”) + nát (“to cow”) + Chinese 神性 (shénxìng, literally “divine/mental quality”)

der

(humorous) the person in question is/was scared of their own shadow; the person in question inadvertently scares/scared themselves; the person in question has/had an irrational fear


良藥苦口

desc

→ Japanese: 良薬は口に苦し (ryōyaku wa kuchi ni nigashi) (calque)

ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄧㄠˋ ㄎㄨˇ ㄎㄡˇ

/li̯ɑŋ³⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵¹ kʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/lœːŋ²¹ jœːk̚² fuː³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/

/lœːŋ²¹ jœːk̚² fuː³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/

The analogy is found in Hanfeizi:
:
The same analogy is also found in Shiji and Shuoyuan.

Good medicine is bitter to taste, but a wise person tries his best to drink it, for he knows that it can cure his illness. Sincere advice grates on the ears, but a wise ruler listens to it, for he knows it can bring about success.

Fú liángyào kǔ yú kǒu, ér zhìzhě quàn ér yǐn zhī, zhī qí rù ér yǐ jǐ jí yě. Zhōngyán fú yú ěr, ér míngzhǔ tīng zhī, zhī qí kěyǐ zhì gōng yě.

夫良藥苦於口，而智者勸而飲之，知其入而已己疾也。忠言拂於耳，而明主聽之，知其可以致功也。

夫良药苦于口，而智者劝而饮之，知其入而已己疾也。忠言拂于耳，而明主听之，知其可以致功也。

(figuratively) good advice may be uncomfortable to hear


Used since the 1990s. From the number of letters in each word of the phrase; I is 1 letter, love is 4 letters, and you is 3 letters respectively.


تقيل الدم

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تقيل الدمّ • (tʔīl id-damm)

تقيل الدم ّ (canonical)
tʔīl id-damm (romanization)

LL-Q55633582 (ajp)-Muhammad (AdrianAbdulBaha)-تقيل الدم.wav

unpleasant, disagreeable, irritating, boring (of a person)


quien no te conoce que te compre

-Allá iba... Parece que él fue quien le dio a Caifás...
-Quien no te conoce que te compre -dijo el usurero ficobrigense, guiñando el ojo-. No creo en tales limosnas, aunque ese extranjero debe de ser hombre muy adinerado...

(colloquial) pull the other one; yeah right


kysymys elämästä ja kuolemasta

matter of life and death
matter of life and death

matter of life and death, a very serious and urgent matter


早出晚歸

ㄗㄠˇ ㄔㄨ ㄨㄢˇ ㄍㄨㄟ

цзаочуваньгуй

/t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ wän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡sou̯³⁵ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ maːn¹³ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/

/t͡sou̯³⁵ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ maːn¹³ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/

to leave early in the morning and return late at night


dagen efter

[ˈdɑ̝ːɡe̞n ˈe̞ft̪e̞r]

Borrowed from Swedish dagen efter (“the day after”).


поезд ушёл

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по́езд ушёл • (pójezd ušól)

по́езд ушёл (canonical)
pójezd ušól (romanization)

that ship has sailed
that ship has sailed

(figuratively) that ship has sailed; it's too late


若有所思

ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄙ

/ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵/

/jœːk̚² jɐu̯¹³ sɔː³⁵ siː⁵⁵/

/ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵/

/jœːk̚² jɐu̯¹³ sɔː³⁵ siː⁵⁵/

to look pensive; to look absorbed in thought


се слушаме

се слушаме • (se slušame)


neu beidio

Fydd y siopau ar agor yfory neu beidio?


黃髮鮐背

黄发鲐背
黃髮駘背
黃髮台背

ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄈㄚˋ ㄊㄞˊ ㄅㄟˋ

ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄊㄞˊ ㄅㄟˋ

хуанфатайбэй

/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ fä⁵¹ tʰaɪ̯³⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹/

/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰaɪ̯³⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹/

/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ fä⁵¹ tʰaɪ̯³⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹/

/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰaɪ̯³⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹/


врти сучи

врти сучи • (vrti suči)

no matter what one does (used to express helplessness in the face of a disagreeable situation)


虫が好かない

虫が好かない (canonical)
mushi ga sukanai (romanization)


虫が好かぬ

虫が好かぬ (canonical)
mushi ga sukanu (romanization)

虫が好かない 虫が好かない#Japanese


肝腦塗地

ㄍㄢ ㄋㄠˇ ㄊㄨˊ ㄉㄧˋ

/kän⁵⁵ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰu³⁵ ti⁵¹/

/kɔːn⁵⁵ nou̯¹³ tʰou̯²¹ tei̯²²/

/kän⁵⁵ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰu³⁵ ti⁵¹/

/kɔːn⁵⁵ nou̯¹³ tʰou̯²¹ tei̯²²/

I should have been put to death. A few years ago, I got drunk and forgot my manners. Your Majesty showed restraint and did not put me to death. I would never dare not overtly repay Your Majesty's covert kindness. I would rather put my life on the line and drown the enemy in my own blood, for I am the one whose headpiece cord was yanked off on that night.

c. 77 B.C.E., 劉向 (Liu Xiang), 《說苑》 (Garden of Stories), chapter 6

Chén dāng sǐ, wǎngzhě zuì shīlǐ, wáng yǐnrěn bù jiā zhū yě; chén zhōng bùgǎn yǐ yīnbì zhī dé ér bùxiǎn bào wáng yě, cháng yuàn gānnǎotúdì, yòng jǐng xuè jiān dí jiǔ yǐ, chén nǎi yè juéyīng zhě.

臣當死，往者醉失禮，王隱忍不加誅也；臣終不敢以蔭蔽之德而不顯報王也，常願肝腦塗地，用頸血湔敵久矣，臣乃夜絕纓者。

臣当死，往者醉失礼，王隐忍不加诛也；臣终不敢以荫蔽之德而不显报王也，常愿肝脑涂地，用颈血湔敌久矣，臣乃夜绝缨者。

to offer one's life sacrificially in loyalty


అదంతా

అదంతా • (adantā)


chôn rau cắt rốn

[t͡ɕoŋ˧˧ ʐaw˧˧ kak̚˦˧˥ ʐoŋ˦˧˥]

[coŋ˧˧ ɹa(ː)w˧˧ kak̚˦˥ ɹoŋ˦˥]

chôn nhau cắt rốn
chôn nhau cắt rốn#Vietnamese


chôn nhau cắt rốn

[t͡ɕoŋ˧˧ ɲaw˧˧ kak̚˦˧˥ ʐoŋ˦˧˥]

[coŋ˧˧ ɲa(ː)w˧˧ kak̚˦˥ ɹoŋ˦˥]

chôn ("to bury") + nhau ("the placenta") + cắt ("to cut") + rốn ("the navel"), "to bury the placenta and cut the umbilical cord".

l/vi/Hani

where one was born; (the place) of one's birth


不撞南牆不回頭

to not turn one's head back until one hits the south wall

ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄨㄤˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄊㄡˊ

bù zhuàng nánqiáng bù huítóu [Phonetic:bú zhuàng nánqiáng bù huítóu]

pu⁴ chuang⁴ nan²-chʻiang² pu⁴ hui²-tʻou²

бу чжуан наньцян бу хуэйтоу

/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵¹ nän³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/

bat⁷ dzong⁶ naam⁴ tsoeng⁴ bat⁷ wui⁴ tau⁴

/pɐt̚⁵ t͡sɔːŋ²² naːm²¹ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ pɐt̚⁵ wuːi̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/

[Phonetic: bú zhuàng nánqiáng bù huítóu]

to be stubborn and refuse to give up or repent until one has experienced failure


筆管條直

ㄅㄧˇ ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄓˊ

бигуаньтяочжи

/pi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/


sărut mâna

a deferential greeting used with women, the elderly or clergy

sărut mâna pentru masă
sărut mâna pentru masă#Romanian


sărut mâna pentru masă

it was delicious (phrase to express gratitude after a meal)


there is something to be said for

Used to indicate that an idea, argument, etc. has some value or merit.


平平無奇

ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄨˊ ㄑㄧˊ

/pʰiŋ³⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵ u³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/

/pʰɪŋ²¹ pʰɪŋ²¹ mou̯²¹ kʰei̯²¹/

/pʰiŋ³⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵ u³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/

/pʰɪŋ²¹ pʰɪŋ²¹ mou̯²¹ kʰei̯²¹/


Insik wakang, kaon, kalibang

Insik wákang (canonical)
káon (canonical)
kalibang! (canonical)

From Insik (“Chinese”) + wakang (“ethnic slur expression used to tease Chinese”) + kaon (“to eat”) + kalibang (“to defecate”).
Literally, “Chinese (laborer), I work, eat, and shit!”. Also rhyming as a doggerel. Likely used during the late 1800s in the Late Spanish Colonial Era in the Philippines, when opium dens were rampant and many overseas Chinese migrants worked as low-wage laborers. Compare with Tagalog Intsik beho, tulo laway!

lit

(ethnic slur, slang, derogatory, offensive, dated) A doggerel used to tease or insult a Chinese person or Filipinos of Chinese descent.

Chinese (laborer), I work, pose like a pig, eat, and shit!

Insik wakang, baboy tikangkang, kaon, kalibang!


Intsik beho

tl-head

Intsík beho (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜃ᜔ ᜊᜒᜑᜓ)

Intsík beho (canonical)
ᜁᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜃ᜔ ᜊᜒᜑᜓ (Baybayin)

Literally, “old and decrepit Chinese”. See Intsik beho, tulo laway.

(slang, offensive, archaic) taunt used to insult a Chinese person


не се гледа прст пред око

head

не се гледа прст пред око • (ne se gleda prst pred oko)

ne se gleda prst pred oko (romanization)

The fog is very thick (lit. one cannot see one's finger raised to one's eye).

en-не_се_гледа_прст_пред_око-mk-phrase-SD3jyccA


Intsik beho, tulo laway

tl-head

Intsík beho, tulò laway (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜃ᜔ ᜊᜒᜑᜓ ᜵ ᜆᜓᜎᜓ ᜎᜏᜌ᜔)

Intsík beho (canonical)
tulò laway (canonical)
ᜁᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜃ᜔ ᜊᜒᜑᜓ ᜵ ᜆᜓᜎᜓ ᜎᜏᜌ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɪn̪ˌt͡ʃik ˌbɛː.ho | ˌt̪uː.loʔ ˈlaː.waɪ̯]

[ʔɪn̪ˌt͡ʃik ˌbɛː.ho | ˌt̪uː.loː ˈlaː.waɪ̯]

Literally, “old and decrepit Chinese, drooling saliva”, said without verbal conjugation to imitate a stereotypical Chinese accent in Tagalog. Seen as a childhood rhyme, this expression probably originated in the late 1800s during the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines, when opium dens were common and many Chinese immigrants would be left decrepit and drooling saliva from opium. Compare Cebuano Insik wakang, kaon, kalibang.


海の物とも山の物ともつかない

ja-pos

海の物とも山の物ともつかない

うみ の もの とも やま の もの とも つかない

海(うみ)の物(もの)とも山(やま)の物(もの)ともつかない • (umi no mono tomo yama no mono tomo tsukanai)

海の物とも山の物ともつかない (canonical)

Literally, “neither things in the ocean nor things in the mountain”.


筆墨官司

ㄅㄧˇ ㄇㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ˙ㄙ

ㄅㄧˇ ㄇㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄙ

бимо гуаньсы

/pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ sz̩²/

/pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/

/pɐt̚⁵ mɐk̚² kuːn⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/

/pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ sz̩²/

/pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/

/pɐt̚⁵ mɐk̚² kuːn⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/


from week to week

A policy vacuum has also become apparent in respect of timetables. In practice, these are changing from week to week with little advice to users.

2021 October 20, Industry Insider, “The wheels turn slowly”, in RAIL, number 942, page 68:


I'm rubber and you're glue

I'm rubber, you're glue
I'm rubber, you're glue#English

Alternative form of I'm rubber, you're glue


頭皮發麻

ㄊㄡˊ ㄆㄧˊ ㄈㄚ ㄇㄚˊ

/tʰoʊ̯³⁵ pʰi³⁵ fä⁵⁵ mä³⁵/

/tʰoʊ̯³⁵ pʰi³⁵ fä⁵⁵ mä³⁵/


qué remedio

what else could have been done; there was no other choice


筆走龍蛇

ㄅㄧˇ ㄗㄡˇ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄕㄜˊ

/pi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lʊŋ³⁵ ʂɤ³⁵/

/pi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lʊŋ³⁵ ʂɤ³⁵/


all manner of

Every conceivable kind of; everything that could fall into the category of.


trời che đất chở

[t͡ɕəːj˨˩ t͡ɕɛ˧˧ ʔɗət̚˧˦ t͡ɕəː˧˩]

[ʈəːj˦˩ t͡ɕɛ˧˧ ʔɗək̚˦˧˥ t͡ɕəː˧˨]

[ʈəːj˨˩ cɛ˧˧ ʔɗək̚˦˥ cəː˨˩˦]

Calque of Chinese 天覆地載／天覆地载 (thiên phú địa tái).

cal

all-encompassing; totally inclusive; affecting all things


let's go, Brandon

From a 2021 interview with racing driver Brandon Brown when a reporter incorrectly described NASCAR fans chanting "fuck Joe Biden" as chanting "let's go, Brandon".

When Republican Rep. Bill Posey of Florida ended an Oct. 21 House floor speech with a fist pump and the phrase “Let’s go, Brandon!” it may have seemed cryptic and weird to many who were listening.

[2021 October 31, Colleen Long, “How ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ became code for insulting Joe Biden”, in AP News, Associated Press:

“A sieve of a southern border, the supply chain massacred, food prices rising by the day, crime rampant in big cities and being browbeaten continuously by Beijing. Yes, he is a real success.” Flanagan then adds sarcastically, “One more thing, ‘Let's Go Brandon.’”

2021 November 11, Mark Bonokoski, quoting Steve Flanagan, “BONOKOSKI: ‘Let's go Brandon! Let's go Brandon!’”, in Toronto Sun:

State Rep. Dave Williams, who is challenging eight-term GOP congressman Doug Lamborn in an intraparty contest, sued Democratic Secretary of State Jena Griswold last week after her office rejected allowing his name to appear on the ballot as Dave “Let's Go Brandon” Williams.

2022 April 30, John Dorman, “Colorado Supreme Court says GOP lawmaker can't use ‘Let's Go Brandon’ nickname on congressional ballot”, in Business Insider:

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene visited a D.C. jail to check on conditions for the Jan. 6 defendants, with Republican lawmakers handshaking and high-fiving the prisoners, who chanted “Let's Go Brandon!” – a coded vulgarity against President Joe Biden – as the group left.

2023 March 27, “X, y, z: News from around our 50 states”, in USA Today, page B3:

(US, slang, US politics) A euphemism for “fuck Joe Biden”.

Bill Posey
Brandon Brown (racing driver)
United States House of Representatives


門都沒有

ㄇㄣˊ ㄉㄡ ㄇㄟˊ ㄧㄡˇ

мэнь доу мэйю

/mən³⁵ toʊ̯⁵⁵ meɪ̯³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/mən³⁵ toʊ̯⁵⁵ meɪ̯³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

她和他出去？門都沒有啦。

她和他出去？门都没有啦。


кто во что горазд

ru-adv

кто во что гора́зд

кто во что гора́зд • (kto vo što gorázd)

кто во что гора́зд (canonical)
kto vo što gorázd (romanization)

Оди́н хо́дит, друго́й игра́ет на гита́ре, тре́тий на скри́пке, четвёртый чита́ет вслух — сло́вом, кто во что гора́зд. Изво́льте тут занима́ться!
Odín xódit, drugój igrájet na gitáre, trétij na skrípke, četvjórtyj čitájet vslux — slóvom, kto vo što gorázd. Izvólʹte tut zanimátʹsja!
One person is walking, another is playing the guitar, the third one is playing the violin, the fourth one is reading aloud - in a word, each in his own way. Kindly do it here!

На сих бала́х мо́жно бы́ло ви́деть и малоросси́йскую мете́лицу, и голубца́, и казачка́; пляса́ли и по-ру́сски, и по-цыга́нски, кто во что гора́зд.

At those dance parties, you could see dances like Little Russian Small Blizzard, Stuffed Cabbage Roll and Little Cossack; they danced in the Russian style, in the Romani style, each in their own way.

Na six baláx móžno býlo vídetʹ i malorossíjskuju metélicu, i golubcá, i kazačká; pljasáli i po-rússki, i po-cygánski, kto vo što gorázd.


WET

software engineering
software engineering

(software engineering) Acronym of write everything twice. A humorous backronym coined to serve as the antonym of DRY, punning on the opposition of wet and dry.


بالمية

From بـ (bi-, “in”) + الميّة (il-miyye, “the hundred”).

af

ميّة بالميّة ― miyye bil-miyye ― 100%


trust someone to

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see trust, someone, to.


omin avuin

under one's own steam
under one's own steam

on one's own, by oneself, under one's own steam (without the companionship or assistance of others)


alta aikayksikön

at the drop of a hat
at the drop of a hat

(idiomatic) at once, in no time, in a heartbeat, at the drop of a hat


omin voimin

under one's own steam (by means of the power of its own engines)


ρίχνει καντάρια

head

ρίχνει καντάρια

ρίχνει καντάρια • (ríchnei kantária)

el-phrase

ρίχνει καντάρια

ρίχνει καντάρια • (ríchnei kantária)

to rain cats and dogs (to rain very heavily)


低頭不語

ㄉㄧ ㄊㄡˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄩˇ

/ti⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tɐi̯⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ jyː¹³/

/ti⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tɐi̯⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ jyː¹³/

to bow one's head and keep silent; to hang one's head and make no reply; to lower one's head in silence (when one is timid or thinking)


閉門思過

ㄅㄧˋ ㄇㄣˊ ㄙ ㄍㄨㄛˋ

/pi⁵¹ mən³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵¹/

/pɐi̯³³ muːn²¹ siː⁵⁵ kʷɔː³³/

/pi⁵¹ mən³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵¹/

/pɐi̯³³ muːn²¹ siː⁵⁵ kʷɔː³³/

to shut oneself away and reflect on one’s mistakes


peace through strength

The idea that nations can remain in peace by display of their military power as a deterrent to war.


hard going

THE CONCISE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF WORLD RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES. Edited by P. Ransome-Wallis. Hutchinson. 50s. [...] Its only noticeable defect is inconsistency in presentation and loose editing, which make its use harder going for the amateur than need be.

1960 January, “New reading on railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 26:

(especially reading and study material) Difficult to understand and enjoy.

(of a task) Difficult and requiring a lot of effort.


tote Hose

Die Beats ballern los, die Leude tanzen wieder / Wo vorher tote Hose war, geht's jetzt wieder ab

2003, “Feieralarm”, in Audiobiographie, performed by Ferris MC:

(colloquial) a place or situation where there is nothing exciting, exhilarating or stimulating to do

Du stinkst nur noch nach Schnaps und nicht nach Seife / Und auch im Bett ist tote Hose, schlaffer kann es wohl nicht sein

2000, “Und trotzdem lieb ich Dich so sehr”, in Der Exzessor, performed by Udo Lindenberg ft. Dorkas Kiefer:

(colloquial) impotence, lack of sex drive


成何體統

ㄔㄥˊ ㄏㄜˊ ㄊㄧˇ ㄊㄨㄥˇ

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ xɤ³⁵ tʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sɪŋ²¹ hɔː²¹ tʰɐi̯³⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ xɤ³⁵ tʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sɪŋ²¹ hɔː²¹ tʰɐi̯³⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵/

What kind of degeneracy has this society become?

這個社會已經成何體統？

这个社会已经成何体统？


не дај Боже

head

не дај Боже • (ne daj Bože)

Used to refer to a dire situation that one hopes to avoid or see averted.


愛便，愛鮮，愛大粒奶

want cheap, want fresh, want big breasts

ain³ pin¹, ain³ cin¹, ain³ dua⁷ liab⁸ ni¹

/ãĩ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ pʰĩ³³ ãĩ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰĩ³³ ãĩ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ tua¹¹ liap̚⁴⁻² ni³³/

(Malaysian Teochew and Singapore Teochew, crude) to have unrealistic expectations


點睛之筆

ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄓ ㄅㄧˇ

дяньцзинчжиби

/ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tiːm³⁵ t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵/

/tiːm³⁵ t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵/

the finishing touch to a painting; the crucial point that brings the subject to life


pile 'em high, sell 'em cheap

pile it high, sell it cheap
pile it high, sell it cheap#English

Alternative form of pile it high, sell it cheap


敝帚千金

ㄅㄧˋ ㄓㄡˇ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄣ

бичжоуцяньцзинь

/pi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/

/pɐi̯²² t͡sɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ kɐm⁵⁵/

/pi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/

/pɐi̯²² t͡sɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ kɐm⁵⁵/

(figurative) to cherish something of little value simply because it is one's own


tfw

Alternative letter-case form of TFW (“that feeling when”)


長槍短炮

ㄔㄤˊ ㄑㄧㄤ ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄆㄠˋ

чанцяндуаньпао

/ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵ tyːn³⁵ pʰaːu̯³³/

/t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵ tyːn³⁵ pʰaːu̯³³/


蓋棺論定

ㄍㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄌㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ

гайгуаньлуньдин

/kaɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ lu̯ən⁵¹⁻⁵³ tiŋ⁵¹/

/kɔːi̯³³ kuːn⁵⁵ lɵn²² tɪŋ²²/

/kaɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ lu̯ən⁵¹⁻⁵³ tiŋ⁵¹/

/kɔːi̯³³ kuːn⁵⁵ lɵn²² tɪŋ²²/

to judge the accomplishments and faults of a person after their death


&ca.

(dated, rare outside titles) Alternative form of &c. / etc.


ty kokot

Čo robíš ty kokot?

Ja to nevydržím ty kokot

(vulgar) used as intensifier or filler; fucking


እንግሊዝኛ፡ይችላሉ

እንግሊዝኛ፡ይችላሉ፧

እንግሊዝኛ፡ይችላሉ፧ • (ʾənglizəñña yəčəlallu?)

እንግሊዝኛ፡ይችላሉ ፧ (canonical)
ʾənglizəñña yəčəlallu? (romanization)

እን‧ግሊ‧ዝ‧ኛ፡ይ‧ች‧ላ‧ሉ

እንግሊዝኛ፡ትችላለህ እንግሊዝኛ፡ትችላለህ#Amharic

formal singular of እንግሊዝኛ፡ትችላለህ (ʾənglizəñña təčəlalläh)


እንግሊዝኛ፡ትችላለህ

እንግሊዝኛ፡ትችላለህ፧

እንግሊዝኛ፡ትችላለህ፧ • (ʾənglizəñña təčəlalläh?)

እንግሊዝኛ፡ትችላለህ ፧ (canonical)
ʾənglizəñña təčəlalläh? (romanization)

እን‧ግሊ‧ዝ‧ኛ፡ት‧ች‧ላ‧ለህ

do you speak English
do you speak English


እንግሊዝኛ፡ትችያለሽ

እንግሊዝኛ፡ትችያለሽ፧

እንግሊዝኛ፡ትችያለሽ፧ • (ʾənglizəñña təčəyalläš?)

እንግሊዝኛ፡ትችያለሽ ፧ (canonical)
ʾənglizəñña təčəyalläš? (romanization)

/(ʔ)ɨnɡliˈzɨɲːa tɨt͡ʃɨjaˌlːəʃ/

እን‧ግሊ‧ዝ‧ኛ፡ት‧ች‧ያ‧ለሽ

እንግሊዝኛ፡ትችላለህ እንግሊዝኛ፡ትችላለህ#Amharic

feminine singular of እንግሊዝኛ፡ትችላለህ (ʾənglizəñña təčəlalläh?)


匠心獨運

ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄉㄨˊ ㄩㄣˋ

цзянсиньдуюнь

/t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵ tu³⁵ yn⁵¹/

/t͡sœːŋ²² sɐm⁵⁵ tʊk̚² wɐn²²/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵ tu³⁵ yn⁵¹/

/t͡sœːŋ²² sɐm⁵⁵ tʊk̚² wɐn²²/

(chiefly of literature or art) to show great ingenuity; to have originality


きおつけて

きをつけて きをつけて#Japanese


ስምህ፡ማን፡ነው

ስምህ፡ማን፡ነው፧ • (səməh man näw?)

ስምህ፡ማን፡ነው ፧ (canonical)
səməh man näw? (romanization)


ስምሽ፡ማን፡ነው

ስምሽ፡ማን፡ነው፧ • (səməš man näw?)

ስምሽ፡ማን፡ነው ፧ (canonical)
səməš man näw? (romanization)

ስምህ፡ማን፡ነው ስምህ፡ማን፡ነው#Amharic


nich' lang schnacken, Kopp in'n Nacken

Literally, “no lengthy talking, [get your] head into the nape of [your] neck”.

m-g

no lengthy talking, 􂀿get your􂁀 head into the nape of 􂀿your􂁀 neck

lit

(colloquial, Northern Germany) Used to encourage quicker drinking, especially to cut short lengthy toasting and clinking.


let's go Brandon

let's go, Brandon
let's go, Brandon#English


背水の陣

ja-pos

背(はい)水(すい)の陣(じん) • (haisui no jin) ^(←はいすいのぢん (faisuinodin)?)

背水の陣 (canonical)
haisui no jin (romanization)
faisuinodin (romanization)
はいすいのぢん (hiragana historical)

Calque of Literary Chinese 背水陣 (bèishuǐzhèn) (originally 背水陳, literally "arrange the battle array with soldiers' back to the river". 陳／陈 (chén) is an ancient variant of 陣／阵 (zhèn)), from the Records of the Grand Historian.
Compare modern Chinese 背水一戰／背水一战 (bèishuǐ-yīzhàn).

zh-l

背水一戰／背水一战 (bèishuǐ-yīzhàn)


head

jak nie potrafisz, nie pchaj się na afisz

jeśli nie potrafisz, nie pchaj się na afisz

nie pchaj się na afisz, jak nie potrafisz

(idiomatic) don't take on work or tasks you can't handle


nie pchaj się na afisz, jak nie potrafisz


jeśli nie potrafisz, nie pchaj się na afisz

/ˈjɛɕ.li ɲɛ pɔtˈra.fiʂ | ɲɛ pxaj ɕɛ na ˈa.fiʂ/

Rhyme, literally, “if you don't know how [to do something], don't shove yourself onto the placard”.

m-g

if you don't know how 􂀿to do something􂁀, don't shove yourself onto the placard

lit

Pierwsze przykazanie webmastera powinno brzmieć: „Jeśli nie potrafisz, nie pchaj się na afisz”. Jeśli strona będzie źle zrobiona, nawet najlepsza promocja jej nie pomoże, a kiepska opinia wyrażona przez kilka osób w Usenecie może naprawdę zaszkodzić.

2000, Piotr Parafiniuk, “Zaistnieć w Sieci”, in Enter:

The first commandment for webmasters should be: "If you don't know how to do to it, don't push yourself into the spotlight." If the site is poorly made, even the best promotion won't help it, and a bad opinion from a few people on Usenet can really harm the website.

(idiomatic) don't take on work or tasks you cannot handle


in die Binsen gehen

(idiomatic) to go down the drain, to go up in smoke


fed up to the teeth

fed up to the back teeth
fed up to the back teeth#English

Alternative form of fed up to the back teeth


*fg*

From translingual * * + fg, from freches Grinsen (“cheeky grin”).

Und sonst fehlt Dir was? *fg*

2005 November 11, Hexenwally, “Re: Nebelbilder und a Nachtspaziergang”, in de.alt.dateien.misc (Usenet):

Gans einfach, er wird die Vaselinenkuh geleidig haben*fg*

2012 July 26, Vadura, “Re: Heute...”, in de.alt.dateien.misc (Usenet):

Ich wäre für die Pioniere und freisprengen. *fg*

2013 February 23, Manfred Floh, “Re: Schneeeeee......”, in de.alt.dateien.misc (Usenet):

(Internet slang) Indicates that the user is grinning cheekily.


NOTAFLOF

Initialism of no one turned away for lack of funds.


back that train up

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-back that train up.wav

(informal) Said to a person who is speaking or acting too hastily.


壁上觀

/pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/

/pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/

to stand back; to observe only and not take sides


講多錯多

/kɔːŋ³⁵ tɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔː³³ tɔː⁵⁵/

/kɔːŋ³⁵ tɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔː³³ tɔː⁵⁵/

(Cantonese) The more one speaks, the more mistakes there will be.


苦口苦面

/fuː³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵ fuː³⁵ miːn²²/

/fuː³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵ fuː³⁵ miːn²²/


攬身攬勢

/laːm¹³⁻³⁵ sɐn⁵⁵ laːm¹³⁻³⁵ sɐi̯³³/

/laːm¹³⁻³⁵ sɐn⁵⁵ laːm¹³⁻³⁵ sɐi̯³³/

許冠傑《尖沙咀Susie》

laam⁵⁻² san¹ laam⁵⁻² sai³ dou¹ hou² haan⁴

攬身攬勢都好閒

許冠傑《尖沙咀Susie》

揽身揽势都好闲


避坑落井

ㄅㄧˋ ㄎㄥ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ

/pi⁵¹ kʰɤŋ⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pei̯²² haːŋ⁵⁵ lɔːk̚² t͡sɛːŋ³⁵/

/pi⁵¹ kʰɤŋ⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pei̯²² haːŋ⁵⁵ lɔːk̚² t͡sɛːŋ³⁵/

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

to dodge a pit only to fall into a well; to fend off one difficulty only to fall prey to another; out of the frying pan, into the fire


擰頭擰髻

/lɪŋ²² tʰɐu̯²¹ lɪŋ²² kɐi̯³³/

/lɪŋ²² tʰɐu̯²¹ lɪŋ²² kɐi̯³³/

nik¹ hei² zoeng¹ maai⁶ san¹ kai³ hei² sai³ gam² ling⁶ tau⁴ ling⁶ gai³

𢴚起張賣身契豈勢咁擰頭擰髻

𢴚起张卖身契岂势咁拧头拧髻

(Cantonese) to nod one's head in satisfaction


o'i le

Mae rhywbeth o'i le yma.


good game

Good job, well done! Used to acknowledge the opponent's performance at the end of a game.


ir t. t.

ir taip toliau
ir taip toliau#Lithuanian


ir kt.

Rusija, Lenkija, Kroatija, ir kt.


of the world

The YouTubes of the world – Online streaming platforms similar to YouTube

2011 January 26, “The YouTubes Of The World That You’ve Never Heard Of”, in Business Insider, archived from the original on 2021-11-12:

It'll be a long time before the Netflixes of the world will start getting in on that market so it's one area we can live in and live in well.

2019 July 15, “Islands in the stream”, in Otago Daily Times:

Used following one or more plurals of proper nouns to indicate a general category relating to those mentioned.


úllen dúllen doff

The start of a common children's counting-out game. Likely from a Danish rhyme ("ullen dullen dof"). Assumed to be a distortion of the Latin numerals unum (“one”) and duo (“two”).

eeny, meeny, miny, moe
eeny, meeny, miny, moe

eeny, meeny, miny, moe (a rhyme used when selecting things at random)


妖言惑眾

ㄧㄠ ㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ

/jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵ xu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/

/jiːu̯³⁵ jiːn²¹ waːk̚² t͡sʊŋ³³/

/jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵ xu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/

/jiːu̯³⁵ jiːn²¹ waːk̚² t͡sʊŋ³³/

Don't spread fallacies to deceive people. It is making everyone feel jittery.

Nǐ jiù bié yāoyánhuòzhòng le, nòng de rénxīnhuánghuáng.

你就別妖言惑眾了，弄得人心惶惶。

你就别妖言惑众了，弄得人心惶惶。

to delude the masses with strange and harmful teachings; to deceive people with lies and fallacies


STFD

shut the front door
shut the front door#English

(Internet slang, text messaging, vulgar) Initialism of shut the front door.


stfd

(Internet slang, text messaging, vulgar) Alternative letter-case form of STFD.


stfu

(Internet slang, text messaging, vulgar) Alternative letter-case form of STFU.


雄辯滔滔

ㄒㄩㄥˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄠ ㄊㄠ

сюнбяньтаотао

/ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹ tʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/hʊŋ²¹ piːn²² tʰou̯⁵⁵ tʰou̯⁵⁵/

/ɕi̯ʊŋ³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹ tʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/hʊŋ²¹ piːn²² tʰou̯⁵⁵ tʰou̯⁵⁵/

to argue forcefully and continuously; to argue strongly and eloquently


vom Regen in die Taufe

From vom Regen in die Traufe, either by corruption because Traufe is a rather rare word nowadays or deliberately in a humorous manner, especially when the non-idiomatic meaning resurfaces because the particular misfortune has to do with water.

(humorous) out of the frying pan, into the fire (from a bad situation to a worse one)


湳淋不擦

/næ̃¹¹ lĩŋ¹¹ pəʔ²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰaʔ²/

/næ̃¹¹ lĩŋ¹¹ pəʔ²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰaʔ²/


泥淋忽擦

/ni¹¹ lĩŋ¹¹ xuəʔ²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰaʔ²/

/ni¹¹ lĩŋ¹¹ xuəʔ²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰaʔ²/


白費心思

ㄅㄞˊ ㄈㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄙ

байфэйсиньсы

/paɪ̯³⁵ feɪ̯⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/

/paːk̚² fɐi̯³³ sɐm⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/

/paɪ̯³⁵ feɪ̯⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/

/paːk̚² fɐi̯³³ sɐm⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/


kominn með upp í kok

Literally "to have had it up to the throat", cf. the English phrase have had it up to here.

have had it up to here
have had it up to here

(idiomatic) to have had it up to here, have had enough


í sjöunda himni

(idiomatic) in seventh heaven, very happy, ecstatic


una mierda

(idiomatic, vulgar) bullshit; yeah right


óalandi og óferjandi

In the law of the old Icelandic Commonwealth (930–1262), óalandi meant people could not feed outlaws, and óferjandi meant people could not offer transportation to outlaws.

(idiomatic, describing a person) not fit for human society (due to either being an extremely unpleasant person or due to being a criminal); obnoxious; disagreeable and unwilling to change


借題發揮

ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄊㄧˊ ㄈㄚ ㄏㄨㄟ

/t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ tʰi³⁵ fä⁵⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡sɛː³³ tʰɐi̯²¹ faːt̚³ fɐi̯⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ tʰi³⁵ fä⁵⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/

/t͡sɛː³³ tʰɐi̯²¹ faːt̚³ fɐi̯⁵⁵/

to seize on an incident to express one's own ideas


kieli keskellä suuta

* literally "with the tongue in the middle of the mouth"

pitää kieli keskellä suuta

(idiomatic, adverbial) very cautiously, especially when talking of a sensitive subject or performing a task that requires precision


eftir einn ei aki neinn

A slogan used in anti-drunk-driving campaigns by the Icelandic Traffic Council dating back to at least 1984. Later became relatively widely used as an aphorism.
Literally "after one (alcoholic drink), no one should drive".

(aphorism) "Do not drive after having had even a single alcoholic drink"


髀肉復生

ㄅㄧˋ ㄖㄡˋ ㄈㄨˋ ㄕㄥ

/pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ fu⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

/pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ fu⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

to remain idle in comfort and ease while yearning for active service


ná trácht air

/n̪ˠɑː ˈt̪ˠɾˠɑːxt̪ˠ ɛɾʲ/

don't mention it, you're welcome (to one person)


níl a bhuíochas ort

/ˈn̠ʲiːlʲ ə ˈwiəxəsˠ ɔɾˠt̪ˠ/


ná tráchtaigí air

/n̪ˠɑː ˈt̪ˠɾˠɑːxt̪ˠɪɟiː ɛɾʲ/

don't mention it, you're welcome (to more than one person)


níl a bhuíochas oraibh

/ˈn̠ʲiːlʲ ə ˈwiəxəsˠ ɔɾˠiː/


go ndéana a mhaith duit

/ɡənʲiːnəˈwaɣɪtʲ/


mo ghrá thú

/mˠə ɣɾˠɑː huː/


go ndéana a mhaith daoibh

/ɡə nʲiːnə ˈwa ɣiːbʲ/


one's heart bleeds

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-one's heart bleeds.wav

Look at those poor little children without shoes on their feet. My heart bleeds for them.

His heart bled for his beloved home country.

You have to work through the weekend again? My heart bleeds for you. (normally sarcastic)

Expresses that someone has great sympathy or sadness for another's plight or suffering.


美人照鏡

/mei̯¹³ jɐn²¹ t͡siːu̯³³ kɛːŋ³³/

/mei̯¹³ jɐn²¹ t͡siːu̯³³ kɛːŋ³³/

(Hong Kong Cantonese, idiomatic) to finish one's plate; to have eaten all one's food for a meal


tjsp

Initialism of tai jotain sinne päin (“or something like that”).

(vulgar) Initialism of tai jotain sellaista paskaa (“or some such shit”).


der Zug ist abgefahren

dieser Zug ist abgefahren
dieser Zug ist abgefahren#German

Alternative form of dieser Zug ist abgefahren


dieser Zug ist abgefahren

Hauptstadt Berlin, auch das noch! Nichts bleibt uns erspart. Ob das denn unbedingt sein müsse, wenden wir zaghaft ein: Hauptstadt Berlin? Bonn sei doch auch ganz nett gewesen… »Unrealistisch, Opa. Auch dieser Zug ist abgefahren.«

1992, Patrick Süskind, “Deutschland, eine Midlife-crisis”, in Ulrich Wickert, editor, Angst vor Deutschland, page 128:

that ship has sailed
that ship has sailed


真綿で首を絞める

ja-pos

まわた で くび を しめる

真(ま)綿(わた)で首(くび)を絞(し)める • (mawata de kubi o shimeru) ^(←まわたでくびをしめる (mawatadekubiwosimeru)?)

真綿で首を絞める (canonical)
mawata de kubi o shimeru (romanization)
mawatadekubiwosimeru (romanization)
まわたでくびをしめる (hiragana historical)

"to strangle with floss-silk": to torture slowly


黃花菜都涼了

ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄘㄞˋ ㄉㄡ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ˙ㄌㄜ

хуанхуацай доу лян лэ

/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹ toʊ̯⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ³⁵ lə³/


任人宰割

ㄖㄣˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄗㄞˇ ㄍㄜ

жэньжэньцзайгэ

žɛnʹžɛnʹczajgɛ

/ʐən⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɤ⁵⁵/

/jɐm²² jɐn²¹ t͡sɔːi̯³⁵ kɔːt̚³/

/ʐən⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kɤ⁵⁵/

/jɐm²² jɐn²¹ t͡sɔːi̯³⁵ kɔːt̚³/

to be at the mercy of others; cannot but allow oneself to be trampled on by others


kari bi kuọ ti a

/kà.ɾí bī kú.ɔ̄ tī ā/

From kàríbi (“where”) + kí (“that”) + ùwọ (“you”) + ti (“from”) + a (“to come”), literally “Where is the place you came from”


獨具一格

ㄉㄨˊ ㄐㄩˋ ㄧ ㄍㄜˊ

/tu³⁵ t͡ɕy⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ kɤ³⁵/

/tʊk̚² kɵy̯²² jɐt̚⁵ kaːk̚³/

/tok̚⁴⁻² ku³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sek̚⁴⁻² keʔ²/

/tu³⁵ t͡ɕy⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ kɤ³⁵/

/tʊk̚² kɵy̯²² jɐt̚⁵ kaːk̚³/

/tok̚⁴⁻² ku³⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sek̚⁴⁻² keʔ²/


trece până te măriți

Literally, “It will pass until you marry”, or more loosely translated as “It will have passed by the time you've married”.

lit

Saying used to emphasize that a current woe is only of temporary nature.


that's the thing

But that's the thing, see? Like you said, you can't just go spending your money like that.

(idiomatic, colloquial) Used to introduce the main point or issue, especially as a refutation or negation to a statement made by another speaker.


明碼實價

ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄚˇ ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄚˋ

/miŋ³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵¹/

/mɪŋ²¹ maː¹³ sɐt̚² kaː³³/

/miŋ³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵¹/

/mɪŋ²¹ maː¹³ sɐt̚² kaː³³/

to have a clear and fixed price on an item/commodity


a.D.

Oberstleutnant a.D.

Initialism of außer Dienst (“retired, no longer in active service”, for soldiers and civil servants).

i.R. = im Ruhestand

retired employees, entrepreneurs etc., sometimes also civil servants


a.D.

First part short for anno from Latin annō, ablative of annus (“year; time”), from Proto-Italic *atnos (“year”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂et-no-, from *h₂et- (“to go”).
Last part short for Domini from Latin Dominī, genitive singular of Dominus (“The Lord”), of dominus (“lord, master of a house”), from Proto-Italic *domanos, from Proto-Indo-European *domh₂nos (“subduing”), from *demh₂- (“to domesticate, tame”).


make a rabbit bite a bulldog

Fix it pretty strong, will you? Not too much water and about the amount of whisky that would make a rabbit bite a bulldog.

1924, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 3, in Bill the Conqueror, His Invasion of England in the Springtime:

It was strong enough to make a rabbit bite a bulldog. The best rum was distilled from sugarcane juice and was especially strong and pungent to the taste.

2018, Selby Parker, Scopophilia, page 142:

(colloquial) Said of very strong or plentiful alcoholic drink.


ka kite anō

Short for ka kite anō au i a koe/kōrua/koutou.


Яңы йыл менән

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Яңы йыл менән!

Яңы йыл менән! • (Yañı yıl menən!)

Яңы йыл менән ! (canonical)
Yañı yıl menən! (romanization)

[jɑ.ˌɴɯ̞.ˈjɯ̞ɫ.mɪ̞ˈnæn]


the mind boggles

In their bedroom I found a wetsuit and handcuffs. The mind boggles!

One is astonished or unable to comprehend.


dir ni ase ni bèstia

Literally, “[without] saying donkey or beast”.

lit

A casa, si jo no iniciava la conversa, ni els fills ni la dona no sentien la necessitat de dir-me ase ni bèstia més enllà dels comentaris estrictament funcionals.

2006, Sergi Pàmies, “L'altra vida”, in Si menges una llimona sense fer ganyotes:

At home, if I didn't initiate the conversation, neither my kids nor my wife felt the need to say anything to me beyond what was strictly necessary.

(in the negative) to not greet or say a word; to blank


that way madness lies

From The Tragedy of King Lear (c. 1606), see quotations.

Your old kind Father, whoſe franke heart gaue all, / O that way madneſſe lies, let me ſhun that: / No more of that.

c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv], page 297, column 2:

You see what we're up against here. "Timecop," a low-rent "Terminator," is the kind of movie that is best not thought about at all, for that way madness lies.

1994 September 16, Roger Ebert, “Timecop”, in Chicago Sunday Times, archived from the original on 2005-11-13:

(hyperbolic) The mentioned activity will cause frustration, anger, etc.


መልካም፡ልደት

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መልካም፡ልደት • (mälkam lədät)


መልካም፡አዲስ፡አመት

መልካም፡አዲስ፡አመት • (mälkam ʾaddis ʾamät)


what do you want: blood?

(colloquial) Used to tell a person that their demands are unreasonable.


Euer Majestät

Using an archaic apocopic form of the possessive. While optional in this case, the same is more or less obligatory in some other titles like Euer Gnaden (“your Grace”), Euer Ehren (“your Honor”).


baby needs new shoes

Come on, seven! I need a seven! Baby needs new shoes!

(colloquial) A gambler's cry in immediate anticipation of winning some money.


不遠萬里

ㄅㄨˋ ㄩㄢˇ ㄨㄢˋ ㄌㄧˇ

буюаньваньли

/pu⁵¹ ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ wän⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pu⁵¹ ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ wän⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

She is from a foreign country, traveling thousands of miles to China.

Rénjiā yīge wàiguó háizǐ, bùyuǎn wànlǐ láidào zhōngguó.

人家一個外國孩子，不遠萬里來到中國。

人家一个外国孩子，不远万里来到中国。

to make light of travelling from afar; to go to the trouble of travelling a long distance


天地不容

ㄊㄧㄢ ㄉㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨㄥˊ

/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʐʊŋ³⁵/

/tʰiːn⁵⁵ tei̯²² pɐt̚⁵ jʊŋ²¹/

/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʐʊŋ³⁵/

/tʰiːn⁵⁵ tei̯²² pɐt̚⁵ jʊŋ²¹/


there are no stupid questions

there's no such thing as a stupid question#English

Alternative form of there's no such thing as a stupid question


bogu iza nogu

sh-phrase

bogu iza nogu (Cyrillic spelling богу иза ногу)

богу иза ногу (Cyrillic)

the middle of nowhere
the middle of nowhere

the middle of nowhere, the backwoods, back of beyond


paraskin puhuja

you're the one to talk
you're the one to talk

look who's talking; you're the one to talk


ekkert mál fyrir Jón Pál

Jón Páll was an Icelandic strongman and the most prominent athlete of the 1980s. He could easily lift heavy objects, thus: "easy peasy for Jón Páll". The saying gained popularity since it rhymes with the already common expression ekkert mál.

easy peasy, a piece of cake, extremely easy


당나라 군대

ko-noun

당나라 군대 • (dangnara gundae) (hanja 唐— 軍隊)

dangnara gundae (romanization)
唐— 軍隊 (hanja)

Sino-Korean term from 당(唐)나라 (dangnara, “Tang dynasty”) + 군대(軍隊) (gundae, “army”). The origin of the phrase is not clear.

af

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 당(唐)나라 (Dangnara), 군대(軍隊) (gundae): the army of the Tang dynasty


боже упаси

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бо́же упаси́

бо́же упаси́ • (bóže upasí)

бо́же упаси́ (canonical)
bóže upasí (romanization)

[ˈboʐɨ ʊpɐˈsʲi]

Ru-боже упаси.ogg

Бо́же упаси́, чтобы с ним что́-нибудь случи́лось.

Bóže upasí, štoby s nim štó-nibudʹ slučílosʹ.


Боже упаси

Бо́же упаси́

Бо́же упаси́ • (Bóže upasí)

Бо́же упаси́ (canonical)
Bóže upasí (romanization)

[ˈboʐɨ ʊpɐˈsʲi]

бо́же упаси́
боже упаси#Russian

Alternative letter-case form of бо́же упаси́ (bóže upasí)


не дай Бог

не дай бог
не дай бог#Russian

Alternative letter-case form of не дай бог (ne daj bog)


始料未及

ㄕˇ ㄌㄧㄠˋ ㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄧˊ

/ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/

/t͡sʰiː³⁵ liːu̯²² mei̯²² kʰɐp̚²/

/si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liau²²⁻²¹ bi²²⁻²¹ kip̚⁴/

/si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liau⁴¹⁻²² bi⁴¹⁻²² kip̚²⁴/

/si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liau²²⁻²¹ bi²²⁻²¹ kip̚¹²¹/

/si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liau³³⁻¹¹ bi³³⁻¹¹ kip̚⁴/

/si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liau³³⁻²¹ bi³³⁻²¹ kip̚⁴/

/ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/

/t͡sʰiː³⁵ liːu̯²² mei̯²² kʰɐp̚²/

/si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liau²²⁻²¹ bi²²⁻²¹ kip̚⁴/

/si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liau⁴¹⁻²² bi⁴¹⁻²² kip̚²⁴/

/si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liau²²⁻²¹ bi²²⁻²¹ kip̚¹²¹/

/si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liau³³⁻¹¹ bi³³⁻¹¹ kip̚⁴/

/si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liau³³⁻²¹ bi³³⁻²¹ kip̚⁴/


не дай бог

Не дай бог, что с ним что́-нибудь случи́тся.

Ne daj bog, što s nim štó-nibudʹ slučítsja.


хуй ли

ху́й ли • (xúj li)

ху́й ли (canonical)
xúj li (romanization)

ху́ли хули#Russian


какого фига

како́го фи́га

како́го фи́га • (kakóvo fíga)

како́го фи́га (canonical)
kakóvo fíga (romanization)

Како́го фи́га ты припёрся?

Како́го фи́га они́ донима́ли тебя́?

како́го ху́я
какого хуя#Russian

(minced oath) euphemistic form of како́го ху́я (kakóvo xúja)

Како́го фи́га тебе́ от меня́ на́до?

како́го ху́я
какого хуя#Russian


какого хера

како́го хе́ра

како́го хе́ра • (kakóvo xéra)

како́го хе́ра (canonical)
kakóvo xéra (romanization)

Како́го хе́ра ты припёрся?

Како́го хе́ра они́ донима́ли тебя́?

како́го ху́я
какого хуя#Russian

(vulgar, slang) euphemistic form of како́го ху́я (kakóvo xúja)

Како́го хе́ра тебе́ от меня́ на́до?

како́го ху́я
какого хуя#Russian


какого хрена

како́го хре́на

како́го хре́на • (kakóvo xréna)

како́го хре́на (canonical)
kakóvo xréna (romanization)

Како́го хре́на ты припёрся?

Како́го хре́на они́ донима́ли тебя́?

како́го ху́я
какого хуя#Russian

(minced oath, colloquial) euphemistic form of како́го ху́я (kakóvo xúja)

Како́го хре́на тебе́ от меня́ на́до?

како́го ху́я
какого хуя#Russian


syarat dan ketentuan

terms and conditions
terms and conditions


o. ö.

Abbreviation of ordentliche(r) öffentliche(r).


o. O.

(law, finance) Abbreviation of ohne Obligo (“without obligation”).

(in bibliographies) Abbreviation of ohne Ort / ohne Ortsangabe (“n.p.; no place given”).


в ахуе

в а́хуе • (v áxuje)

в а́хуе (canonical)
v áxuje (romanization)

Лейтена́нт, совсе́м как и я, поража́ется: «Как мо́жно бы́ло промахну́ться с тако́го-то расстоя́ния?!» Сам в а́хуе.

2011, Oliver Harris, The Letters of William S. Burroughs/ translated by N. Abdullin:

The lieutenant, just like me, is amazed: "How could we miss from such a distance?!" I myself am in shock.

Lejtenánt, sovsém kak i ja, poražájetsja: «Kak móžno býlo promaxnútʹsja s takóvo-to rasstojánija?!» Sam v áxuje.

(vulgar) in shock, in awe (expresses strong bewilderment, surprise, excitement, etc.)


aceptamos pulpo como animal de compañía

"We'll accept octopus as a pet." From a 1996 advert on Spanish television for Scattergories, in which the owner of the game threatens to take it away if the others don't accept his increasingly more absurd answers (but note that the phrase does not appear in the ad).

(Spain, humorous, idiomatic) anything goes


mən ölüm

→ Armenian: ման օլում (man ōlum)

LL-Q9292 (aze)-Azerbaijani audiorecordings-mən ölüm.wav

(idiomatic) cross my heart (a declaration that the speaker is telling the truth)


命に代えても

命に代えても (canonical)
inochi ni kaetemo (romanization)

2016, 29:20 from the start, in Sanada Maru, episode 44:

命に代えても、殿様をお守り申し上げまする。

Inochi ni kaetemo, tonosama o o-mamori mōshiagemasuru.

I will protect you, my lord, even if it costs me my life.


you haven't lived

You haven't lived until you drive a motorcycle!

(informal) Used to indicate that someone is missing out on something very important or exciting.


鞭打快牛

ㄅㄧㄢ ㄉㄚˇ ㄎㄨㄞˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ

бяньдакуайню

/pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/

/pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/

to put high demands on a unit or individual that is already working well


鞭辟入裡

ㄅㄧㄢ ㄆㄧˋ ㄖㄨˋ ㄌㄧˇ

/pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ pʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐu⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ pʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐu⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(of an article, remarks, etc.) to be penetrating


鞭辟進裡

ㄅㄧㄢ ㄆㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄌㄧˇ

бяньпицзиньли

/pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ pʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ pʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


手下敗將

ㄕㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄤˋ

шоусябайцзян

/ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ paɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/

/sɐu̯³⁵ haː²² paːi̯²² t͡sœːŋ³³/

/sɐu̯³⁵ haː²² paːi̯²² t͡sœːŋ³³/

one's defeated opponent; person who has been defeated by one


各說各話

ㄍㄜˋ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄍㄜˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

/kɤ⁵¹ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ kɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/

/kɔːk̚³ syːt̚³ kɔːk̚³ waː²²/

/kɤ⁵¹ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ kɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/

/kɔːk̚³ syːt̚³ kɔːk̚³ waː²²/

talk past each other
talk past each other

to talk past each other; each says their own unrelated thing


eat the rich

Attributed to the Genevan philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau. The original quotation was: “Quand le peuple n’aura plus rien à manger, il mangera le riche.” (“When the people shall have no more to eat, they will eat the rich.”)
Became popular in the 21st-century United States as an anti-capitalist motto in left-wing online communities.

Eat the Rich:

1993, Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Jim Vallance (lyrics and music), “Eat the Rich” (track 2), in Get a Grip, performed by Aerosmith, Los Angeles: Geffen Records:

There have been many cries to “eat the rich” over recent years in relation to white collar crime.

2011 January, Diane Wiley, “Eat the Rich: Juror Questionnaires for White Collar Cases”, in The Jury Expert, volume 23, number 1, Timonium, Maryland: American Society of Trial Consultants, →ISSN, page 43:

There is something thrilling about an artwork that does not just investigate, explore or expose questions about today, but makes explicit the injustices of the present system, proudly brandishing a call to eat the rich and fight a class war.

2018 June 7, Chris Hayes, “Democracia, ORDER”, in Circa Art Magazine, →JSTOR, retrieved 2022-12-06:

There's this whole cycle of eat-the-rich movies right now with “Joker” and “Parasite.” How do you feel knowing the movie you’ve made and then seeing those other movies coming out?

2019 November 28, Mark Olsen, “‘Knives Out’ Ending Explained: How Rian Johnson’s Socially Relevant Mystery Pays Tribute to the Past”, in Los Angeles Times:

The eat-the-rich movie is directed by Mark Mylod, whose recent work includes episodes of “Succession,” “Shameless,” and “Game of Thrones” […]

2022 July 10, Jordan Hoffman, “‘What, Are We Eating a Rolex?’ ‘The Menu’ Full Trailer Is Revealed”, in GoldDerby:

First of all, I want to say I’m not a fan of the, how do I say, advertisement of the movie as an “eat the rich” movie because what I actually tried to do was to portray everybody as nice.

2022 November 4, Lilah Raptopoulos, quoting Ruben Östlund, “‘Triangle of Sadness’ with Director Ruben Östlund”, in Financial Times, London:

(slang, politics, idiomatic) An expression of contempt towards capitalism and the rich, demanding an equitable redistribution of wealth.

كلوا الأغنياء

expression of contempt towards the rich, capitalism and widespread poverty


無根無據

(Hakka) mere verbal statement is no guarantee


空喙哺舌

/kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰui²¹⁻⁵³ pɔ²²⁻²¹ t͡siʔ⁴/

/kʰaŋ³³ t͡sʰui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pɔ⁴¹⁻²² t͡siʔ²⁴/

/kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰui²¹⁻⁵³ pɔ²²⁻²¹ t͡siʔ¹²¹/

/kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰui¹¹⁻⁵³ pɔ³³⁻¹¹ t͡siʔ⁴/

/kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰui²¹⁻⁴¹ pɔ³³⁻²¹ t͡siʔ⁴/

/kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰui²¹⁻⁵³ pɔ²²⁻²¹ t͡siʔ⁴/

/kʰaŋ³³ t͡sʰui⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pɔ⁴¹⁻²² t͡siʔ²⁴/

/kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰui¹¹⁻⁵³ pɔ³³⁻¹¹ t͡siʔ⁴/

/kʰaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰui²¹⁻⁴¹ pɔ³³⁻²¹ t͡siʔ⁴/

In the end those were just your empty words, just to fulfill your desire... and then leave

1992, 愛情的騙子我問你 (Cheater of Love, I Ask You), sung by 陳小雲 (Chen Hsiao-yun), lyrics by 蔣錦鴻, composed by 俞隆華

goân-lâi lí sī khang-chhùi-po̍h-chi̍h ta̍t-kàu bo̍k-tek chò lí khì

原來你是空嘴薄舌達到目的做你去

原来你是空嘴薄舌达到目的做你去

(Southern Min) to give empty talk; to make mere verbal statements

(Southern Min) mere verbal statement is no guarantee


sesam aukene

[ˈs̠e̞ːs̠ɑ̝m ˈɑ̝u̯k̟e̞ne̞(ʔ)]


seesam aukene

[ˈs̠e̞ːs̠ɑ̝m ˈɑ̝u̯k̟e̞ne̞(ʔ)]

Calque of French Sésame, ouvre-toi, itself of Arabic افتح يا سمسم.

calque

افتح يا سمسم

Arabic افتح يا سمسم


the king is dead, long live the king

พระมหากษัตริย์เสด็จสวรรคต ขอพระมหากษัตริย์ทรงพระเจริญ

Traditional announcement made when a new monarch becomes the ruler after the previous one passed away.

(idiomatic) Said when someone has stepped down or something is succeeded by someone or something new that now has the most control, is the most popular, etc.


OOMF

[Jeremy O. Harris:] One of the things I worry about is that the little gay boys and girls I’m friends with don’t meet people their age IRL. They only know people through their oomfs, right? The oomfs run the world.
[Devan Shimoyama:] What’s “oomf”?
[Jeremy O. Harris:] An oomf is an “O.O.M.F.” — “one of my friends,” as in someone you know only in a digital space, from Twitter or Tumblr.

2022 September 16, Emil Wilbekin, “What Does It Mean to Be a Young, Black Queer Artist Right Now?”, in The New York Times Style Magazine:

(Internet slang) Acronym of one of my followers/friends.


darwaza bund

From Hindustani دروازہ / दरवाज़ा (darvāzā) + بند / बंद (band).

(India, archaic) Not at home; currently unwilling to receive visitors into one's house.


без комментариев

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без коммента́риев

без коммента́риев • (bez kommentárijev)

без коммента́риев (canonical)
bez kommentárijev (romanization)

Извини́те, без коммента́риев.


LMGIFY

(Internet) Initialism of let me google it for you.


нашол кој да збори

нашол кој да збори • (našol koj da zbori)


Dé do bheatha

From Middle Irish dia do betha or dé do betha, from Old Irish rot·bia do bethu (“you shall have your life”) or rot·bé do bethu (“may you have your life”). Compare is é do bheatha and Scottish Gaelic 's e do bheatha (“don’t mention it, you are welcome”).

cog

welcome, hail (used as a greeting, addressed to one person)


it yiyəsini tanımır

LL-Q9292 (aze)-Azerbaijani audiorecordings-it yiyəsini tanımır.wav

Literally, 'the dog doesn't know its owner'.

(idiomatic) said about a chaotic, disorganized place or situation


kimin siki kimin götündə bilinmir

Literally, 'one doesn't know whose dick is in whose ass'.

(vulgar, idiomatic) said about a chaotic, disorganized place or situation


섊

Coined in early 2000s. From ㅅㅂㄹㅁ (sblm), which are the initial consonants of 시발라마 (siballama), which in turn is an alteration of 씨발 놈아 (ssibal nom-a, “fucking bastard”).
ㅂ (b) was replaced with ㅒ (yae) because of their visual similarity; ㅒ (yae) can look more like ㅂ (b) when there is a final consonant placed below.

(vulgar, dated, neologism, Internet slang) fucking bastard [less common after late 2000s]


das Herz blutet

Mir blutet das Herz, wenn ich an die armen Kinder denke.

My heart bleeds when I think about those poor children.

„Weil du meine Mütze genommen hast, hatte ich den ganzen Tag kalte Ohren.“ — „Ach ja! Mir blutet das Herz!“

“Since you took my winter hat, I had cold ears all day.” — “Oh yeah! My heart bleeds for you!”

(also humorous) one's heart bleeds [with dative ‘for someone’]


ye of little faith

O ye of little faith
O ye of little faith#English

Alternative form of O ye of little faith