內外交困

ㄋㄟˋ ㄨㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄠ ㄎㄨㄣˋ

нэйвайцзяокунь

/neɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ waɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ kʰu̯ən⁵¹/

/nɔːi̯²² ŋɔːi̯²² kaːu̯⁵⁵ kʷʰɐn³³/

/neɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ waɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ kʰu̯ən⁵¹/

/nɔːi̯²² ŋɔːi̯²² kaːu̯⁵⁵ kʷʰɐn³³/

diplomatic relations
diplomatic relations

when a country's (internal) economy and (external) diplomatic relations are in dire straits


內外姻黨

ㄋㄟˋ ㄨㄞˋ ㄧㄣ ㄉㄤˇ

нэйвайиньдан

/neɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ waɪ̯⁵¹ in⁵⁵ tɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/neɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ waɪ̯⁵¹ in⁵⁵ tɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

relatives who have a blood relationship with or through their parents


人不犯我，我不犯人

人若犯我，我必犯人

ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄢˋ ㄨㄛˇ

ㄨㄛˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ

jan⁴ bat¹ faan⁶ ngo⁵, ngo⁵ bat¹ faan⁶ jan⁴

жэнь бу фань во

во бу фань жэнь

/ʐən³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ fän⁵¹ wɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ fän⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/

yàhn bāt faahn ngóh, ngóh bāt faahn yàhn

jan⁴ bat⁷ faan⁶ ngo⁵, ngo⁵ bat⁷ faan⁶ jan⁴

yen⁴ bed¹ fan⁶ ngo⁵, ngo⁵ bed¹ fan⁶ yen⁴

/jɐn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ faːn²² ŋɔː¹³ ŋɔː¹³ pɐt̚⁵ faːn²² jɐn²¹/

When I was a boy, and when I was in middle school, I used to get all steamed up whenever I heard unpleasant things [about myself]. If people don’t attack me, I won’t attack them. If people attack me, I will certainly attack them. They attack me first, I attack them later. This principle I have never abandoned down to the present time. Now I have learnt to listen, to toughen my scalp and listen for one or two weeks and then counter-attack.

這也難，我少年、中學時代，也是一聽到壞話就一肚子氣，人不犯我，我不犯人[[#Chinese|]]


又呢又嚕

又呢又噜
又呢又路
又哩又路

/jɐu̯²² niː⁵⁵ jɐu̯²² lou̯³³/

/jɐu̯²² nei̯⁵⁵ jɐu̯²² lou̯³³/

/jɐu̯²² niː⁵⁵ jɐu̯²² lou̯³³/

/jɐu̯²² nei̯⁵⁵ jɐu̯²² lou̯³³/

(Cantonese) (to say) this and that; to go on (annoyingly) talking about various things


Don'Ana spassiza

Literally, “Lady Anna strolls around”. Has been seen as referring to Saint Anne and compared with various sayings from Northen Italian dialects using saints' names, such as Catherine or Margaret, to refer to hunger.

(colloquial) I'm getting hungry, I'm peckish


no shot

Possibly from shot (“an opportunity or attempt”) or as a euphemism of no shit.

No shot!!! I just won the lottery!

Wordle 232 1/6 […] WHAT THE FUCK??? NO SHOT??? HOW THE ACTUAL FUCK DID I MANAGE

2022 February 6, @olisbff, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-09-27:

Haha no fkin shot, his brother is the Dr. This is the best twist ever.

2022 April 2, u/ericmok100, “Kaijin Kaihatsu-bu no Kuroitsu-san - Episode 8 discussion”, in Reddit, r/anime, archived from the original on 2023-09-27:

I was like "actual? low key bro no shot she said that, right?"

2023 February 12, u/CmickG, “DR DISRESPECT - FANDUEL SUPERSTAR SHOWDOWN”, in Reddit, r/DrDisrespectLive, archived from the original on 2023-09-27:

No shot you just responded to a tweet from three years ago how did you even find that😭

2023 September 21, @KJpixel14, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-09-27:

no shot they added rage queue prevention to mario kart💀

2023 September 22, @KibbleCog, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-09-27:

(slang) No chance or possibility (expressing amazement and disbelief of an event).

While there is no shot specifically for monkeypox, data from trials with nonhuman primates suggested that vaccines against the closely related smallpox virus might also prevent transmission of this one.

2022 September 12, Stephanie Nolen, “Monkeypox Shots, Treatments and Tests Are Unavailable in Much of the World”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-06-11:

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see no, shot.


not by any manner of means

by no manner of means
by no manner of means#English


my sides

From the idea of "sidesplitting laughter".

LMFAO my sides are in orbit

My sides are in a new dimension

2021 August 27, u/AvidVideoGameFan, “What is the theme of GinTama?”, in Reddit, r/Gintama, archived from the original on 2023-09-28:

(Internet slang) Used in phrases or interjectionally to indicate uncontrollable laughter.


盲人騎瞎馬

ㄇㄤˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄚ ㄇㄚˇ

манжэнь ци ся ма

/mɑŋ³⁵ ʐən³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


索利那新

ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄌㄧˋ ㄋㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄣ

/su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ nä⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵/

/su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ nä⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵/


言行舉止

ㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄩˇ ㄓˇ

ㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄩˇ ㄓˇ

яньсинцзюйчжи

/jɛn³⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵ t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jɛn³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jiːn²¹ hɐŋ²² kɵy̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

/jiːn²¹ hɐŋ²¹ kɵy̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

/jɛn³⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵ t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jɛn³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jiːn²¹ hɐŋ²² kɵy̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

/jiːn²¹ hɐŋ²¹ kɵy̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

speech and behaviour; words, actions and manners


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what tangled webs we weave when first we practice to deceive

what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive#English

Alternative form of what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive


what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive

Attributed to canto 6, stanza 17 in the 1808 poem Marmion by Sir Walter Scott: "O what a tangled web we weave,/ When first we practice to deceive"

When one tells a simple lie, it may become necessary to tell more complex lies, eventually spiraling out of control and leading to the exposure of said deceit.


ikinagagalak kitang makilala

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ikinagágalák kitáng makilala (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜃᜒᜈᜄᜄᜎᜃ᜔ ᜃᜒᜆᜅ᜔ ᜋᜃᜒᜎᜎ)

ikinagágalák kitáng makilala (canonical)
ᜁᜃᜒᜈᜄᜄᜎᜃ᜔ ᜃᜒᜆᜅ᜔ ᜋᜃᜒᜎᜎ (Baybayin)

[ʔɪ.xɪ.n̪ɐˌɣaː.ɣɐˌlak kɪˌt̪aŋ mɐ.xɪˈlaː.lɐ]

Literally, “knowing you brings me delight”, or more loosely translated as “delighted to know you”. See galak, kita, kilala as the root words.


人強馬壯

ㄖㄣˊ ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄇㄚˇ ㄓㄨㄤˋ

жэньцянмачжуан

/ʐən³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/

/jɐn²¹ kʰœːŋ²¹ maː¹³ t͡sɔːŋ³³/

/ʐən³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/

/jɐn²¹ kʰœːŋ²¹ maː¹³ t͡sɔːŋ³³/

(of an army) high in combat effectiveness


老舉埋年——算鳩數

a prostitute near the end of a year―keeping penis accounts

/lou̯¹³ kɵy̯³⁵ maːi̯²¹ niːn²¹ syːn³³ kɐu̯⁵⁵ sou̯³³/


elle melle deg fortelle

Related to Danish ælle bælle mig fortælle, Dutch iene miene mutte and Russian эни бени (eni beni)

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


enike penike

Also attested as "dennika fænnike drexa bomsa bukke so tirra" by Fylling in Sunnmøre (also quoted by A.Chr. Bang). This variation is considered as a distorted Latin Credo. In this case, the dennika fænnike-part means "Deum patrem et Filium unicum".
Related to Russian эники беники (eniki beniki).

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эники беники


эники беники

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э́ники бе́ники

э́ники бе́ники • (éniki béniki)

э́ники бе́ники (canonical)
éniki béniki (romanization)


эни бени

э́ни бе́ни • (éni béni)

э́ни бе́ни (canonical)
éni béni (romanization)

Related to Danish ælle bælle mig fortælle, Dutch iene miene mutte and Norwegian elle melle deg fortelle.
Often is used in quasi-Latin counting rhymes (in the similar way as Norwegian Nynorsk enike penike), but it is not clear if this Russian counting formula is derived from Latin or not.

éni béni res, kvínter turba žes, bu ce fa

э́ни бе́ни рес, кви́нтер турба жес, бу це фа

éni béni ríki fáki, éus béus sentebrjáki, cu je fa

э́ни бе́ни ри́ки фа́ки, э́ус бе́ус сентебря́ки, цу е фа

э́ни бе́ни ря́ба, кви́нтер фи́нтер жа́ба


under the bootheel of

Serfdom was formally abolished in 1861 as part of the Great Reforms under Alexander II. But the peasantry, the preponderant class in czarist Russia, still lived under the boot heel of patriarchal semi-feudalism.

2004 July 8, Leslie Feinberg, “Gender & sexuality in czarist Russia”, in Workers World:


冇挐冇褦

冇𠸎冇㨢
冇嗱冇能
冇挐冇掕
冇啦冇㨢
冇啦冇掕
無挐無褦
無挐無掕

/mou̯¹³ naː⁵⁵ mou̯¹³ nɐŋ³³/

/mou̯¹³ naː⁵⁵ mou̯¹³ nɐŋ³³/

(Cantonese) to be irrelevant, to have no relationship with


串過碼頭咕喱

串过码头咕喱
串過碼頭咕哩
寸過碼頭咕喱
寸過碼頭咕哩

/t͡sʰyːn³³ kʷɔː³³ maː¹³ tʰɐu̯²¹ kuː⁵⁵ lei̯⁵⁵/

(Cantonese, simile) to be very arrogant or condescending


十個煲兩個蓋

/sɐp̚² kɔː³³ pou̯⁵⁵ lœːŋ¹³ kɔː³³ kɔːi̯³³/

最矛盾弔詭的就在這裏：我在羨慕成功創業的朋友當下豐足的生活時，卻忘記了別人當年開業時，十個煲兩個蓋的艱難時候。

2011 November 14, 葉宇堃, “矽谷創業天堂 但你願冒險嗎”, in 香港經濟日報:

十個煲九個蓋 十個煲九個蓋#Chinese

十个煲九个盖 十个煲九个盖#Chinese

Synonym of 十個煲九個蓋／十个煲九个盖


十個煲三個蓋

/sɐp̚² kɔː³³ pou̯⁵⁵ saːm⁵⁵ kɔː³³ kɔːi̯³³/

他指會計界聘請人才非常困難，慨歎會計界「有呼吸都要請」，現時會計界別是「十個煲三個蓋」。

2023 April 21, “大灣區外勞即日往返議案獲通過”, in 星島日報:

十個煲九個蓋 十個煲九個蓋#Chinese

十个煲九个盖 十个煲九个盖#Chinese

Synonym of 十個煲九個蓋／十个煲九个盖


十個煲一個蓋

/sɐp̚² kɔː³³ pou̯⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ kɔː³³ kɔːi̯³³/

消防處昨日被申訴專員公署猛烈炮轟巡查工作緩慢，有資深消防人員指，負責審批牌照的部門人手「十個煲、一個蓋」，根本無法應付龐大的巡查工作，更荒謬的是，當消防處向持牌人發出要求改善通知書，持牌人若不理會，消防處便不了了之。

2010 May 14, “牌照組欠人手「十煲一蓋」”, in 太陽報:

十個煲九個蓋 十個煲九個蓋#Chinese

十个煲九个盖 十个煲九个盖#Chinese

Synonym of 十個煲九個蓋／十个煲九个盖


十個煲五個蓋

/sɐp̚² kɔː³³ pou̯⁵⁵ ŋ̍¹³ kɔː³³ kɔːi̯³³/

/sɐp̚² kɔː³³ pou̯⁵⁵ ŋ̍¹³ kɔː³³ kɔːi̯³³/

公立醫院十個煲五個蓋，醫護人員不足嗌晒救命，而食物及衞生局局長陳肇始尋日就喺網誌重提施政報告落實增加醫護人手的措施，強調「未雨綢繆總勝過臨渴掘井」。

2018 November 26, “政情：公民講場：增醫護學額難止渴 陳肇始自吹自擂”, in 東方日報 [Oriental Daily]:

十個煲九個蓋 十個煲九個蓋#Chinese

十个煲九个盖 十个煲九个盖#Chinese

Synonym of 十個煲九個蓋／十个煲九个盖


十個煲九個蓋

/sɐp̚² kɔː³³ pou̯⁵⁵ kɐu̯³⁵ kɔː³³ kɔːi̯³³/

(Cantonese) to have not enough resources to deal with the problems


十個煲七個蓋

/sɐp̚² kɔː³³ pou̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ kɔː³³ kɔːi̯³³/

係人都知，公立醫院前線人手長期不足，十個煲七個蓋，本來已經捉襟見肘，加上近期私營醫院不斷以高薪挖角，吸引唔少人跳槽，更係雪上加霜。

2016 February 28, “十個煲僅七個蓋 私院挖角雪上霜”, in 東方日報 [Oriental Daily]:

十個煲九個蓋 十個煲九個蓋#Chinese

十个煲九个盖 十个煲九个盖#Chinese

Synonym of 十個煲九個蓋／十个煲九个盖


十個煲六個蓋

/sɐp̚² kɔː³³ pou̯⁵⁵ lʊk̚² kɔː³³ kɔːi̯³³/

係人都知，由於醫管局管理無方，醫療資源嚴重錯配，公立醫院「十個煲六個蓋」嘅情況相當普遍，搞到前線人員壓力爆煲，得閒死唔得閒病，醫生護士逃亡潮一浪接一浪，瑪麗醫院就曾經有外科護士集體請病假以示抗議。

2011 July 17, “護士買少見少 救命恐變催命”, in 東方日報 [Oriental Daily]:

十個煲九個蓋 十個煲九個蓋#Chinese

十个煲九个盖 十个煲九个盖#Chinese

Synonym of 十個煲九個蓋／十个煲九个盖


十個煲八個蓋

/sɐp̚² kɔː³³ pou̯⁵⁵ paːt̚³ kɔː³³ kɔːi̯³³/

她又提到，工程師的收入待遇較其他工程專業低，多年來未見改善，而年輕人越來越重視生活與工作平衡，但目前行內不少人工時超長，特別是私人顧問工程公司，經常是「十個煲八個蓋」，人手不足，希望日後能得到改善。

2021 September 15, “落區聽取意見 選委：我們面向市民”, in 大公報, page A8:

十個煲九個蓋 十個煲九個蓋#Chinese

十个煲九个盖 十个煲九个盖#Chinese

Synonym of 十個煲九個蓋／十个煲九个盖


mais louco que o padre do balão

/ˈmajz ˈlo(w).ku ki u ˈpa.dɾi du baˈlɐ̃w̃/

[ˈmaɪ̯z ˈlo(ʊ̯).ku ki u ˈpa.dɾi du baˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ˈmajʒ ˈlo(w).ku ki u ˈpa.dɾi du baˈlɐ̃w̃/

[ˈmaɪ̯ʒ ˈlo(ʊ̯).ku ki u ˈpa.dɾi du baˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ˈmajz ˈlo(w).ko ke o ˈpa.dɾe do baˈlɐ̃w̃/

[ˈmaɪ̯z ˈlo(ʊ̯).ko ke o ˈpa.dɾe do baˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

/ˈmajʒ ˈlo(w).ku k‿u ˈpa.dɾɨ du bɐˈlɐ̃w̃/

[ˈmajʒ ˈlo(w).ku k‿u ˈpa.ðɾɨ ðu βɐˈlɐ̃w̃]

Literally, “crazier than the balloon priest”.

lit

(Brazil, idiomatic, colloquial) Extremely crazy, especially in the context of dares


idgi

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


賣魚佬沖涼——冇嗮聲氣

/maːi̯²² jyː²¹ lou̯³⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ lœːŋ²¹ mou̯¹³ saːi̯³³ sɛːŋ⁵⁵ hei̯³³/

腥氣／腥气 (seng¹ hei³, “fishy smell”) is a homophonic pun of 聲氣／声气 (seng¹ hei³, “news”).

A fishmonger takes a shower/bath — no fishy smell (news)

(Cantonese) no further news; no later development


bob-bob

Probably from a Christmas TV-show called The Julekalender.

Det er litt sånn bob-bob egentlig

It is actually not so good, but not so bad

(colloquial) more or less OK; not so good, but not so bad


bob-bob

Det er litt sånn bob-bob eigentleg


як ся маєш

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як ся ма́єш?

як ся ма́єш (canonical)
jak sja máješ? (romanization)

Uk-як ся маєш.ogg


sais pas

→ Spanish: sepa


Black lives matter

black lives matter
black lives matter#English


red lives matter

Coined in analogy to black lives matter; the color red is often associated with indigenous or Native American peoples.

police brutality
police brutality#English

(politics, US, uncommon) A rallying call and statement of protest, concerning police brutality and racially motivated violence against Native American people.


頭大冇腦，腦大生草

with a big head but without a brain, with a big brain but only grass grows inside

tau⁴ daai⁶ mou⁵ nou⁵, nou⁵ daai⁶ saang¹ cou²

tàuh daaih móuh nóuh, nóuh daaih sāang chóu

tau⁴ daai⁶ mou⁵ nou⁵, nou⁵ daai⁶ saang¹ tsou²

teo⁴ dai⁶ mou⁵ nou⁵, nou⁵ dai⁶ sang¹ cou²

/tʰɐu̯²¹ taːi̯²² mou̯¹³ nou̯¹³ nou̯¹³ taːi̯²² saːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/

(Cantonese, derogatory) brainless; stupid


by their fruits you will know them

Adapted from the Bible verse Matthew 7:16.

One is able to identify and recognize the true nature of someone or something by their deeds or actions.


女になる

女になる (canonical)
onna ni naru (romanization)

to mature; to gain independence and maturity

lose one's virginity
lose one's virginity


懲羹吹齏

ja-r

あつもの に こり て なます を ふく

→ Japanese: 羹(あつもの)に懲(こ)りて膾(なます)を吹(ふ)く (atsumono ni kori te namasu o fuku) (calque)

ㄔㄥˊ ㄍㄥ ㄔㄨㄟ ㄐㄧ

чэнгэнчуйцзи

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ kɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ kɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ kɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ kɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯⁵⁵/

If a person gets burnt by hot soup, he would blow at cold food. Why do you still not change your ambition?

The Verses of Chu, 4ᵗʰ century BCE – 2ⁿᵈ century CE

Chéng yú gēng zhě ér chuī jī xī, hé bùbiàn cǐ zhì yě?

懲於羹者而吹齏兮，何不變此志也？

惩于羹者而吹齑兮，何不变此志也？

Once burnt by hot soup, one would blow at cold food

once bitten, twice shy
once bitten, twice shy


twouve

Alò anpil Ayisyen, twouve, pandan yo fè etid yo an Franse, yo pa wè lòt modèl pou yo suiv ata lè yo pale Kreyòl.

So lots of Haitians, it so happens, while they study in French, they don't see another model for them to follow until they speak Creole.


JMHO

my humble opinion
in my humble opinion#English

(Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of just my humble opinion.


as near as matters

An illogical formation, perhaps by confusion with "as near as makes no odds" or similar.

As near as matters, three billion people would be hearing him. And, as near as matters, one billion Martians.

What is needed to distinguish the two is the fact that it really was Esa rather than Twin Esa who figured appropriately in the etiology of Arabella's inner state. And that is as near as matters to saying that the truth-condition rather than the 'narrow' conceptual role is the vehicle of learning.

1986, Ernest LePore, Truth and Interpretation, page 253:

Close enough not to matter, or to be essentially the same.


先小人，後君子

be the villain first, then be the gentleman

ㄒㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ

сянь сяожэнь

хоу цзюньцзы

/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/siːn⁵⁵ siːu̯³⁵ jɐn²¹ hɐu̯²² kʷɐn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Rules and terms should be stated clearly at first, etiquettes are of lower priority.


sanılanın aksine

contrary to popular belief
contrary to popular belief


iykyk

Alternative form: IYKYK

"Eras attire, friendship bracelets, singing and dancing encouraged 🫶 1, 2, 3 LGB^([sic – meaning let's go, bitch])!!!! (iykyk)," Tay closed off her post, referencing the iconic chant that the crowd breaks into during her performance of "Delicate."

2023 October 3, Samantha Olson, “Attn, Swifties: You Can Still Buy Tickets for Taylor Swift's ‘Eras Tour’ Movie”, in Cosmopolitan:

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

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


言之尚早

ㄧㄢˊ ㄓ ㄕㄤˋ ㄗㄠˇ

яньчжишанцзао

/jɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jiːn²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ sœːŋ²² t͡sou̯³⁵/

/jɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jiːn²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ sœːŋ²² t͡sou̯³⁵/

too soon to tell; premature to speak about something


two, six, heave

Various theories with scant evidence; see Wikipedia.

(nautical) Used to coordinate a pulling effort.


先此聲明

ㄒㄧㄢ ㄘˇ ㄕㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

сянь цы шэнмин

/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/

/siːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː³⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹/

/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/

/siːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː³⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹/


a. reg.

(numismatics) Abbreviation of annō regiminis.


anno regiminis

[ˈänːoː rɛˈɡɪmɪnɪs̠]


colorless green ideas sleep furiously

Composed by Noam Chomsky in his work Syntactic Structures (1957).

(linguistics) An example of a sentence that is grammatically well-formed, but semantically nonsensical.


શું હું ફારસી બોલું છું

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શું હું ફારસી બોલું છું • (śũ hũ phārsī bolũ chũ)

Literally, “Am I speaking Persian?” The Persian language was the language of courts during mughal era in India, but was incomprehensible to the commoners. Compare English it's all Greek to me.

(idiomatic) Is my speech incomprehensible?

en-શું_હું_ફારસી_બોલું_છું-gu-phrase-gTn2ICuK


cén bhail atá oraibh

how are you? (addressing two or more people)


唔識字怨爺娘，唔會賺錢怨屋場

唔識字怨爺娘，唔會賺錢怨屋場

唔识字怨爷娘，唔会赚钱怨屋场
毋識字怨爺娘，毋會賺錢怨屋場

blame the parents when one is illiterate, blame the house when one doesn't know how to make money

m² sid⁵ si⁴ yan⁴ ya² ngiong², m² voi⁴ con⁴ qian² yan⁴ vug⁵ cong²

/m¹¹ sɨt̚² sɨ⁵⁵ i̯en⁵⁵ i̯a¹¹ ŋi̯oŋ¹¹ m¹¹ voi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰon⁵⁵ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹ i̯en⁵⁵ vuk̚² t͡sʰoŋ¹¹/

/m¹¹ sɨt̚² sɨ⁵⁵ (j)i̯an⁵⁵ (j)i̯a¹¹ ŋi̯oŋ¹¹ m¹¹ voi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰon⁵⁵ t͡sʰi̯en¹¹ (j)i̯an⁵⁵ vuk̚² t͡sʰoŋ¹¹/

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

(Hakka) a bad workman always blames his tools


唔理三七廿一

/m̩²¹ lei̯¹³ saːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ jaː²² jɐt̚⁵/

(Cantonese) no matter what; casting all caution to the wind; regardless of the circumstances


Witz, komm raus

(colloquial, idiomatic) A reply to an unfunny remark.


kwaheri ya kuonana

kwa heri ya kuonana
kwa heri ya kuonana#Swahili


見過鬼怕黑

having seen a ghost, (one would) be afraid of the dark

/kiːn³³ kʷɔː³³ kʷɐi̯³⁵ pʰaː³³ hɐk̚⁵/

/kiːn³³ kʷɔː³³ kʷɐi̯³⁵ pʰaː³³ haːk̚⁵/

/kiːn³³ kʷɔː³³ kʷɐi̯³⁵ pʰaː³³ hɐk̚⁵/

/kiːn³³ kʷɔː³³ kʷɐi̯³⁵ pʰaː³³ haːk̚⁵/


遲來先上岸

ㄔˊ ㄌㄞˊ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕㄤˋ ㄢˋ

чи лай сянь шанъань

/ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ˀän⁵¹/

/t͡sʰiː²¹ lɔːi̯²¹ siːn⁵⁵ sœːŋ¹³ ŋɔːn²²/

/t͡sʰiː²¹ lɔːi̯²¹ siːn⁵⁵ sœːŋ¹³ ŋɔːn²²/

last come, first served
last come, first served

last come, first served; those who come later in a queue are served first


sometimes a cigar is just a cigar

Frequently attributed to Sigmund Freud, whose theories of psychoanalysis and psychosexuality often explained various human behaviors in terms of sexual desires, and thus a cigar could be imagined as a phallic symbol indicating some inner trait of the person smoking it.
This phrase reverses this concept, admitting that sometimes the cigar really is just a cigar, and that not everything is always so deep as it could be made out to be.
The medical journal Psychiatry cited in an issue from 1950 that this "famous" quote was uttered by Freud 30 years earlier, although neither any written records from Freud himself, nor especial widespread use from that time period before 1950, could be found. Alan C. Elms explains this attribution as most likely apocryphal, although the origin of the phrase in psychoanalysis is still possible: Eric Hiller in 1922 published a psychoanalytic article suggesting that cigars indeed have a phallic symbolism, so this term's coinage as ironic phrase making light of this claim remains a possible origin.

Dude, quit thinking about it so much. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

(idiomatic) Sometimes a matter is simpler than one imagines it to be.


cada um por si

De agora em diante, é cada um por si.

From now on, it's every man for himself.

every man for himself
every man for himself


鶏口牛後

鶏口牛後 (canonical)
keikōgyūgo (romanization)

From 鶏口(けいこう)となるも牛後(ぎゅうご)となるなかれ (keikō to naru mo gyūgo to naru nakare)

ja-r

鶏口となるも牛後となるなかれ

けいこう と なる も ぎゅうご と なる なかれ

big fish in a small pond
big fish in a small pond

It is better to be a big fish in a small pond than a small fish in a big pond.


grunt to

(idiomatic) the key is, the main thing is


como si fuera poco

(idiomatic) to top it off, on top of that


chífidh mé thú

"Chífidh me thú," were my parting words, sadly the next time I saw him was in a coffin in the company of his wonderful wife, Máire, his children and the great ó Sé footballers.

2012 December 23, Seán Kelly, “A man for all seasons who drove Kerry back to football's summit”, in Irish Independent (in English):


bybis žino

(idiomatic, vulgar) Fuck knows. (Nobody knows)


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"It has transwarp drive," Sulu said matter-of-factly. "Aye," Scott said, "and if my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a wagon."

1984, Vonda N. McIntyre, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, page 108:

Then again, as my father used to say, if my grandmother had wheels , she'd be a wagon.

2004, Jonny Bowden, Living the Low Carb Life: From Atkins to the Zone, page 165:

Behind him, Isaacs heard Slater mutter, "And if my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a wagon."

2007, Keith R. A. DeCandido, Resident Evil: Extinction, page 115:

if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle#English

Synonym of if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle

if wishes were horses, beggars would ride

if we had ham we could have ham and eggs, if we had eggs


人離鄉賤

ㄖㄣˊ ㄌㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

жэньлисянцзянь

/ʐən³⁵ li³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/jɐn²¹ lei̯²¹ hœːŋ⁵⁵ t͡siːn²²/

/ʐən³⁵ li³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/jɐn²¹ lei̯²¹ hœːŋ⁵⁵ t͡siːn²²/

people receive little respect from others when they are away from their native places


夜夜笙歌

ㄧㄝˋ ㄧㄝˋ ㄕㄥ ㄍㄜ

/jɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɛ⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/

/jɛː²² jɛː²² sɐŋ⁵⁵ kɔː⁵⁵/

/ia²²⁻²¹ ia²²⁻²¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ko⁴⁴/

/ia⁴¹⁻²² ia⁴¹⁻²² sŋ̍³³ kɔ³³/

/jɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɛ⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/

/jɛː²² jɛː²² sɐŋ⁵⁵ kɔː⁵⁵/

/ia²²⁻²¹ ia²²⁻²¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ko⁴⁴/

/ia⁴¹⁻²² ia⁴¹⁻²² sŋ̍³³ kɔ³³/

(Classical, of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.) to leave alone their works and duties while enjoying nonstop


刀仔鋸大樹

/tou̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵ kɵy̯³³ taːi̯²² syː²²/

/tou̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵ kɵy̯³³ taːi̯²² syː²²/

(Cantonese) to make a big profit using only little capital


y que lo digas

you can say that again
you can say that again


us bhai us

From us + भाई (bhāī) + us, meaning us brother us.

Us bhai us!!!😐
You are not only who facing this issue, they are unable to resolved issue that's why they Reply, We don't have offer for you.

“IDFC is not offering WOW Credit Card to me”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):

Idk what he is going through but us bhai us 🤝

Saying "us bhai us" On everyone's dukh is a life now

us bhai us all we got are the monkeys

If you say "us bhai us" u are a NPC

(Internet slang, India, Hinglish) A sympathetic response to a person in the same situation as oneself.


DGMW

Alternative form: dgmw

DGMW. All systems have their strengths and weaknesses, but UNIX is the only one I know of whose practicioners^([sic]) have such a holy grail quality.

1993 March 25, Frank - Hardware Hacker - Borger, “Re: Idiotic Article in Radio Electronics...”, in sci.electronics (Usenet):

don't get me wrong
don't get me wrong#English

(Internet slang) Initialism of don't get me wrong.


三缺一

/sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹/

/saːm⁵⁵ kʰyːt̚³ jɐt̚⁵/

/sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹/

/saːm⁵⁵ kʰyːt̚³ jɐt̚⁵/

(mahjong) There are already three players; one more player is needed for a game. (Mahjong is a game for four people)


NNTR

Coordinate term: NNTO

How many times do people need to ask you to stop sending them eamil^([sic]) before you can figure out what the hell they are telling you? ¶ NNTR. It's obviously rhetorical.

2001 April 17, hank alrich, “Re: The ballad of 'Amook-32'...was: Neumann M 149, Lawson L251 or Manley Ref. Cardioid??”, in rec.audio.pro (Usenet):

(Internet slang) Initialism of no need to reply.


四腳朝天

ㄙˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄢ

сыцзяочаотянь

/sz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

/sei̯³³ kœːk̚³ t͡sʰiːu̯²¹ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

/sei̯³³ kœːk̚³ t͡sʰiːu̯²¹ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

to fall flat on one's back, with one's limbs in the air


煠吓煠吓

熠吓熠吓
烚吓烚吓
拾吓拾吓
霎吓霎吓

/saːp̚² haː¹³ saːp̚² haː¹³/

/saːp̚² haː¹³ saːp̚² haː¹³/

Quit just spacing out and give me a hand.

nei⁵ mai¹ saap⁶ haa⁵ saap⁶ haa⁵ gam², faai³ di¹ gwo³ lai⁴ bong¹ sau² laa¹.

你咪煠吓煠吓噉，快啲過嚟幫手啦。

你咪煠吓煠吓噉，快啲过嚟帮手啦。

(Cantonese, colloquial) to look foolish, daft; to be thick-headed, to space out, to be inattentive to the situation


有數得計

/jɐu̯¹³ sou̯³³ tɐk̚⁵ kɐi̯³³/

/jɐu̯¹³ sou̯³³ tɐk̚⁵ kɐi̯³³/


煮到埋嚟就食

/t͡syː³⁵ tou̯³³ maːi̯²¹ lei̯²¹ t͡sɐu̯²² sɪk̚²/

(Cantonese) to accept whatever is available


idir cleith agus ursain

Idir cleith is ursain d'imigh sé

He escaped by the skin of his teeth/by a hair’s breadth.

by the skin of one's teeth
by the skin of one's teeth

by the skin of one's teeth, by a hair's breadth


禾稈冚珍珠

/wɔː²¹ kɔːn³⁵ kʰɐm³⁵ t͡sɐn⁵⁵ t͡syː⁵⁵/

/wɔː²¹ kɔːn³⁵ kʰɐm³⁵ t͡sɐn⁵⁵ t͡syː⁵⁵/

(Cantonese) to hide something of high value (especially of a person's appearance) with something ordinary


一槍斃敵

ㄧ ㄑㄧㄤ ㄅㄧˋ ㄉㄧˊ

/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ pi⁵¹ ti³⁵/

/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ pi⁵¹ ti³⁵/

to shoot down the enemy with a single gunshot


nj zp jwt ḫt nb jm

nj zp (“never”) + jwt (subjunctive of jwj (“to come”)) + ḫt (“thing”) + nb (“any”) + jm (“in, from”) + (.j) (first-person singular suffix pronoun), thus literally ‘never did any thing come from me’.

af

subjunctive of <i class="Latn mention" lang="egy">jwj</i> (“to come”)

a common formulaic protestation of goodness in tomb autobiographies: nothing bad ever happened because of me, no fault was ever found with me


YWNBAW

Joker(2019) is about killing people you don't like and yes you're supposed to idolize him. Also it's about how YWNBAW. Fuck you.

2021 December 27, RiverPoisoner, Twitter:

Youre^([sic]) right, how could ANY lesbian (or straight man for that matter) resist THIS perfect specimen of the feminine form? YWNBAW.

I got a "YWNBAW" comment over talking about being tall…If you think all women are short, I suggest your harddrives to be checked.

2023 October 14, BelleNekoKiss, Twitter:

(Internet slang, derogatory, offensive) Initialism of you will never be a woman (used to insult, or convey disapproval of, trans women).


YWNBARW

Acronym of you will never be a real woman.

acronym

Estrogen isnt a magic potion that legitimizes your perverted fantasy version of reality. YWNBARW

3,000 of y'all are out-and-beyond transphobic and out-and-beyond proud! Thank you for the milestone, and remember. YWNBARW. 🎉

Alternative form of YWNBAW (“you will never be a woman”).


и тъй нататък

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и тъ́й ната́тък

и тъ́й ната́тък • (i tǎ́j natátǎk)

и тъ́й ната́тък (canonical)
i tǎ́j natátǎk (romanization)

и така́ ната́тък
и така нататък#Bulgarian

Alternative form of и така́ ната́тък (i taká natátǎk)


и така нататък

и така́ ната́тък

и така́ ната́тък • (i taká natátǎk)

и така́ ната́тък (canonical)
i taká natátǎk (romanization)

(idiomatic) and so forth, and so on, et cetera


и т.н.

[ˈi ˈtɤ ˈnɤ]

Abbreviation of и така́ ната́тък (i taká natátǎk) or и тъ́й ната́тък (i tǎ́j natátǎk). Compare Macedonian итн. (itn.).

abbrev

и така́ ната́тък


拉牛上樹

/laːi̯⁵⁵ ŋɐu̯²¹ sœːŋ¹³ syː²²/

/laːi̯⁵⁵ ŋɐu̯²¹ sœːŋ¹³ syː²²/

(Cantonese) to attempt to do something in vain


đụ mẹ

[ʔɗu˧˨ʔ mɛ˧˨ʔ]

[ʔɗʊw˨˩ʔ mɛ˨˩ʔ]

[ʔɗʊw˨˩˨ mɛ˨˩˨]


判若兩人

ㄆㄢˋ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄖㄣˊ

паньжолянжэнь

/pʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/

/pʰuːn³³ jœːk̚² lœːŋ¹³ jɐn²¹/

/pʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/

/pʰuːn³³ jœːk̚² lœːŋ¹³ jɐn²¹/

(of behavior) to be like a different person


how you say

Wine Merchant: “What do you think of the sample, Monsieur; fifteen years in bottle, hey, hey?”—Frenchman: “How you say, Sare, fifteen years in bottle; how that it possceble, when instanement that I pop out the cork, out comes one large fly. […]

1827 April 17, “Mr. Mathews at Home; or, Home Circuit and Cockney Gleanings”, in The Kaleidoscope; or, Literary and Scientific Mirror, volume 7, number 355, Liverpool: E. Smith & Co., page 339:

“I come to thees country to make new life. Rico, he tells me I can do good here. Signor Mosko, I pay him the monies, he weel arrange. Ees no good. I am—how you say?—without help. […]

1950 May, Robert Bloch, “Tell Your Fortune”, in Dorothy McIlwraith, editor, Weird Tales, volume 42, number 4, New York, page 10:

I am a safe installer here to install-a da safe. So just a-point to where the guacamole money is, and I'll-a install-a the safe-a in da, how you say, a-place?

2017 January 12, Andrew Law, “What's My Motivation” (11:30 from the start), in The Good Place, season 1, episode 11 (television production), spoken by Pillboi (Eugene Cordero), via NBC:

(nonstandard) Used as a filled pause to imitate a stereotypical non-native English speaker: how do you say it? What is the expression?


蚹蛤蟈蜻

/fuː²¹ hɐp̚² kʷɔːk̚³ t͡sʰɪŋ²¹/

/fuː²² kaːp̚³ kʷɔːk̚³ t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵/

/fuː²¹ hɐp̚² kʷɔːk̚³ t͡sʰɪŋ²¹/

/fuː²² kaːp̚³ kʷɔːk̚³ t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵/

Graphical alteration of 符合國情／符合国情 (fu⁴ hap⁶ gwok³ cing⁴, “conforming to national conditions”) by adding the derogatory radical 虫 (“insect”) to each character.

(Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, derogatory) the ridiculous thing that occurred is unsurprising as it matches the norm in mainland China


is caomh le

/ɪs̪ ˈkʰɯː le/

Is caomh leam teatha.


dhòmhsa dheth

as far as I'm concerned
as far as I'm concerned


Dyos mabalos

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Dyós mabalós (Basahan spelling ᜇ᜔ᜌᜓᜐ᜔ ᜋᜊᜎᜓᜐ᜔)

Diyos mabalos
Diyos mabalos#Bikol_Central


ada udang di sebalik batu

Indonesian: ada udang di balik batu

(figurative, idiomatic) There is a concealed ulterior motive in someone’s actions.


ninjas cutting onions

Stupid invisible ninjas cutting onions while I'm watching Toy Story 3.

I felt tears in my eyes as I started to relax. Didn't that always happen? It was like if you slowed down, your emotions could catch up with you. ¶ “Upset?” Jacob asked, without taking his eyes off the road. ¶ “Ninjas cutting onions,” I replied, trying to make the light of it.

2018, Emery C. Walters, A Broken Cup, JMS Books LLC, →ISBN, page unknown:

(slang, humorous) A lighthearted excuse for why one is crying.


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com amigos assim, quem precisa de inimigos?

with friends like these who needs enemies


cuál es su nombre

cuál (“what”) + es (“is”) + su (“your”) + nombre (“name”).


el remedio es peor que la enfermedad

es peor el remedio que la enfermedad#Spanish

Alternative form of es peor el remedio que la enfermedad


quem diria

/ˈkẽj̃ d͡ʒiˈɾi.ɐ/

[ˈkẽɪ̯̃ d͡ʒiˈɾi.ɐ]

/ˈkẽj̃ d͡ʒiˈɾi.ɐ/

[ˈkẽɪ̯̃ d͡ʒiˈɾi.ɐ]

[ˈkẽɪ̯̃ d͡ʒiˈɾi.a]

who would have thought it
who would have thought it


搵朝唔得晚

to earn for the morning and not the night

/wɐn³⁵ t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ m̩²¹ tɐk̚⁵ maːn¹³/

/wɐn³⁵ t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ m̩²¹ tɐk̚⁵ maːn¹³/

(Cantonese) to be making too little money for one's living


精挑細選

ㄐㄧㄥ ㄊㄧㄠ ㄒㄧˋ ㄒㄩㄢˇ

цзинтяосисюань

/t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ tʰiːu̯⁵⁵ sɐi̯³³ syːn³⁵/

/t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ tʰiːu̯⁵⁵ sɐi̯³³ syːn³⁵/


omds

Omds!!! Happy birthday to my best bud. The BEST thing I've ever purchased in my life.

2020 December 30, @Nalliekah, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-10-23:

Omds the algorithm is acc so broken. I follow a bunch of tags and people I like, only for little to none of them showing up on my fyp.

2022 January 3, u/fizzfizzle, “Why is the graphic design tag on tiktok full of unrelated things?”, in Reddit, r/graphic_design, archived from the original on 2023-10-23:

I am so in love with her outfit omds

2022 November 23, u/Accomplished_Sock96, “Custom clown abbey”, in Reddit, r/MonsterHigh, archived from the original on 2023-10-23:

Omds he went flying😭😭😭😭😭

2023 October 16, @Bk8iP3, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-10-23:

Just looked at tomorrows UCL fixtures and omds the competition is well and truly washed

2023 October 23, @KD1892, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-10-23:

(text messaging) Initialism of oh my days.


क्या तुम मुझसे शादी करोगी

hi-phrase

क्या तुम मुझसे शादी करोगी?

کیا تم مجھ سے شادی کرو گی

क्या तुम मुझसे शादी करोगी? • (kyā tum mujhse śādī karogī?) (Urdu spelling کیا تم مجھ سے شادی کرو گی)

kyā tum mujhse śādī karogī? (romanization)
کیا تم مجھ سے شادی کرو گی (Urdu)

/kjɑː t̪ʊm mʊd͡ʒʱ.seː ʃɑː.d̪iː kə.ɾoː.ɡiː/

[kjäː‿t̪ʊ̃m‿mʊd͡ʒʱ.seː‿ʃäː.d̪iː‿kɐ.ɾoː.ɡiː]

en-क्या_तुम_मुझसे_शादी_करोगी-hi-phrase-2wuKcAKa


生離死別

ㄕㄥ ㄌㄧˊ ㄙˇ ㄅㄧㄝˊ

/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ li³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pi̯ɛ³⁵/

/sɐŋ⁵⁵ lei̯²¹ sei̯³⁵ piːt̚²/

/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ li³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pi̯ɛ³⁵/

/sɐŋ⁵⁵ lei̯²¹ sei̯³⁵ piːt̚²/


das rite

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling

(African-American Vernacular, Internet slang) Pronunciation spelling of that's right, representing African-American Vernacular English.


FDT

[Pitt] pairs [the upside-down American flag dipped in black ink] with a white surrender flag with the message “FDT” [.]

2017 January 18, Shelia Regan, “13 Artists Design Flags for the Age of Trump (with Plans to Burn Them Later)”, in Hyperallergic, archived from the original on 2023-03-21:

(US politics) Initialism of fuck Donald Trump.


time forgot

Possibly originated by the 1918 novel The Land That Time Forgot, set in a secret island inhabited by dinosaurs.

"Jee-zus!" Bobbie said, ramming her car viciously up Short Ridge Hill. "Something fishy is going on here! We're in the Town That Time Forgot!"

1972, Ira Levin, The Stepford Wives, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 28:

That might have something to do with the fact [Andrew] Scheer is offering, as it stands, the policy platform that time forgot: concerns about deficit financing and the mortgaging of our children's future; all taxes, including the carbon tax, are bad and strangle the wealth creators that generate prosperity for all Canadians; government desperately needs to cut red tape and regulation to allow entrepreneurs to create jobs; Ottawa must support freer trade policies with a Canada-first mentality.

2018 March 19, Dan Lett, “Reviews underwhelming for federal conservative leader's coast-to-coast performance”, in Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, M.B.: FP Canadian Newspapers Limited Partnership, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-10-26:

behind the times
behind the times#Prepositional phrase

Isolated from the outside world and far behind the times; extremely outdated or archaic.

It's a game that favors strategy over strength, quickness over endurance, net play over ground strokes—the tennis that time forgot.

2009 August 24, Burkhard Bilger, “Perfect Match”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-27:

It's the plan that time forgot: remember the national plan for music education, the government's scheduled response to the Henley review of music education? Don't worry, you're forgiven if you don't.

2011 October 4, Tom Service, “Sound of silence: the music education plan that time forgot”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-02-03:

During the ensuing conflict the original timeline was restored, but some Tick-Tocks survived, remnants of a time that time itself forgot.

2012, Andy Gavin, Untimed, Pacific Palisades, C.A.: Mascherato Publishing, →ISBN, page 255:

I loved snooping through rows and rows of DVDs, finding strange and obscure movies time forgot.

2013 November 6, Connor Simpson, “Blockbuster Is Dead. Long Live the Video Store”, in The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-07-23:

He's in love with the statue in a marble block / He's in love with the girl that time forgot

2015 March 16, Hellburg (lyrics and music), “The Girl (feat. Cozi Zuehlsdorff)”performed by Cozi Zuehlsdorff, Monstercat:


gaya-gaya puto maya

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gaya-gaya puto maya (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜌᜄᜌ ᜉᜓᜆᜓ ᜋᜌ)

ᜄᜌᜄᜌ ᜉᜓᜆᜓ ᜋᜌ (Baybayin)

taunt used to mock someone who has copied or is trying to copy someone else


var dokk

(folklore) a phrase said to the legendary subterranean people, when something which may harm them (e.g. a stone or boiling water), is going to be thrown on the ground


FBPE

Initialism of follow back, pro-European Union.


that's about the size of it

Emp. […] And p’r’aps you really think to win the prize of it.
Dan. To use a strong expression, that’s the size of it.

1848 (first performed), Robert Barnabas Brough, William Brough, Camaralzaman and Badoura; or, the Peri Who Loved the Prince: An Extravagant Arabian Night's Entertainment (play; pamphlet), London: National Acting Drama Office; Nassau Steam Press, →OCLC, act II, scene i, page 26:

This is “about the size of it” as they say in California: […]

1874 January 5, “Sundry humbugs”, in American Agriculturalist, volume 33, number 1, New York, →OCLC, page 6:

‘The different-coloured balls are the different lies I tell – eh?’ ‘That’s about the size of it.’

1937, Agatha Christie, Dumb Witness, London: Collins Crime Club, published 1969, Pan Books, →OCLC, page 143:

“Here’s-your-hat-what’s-your-hurry, seems about the size of it.”

1977, Joan Didion, A Book of Common Prayer, New York: Simon & Schuster, →OCLC, page 235:

You’re also thinking it’s about time you grabbed your cell phone and called for the men in the white coats. That about the size of it, buddy?

2011, Stephen King, 11/22/63, New York: Scribner, →OCLC, page 23:

(idiomatic, colloquial) That is the situation; that is how it is.


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How long does a trend have to languish before Hollywood seizes it as its own fresh discovery? Since before recorded history, if the hairstyle known as the mullet — business in the front, party in the back — is any indication.

2001, Los Angeles Magazine, volume 46, number 4, page 24:

MULLET / Now this is what we call “business in the front, party in the back”! A male haircut derived from the 1980s female-oriented bi-level […]

2005, David Mansour, From Abba to Zoom, page 326:

(humorous) Describing the mullet hairstyle.


旺丁不旺財

ㄨㄤˋ ㄉㄧㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄤˋ ㄘㄞˊ

вандинбуванцай

/wɑŋ⁵¹ tiŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ wɑŋ⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/

/wɔːŋ²² tɪŋ⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ wɔːŋ²² t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/

/wɑŋ⁵¹ tiŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ wɑŋ⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/

/wɔːŋ²² tɪŋ⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ wɔːŋ²² t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/

Calque of Cantonese 旺丁唔旺財／旺丁唔旺财 (wong⁶ ding¹ m⁴ wong⁶ coi⁴).

cal

(Hong Kong, of businesses) to be popular with people visiting but not sales


活龍活現

ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

/xu̯ɔ³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵ xu̯ɔ³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/wuːt̚² lʊŋ²¹ wuːt̚² jiːn²²/

/xu̯ɔ³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵ xu̯ɔ³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/wuːt̚² lʊŋ²¹ wuːt̚² jiːn²²/


活靈活現

ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

/xu̯ɔ³⁵ liŋ³⁵ xu̯ɔ³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/wuːt̚² lɪŋ²¹ wuːt̚² jiːn²²/

/xu̯ɔ³⁵ liŋ³⁵ xu̯ɔ³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/wuːt̚² lɪŋ²¹ wuːt̚² jiːn²²/


MEGO

Alternative form of mego (“my eyes glaze over”)


悠然自得

ㄧㄡ ㄖㄢˊ ㄗˋ ㄉㄜˊ

/joʊ̯⁵⁵ ʐän³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ tɤ³⁵/

/jɐu̯²¹ jiːn²¹ t͡siː²² tɐk̚⁵/

/joʊ̯⁵⁵ ʐän³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ tɤ³⁵/

/jɐu̯²¹ jiːn²¹ t͡siː²² tɐk̚⁵/

From the Book of Jin (《s:zh:晉書·苻堅載記·附王猛》)

lang

(《zh:晉書·苻堅載記·附王猛》)

(《s:zh:晉書·苻堅載記·附王猛》)

Zì bù cān qí shén qì, lüè bù yǔ jiāotōng, shìyǐ fú huá zhī shì xián qīng ér xiào zhī. Měng yōuránzìdé, bù yǐ xiè huái.

自不參其神契，略不與交通，是以浮華之士咸輕而笑之。猛悠然自得，不以屑懷。

自不参其神契，略不与交通，是以浮华之士咸轻而笑之。猛悠然自得，不以屑怀。

Your leisure and contentment makes me completely helpless

你的悠然自得我卻束手無策

你的悠然自得我却束手无策


from the river to the sea

Calque of Arabic مِنَ ٱلنَّهْرِ إِلَى ٱلْبَحْرِ (mina n-nahri ʔilā l-baḥri, “from the [Jordan] river to the [Mediterranean] sea”), popularised among Palestinians by the Palestine Liberation Organization, from Hebrew בין הים לירדן (“between the [Mediterranean] sea and the Jordan [river]”); as seen in the 1977 platform of the right-wing Zionist Likud party; both referring to the geography of Palestine.

calque

مِنَ ٱلنَّهْرِ إِلَى ٱلْبَحْرِ

from the 􂀿Jordan􂁀 river to the 􂀿Mediterranean􂁀 sea

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בין הים לירדן

between the 􂀿Mediterranean􂁀 sea and the Jordan 􂀿river􂁀

The way out [of this cycle of violence] remains the same: a change of regime in Israel that brings equal rights for everyone from the river to the sea[.]

2023 November 5, Ilan Pappe, “Why Israel wants to erase context and history in the war on Gaza”, in Al-Jazeera, archived from the original on 2023-11-05:

We demand your emancipation
From the river to the sea!
We stand with your emancipation;
Your people will be free!

2023, Seth Staton Watkins (lyrics and music), “Oh Palestine, Oh Palestine”:

from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free

(politics) A slogan expressing support for Palestinian self-determination.

From the river to the sea
Likud
Palestine Liberation Organization


aż dziw bierze

(idiomatic) it is a wonder (it is surprising)


dziw bierze

(idiomatic) Alternative form of aż dziw bierze


cómo se llama

rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines


hay is for horses and cows

hay is for horses
hay is for horses#English

(rare) Alternative form of hay is for horses


לשנה טובה ומתוקה

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לְשָׁנָה טוֹבָה וּמְתוּקָה

לְשָׁנָה טוֹבָה וּמְתוּקָה • (l'shaná tová um'tuká)

he-phrase

לְשָׁנָה טוֹבָה וּמְתוּקָה

לְשָׁנָה טוֹבָה וּמְתוּקָה (canonical)
l'shaná tová um'tuká (romanization)

to a good and sweet New Year (traditional greeting around Rosh Hashanah)


係真唔係

/hɐi̯²² t͡sɐn⁵⁵ m̩²¹ hɐi̯²²/

/hɐi̯²² t͡sɐn⁵⁵ m̩²¹ hɐi̯²²/

mei⁵ ngan⁴ hong⁴ ngai⁴ gei¹ mei⁶ gaai² daai⁶ hong⁴⁻² jing⁴ ciu¹ ngau⁴, hai⁶ zan¹ m⁴ hai⁶?

美銀行危機未解大行仍超牛 係真唔係？

美银行危机未解大行仍超牛 系真唔系？


het gaat

Literally, “it goes”; compare Sranan Tongo a e go, French ça va.

hoe gaat het met u
hoe gaat het met u#Dutch

hoe gaat het met je
hoe gaat het met je#Dutch

(Suriname) A conventional response to hoe gaat het met u (“how do you do”) or hoe gaat het met je (“how are you”), indicating that one is well; I'm fine, I'm doing well

(Netherlands) An unconventional response to hoe gaat het met u (“how do you do”) or hoe gaat het met je (“how are you”); I've been better, I'm so-so


美其名

ㄇㄟˇ ㄑㄧˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ miŋ³⁵/

/mei̯¹³ kʰei̯²¹ mɪŋ²¹/

/bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki²⁴⁻²² miã²⁴/

/bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ki²⁴⁻²² miã²⁴/

/bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki¹³⁻²² miã¹³/

/bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki²⁴⁻¹¹ miã²⁴/

/bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ki²³⁻³³ miã²³/

/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ miŋ³⁵/

/mei̯¹³ kʰei̯²¹ mɪŋ²¹/

/bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki²⁴⁻²² miã²⁴/

/bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ki²⁴⁻²² miã²⁴/

/bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki¹³⁻²² miã¹³/

/bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki²⁴⁻¹¹ miã²⁴/

/bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ki²³⁻³³ miã²³/


f/8 and be there

f/8 refers to an f-number of 8, which is considered a general-purpose aperture for all situations. Often attributed to street photographer Arthur Fellig; however, the origins of this saying are disputed.

in the right place at the right time
in the right place at the right time

(photography) Instead of focusing excessively on photographic technique, it is more important to be in the right place at the right time.


不在此限

ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄘˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

bù zài cǐ xiàn [Phonetic:bú zài cǐ xiàn]

бу цзай цы сянь

/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/

(formal) [be] not subject to this; [be] considered an exception


非請勿進

ㄈㄟ ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ

фэйцинъуцзинь

/feɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ u⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin⁵¹/

/fei̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɪŋ³⁵ mɐt̚² t͡sɵn³³/

/feɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ u⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin⁵¹/

/fei̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɪŋ³⁵ mɐt̚² t͡sɵn³³/


ištu pê adi ḫurāsim

𒁍𒋗𒌑𒊭 𒉿𒅈𒅗𒍝 𒅖𒌅 𒁉𒂊 𒀀𒁲 𒆬𒄀
[būšūša warkassa ištu pê adi ḫurāsim]
bu-šu-u₂-ša wa-ar-ka-sa₃ iš-tu pe₂-e a-di KUG.GI
All her possession, what she leaves behind.


أضعف الإيمان

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أَضْعَف الإِيمَان

أَضْعَف الإِيمَان • (ʔaḍʕaf al-ʔīmān)

أَضْعَف الإِيمَان (canonical)
ʔaḍʕaf al-ʔīmān (romanization)

Extended from a hadith (Islamic tradition).


d.s.

Abbreviation of det samme (“unchanged”, literally “the same”).


ibr

I’m not talkin about attackin threat lol the question was skillful and ibr, Marcelo skill wise, could do more

(Internet slang, text messaging, chiefly UK) Initialism of I'll be real.


NBGAF

I'm going out on a limb here, but I'd guess the spiritualquest post was tongue in cheek ¶ if not ... NBGAF

2004 December 12, Brian Belliveau, “contradiction?”, in misc.transport.trucking (Usenet):

As a US federal employee on a maxiflex schedule (ie, you work 80hrs within 2 weeks and nbgaf about how those hours are broken up), this type of schedule is super common. Highly recommend.

2022 December 2, u/deez_tits, “The idea of a 4-day work week (10 hours a day) have been gaining popularity, what are your thoughts on changing the work environment?”, in Reddit, r/AskReddit, archived from the original on 2023-11-03:

The truth is NBGAF about your CV if you aren't currently employed in this country. It is challenging even to get an interview unless you are a techie with solid credentials. Only techies doing high-quality work can quit jobs and find one within a week here or elsewhere.

2023 May 15, u/startuphameed, “Sincere advice for those unhappy at their current jobs and deciding to make a move.”, in Reddit, r/dubai, archived from the original on 2023-11-03:

the way nbgaf is killing me

2023 October 26, @1989NICKITV, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-11-03:

This sounds cheap but it honestly makes sense nbgaf abt cable tv anymore

2023 November 2, @NlKESCTRL, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-11-03:

(Internet slang, text messaging, vulgar) Initialism of nobody gives a fuck.


YKTV

YKTV

2019 January 26, @eIonmusk_69, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-11-03:

YKTV. Moms and Auntie went crazy

2020 November 26, @Swagg, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-11-03:

Like mother like daughter yktv lol

2021 April 4, u/ChubbyRiceBunny, “I swear she's always pregnant”, in Reddit, r/PlantedTank, archived from the original on 2023-11-03:

Well yktv play one for me bro lmfaoo

2022 December 20, u/Eastcoastbvby, “Finally Got My Backbone (Android)”, in Reddit, r/Backbone, archived from the original on 2023-11-03:

(Internet slang) Initialism of you know the vibe(s).


fuck this for a lark

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

(vulgar) Alternative form of sod this for a game of soldiers


ꦲꦸꦁꦒꦃꦲꦸꦁꦒꦸꦃ

Compound of ꦲꦸꦁꦒꦃ (unggah, “up, go up, or climb up”) + ꦲꦸꦁꦒꦸꦃ (ungguh, “appropriate”).


kuinka hurisee

how's it going? how you doing? what's cracking? what's popping?


mimma šumšu

𒀭𒌓 𒁀𒌒 𒅗𒀠 𒈪𒅎𒈠 𒋗𒌝𒋗
[Šamaš bar kal mimma šumšu]
ᵈUTU ba-ar₂ ka-al mi-im-ma šu-um-šu
Shamash, who sees everything.


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from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free

from the river to the sea
from the river to the sea#English


mi casa es vuestra casa

Literally, “my house is your (pl.) house”.

lit

make yourselves at home
make yourselves at home

(informal, to multiple people) make yourselves at home


裝痟的

(Hokkien) to feign madness; to make a fool of someone


psy dupami szczekają

Literally, “dogs bark with [their] asses”.

(colloquial, humorous, idiomatic, vulgar) this place is the boonies; Bumfuck; middle of nowhere


莊孝維

ㄓㄨㄤ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄨㄟˊ

Чжуан Сяовэй

/ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵/

This way of writing is making the phrase resembling a person's name. The use of the character 莊／庄 (zhuāng) is influenced by Hokkien.

(Taiwan, slang) Alternative form of 裝痟的／装痟的


have a nice life

(US). Said by one person to another, signaling that their relationship is irreparably damaged to the extent that the speaker no longer wants to be involved with the recipient for the foreseeable future.


噏三噏四

/ŋɐp̚⁵ saːm⁵⁵ ŋɐp̚⁵ sei̯³³/

/ŋɐp̚⁵ saːm⁵⁵ ŋɐp̚⁵ sei̯³³/

(Cantonese) to chatter away; to gossip; to talk nonsense


trup ściele się gęsto

/trup ˈɕt͡ɕɛ.lɛ ɕɛ ˈɡɛw̃s.tɔ/

(idiomatic, literary) many people are being killed

(colloquial, idiomatic, soccer) players are fouling left and right


ett och annat

ett (“one (thing)”) + och (“and”) + annat (“other things”)

af

Som bilmekaniker med trettio års erfarenhet vet han ett och annat om bilar

As an auto mechanic with thirty years of experience, he knows a thing or two about cars


飲食起居

ㄧㄣˇ ㄕˊ ㄑㄧˇ ㄐㄩ

/in²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/

/in²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/


służba nie drużba

business before pleasure
business before pleasure

(idiomatic) business before pleasure; service duties are more urgent and important than other matters (usually used as a justification for why someone gives up more enjoyable activities in favor of their duties)


kończ waść, wstydu oszczędź

/kɔɲt͡ʂ faɕt͡ɕˌ ˈfstɘ.du ˈɔʂ.t͡ʂɛɲt͡ɕ/

Literally, “cut it out, save [me the] embarrassment”. From Henryk Sienkiewicz's historical novel The Deluge.

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Dla premiera Morawieckiego mam tylko jedną radę: „kończ waść, wstydu oszczędź” – stwierdził na konferencji prasowej w ratuszu prezydent Warszawy.

2023 November 7, Aleksander Sławiński, “Rafał Trzaskowski o decyzji Andrzeja Dudy w sprawie nowego rządu: „Premier na pewno będzie nasz””, in wyborcza.pl, archived from the original on 2023-11-10:

I have only one piece of advice for Prime Minister Morawiecki: “cut it out, save yourself from shame,” said the mayor of Warsaw at the press conference at City Hall.

(idiomatic) used to ask someone to spare the speaker the embarrassment and end the humiliation, even at the cost of ultimate defeat


KAGOY

Acronym of kids are getting older younger (“children are exposed to adult ideas, consumer products, etc. at an increasingly early age”).


日思夜想

ㄖˋ ㄙ ㄧㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ

/ʐ̩⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵ jɛ⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jɐt̚² siː⁵⁵ jɛː²² sœːŋ³⁵/

/ʐ̩⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵ jɛ⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jɐt̚² siː⁵⁵ jɛː²² sœːŋ³⁵/

(Can we date this quote?), 朱英俊 (lyrics and music), “返家乡”performed by 明枫:

The land of my hometown, I long for it day and night

家乡嘅土地我日思夜想

家鄉嘅土地我日思夜想


Hamburgevons

(typography) A word of no meaning but containing all essential forms of the Latin alphabet, used for assessing the design and appearance of a typeface.


六月飛霜

ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄩㄝˋ ㄈㄟ ㄕㄨㄤ

/li̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛ⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/lʊk̚² jyːt̚² fei̯⁵⁵ sœːŋ⁵⁵/

/li̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛ⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/lʊk̚² jyːt̚² fei̯⁵⁵ sœːŋ⁵⁵/

From a legend related to Zou Yan, which was believed to be from Huainanzi:
:
Later popularized through the play The Injustice to Dou E in Yuan dynasty.

Zou Yan was very loyal to the King Hui of Yan, he was praised by the King's ministers. But the King imprisoned him, Zou cried his heart out. In Summer when it was the fifth month (approximately June to July in the Gregorian calendar), the Heaven snowed for him.

Xu Jian, Zhang Yue, Wei Shu; Chu Xue Ji (《初學記》), c. 7th Century

Zōu Yǎn shì Yàn Huìwáng jìnzhōng, zuǒyòu zàn zhī; wáng xì zhī, yǎngtiān ér kū. Xià wǔyuè, tiān wèi zhī xià shuāng.

鄒衍事燕惠王盡忠，左右贊之；王系之，仰天而哭。夏五月，天為之下霜。

邹衍事燕惠王尽忠，左右赞之；王系之，仰天而哭。夏五月，天为之下霜。

snow in sixth month of the Chinese calendar (mid-Summer)

Huainanzi
King Hui of Yan
The Injustice to Dou E
Xu Jian (Tang dynasty)
Zhang Yue (Tang dynasty)
Zou Yan
zh:初學記
zh:韋述


mustar gan ghustal

delusions of grandeur
delusion of grandeur

delusions of grandeur, all show and no go


koniec tego dobrego

/ˈkɔ.ɲɛt͡s ˈtɛ.ɡɔ dɔbˈrɛ.ɡɔ/

dość tego dobrego
dość tego dobrego#Polish

(dated, idiomatic) Alternative form of dość tego dobrego


starczy tego dobrego

Literally, “enough of the good [thing]”.


dość tego dobrego

/dɔɕt͡ɕ ˈtɛ.ɡɔ dɔbˈrɛ.ɡɔ/

(dated, idiomatic) enough, stop (used to firmly express the opinion that what is being discussed has gone on too long and the speaker wants it to stop)


花多眼亂

ㄏㄨㄚ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄧㄢˇ ㄌㄨㄢˋ

хуадояньлуань

/xu̯ä⁵⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu̯än⁵¹/

/faː⁵⁵ tɔː⁵⁵ ŋaːn¹³ lyːn²²/

/xu̯ä⁵⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu̯än⁵¹/

/faː⁵⁵ tɔː⁵⁵ ŋaːn¹³ lyːn²²/

to be dazzled and bewildered by the sight of something


szału nie ma

(colloquial, idiomatic) nothing special (the thing in question is not stunning and remarkably good but simply mediocre)


choćby nie wiem co

Literally, “even if I do not know what”.

(colloquial, idiomatic) no matter what (the thing in question is happening, will happen, is being done, or will be done no matter what, regardless of any adversity)


choćby się waliło i paliło

Literally, “even if it was crashing and burning”.


choćby skały srały

(colloquial, idiomatic, vulgar) no matter what (the thing in question is happening, will happen, is being done, or will be done no matter what, regardless of any adversity)


żeby nie wiem co

/ˈʐɛ.bɘ ɲɛ vjɛm t͡sɔ/


PTZ

(photography) Initialism of pan, tilt, zoom.


wsg

I can't make this up, I said yo to this chick and she was like wsg homie 😐

2022 March 16, @dazeiwnl, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-11-10:

(text messaging) Abbreviation of what's good.


Jumala jyrissöö

[ˈjumˑɑːɫɑ ˈjyriʃːø̝ː]

Literally: "God is thundering". Most probably originally pre-Christian, referring to Ukko, the god of thunder.


от все сърце

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от все́ сърце́

от все́ сърце́ • (ot vsé sǎrcé)

от все́ сърце́ (canonical)
ot vsé sǎrcé (romanization)

Composed of от (ot, “from”) + все (vse, “whole, all”, neuter of вси (vsi)) + сърце́ (sǎrcé, “heart”), literally “from whole heart”.

affix

neuter of <i class="Cyrl mention" lang="bg">вси</i> (vsi)

with all one's heart
with all one's heart


товарищ майор

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това́рищ майо́р

това́рищ майо́р • (továrišč majór)

това́рищ майо́р (canonical)
továrišč majór (romanization)

[tɐˈvarʲɪɕː mɐˈjɵr]

Possibly from this Soviet anecdote.
Perhaps also influenced by English Big Brother.

(ironic, often collective, humorous, Internet slang) security agency agents who are allegedly spying on the population of their respective country


मुझे माफ़ कीजिए

hi-phrase

मुझे माफ़ कीजिए • (mujhe māf kījie)


मैं नहीं जानती हूँ

मैं नहीं जानती हूँ • (ma͠i nahī̃ jāntī hū̃)


家神透外鬼

the household deity disclosing things to devils outside

/ka²⁴ sɨn¹¹ tʰeu̯⁵⁵ ŋoi̯⁵⁵ ku̯i³¹/

/ka²⁴ sɨn¹¹ tʰeu̯⁵⁵ ŋoi̯⁵⁵ ku̯i³¹/

bite the hand that feeds one
bite the hand that feeds one

(Hakka) to be ungrateful; to bite the hand that feeds one


食碗內說碗外

食碗内说碗外
食碗裡說碗外

/t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ uã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lai²² se(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ uã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡua²²/

/t͡sia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² uã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lai²² sə(ʔ)⁵ uã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡua⁴¹/

/t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ uã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lai³³ sue(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ uã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡua³³/

/t͡sia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ uã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lai²² sue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ uã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡua²²/

(Hokkien) to be ungrateful; to bite the hand that feeds one


ласт суњсч

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ласт суњсч (last suňsč)


ебала жаба гадюку

еба́ла жа́ба гадю́ку

еба́ла жа́ба гадю́ку • (jebála žába gadjúku)

еба́ла жа́ба гадю́ку (canonical)
jebála žába gadjúku (romanization)

[(j)ɪˈbaɫə ˈʐabə ɡɐˈdʲukʊ]

Literally, “the frog fucked the viper”. Cognate with Ukrainian їба́ла жа́ба гадю́ку (jibála žába hadjúku).

cog

їба́ла жа́ба гадю́ку

(idiomatic, vulgar) Two unpleasant people are fighting each other.


哪能辦

If by chance they decide to demolish houses around here, what could we do?

⁷aq-la ⁸geq-taq ⁶ve-iq ⁷tshaq ⁶vaon-tsy-leq ⁶non ⁵kaon ⁶na-nen-be

阿拉搿搭萬一拆房子了儂講哪能辦？

阿拉搿搭万一拆房子了侬讲哪能办？


nakumiss

Unadapted borrowing from English miss, in combination with -na- (“present tense marker”) + -ku- (“you”).

af

2022 June 18, Samuel Maina, “"Nakumiss!" Kajala ashindwa kuvumilia upweke nyumbani baada ya Harmonize kusafiri”, in Radio Jambo:

Diddy aliendelea kwa kuandika, "Tulikuwa ni zaidi ya marafiki wa karibu, zaidi ya soul mate, tulikuwa zaidi ya ujinga mwengine, na nakumiss sana."

2018 November 19, “Diddy asema haya siku tatu baada ya kifo cha Kim”, in Muungwana:


smell a fox

Lang.: A ghost ? Where, my lord ?—I smell a fox.

Aſter the Porcupine had liſtened a while to his deceitful Arguments, he made this Reply to the enſnaring Beguiler, Methinks I ſmell a Fox, keep at a Diſtance; your eloquent Flouriſhes have made no Impreſſions upon me.

1754, Aesop's Fables: with his life, and morals and remarks. Fitted for the meanest capacities., page 24:

[…]when, hearing a little titter in the neighbouring ſchool room, he began to ſmell a fox, and dreſſing him-ſelf again, with a malignant determination of better note for the future […]

1766, The fool of quality; or, the history of Henry Earl of Moreland. By Mr. Brooke. A new edition, greatly altered and improved., page 183:

(obsolete) To be suspicious of deception.


ze świecą szukać

(idiomatic) one would have to go to great lengths in order to find the object or person in question

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ze, świeca, szukać.


in poynt to

c. 1368, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Book of the Duchess, as recorded c. 1440–1450 in Bodleian Library MS. Fairfax 16, folio 130r

Everything is equally good to me— / Joy or sorrow, however it might be— / For I feel nothing about anything, / But am like some dazed thing, / Always on the brink of falling down.

Al is ylyche goode to me / Ioy or sorowe wherso hyt be / For I haue felynge in no thynge / But as it were a mased thynge / Alway in poynt to falle a down

(with infinitive verb) on the brink of, on the verge of, about to


발이 넓다

Literally, “to have wide feet”; to be a social butterfly, to know a lot of people


οὑκ

μὰ Δί’ ἀλλ’ ἀληθῶς οὑκ Μελίτης μαστιγίας.
φέρε νυν ἐγὼ τὰ στρώματ’ αἴρωμαι ταδί.
mà Dí’ all’ alēthôs houk Melítēs mastigías.

405 BCE, Aristophanes, The Frogs 501–502, (lyric poetry)

Translation by Matthew Dillon
Oh no, you’ll be a regular whipping-boy of Melite,
Let’s go, I’ll take up the pack here.


plus de peur que de mal

One has escaped the worst; one has come out relatively unscathed from a situation, an accident, etc. which could have had dire consequences.


it's all go

It's all go around here: Jo's about to get married, and Dave has a new job.

(colloquial) Things are progressing busily; a great deal is happening.


det tål att tänkas på

Literally, "It (with)stands to be thought about." Compare "It bears thinking about."

det tål att tänka på
det tål att tänka på#Swedish

(idiomatic) Alternative form of det tål att tänka på


det tål att tänka på

Literally, "It (with)stands to think about." Compare "It bears thinking about."

(idiomatic) it is worth contemplating; it is worth thinking about, it is food for thought, etc.


FACE

(music, mnemonic) A mnemonic phrase to help remember the order of the four spaces of a musical treble clef in order from the bottom to the top.


EGBDF

every good boy deserves fudge
every good boy deserves fudge#English

Initialism of every good boy deserves fudge.


если не секрет

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е́сли не секре́т

е́сли не секре́т • (jésli ne sekrét)

е́сли не секре́т (canonical)
jésli ne sekrét (romanization)

[ˌjes⁽ʲ⁾lʲɪ nʲɪ‿sʲɪˈkrʲet]

Где ты рабо́таешь, е́сли не секре́т?

Where do you work, if you don't mind me asking?

if you don't mind me asking, if you don't mind my asking, if I may ask


what can you do

Near-synonym: what can I say

I bend my head over the paper, screw up my eyes, trying to read what it says, but it's no use, I can hardly see to read now, the print's so small that I can't read much except the headlines. Oh, well, what can you do?

2017, Carl Frode Tiller, Encircling: Book 2:

rhetorical question
rhetorical question#English

A rhetorical question expressing that an undesirable situation is inevitable.


твоя взяла

твоя́ взяла́

твоя́ взяла́ • (tvojá vzjalá)

твоя́ взяла́ (canonical)
tvojá vzjalá (romanization)

Literally, “your (side) took (the win, victory)”.

lit

(colloquial) you win (said in recognition of defeat upon realising another person has the upper hand in something)


work it

I like the way you work it / no diggity / I got to bag it up

Those shorts with that top! Yeah, girl, you're really workin it now!

He slowly peeled his jacket from his muscular shoulders. […] "Work it, baby," Antonia muttered.

2011, Megan Hussey, Vampire Nights, page 7:

(colloquial, often imperative) An approving description or a cry of encouragement to someone whose behavior is titillating, such as someone aiming to dress sexily or someone performing in erotic dancing or stripping.

Everyone on the crew is good with a trowel, but damn that guy is really workin it today.

(colloquial) An approving description of anyone demonstrating skilful use of anything.


every good boy deserves fun

Alternative form of every good boy deserves fudge


every good boy does fine

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for your eyes only

Only intended to be seen by an authorized individual or group; strictly confidential.


Asian don't raisin

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Asian don't raisin.wav

A reference to the wrinkly texture of raisins; modelled on earlier black don't crack.

Coordinate term: black don't crack

And for a bit of levity, "Asian don't raisin," so, like vampires, we don't age.

2022, Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Meg Elison, Uncanny Magazine Issue 45: March/April 2022, page 122:

Jackson pauses a moment, then he laughs. He's figured it out. Raisins are wrinkled. Old people are wrinkled. "Asian don't raisin," he says. He likes the incorrect grammar of the sentence.

2023, Karin Lin-Greenberg, You Are Here:

(colloquial) People of Asian descent show fewer physical signs of ageing.


без задних ног

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без за́дних ног

без за́дних ног • (bez zádnix nog)

без за́дних ног (canonical)
bez zádnix nog (romanization)

Я без за́дних ног. ― Ja bez zádnix nog. ― I'm exhausted.

Он спит/дры́хнет без за́дних ног

(colloquial, with verbs related to sleeping) soundly, like a log, (out) like a light

Не пришё́л то́же и то́лстый подполко́вник (в су́щности, отставно́й штабс-капита́н), но оказа́лось, что он «без за́дних ног» ещё́ со вчера́шнего утра́.

1866, Фёдор Достоевский [Fyodor Dostoevsky], “Часть V, Глава II”, in Преступление и наказание; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Crime and Punishment, 1914:

The fat colonel-major (he was really a discharged officer of low rank) was also absent, but it appeared that he had been "not himself" for the last two days.

Ne prišól tóže i tólstyj podpolkóvnik (v súščnosti, otstavnój štabs-kapitán), no okazálosʹ, što on «bez zádnix nog» ješčó so včerášnevo utrá.

(dated, colloquial, ironic) heavily intoxicated

(dated, colloquial) helpless, bed-ridden, unable to move (due to illness or injury)


ܟܐ ܐܡܪ ܠܘܟ ܚܕ

aii-phrase

ܟܹܐ ܐܵܡܸܪ ܠܘܿܟ݂ ܚܲܕ݇

ܟܹܐ ܐܵܡܸܪ ܠܘܿܟ݂ ܚܲܕ݇ • (kē āmir lōḵ ḥa)

ܟܹܐ ܐܵܡܸܪ ܠܘܿܟ݂ ܚܲܕ݇ (canonical)
kē āmir lōḵ ḥa (romanization)

phrase used before introducing a saying or proverb


捨生忘死

ㄕㄜˇ ㄕㄥ ㄨㄤˋ ㄙˇ

/ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ wɑŋ⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ wɑŋ⁵¹ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

to risk one's life without hesitation; displaying extreme bravery and selflessness


捨死忘生

ㄕㄜˇ ㄙˇ ㄨㄤˋ ㄕㄥ

/ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ wɑŋ⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

/ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ wɑŋ⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

捨生忘死 捨生忘死#Chinese

舍生忘死 舍生忘死#Chinese

Alternative form of 捨生忘死／舍生忘死 (shěshēngwàngsǐ)


que a paz esteja com ele

Calque of Arabic عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ (ʕalayhi s-salāmu). Literally, “may the peace be with him”.

calque

عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ

"Não foi uma questão de dor. Fiz isso pelo amor ao meu profeta, que a paz esteja com ele", conta.

2019, Shumaila Jeffery, “A incrível jornada de Asia Bibi, de nove anos em solitária por blasfêmia à vida nova no Canadá”, in BBC News:

It wasn't a matter of pain. I did this out of love for my prophet, peace be upon him", he says.


枕石漱流

to use stones as pillows and streams for mouthwashing

ㄓㄣˇ ㄕˊ ㄕㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ

čžɛnʹšišulju

/ʈ͡ʂən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʂu⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʂu⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/

(figurative) to live a secluded and pure life in harmony with nature (often used to describe the lifestyle of a hermit)


mikäs siinä

Mennäänkö uimarannalle? --Mikäs siinä!


柔腸寸斷

ㄖㄡˊ ㄔㄤˊ ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄢˋ

жоучанцуньдуань

/ʐoʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ t͡sʰu̯ən⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu̯än⁵¹/

/jɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ t͡sʰyːn³³ tyːn²²/

/ʐoʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ t͡sʰu̯ən⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu̯än⁵¹/

/jɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ t͡sʰyːn³³ tyːn²²/


забор покрасьте

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забо́р покра́сьте

забо́р покра́сьте • (zabór pokrásʹte)

забо́р покра́сьте (canonical)
zabór pokrásʹte (romanization)

— Здра́сте! — Забо́р покра́сьте!
— Zdráste! — Zabór pokrásʹte!

здра́сте здрасте#Russian

(low colloquial) used as a humorous rhyming response to the greeting здра́сте (zdráste)


與世隔絕

ㄩˇ ㄕˋ ㄍㄜˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ

/y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ kɤ³⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/

/jyː¹³ sɐi̯³³ kaːk̚³ t͡syːt̚²/

/y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ kɤ³⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/

/jyː¹³ sɐi̯³³ kaːk̚³ t͡syːt̚²/

to be isolated from the rest of the world


自動自覺

ㄗˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄗˋ ㄐㄧㄠˋ

цзыдунцзыцзяо

/t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/t͡siː²² tʊŋ²² t͡siː²² kɔːk̚³/

/t͡siː²² tʊŋ²² t͡siː²² kɔːk̚³/


phong ba bão táp không bằng ngữ pháp Việt Nam

[fawŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɓaː˧˧ ʔɓaːw˦ˀ˥ taːp̚˧˦ xəwŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɓaŋ˨˩ ŋɨ˦ˀ˥ faːp̚˧˦ viət̚˧˨ʔ naːm˧˧]

[fawŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɓaː˧˧ ʔɓaːw˧˨ taːp̚˦˧˥ kʰəwŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɓaŋ˦˩ ŋɨ˧˨ faːp̚˦˧˥ viək̚˨˩ʔ naːm˧˧]

[fɔŋ˧˧ ʔɓaː˧˧ ʔɓaːw˧˨ taːp̚˦˧˥ xəwŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɓaŋ˦˩ ŋɨ˧˨ faːp̚˦˧˥ viək̚˨˩ʔ naːm˧˧]

[fawŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɓaː˧˧ ʔɓaːw˨˩˦ taːp̚˦˥ kʰəwŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɓaŋ˨˩ ŋɨ˨˩˦ faːp̚˦˥ viək̚˨˩˨ naːm˧˧]

[fawŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɓaː˧˧ ʔɓaːw˨˩˦ taːp̚˦˥ xəwŋ͡m˧˧ ʔɓaŋ˨˩ ŋɨ˨˩˦ faːp̚˦˥ jiək̚˨˩˨ naːm˧˧]

Literally "storms cannot be compared to the Vietnamese grammar".

Vietnamese grammar is very hard to learn.


annyi baj legyen

[ˈɒɲːi ˌbɒjlɛɟɛn]

Literally, “There should be that much trouble”, or more loosely translated as “this [much] should be all the problem we have”.

m-g

this 􂀿much􂁀 should be all the problem we have

lit

(idiomatic) never mind, it doesn't matter, no worries


job's a good'un

job's a good 'un
job's a good 'un#English


stuck in a rut

In a settled or repetitive habit or course of action, especially one without a goal or purpose.


låt höra

– Jag har en glad nyhet. – Låt höra!
– I have a piece of happy news. – Let's hear it!

Gjorde du det eller inte? Låt höra.

– Nisse har en plan. – Nisse, låt höra din plan!
– Nisse has a plan. – Nisse, let's hear your plan!

(idiomatic) let's hear (it), tell me/us (to encourage someone to reveal something)


the struggle is real

(usually sarcastic) Used when experiencing or sympathizing with a hardship.


primeiro as damas

[pɾiˈmɐj.ɾu ɐʒ ˈðɐ.mɐʃ]

[pɾiˈmɐj.ɾu ɐʒ ˈðɐ.mɐʃ]

[pɾiˈme.ɾu ɐʒ ˈðɐ.mɐʃ]


по кочану

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по кочану́ • (po kočanú)

по кочану ́ (canonical)
po kočanú (romanization)

[pə‿kət͡ɕɪˈnu]

From коча́н (kočán, literally “head of cabbage”).

— Почему́? — По кочану́.
— Počemú? — Po kočanú.
— Why? — Because.

почему́ почему#Russian

Used as a humorous and dismissive rhyming response to почему́ (počemú, “why”).


num passe de mágica

Como num passe de mágica, o Atlético criou novo ânimo dentro do campo. Incentivado por sua torcida, o Galo deixou de ser um time medroso e lançou-se à procura do gol.

1985 December 20, Placar Magazine, page 6:

as if by magic (in a very surprising or seemingly impossible way)


с хуя ли

с хуя́ ли • (s xujá li)

с хуя́ ли (canonical)
s xujá li (romanization)

С хуя́ ли удаля́ть мои́ сообще́ния?

Why the fuck would you delete my messages?

С хуя́ ли мне знать?

Why the fuck would I know? / How the fuck am I supposed to know?


Shâu-òh nyîvâ kǜ jǖnòi

/ʃɑu⁵²-ɒʔ³¹.ɲɪ⁵²vɑ⁵². kə³¹.tʃə³³nɒɪ³¹/

Compound of Shâu-òh (“Nobody”) + nyîvâ (“know”) + kǜ (“by”) + jǖnòi (“nonexistent”).

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Nong tikü naih tsak nü-e, tikü naih memtsho. Shâu-òh nyîvâ kǜ jǖnòi

It could be one or the other, or both. Who knows

A rhetorical statement uttered to show that the person uttering it neither knows the answer nor knows who might.

Nyitsoh tikü nyitsoh toh, apa-oh cham nü shahkhem kütah tsiesha naih jumeikü iulova sheu nye, shau-oh nyiva kü jünoi.

Who knows? Maybe someday he'll finish writing his book and make lots of money selling it.

Shau-oh nyiva kü jünoi aleuh shi nye tü jünyi phie, nong tü nyü tha
Don't touch that – who knows where it's been?

A rhetorical statement utters to express the idea that anything is possible or that anything could happen.


風打雨淋

ㄈㄥ ㄉㄚˇ ㄩˇ ㄌㄧㄣˋ

/fɤŋ⁵⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ lin⁵¹/

/fʊŋ⁵⁵ taː³⁵ jyː¹³ lɐm²¹/

/fɤŋ⁵⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ lin⁵¹/

/fʊŋ⁵⁵ taː³⁵ jyː¹³ lɐm²¹/

風吹雨打 風吹雨打#Chinese

风吹雨打 风吹雨打#Chinese


есть такое

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есть тако́е • (jestʹ takóje)

есть тако́е (canonical)
jestʹ takóje (romanization)

Literally, “there is such a thing (as that)”.

lit

— Я, кста́ти, ненави́жу анекдо́ты. — Да, есть тако́е.
— Ja, kstáti, nenavížu anekdóty. — Da, jestʹ takóje.
— I hate story-type jokes, by the way. — Yeah, same / I agree.

— Кринж. — Есть тако́е.
— Krinž. — Jestʹ takóje.
— Cringe. — Yeah.

(slang) Used as an affirmative response; yes, yeah

есть есть#Russian

тако́е такое#Russian

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see есть (jestʹ), тако́е (takóje).


無憑無據

ㄨˊ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄨˊ ㄐㄩˋ

/u³⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵ u³⁵ t͡ɕy⁵¹/

/mou̯²¹ pʰɐŋ²¹ mou̯²¹ kɵy̯³³/

/u³⁵ pʰin² u³⁵ t͡ɕy³⁵/

/u³⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵ u³⁵ t͡ɕy⁵¹/

/mou̯²¹ pʰɐŋ²¹ mou̯²¹ kɵy̯³³/

/u³⁵ pʰin² u³⁵ t͡ɕy³⁵/


в Греции всё есть

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в Гре́ции всё есть

в Гре́ции всё есть • (v Grécii vsjo jestʹ)

в Гре́ции всё есть (canonical)
v Grécii vsjo jestʹ (romanization)

Literally, “Greece has everything”. From the film Сва́дьба (Svádʹba, “Wedding”), based on the vaudeville Сва́дьба (Svádʹba, “Wedding”) (1890) by Anton Chekhov (1860–1904): the Greek pastry chef Dymba (played by Osip Abdulov), who was invited to the wedding, answered all of the bride's father's endless and repetitive questions («А в Гре́ции есть...?» («A v Grécii jestʹ...?», “But does Greece have it...?”)) with the same phrase: «Есть, есть... В Гре́ции всё есть» («Jestʹ, jestʹ... V Grécii vsjo jestʹ», “It does, it does... Greece has everything.”)

— Ого́! Я не знал, что у вас там есть тако́й музе́й. — У нас, как в Гре́ции, есть всё.
— Ohó! Ja ne znal, što u vas tam jestʹ takój muzéj. — U nas, kak v Grécii, jestʹ vsjo.
— Wow! I didn't know you had a museum like that there. — Like Greece, we have everything.

(humorous) Used to jokingly suggest that it is no wonder something exists in a certain place, because it is a place of abundance.


ещё какой

ещё како́й • (ješčó kakój)

ещё како́й (canonical)
ješčó kakój (romanization)
ещё како́й (masculine nominative)
ещё како́е (neuter nominative)
ещё кака́я (feminine nominative)
ещё каки́е (nominative plural)
ещё како́го (genitive masculine neuter)
ещё како́й (feminine genitive)
ещё каки́х (genitive plural)
ещё како́му (dative masculine neuter)
ещё како́й (dative feminine)
ещё каки́м (dative plural)
ещё како́го (accusative animate masculine)
ещё како́е (accusative neuter)
ещё каку́ю (accusative feminine)
ещё каки́х (accusative animate plural)
ещё како́й (accusative inanimate masculine)
ещё каки́е (accusative inanimate plural)
ещё каки́м (instrumental masculine neuter)
ещё како́й (feminine instrumental)
ещё како́ю (feminine instrumental)
ещё каки́ми (instrumental plural)
ещё како́м (masculine neuter prepositional)
ещё како́й (feminine prepositional)
ещё каки́х (plural prepositional)

Во мне возни́кли си́льные чу́вства, да ещё каки́е.

Strong feelings arose in me, and what strong feelings they were!

Vo mne vozníkli sílʹnyje čúvstva, da ješčó kakíje.

(colloquial) and what (a) [something] it is! (or some other combination of pronoun + conjugated form of to be instead of 'it is') (used to express strong confirmation or emphasis of a noun mentioned)

како́й какой#Russian

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ещё (ješčó), како́й (kakój).


빛을 발하다

[pit͡ɕʰɯɭ pa̠ɾɦa̠da̠]

무인도에 표류되자 그의 낚시 실력이 빛을 발했다.

When they were stranded on a desert island, his fishing skills proved their worth.

Mu'indo-e pyoryudoeja geu-ui naksi sillyeog-i bich-eul balhaetda.

to turn out to be useful; to prove its worth


there is no replacement for displacement

(automotive, colloquial) A bigger engine is better.


turned of

Then with regard to the female sex, a girl just turned of 12 years of age, may be seduced to marry the lowest, the most infamous wretch I can name […]

1813, Cobbett's Parliamentary History of England, page 41:

(archaic) Advanced beyond (a specified age).


迢迢千里

ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄧˇ

тяотяоцяньли

/tʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʰiːu̯²¹ tʰiːu̯²¹ t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ lei̯¹³/

/tʰiau²³⁻³³ tʰiau²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁴¹/

/tʰiau²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰiau²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁵³/

/tʰiːu̯²¹ tʰiːu̯²¹ t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ lei̯¹³/

2016, “幸福乾杯”, 邱宏瀛 (lyrics), 黃秀清 (music)performed by 陳百潭 [Paitan Chen] and 鳳娘 [Elly Chang]:

iân-hūn tòe-tio̍h chhun-hong khin-khin poe, thiâu-thiâu-chhian-lí iā ē siong-hōe

緣份跟著春風輕輕飛 迢迢千里也會相會

缘份跟著春风轻轻飞 迢迢千里也会相会

千里迢迢 千里迢迢#Chinese


เชิญทานค่ะ

th-phrase

เชิญทานค่ะ • (chəən taan kâ)

/t͡ɕʰɤːn˧.tʰaːn˧.kʰaʔ˥˩/

Coordinate term: (said by a man) เชิญทานครับ (chəən taan kráp)

bon appétit!, enjoy your meal! (said by a woman)


เชิญทานครับ

เชิญทานครับ • (chəən taan kráp)

/t͡ɕʰɤːn˧.tʰaːn˧.kʰrap̚˦˥/

เชิญ (chəən) + ทาน (taan) + ครับ (kráp).

Coordinate term: (said by a woman) เชิญทานค่ะ (chəən taan kâ)

bon appétit!, enjoy your meal! (said by a man)


ทานให้อร่อยนะ

ทานให้อร่อยนะ • (taan hâi à-rɔ̀i ná)

ทาน (taan) + ให้ (hâi) + อร่อย (à-rɔ̀i) + นะ (ná).


慢慢食

/maːn²² maːn²²⁻³⁵ sɪk̚²/

/maːn²² maːn²²⁻³⁵ sɪk̚²/

(Cantonese) bon appétit; enjoy your meal

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 慢慢, 食.


ทานให้อร่อย

th-phrase

ทานให้อร่อย • (taan hâi à-rɔ̀i)

ทาน (taan) + ให้ (hâi) + อร่อย (à-rɔ̀i).


กินให้อร่อย

กินให้อร่อย • (gin hâi à-rɔ̀i)


សុរសភោជន

km-phrase

សុរសភោជន • (soraʼ sɑɑ phoocŭən)

សុរ (soraʼ) + ស (sɑɑ) + ភោជន (phoocŭən).


អញ្ជើញពិសាឲ្យបានឆ្ងាញ់

អញ្ជើញពិសាឲ្យបានឆ្ងាញ់ • (ʼɑɑʼɑñcəəñ pisaa ʼaoy baan chngañ)

ʼɑɑʼɑñcəəñ pisaa ʼaoy baan chngañ (romanization)

អញ្ជើញ (ʼɑɑʼɑñcəəñ) + ពិសា (pisaa) + ឲ្យ (ʼaoy) + បាន (baan) + ឆ្ងាញ់ (chngañ)

com

en-អញ្ជើញពិសាឲ្យបានឆ្ងាញ់-km-phrase-UJaYIdlw


пролетарь дин тоате цэриле, уници-вэ

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пролетарь дин тоате цэриле, уници-вэ (proletari din toate țările, uniți-vă)

proletari din toate țările (romanization)
uniți-vă (romanization)

proletari din toate țările, uniți-vă#Romanian

Post-1930s Cyrillic spelling of proletari din toate țările, uniți-vă.

en-пролетарь_дин_тоате_цэриле,_уници-вэ-ro-phrase-ehep8HgD


visų šalių proletarai, vienykitės

Workers of the world, unite!
workers of the world, unite


visu zemju proletārieši, savienojieties

visu zemju proletārieši, savienojieties!


барлық елдердің пролетарлары, бірігіңдер#Kazakh

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

Latin spelling of барлық елдердің пролетарлары, бірігіңдер (barlyq elderdıñ proletarlary, bırıgıñder, “workers of the world, unite!”)


بارلىق ەلدەردىڭ پرولەتارلارى, بىرىگىڭدەر • (barlyq elderdıñ proletarlary, bırıgıñder)

بارلىق ەلدەردىڭ پرولەتارلارى (canonical)
بىرىگىڭدەر (canonical)
barlyq elderdıñ proletarlary (romanization)
bırıgıñder (romanization)

بارلىق ەلدەردىڭ پرولەتارلارى، بىرىگىڭدەر

Arabic spelling of барлық елдердің пролетарлары, бірігіңдер (barlyq elderdıñ proletarlary, bırıgıñder, “workers of the world, unite!”)

en-بارلىق_ەلدەردىڭ_پرولەتارلارى،_بىرىگىڭدەر-kk-phrase-StNVhT2M


up what spring

Partial calque of Cantonese 噏乜春 (ngap¹ mat¹ ceon¹, “what the hell are you babbling about”, literally “what testicles are you babbling about”), where 春 (ceon¹) is a homograph meaning both “testicles” and “spring (season)”. By surface analysis, Cantonese up + what + spring.

surf

相反，好諷刺地，一句Grammar全對嘅句子，有時反而唔知佢Up what spring，例如日文偽文青廢Up系列：「在非洲,每隔一分鐘，就有六十秒過去⋯⋯」

2017, 港語日報 [KONGISH DAILY] (overall work in Cantonese), →ISBN:

(Hong Kong, colloquial, slightly vulgar) What the hell are you saying?


TRP

(chiefly money) Initialism of tribunicia potestate, holding the power of a tribune, with veto power.


глаз замыливается

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глаз замы́ливается

глаз замы́ливается • (glaz zamýlivajetsja)

глаз замы́ливается (canonical)
glaz zamýlivajetsja (romanization)

Е́сли мно́го смотре́ть на краси́вых де́вушек, глаз замы́ливается и ты перестаёшь цени́ть их красоту́.

If you look at beautiful girls a lot, your eyes get used to it and you stop appreciating their beauty.

Jésli mnógo smotrétʹ na krasívyx dévušek, glaz zamýlivajetsja i ty perestajóšʹ cenítʹ ix krasotú.

(colloquial) (I/you/etc.) get used to seeing something and lose perspective as a result


глаз замылился

глаз замы́лился

глаз замы́лился • (glaz zamýlilsja)

глаз замы́лился (canonical)
glaz zamýlilsja (romanization)

[ˈɡɫaz zɐˈmɨlʲɪɫs⁽ʲ⁾ə]

Я ходи́л по э́той у́лице так ча́сто, что глаз замы́лился - переста́л замеча́ть кака́я она́ необы́чная.
Ja xodíl po étoj úlice tak částo, što glaz zamýlilsja - perestál zamečátʹ kakája oná neobýčnaja.
I've walked down this street so often that my eyes have got used to it – I've stopped noticing how unusual it is.

глаз замы́ливается
глаз замыливается#Russian

(colloquial) past of глаз замы́ливается (glaz zamýlivajetsja); (I/you/etc.) have got used to seeing something and lost perspective as a result


czas nagli

(idiomatic) time is getting on (one needs to be in a big hurry, as a deadline is approaching)


รับบัตรเครดิตไหม

th-phrase

รับบัตรเครดิตไหม • (ráp bàt-kree-dìt mǎi)

รับ (ráp) + บัตรเครดิต (bàt-kree-dìt) + ไหม (mǎi).

com

do you accept credit cards
do you accept credit cards


karma wraca

what goes around comes around
what goes around comes around

(idiomatic) what goes around comes around (person's actions, whether good or bad, will often have consequences for that person)


אַזוי גייט עס

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אַזוי גייט עס • (azoy geyt es)


אַזוי איז דאָס לעבן

אַזוי איז דאָס לעבן • (azoy iz dos lebn)


אַ פֿריילעכן געבורטסטאָג

אַ פֿריילעכן געבורטסטאָג • (a freylekhn geburtstog)

/a ˈfrɛɪ̯ləχn̩ ɡəbʊrt͡stɔɡ/

en-אַ_פֿריילעכן_געבורטסטאָג-yi-phrase-10aaZsS7


куры фра

Inherited from Norwegian Nynorsk kor i fra (“wherefrom”), northern dialectal form of kvar ifrå. The origin of "ы" is not clear, because per Norwegian pronunciation the /r/ sound before /i/ in this case is very close to Russian /rʲ/, which would result in spelling with letter "и" (кури фра).


gå og legg deg

/ɡoː ɔ leɡː deːɡ/

(used as a command to dogs) go away and lay you down!


as memory serves

if memory serves
if memory serves#English


rahmatullohi alayh

Borrowed from Arabic رَحْمَةُ اللَّٰهِ عَلَيْه (raḥmatu llāhi ʕalayh).

bor+

رَحْمَةُ اللَّٰهِ عَلَيْه


rəhmətullahi əleyh

رَحْمَةُ اللَّٰهِ عَلَيْه


раҳматуллоҳи алайҳ

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раҳматуллоҳи алайҳ • (rahmatulloh-i alayh)

en-раҳматуллоҳи_алайҳ-tg-phrase-AbFruF-x


رحمۃ اللہ علیہ

رَحْمَۃُ اللّٰہِ عَلَیہ

رَحْمَۃُ اللّٰہِ عَلَیہ • (rahmatu llāhi alaih)

رَحْمَۃُ اللّٰہِ عَلَیہ (canonical)
rahmatu llāhi alaih (romanization)

bor+

رَحْمَةُ اللَّٰهِ عَلَيْه


رحمة الله عليه

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رَحْمَةُ اللَّٰهِ عَلَيْهِ

رَحْمَةُ اللَّٰهِ عَلَيْهِ • (raḥmatu llāhi ʕalayhi)

رَحْمَةُ اللَّٰهِ عَلَيْهِ (canonical)
raḥmatu llāhi ʕalayhi (romanization)

→ Azerbaijani: rəhmətullahi əleyh

desc

رحمت الله علیه

→ Persian: رحمت الله علیه (rahmato llâhe 'aleyh)

раҳматуллоҳи алайҳ

→ Tajik: раҳматуллоҳи алайҳ (rahmatulloh-i alayh)

desctree

رحمت الله علیه

→ Ottoman Turkish: رحمت الله علیه (rahmetü'llâhi aleyh), رحمتالله علیه (rahmetü'llâhi aleyh)
Turkish: rahmetullahi aleyh

desc

رحمۃ اللہ علیہ

→ Urdu: رحمۃ اللہ علیہ (rahmatu llāhi alaih)

→ Uzbek: rahmatullohi alayh


رحمت‌الله علیه

رحمتالله علیه (canonical)
rahmetü'llâhi aleyh (romanization)

رحمتالله علیه

1899, İzmirı̂ İbrahim Örfı̂, İki refikin musahabâtı, page 88:

رحمت الله علیه
رحمت الله علیه#Ottoman_Turkish

Alternative spelling of رحمت الله علیه (rahmetü'llâhi aleyh)


رحمت‌الله علیه

رحمتالله علیه (canonical)
rahmato'llâhe aleyh (romanization)

رحمت الله علیه
رحمت الله علیه#Persian

Alternative spelling of رحمت الله علیه (rahmato llâhe aleyh)


rahmetullahi aleyh

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish رحمت الله علیه (rahmetü'llâhi aleyh), from Arabic رَحْمَةُ اللَّٰهِ عَلَيْه (raḥmatu llāhi ʕalayh).

inh

رحمت الله علیه

inh+

رحمت الله علیه

der

رَحْمَةُ اللَّٰهِ عَلَيْه


方枘圓鑿

ㄈㄤ ㄖㄨㄟˋ ㄩㄢˊ ㄗㄨㄛˋ

фанжуйюаньцзо

/fɑŋ⁵⁵ ʐu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/

/fɔːŋ⁵⁵ jɵy̯²² jyːn²¹ t͡sɔːk̚²/

/fɑŋ⁵⁵ ʐu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/

/fɔːŋ⁵⁵ jɵy̯²² jyːn²¹ t͡sɔːk̚²/

square peg in a round hole
square peg in a round hole

incompatible; square peg in a round hole


رحمت الله علیه

Turkish: rahmetullahi aleyh

bor+

رَحْمَةُ اللَّٰهِ عَلَيْه

رحمتالله علیه


رحمت الله علیه

[räɦ.mä.t̪ʰʊ llɑː.ɦɪ ʔä.lǽjʰ]

[räɦ.mä.t̪ʰʊ llɑː.ɦɪ ʔä.lǽjʰ]

رَحْمَةُ اللَّٰهِ عَلَيْه


तुम कैसे हो

hi-phrase

तुम कैसे हो?

[t̪ʊ̃m‿kɛː.seː‿ɦoː]


sijui

From si- (“I do not”) + -jua (“to know”).


忘東忘西

ㄨㄤˋ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄨㄤˋ ㄒㄧ

/wɑŋ⁵¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵ wɑŋ⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵/

/wɑŋ⁵¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵ wɑŋ⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵/


ya keçəl Həsən, ya Həsən keçəl

Literally, “Either the bald Hasan, or Hasan the bald”.

lit

the things that are being compared are the same, there's no difference between them


fıstıkçı şahap

Literally, “pistachio seller shooting star”.

(mnemonic) A mnemonic to help remember the voiceless consonants: ⟨f⟩, ⟨s⟩, ⟨t⟩, ⟨k⟩, ⟨ç⟩, ⟨ş⟩, ⟨h⟩, ⟨p⟩


alayhissalotu vassalom

Borrowed from Arabic عَلَيْهِ ٱلصَّلَاةُ وَٱلسَّلَامُ (ʕalayhi ṣ-ṣalātu was-salāmu).

bor+

عَلَيْهِ ٱلصَّلَاةُ وَٱلسَّلَامُ


神檯貓屎——神憎鬼厭

神枱貓屎——神憎鬼厭
神台猫屎——神憎鬼厌
神臺貓屎——神憎鬼厭
神台貓屎——神憎鬼厭

cat poo on an altar - the God hates, it, the ghosts hate it too

/sɐn²¹ tʰɔːi̯²¹ maːu̯⁵⁵ siː³⁵ sɐn²¹ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯³⁵ jiːm³³/

(Cantonese) extremely detestable; extremely irritating


如是我聞

ㄖㄨˊ ㄕˋ ㄨㄛˇ ㄨㄣˊ

/ʐu³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən³⁵/

/jyː²¹ siː²² ŋɔː¹³ mɐn²¹/

/zu²³⁻³³ si³³⁻²¹ ŋɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bun²³/

/ʐu³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən³⁵/

/jyː²¹ siː²² ŋɔː¹³ mɐn²¹/

/zu²³⁻³³ si³³⁻²¹ ŋɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bun²³/

Calque of Sanskrit एवं मया श्रुतम् (evaṃ mayā śrutam). The syntax of this translation directly reflects the original Sanskrit as opposed to the lesser-used 我聞如是／我闻如是 (wǒwénrúshì).

calque

एवं मया श्रुतम्

zh-l

我聞如是／我闻如是 (wǒwénrúshì)

(Buddhism) Thus have I heard... (a common opening of Buddhist texts)


如是我聞

如是我聞 (canonical)
nyoze gamon (romanization)

[ɲ̟o̞ze̞ ɡa̠mõ̞ɴ]

Derived from Middle Chinese 如是我聞 (MC nyo|nyoH dzyeX ngaX mjun|mjunH), from Sanskrit एवं मया श्रुतम् (evaṃ mayā śrutam).

der

एवं मया श्रुतम्


איך פֿאַרשטיי נישט

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איך פֿאַרשטיי נישט • (ikh farshtey nisht)

en-איך_פֿאַרשטיי_נישט-yi-phrase-BxY4r1Iv


איך פֿאַרשטיי ניט

איך פֿאַרשטיי ניט • (ikh farshtey nit)


איך עס נישט קיין פֿלייש

איך עס נישט קיין פֿלייש • (ikh es nisht keyn fleysh)

en-איך_עס_נישט_קיין_פֿלייש-yi-phrase-WDuvcHrH


WTFU

(military slang, Internet slang, text messaging, vulgar) Initialism of wake the fuck up.


日落西山

ㄖˋ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄧ ㄕㄢ

/ʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu̯ɔ⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/

/jɐt̚² lɔːk̚² sɐi̯⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵/

/zit̚⁴⁻³² lɔk̚⁴⁻³² se⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴/

/zit̚⁴⁻³² lɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ se⁴⁴⁻³³ suã⁴⁴/

/ʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu̯ɔ⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/

/jɐt̚² lɔːk̚² sɐi̯⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵/

/zit̚⁴⁻³² lɔk̚⁴⁻³² se⁴⁴⁻³³ san⁴⁴/

/zit̚⁴⁻³² lɤ(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ se⁴⁴⁻³³ suã⁴⁴/

(figuratively) to be near one's death or end


kitawaramba

From ki (“it”) + -ta- (“will”) + -wa- (“you (plural)”) + -ramba (“lick”), literally “it will lick you”.
Pastor Mackenzie said the phrase kitawaramba several times during the arrest in April 2023 in the Shakahola Forest incident. The phrase has gained popularity in Kenya to express ... (what exactly? that something will backfire?)

af

it will come back to bite you, it will come back to haunt you


head

devil is beating his wife and marrying his daughter

devil's beating his wife
devil's beating his wife#English


問心嗰句

/mɐn²² sɐm⁵⁵ kɔː³⁵ kɵy̯³³/

/mɐn²² sɐm⁵⁵ kɔː³⁵ kɵy̯³³/


TLO

(insurance) Initialism of total loss only.


hard telling, not knowing

(idiomatic, dialectal, New England) I don't know.


夜到好

/ɦia²² tɔ³³ hɔ³⁴/

/ɦia²² tɔ³³ hɔ³⁴/


I know it

Synonym of I know; a response used to indicate that speaker was in agreement with the preceding statement before it was made.


شكو بيها

شكو بيها (shakū bīha)

What's wrong with it?; Used to show confusion as to why something might be perceived as wrong.


ikkje godt å vita

Literally, “not good to know”. Compare Swedish inte gott att veta, Norwegian Bokmål ikke godt å vite and Danish ikke godt at vide.


谷拿脫

/koʔ³³ ne⁵⁵ tʰəʔ²¹/

/koʔ³³ ne⁵⁵ tʰəʔ²¹/


ܝܘܡܐ ܡܢ ܝܘܡܐ

aii-phrase

ܝܲܘܡܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܝܲܘܡܵܐ

ܝܲܘܡܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܝܲܘܡܵܐ • (yawmā min yawmā)

ܝܲܘܡܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܝܲܘܡܵܐ (canonical)
yawmā min yawmā (romanization)

every so often, some days, sometimes, occasionally


I do not know it

(formal) Alternative version of I don't know.


hạ hồi phân giải

[haː˧˨ʔ hoj˨˩ fən˧˧ zaːj˧˩]

[haː˨˩ʔ hoj˦˩ fəŋ˧˧ jaːj˧˨]

[haː˨˩˨ hoj˨˩ fəŋ˧˧ jaːj˨˩˦]

Chuyện đó "hạ hồi phân giải".

2010, Minh Niệm, “Tức giận”, in Hiểu về trái tim, NXB Trẻ:

This will be explained in more detail later.

that will be explained in more detail later


天翻地覆

ㄊㄧㄢ ㄈㄢ ㄉㄧˋ ㄈㄨˋ

тяньфаньдифу

/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ fän⁵⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ fu⁵¹/

/tʰiːn⁵⁵ faːn⁵⁵ tei̯²² fʊk̚⁵/

/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ huan⁴⁴⁻³³ te³³⁻²¹ hɔk̚³²/

/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ huan⁴⁴⁻³³ tue³³⁻¹¹ hɔk̚³²/

/tʰiaŋ³³⁻²³ huaŋ³³ ti¹¹ hok̚⁴/

/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ fän⁵⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ fu⁵¹/

/tʰiːn⁵⁵ faːn⁵⁵ tei̯²² fʊk̚⁵/

/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ huan⁴⁴⁻³³ te³³⁻²¹ hɔk̚³²/

/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ huan⁴⁴⁻³³ tue³³⁻¹¹ hɔk̚³²/

/tʰiaŋ³³⁻²³ huaŋ³³ ti¹¹ hok̚⁴/


yaṭiš

waakamak yaṭiš-hímli

1921, María de los Angeles Colós, José Guzman, and John Peabody Harrington, Chochenyo Field Notes:

them (third-person, plural, objective pronoun)

1Disjunctive is mostly used in copular sentences

with a clitic.2Null morpheme. An unmarked verb implies a third person singular pronoun. The disjunctives waaka and wiš may also be used.Note: Proclitic and enclitic forms can combine an undergo syncope


make me

(sarcastic, childish) Used to refuse a request that one do something.

“I wish you would make me a sandwich or two with your own hands, my mother,” he said. “Susan’s sandwiches are not appetising.”

1886, Mary Linskill, “The Haven under the Hill”, in Donald Macleod, editor, Good Words, London: Isbister and Company, […], chapter LXI (“One Last Kiss upon the Living Shore”), page 839, column 2:

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, me.


盡地一煲

/t͡sɵn²² tei̯²² jɐt̚⁵ pou̯⁵⁵/

/t͡sɵn²² tei̯²² jɐt̚⁵ pou̯⁵⁵/


對我嚟講

/tɵy̯³³ ŋɔː¹³ lɐi̯²¹ kɔːŋ³⁵/

/tɵy̯³³ ŋɔː¹³ lei̯²¹ kɔːŋ³⁵/

/tɵy̯³³ ŋɔː¹³ lɐi̯²¹ kɔːŋ³⁵/

/tɵy̯³³ ŋɔː¹³ lei̯²¹ kɔːŋ³⁵/

as far as I'm concerned
as far as I'm concerned

(Cantonese) in my opinion; as far as I'm concerned; to my mind


kiitos viimeisestä

Compare Swedish tack för senast, Danish tak for sidst, Norwegian takk for sist, Icelandic takk fyrir síðast and Faroese takk fyri seinast.

An expression of gratitude when parting for a long time, or meeting again after a long time: thanks for last time


對我來講

ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄨㄛˇ ㄌㄞˊ ㄐㄧㄤˇ

дуй во лай цзян

/tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ laɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tɵy̯³³ ŋɔː¹³ lɔːi̯²¹ kɔːŋ³⁵/

/tɵy̯³³ ŋɔː¹³ lɐi̯²¹ kɔːŋ³⁵/

/tɵy̯³³ ŋɔː¹³ lei̯²¹ kɔːŋ³⁵/

/te⁴⁴ ŋu²³ le²³ kɑ̃³⁴/

/tɵy̯³³ ŋɔː¹³ lɔːi̯²¹ kɔːŋ³⁵/

/tɵy̯³³ ŋɔː¹³ lɐi̯²¹ kɔːŋ³⁵/

/tɵy̯³³ ŋɔː¹³ lei̯²¹ kɔːŋ³⁵/

/te⁴⁴ ŋu²³ le²³ kɑ̃³⁴/


IMY

(Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of I miss you.


蜚短流長

ㄈㄟ ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄔㄤˊ

фэйдуаньлючан

/feɪ̯⁵⁵ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/

/fei̯⁵⁵ tyːn³⁵ lɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/

/feɪ̯⁵⁵ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/

/fei̯⁵⁵ tyːn³⁵ lɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/


音容笑貌

ㄧㄣ ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄇㄠˋ

иньжунсяомао

/in⁵⁵ ʐʊŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ mɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/in⁵⁵ ʐʊŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ mɑʊ̯⁵¹/

1936 October 9, Lu Xun, “關于太炎先生二三事”, in 且介亭雜文末編, 魯迅全集出版社, published 1941, pages 88–89:

Qiánqù tīngjiǎng yě zài zhè shíhòu, dàn yòu bìngfēi yīnwèi tā shì xuézhě, què wèile tā shì yǒu xuéwèn de gémìngjiā, suǒyǐ zhídào xiànzài, xiānshēng de yīnróngxiàomào, hái zài mùqián, ér suǒ jiǎng de “Shuōwén Jiězì”, què yī jù yě bù jìde le.

前去聽講也在這時候，但又並非因為他是學者，卻為了他是有學問的革命家，所以直到現在，先生的音容笑貌，還在目前，而所講的《說文解字》，卻一句也不記得了。

前去听讲也在这时候，但又并非因为他是学者，却为了他是有学问的革命家，所以直到现在，先生的音容笑貌，还在目前，而所讲的《说文解字》，却一句也不记得了。

(usually of the deceased) one's voice and countenance


up to one's eyebrows

Finding yourself angry and frustrated about Reagan's mining of the Nicaraguan Pacific coast harbors? Have you had it up to your eyebrows with millions of dollars of U.S. aid pumping up the puppet/thug government of El Salvador?

1984 April 21, Sue Hyde, “Got Those Intervention Blues, Friend?”, in Gay Community News, page 2:

up to one's eyeballs
up to one's eyeballs#English

Alternative form of up to one's eyeballs


dear Sir/Madam

dear Sir or Madam
dear Sir or Madam#English


dear Sir or Madam

Used as the salutation at the beginning of a formal letter when addressing persons of unknown gender.


光を韜む

光を韜む (canonical)
hikari o tsutsumu (romanization)
光を韜ま
ひかりをつつま
hikari o tsutsuma
光を韜み
ひかりをつつみ
hikari o tsutsumi
光を韜む
ひかりをつつむ
hikari o tsutsumu
光を韜め
ひかりをつつめ
hikari o tsutsume
光を韜まれる (passive)
ひかりをつつまれる (passive)
hikari o tsutsumareru (passive)
光を韜ませる (causative)
光を韜ます (causative)
ひかりをつつませる (causative)
ひかりをつつます (causative)
hikari o tsutsumaseru (causative)
hikari o tsutsumasu (causative)
光を韜める (potential)
ひかりをつつめる (potential)
hikari o tsutsumeru (potential)
光を韜もう (volitional)
ひかりをつつもう (volitional)
hikari o tsutsumō (volitional)
光を韜まない (negative)
ひかりをつつまない (negative)
hikari o tsutsumanai (negative)
光を韜まず (continuative negative)
ひかりをつつまず (continuative negative)
hikari o tsutsumazu (continuative negative)
光を韜みます (formal)
ひかりをつつみます (formal)
hikari o tsutsumimasu (formal)
光を韜んだ (perfective)
ひかりをつつんだ (perfective)
hikari o tsutsunda (perfective)
光を韜んで (conjunctive)
ひかりをつつんで (conjunctive)
hikari o tsutsunde (conjunctive)
光を韜めば (conditional hypothetical)
ひかりをつつめば (conditional hypothetical)
hikari o tsutsumeba (conditional hypothetical)

Derived from 光(ひかり)を韜(つつ)み、迹(あと)を晦(くら)ます (hikari o tsutsumi, ato o kuramasu), a calque of Literary Chinese 韜光晦迹. Literally "sheath the light".

ja-r

ひかり を つつみ、あと を くらます


в кармане

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в карма́не • (v karmáne)

в карма́не (canonical)
v karmáne (romanization)

(colloquial) in the bag (sure or very likely to be acquired)

in (someone's) pocket (in an indebted or enslaved position with respect to someone)

карма́не кармане#Russian

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see в (v), карма́не (karmáne).


my very excellent mother just served us nine pizzas

(astronomy, slightly dated, mnemonic) Used to remember the order and names of the (then) nine planets of the solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto.

my very educated mother just served us nine pumpkins


ܐܝܕܬܐ ܒܫܓܫܐ

aii-phrase

ܐ̈ܝܼܕ݂ܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܒܸܫܓ݂ܵܫܵܐ

ܐ̈ܝܼܕ݂ܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܒܸܫܓ݂ܵܫܵܐ • (īḏāṯā bišḡāšā)

ܐ̈ܝܼܕ݂ܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܒܸܫܓ݂ܵܫܵܐ (canonical)
īḏāṯā bišḡāšā (romanization)

Literally, “Hands shaking; swaying (moving from side to side)”, because a person who is emptyhanded will have both hands swaying.

lit

ܠܵܐ ܐܵܙܲܠ݇ܚ ܘܐ̈ܝܼܕ݂ܵܬ݂ܲܢ ܒܸܫܓ݂ܵܫܵܐ
lā āzaḥ wīḏāṯan bišḡāšā
Let’s not go emptyhanded
(literally, “Let’s not go with our hands swaying; moving from side to side.”)

Equivalent to the English expression empty-handed


અલ્લાહુ અકબર

head

અલ્લાહુ અકબર • (allāhu akabar)

gu-phrase

અલ્લાહુ અકબર • (allāhu akabar)

Borrowed from Arabic اللّٰهُ أَكْبَر (allāhu ʔakbar).

bor+

اللّٰهُ أَكْبَر


or should I say

As the presence of any considerable number of priests on an ocean steamer is supposed to bring rough weather, so the addition of a few hundred parsons to the population of Edinburgh is believed to induce rain,—or perhaps I should say, more rain.

1898, Kate Douglas Wiggin, chapter 8, in Penelope’s Progress […], Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], →OCLC:

(colloquial, humorous) Said by someone after a statement, meaning to precede a pun or another kind of clever rephrasing


狗傍虎威

/kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pŋ̍²²⁻²¹ hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui⁴⁴/

/kau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pŋ̍⁴¹⁻²² hɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ui³³/

/kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pŋ̍²²⁻²¹ hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui⁴⁴/

/kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pŋ̍³³⁻¹¹ hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui⁴⁴/

/kau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pŋ̍³³⁻²¹ hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ui⁴⁴/

/kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pŋ̍²²⁻²¹ hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui⁴⁴/

/kau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pŋ̍⁴¹⁻²² hɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ui³³/

/kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pŋ̍²²⁻²¹ hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui⁴⁴/

/kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pŋ̍³³⁻¹¹ hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui⁴⁴/

/kau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pŋ̍³³⁻²¹ hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ui⁴⁴/

(Hokkien, figurative, derogatory) to use powerful connections to intimidate people


NCRMD

Another myth about NCRMD is that the defence is most commonly used in cases of homicide or other serious violent offences. But comprehensive research across Canada has shown that less than 10 per cent of NCRMD cases involve serious violence, and in many of those assaults and homicides, the victim was a relative or close associate of the patient, with strangers being only very rarely the targets of such serious violence. And living with the knowledge of what one has done is, for many people found NCRMD, a strong motivation to continue to participate in treatment, thus reducing the risk of future harms.

2019 July 19, Patrick Baillie, “Not criminally responsible, and mental illness: The myths around both put everyone at risk”, in The Globe and Mail, Toronto, ON: The Woodbridge Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-08-10:

If a person is found NCRMD, they are referred to a provincial review board which oversees their psychiatric care in order to make a determination on if and when they can be released into the community.

2020 November 10, Jason Proctor, “Man convicted of stabbing B.C. teen to death claims 'demon' voices told him to 'kill, kill, kill'”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 2023-06-01:

(Canada, law) Initialism of not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder.


搞風搞雨

ㄍㄠˇ ㄈㄥ ㄍㄠˇ ㄩˇ

/kɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kaːu̯³⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵ kaːu̯³⁵ jyː¹³/

/kaːu̯³⁵ fʊŋ⁵⁵ kaːu̯³⁵ jyː¹³/


Deus llo pague

(dated) God bless you (an expression of gratitude used by religious people)


carros por puestos

1985, Empresa Brasileira de Transportes Urbanos, Vehículos por puesto en el transporte urbano de Caracas
Explica la evolución del servicio de carros por puesto y las medidas dictadas por las autoridades para adaptarlo a su concepto de las necesidades de la ciudad y de sus habitantes.

He explains the development of the per-seat transport service and the measures dictated by authorities to adapt it to their concept of the needs of the city and its inhabitants.

Transport service, often informal, in Latin America where payment is normally made per seat.


what's one's angle

Asks somebody for what their intentions are, often in a cynical way.


z tej mąki chleba nie będzie

Literally, “there will be no bread from this flour”.

lit

(idiomatic) nothing good will come of this (the person in question will fail or will not meet the hopes and expectations associated with him or her)


what the crap

There's a duck in my car. What the crap?

Timothy woke up. "What the crap," he said. "Can't you let a guy get some sleep?"

2011, Robert Silverberg, The Book Of Skulls, Orion Publishing Group:

DeeAnn Reisenberg, 41, and her sister were at the mall early Friday, but the lack of crowds stood out to them. "I am thinking, 'What the crap am I doing out here at 4 a.m.?'"

2013 November 29, Jere Downs, The Courier-Journal, page A8:

And tell them if they want me to tell them privately what the crap I think of them, I’ll do that.

2016 January 30, Andrew Carter, The News & Observer, page 4B:

(mildly vulgar, slang) An intensive form of what.


കിണറ്റിലെ തവള

head

കിണറ്റിലെ തവള • (kiṇaṟṟile tavaḷa)


കുളം തോണ്ടുക

കുളം തോണ്ടുക • (kuḷaṁ tōṇṭuka)

/kuɭɐm t̪oːɳɖuɡɐ/


അടിക്കല്ല് മാന്തുക

അടിക്കല്ല് മാന്തുക • (aṭikkallŭ māntuka)

en-അടിക്കല്ല്_മാന്തുക-ml-phrase-z~oZCw4l


കണ്ണിൽ പൊടിയിടുക

കണ്ണിൽ പൊടിയിടുക • (kaṇṇil poṭiyiṭuka)


ശവത്തിൽ കുത്തുക

ശവത്തിൽ കുത്തുക • (śavattil kuttuka)

hurting a man who is already in a bad situation


അർധ രാത്രിക്ക് കുട പിടിക്കുക

അർധ രാത്രിക്ക് കുട പിടിക്കുക • (aṟdha rātrikkŭ kuṭa piṭikkuka)

aṟdha rātrikkŭ kuṭa piṭikkuka (romanization)

Literally, "holding an umbrella at mid night".

en-അർധ_രാത്രിക്ക്_കുട_പിടിക്കുക-ml-phrase-VsLq5Cql


മോങ്ങാൻ ഇരിന്ന നായിന്റെ തലയിൽ തേങ്ങ വീഴുക • (mōṅṅāṉ irinna nāyinṟe talayil tēṅṅa vīḻuka)

/moːŋŋaːn iɾin̪n̪ɐ n̪aːjinte t̪ɐlɐjil t̪eːŋŋɐ ʋiːɻuɡɐ/

[moːŋŋaːn iɾin̪n̪ɐ n̪aːjinde t̪ɐlɐjil t̪eːŋŋɐ ʋiːɻuɡɐ]

Literally, "a coconut falls on the head of a dog who was about to cry".

get more problems in an already screwed up situation

en-മോങ്ങാൻ_ഇരിന്ന_നായിന്റെ_തലയിൽ_തേങ്ങ_വീഴുക-ml-phrase-TE6d2P63


കടുവ കൂട്ടിൽ തല ഇടുക

കടുവ കൂട്ടിൽ തല ഇടുക • (kaṭuva kūṭṭil tala iṭuka)

/kɐɖuʋɐ kuːʈʈil t̪ɐlɐ iɖuɡɐ/

Literally, "inserting head inside a tiger's cage".

en-കടുവ_കൂട്ടിൽ_തല_ഇടുക-ml-phrase-uItoXm38


pɛ̠⁵⁵ a³¹ ʒa³¹

pɛ̠⁵⁵ a³¹ ʒa³¹

/pɛ̠⁵⁵ a³¹ ʒa³¹/

Literally “Nothing is needed”.
Either native or a Calque of Jingpho n ra ai (“you're welcome”, literally “not need”).

calque

you're welcome (as the answer to “thank you”)

ja̠m⁵⁵ mɛ̃³¹ pɛ̠⁵⁵ a³¹ ʒa³¹ lui⁵¹!

it doesn't matter (as the answer to “sorry” or “what's wrong”); it doesn't matter if


鹹菜燒豆腐

ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄘㄞˋ ㄕㄠ ㄉㄡˋ ˙ㄈㄨ

ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄘㄞˋ ㄕㄠ ㄉㄡˋ ㄈㄨˇ

сяньцай шао доуфу

/ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ toʊ̯⁵¹ fu¹/

/ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ toʊ̯⁵¹ fu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ toʊ̯⁵¹ fu¹/

For the idiom, it is short for 鹹菜燒豆腐，有鹽在先／咸菜烧豆腐，有盐在先 (“salted vegetables and tofu, have the salted one first”), a wordplay on 有言在先 (yǒuyán zàixiān).

zh-etym-short

(xiehouyu) to make it clear beforehand; to forewarn


head

here's a quarter, call somebody who cares

here's a quarter, call someone who cares#English

Alternative form of here's a quarter, call someone who cares


here's a quarter, call someone who cares

(US, slang) I don't care; an abrupt dismissal of another person's complaint or opinion.


o último dos moicanos

After the 1826 novel The Last of the Mohicans.

Falo isso porque talvez eu seja o último dos moicanos a jogar por amor a um clube. Tanto que fiquei na reserva sem chiar.

2001, “Sem gols e pudor”, in Placar Magazine, page 89:

the last of a rare or valuable species (either literally or figuratively)


je vous prie d'agréer l'expression de ma haute considération

je vous prie d’agréer l’expression de ma haute considération

/ʒə vu pʁi d‿a.ɡʁe.e l‿ɛk.spʁɛ.sjɔ̃ d(ə) ma ot kɔ̃.si.de.ʁa.sjɔ̃/

/ʒə vu pʁi d‿a.ɡʁe.e l‿ɛk.spʁe.sjɔ̃ d(ə) ma ot kɔ̃.si.de.ʁa.sjɔ̃/

Par conséquent, et en raison de ces tares que charrie la Francophonie actuelle – en particulier les accointances avec les dirigeants des républiques bananières qui décapitent les rêves de la jeunesse africaine –, j’ai le regret, tout en vous priant d’agréer l’expression de ma haute considération, de vous signifier, Monsieur le Président, que je ne participerai pas à ce projet.

2018, Alain Mabanckou, Revue de l’Université de Moncton, volume 49, number 2, page 7:

In consequence, and given these tarnishes that currently stain the French-speaking world—in particular, the close bonds with the leaders of banana republics who are mowing down the dreams of African youth—I sincerely regret to inform you, Mr. President, that I will not be participating in this project.

"I ask that you accept the expression of my highest consideration": a formula used to end a highly formal letter.


憂柴憂米

/jɐu̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰaːi̯²¹ jɐu̯⁵⁵ mɐi̯¹³/

/jɐu̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰaːi̯²¹ jɐu̯⁵⁵ mɐi̯¹³/

(Cantonese) to worry about one's livelihood


文治武功

ㄨㄣˊ ㄓˋ ㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄥ

/wən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

/mɐn²¹ t͡siː²² mou̯¹³ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

/wən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

/mɐn²¹ t͡siː²² mou̯¹³ kʊŋ⁵⁵/


lucky you

(informal) An expression of envy towards someone else's good fortune.


prawie robi wielką różnicę

/ˈpra.vjɛ ˈrɔ.bi ˈvjɛl.kɔw̃ ruʐˈɲi.t͡sɛ/

Literally, “almost makes [a] big difference”. Originally coined as an advertising slogan by the Polish Żywiec Brewery in 2005. Usually used as a reply to someone saying prawie.

lit

almost doesn't count
almost doesn't count

(idiomatic) almost doesn't count, close, but no cigar (used to indicate that one is almost correct or has almost succeeded, but not quite)


食爸穿母

/t͡sia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² pe²² t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² bu⁵⁵⁴/

/t͡sia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² pe²² t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² bu⁵⁵⁴/

(Quanzhou Hokkien) to depend on one's parents to live


食便領現

/t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ piɛn²²⁻²¹ niã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɛn²²/

/t͡sia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² piɛn⁴¹⁻²² niã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hiɛn⁴¹/

/t͡sia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ piɛn²²⁻²¹ niã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɛn²²/

/t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ piɛn³³⁻¹¹ niã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hiɛn³³/

/t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ piɛn³³⁻²¹ niã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hiɛn³³/

(Hokkien) to not bother to contribute work and only know how to enjoy life and eat


食清領便

/t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ niã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ piɛn³³/

/t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ niã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɛn³³/

(Taiwanese Hokkien) to not bother to contribute work and only know how to enjoy life and eat


el diablo está en los detalles

the devil is in the details
the devil is in the details


pito, pito, gorgorito

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


since Adam was a boy

since Adam was an oakum boy
since Adam was an oakum boy#English


ܥܝܢܘܟ ܒܗܘܪܐ

aii-phrase

ܥܲܝ̈ܢܘܿܟ݂ ܒܲܗܘܼܪܹ̈ܐ

ܥܲܝ̈ܢܘܿܟ݂ ܒܲܗܘܼܪܹ̈ܐ • (ˁaynōḵ bahūrē)

ܥܲܝ̈ܢܘܿܟ݂ ܒܲܗܘܼܪܹ̈ܐ (canonical)
ˁaynōḵ bahūrē (romanization)

a greeting used towards one who has traveled a long distance


MHO

However, I was only in town for a few days...so it's only a short-term observation. Just MHO. No offense meant to any T-town natives.

1999 August 4, SK, “Tulsa.. MHO”, in alt.fan.hanson (Usenet):

I have no problems with anyone playing a system that they like, EVER! I personally may not like it, but that's MHO, but if other people enjoy it, fine, they can play it.

2002 May 14, Timothy JW Smith, “(Mongoose) News - Judge Dredd RPG”, in uk.games.roleplay (Usenet):

Course, obviously they are not the only ones. Some people that irrationally hate the military as a whole *might* just qualify as well. (MHO of course)

2002 October 25, John, “Sniper learned to kill in U.S. military”, in alt.politics.bush (Usenet):

(Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of my honest/humble opinion.


ܥܝܢܗ ܦܠܝܛܐ ܡܢ ܪܝܫܗ

ܥܲܝ̈ܢܹܗ ܦ̈ܠܝܼܛܹܐ ܡܸܢ ܪܹܝܫܹܗ

ܥܲܝ̈ܢܹܗ ܦ̈ܠܝܼܛܹܐ ܡܸܢ ܪܹܝܫܹܗ • (ˁaynēh plīṭē min rēšēh)

ܥܲܝ̈ܢܹܗ ܦ̈ܠܝܼܛܹܐ ܡܸܢ ܪܹܝܫܹܗ (canonical)
ˁaynēh plīṭē min rēšēh (romanization)

Literally, “His eyes have gouged out of his head.”

lit

ܠܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܡܲܨܸܬ݂ ܠܵܐ ܠܐܸܡܹܗ ܘܠܵܐ ܠܒܵܒܹܗ، ܥܲܝܢܹܗ ܦ̈ܠܝܼܛܹܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܪܹܝܫܹܗ

He doesn’t heed his mother nor his father, he is very insolent

lā kē maṣṣiṯ lā l-immēh w-lā lbābēh, ˁaynēh plīṭē min rēšēh

used for someone who is extremely insolent, impudent


tyngu'r du yn wyn

/ˌtəŋɨ̞r ˈdɨː ən ˈwɨ̞n/

/ˌtəŋɨ̞r ˈdiː ən ˈwɪn/

swear black is white
swear black is white

(idiomatic) to swear black is white, to insist that something false is true.


tyngu i'r cyrs ac i'r coed

/ˌtəŋɨ̞r ˈkɨ̞rs ak ɪr ˈkoːɨ̯d/

Literally "to swear to the swamp and to the trees".

(idiomatic) to swear blind, to insist strongly