阿媽係女人

/aː³³ maː⁵⁵ hɐi̯²² nɵy̯¹³ jɐn²¹⁻³⁵/

/aː³³ maː⁵⁵ hɐi̯²² nɵy̯¹³ jɐn²¹⁻³⁵/

And water is wet!
(literally, “Who doesn't know that your mom is a woman?”)

gwai² m⁴ zi¹ nei⁵ aa³ maa¹ hai⁶ neoi⁵ jan⁴⁻²!

鬼唔知你阿媽係女人！

鬼唔知你阿妈系女人！

(Cantonese, sarcastic) water is wet; something obvious


一家便宜兩家著

一家便宜两家着
一家便宜兩家着

/jɐt̚⁵ kaː⁵⁵ pʰiːn²¹ jiː²¹ lœːŋ¹³ kaː⁵⁵ t͡sœːk̚²/


過目不忘

ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄤˋ

/ku̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ wɑŋ⁵¹/

/kʷɔː³³ mʊk̚² pɐt̚⁵ mɔːŋ²¹/

/ku̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ wɑŋ⁵¹/

/kʷɔː³³ mʊk̚² pɐt̚⁵ mɔːŋ²¹/


αποχρών λόγος

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αποχρών λόγος • (apochrón lógos)

el-phrase

αποχρών λόγος • (apochrón lógos)

ἀποχρών (apokhrṓn, “sufficient”) + λόγος (lógos, “causation, reason”)


autant en emporte le vent

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-autant en emporte le vent.wav

Literally, “the wind carries as many [promises] away”.

m-g

the wind carries as many 􂀿promises􂁀 away

lit

these are empty promises; these are idle threats


後會無期

ㄏㄡˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄨˊ ㄑㄧ

ㄏㄡˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄨˊ ㄑㄧˊ

/xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ u³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/

/xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ u³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/

/hɐu̯²² wuːi̯²² mou̯²¹ kʰei̯²¹/

/xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ u³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/

/xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ u³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/

/hɐu̯²² wuːi̯²² mou̯²¹ kʰei̯²¹/

to not know when paths will cross once more


cada hijo de vecino

every Tom, Dick and Harry (anybody or everybody; random or unknown people)


visum et repertum

Learned borrowing from Latin visum et repertum (literally “seen and discovered”).

lbor

(medicine, law) professional witness statement written by medical practitioner who testifies to the facts of a case and part of evidence given under oath in court.


no johns

Coined by Super Smash Bros 64 player Jesse "Zulu" Fuentes in the late 1990s, in reference to his friend John who would often make unconvincing excuses after losing a game.

“No Johns” is such a ubiquitous phrase in the Smash scene that it’s even inspired regional variations around the world. No Stacos. No Tiesos. No Joshis. Igna Yunas, in Swedish. It even made it into Smash itself: One of the “random” names that players can assign themselves in the Wii U and Switch versions of the fighting game is NOJOHNS.

2019 September 16, Cecilia D'Anastasio, “How A High School Smash Bros. Joke Became A World-Famous Saying”, in Kotaku:

(slang, video games, Super Smash Bros) No excuses (after losing a game).


PWOMS

(text messaging, Internet) Initialism of parents watching over my shoulder.


軟硬兼施

ㄖㄨㄢˇ ㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄕ

жуаньин цзяньши

/ʐu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ iŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/

/jyːn¹³ ŋaːŋ²² kiːm⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/

/ʐu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ iŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/

/jyːn¹³ ŋaːŋ²² kiːm⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/


les si n'aiment pas les rais

les si n’ aiment pas les rais (canonical)

Si je serais grand... — Les si n’aiment pas les rais!
If I was a grown-up... – It's "if I were a grown-up"!

This is not an exact equivalent: si je serais is more frowned upon than if I was.

conditional mood
conditional mood#English

(idiomatic) A mnemonic device meant to discourage people from using the conditional mood after the conjunction si, which is ungrammatical in standard French. The use of the idiom rai refers to the repetitive sound-alike nature of four endings of the conditional tense: the first, second and third person singular as well as the third person plural (-rais/-rais/-rait/-raient), thus a recognizable trait.


jak nie urok, to sraczka

Literally, “when [it's] not a spell, [it's] the shits.”

m-g

when 􂀿it's􂁀 not a spell, 􂀿it's􂁀 the shits.

lit

if it's not one thing it's another
if it's not one thing it's another

(vulgar) if it's not one thing it's another (several problems are taking place simultaneously)


笑而不答

ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄚˊ

/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ pu⁵¹ tä³⁵/

/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ pu⁵¹ tä³⁵/

Wèn yú héyì qī Bìshān, xiào'érbùdá xīn zì xián.

問余何意棲碧山，笑而不答心自閒。

问余何意栖碧山，笑而不答心自闲。

to only smile but not answer the question


all over bar the shouting

Literally, “it's finished, except for the shouting.”

(UK, idiomatic) Of an activity where the result is known, but may be subject to change, due to it not being officially finished or announced.


kde je vůle, tam je cesta

Literally, “when there is a will, there is a way”. Possibly a calque from English.

where there is a will there is a way
where there is a will there is a way

kdo chce, hledá způsoby, kdo nechce, hledá důvody


天涯地角

ㄊㄧㄢ ㄧㄚˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

тянья дицзяо

/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ jä³⁵ ti⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ jä³⁵ ti⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

From 《武皇帝作相時與嶺南酋豪書》 "Writing about When Emperor Wu was still a Minister and the Lingnan Chieftains" by 徐陵 (Xu Ling)

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《武皇帝作相時與嶺南酋豪書》

《武皇帝作相時與嶺南酋豪書》

Tiānyá miǎomiǎo, dìjiǎo yōuyōu, yánmiàn wúyóu, dàn yǐ qíng qǐ.

天涯藐藐，地角悠悠，言面無由，但以情企。

天涯藐藐，地角悠悠，言面无由，但以情企。


rien à faire

(vulgar) I don't care, I don't give a fuck!


no body, no crime

If the murdered corpse cannot be found, a person cannot be charged with murder.

Este's been losing sleep / Her husband's acting different and it smells like infidelity / She says, That ain't my merlot on his mouth / That ain't my jewelry on our joint account / No, there ain't no doubt / I think I'm gonna call him out / She says, I think he did it but I just can't prove it / […] / No, no body, no crime […]

2021, Taylor Swift (lyrics and music), “No Body, No Crime”:

(by extension) An accusation cannot be made without evidence.


餐風宿露

ㄘㄢ ㄈㄥ ㄙㄨˋ ㄌㄨˋ

/t͡sʰän⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵ su⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹/

/t͡sʰän⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵ su⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹/

to endure the hardship of living and travelling out in the wild


when all is said

When all is said, however, it is easy to overblame the cinema, to exaggerate the actual harm and ignore the possible good.

1832, Records and Briefs of the United States Supreme Court, page 25:

when all is said and done
when all is said and done#English

Alternative form of when all is said and done


ܠܐ ܕܩܪܐ

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ܠܹܐ ܕܵܩܪܵܐ • (lē dāqrā)

ܠܹܐ ܕܵܩܪܵܐ (canonical)
lē dāqrā (romanization)

you're welcome, no worries (literally, "it doesn't cost")


ܠܐ ܝܠܗ ܚܕ ܡܢܕܝ

ܠܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܚܲܕ݇ ܡܸܢܕܝܼ

ܠܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܚܲܕ݇ ܡܸܢܕܝܼ • (lā ìlēh ḥa mindī)

ܠܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܚܲܕ݇ ܡܸܢܕܝܼ (canonical)
lā ìlēh ḥa mindī (romanization)

you're welcome, no worries (literally, "it's nothing")


agárramela que me crece

Literally, “stroke it [to me] that it grows”.

lit

(humorous, vulgar) a meaningless phrase said after the number trece (“thirteen”)


殘杯冷炙

ㄘㄢˊ ㄅㄟ ㄌㄥˇ ㄓˋ

цаньбэйлэнчжи

/t͡sʰän³⁵ peɪ̯⁵⁵ lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/t͡sʰän³⁵ peɪ̯⁵⁵ lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/


斷編殘簡

ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄅㄧㄢ ㄘㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄢˇ

дуаньбяньцаньцзянь

/tu̯än⁵¹ pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡sʰän³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


殘編斷簡

ㄘㄢˊ ㄅㄧㄢ ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄢˇ

цаньбяньдуаньцзянь

/t͡sʰän³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tu̯än⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


pictures or it didn't happen

pics or it didn't happen
pics or it didn't happen#English

Alternative form of pics or it didn't happen


晏歇會

/e³³ ɕiɪʔ⁵⁵ ɦue²¹/

/e³³ ɕiɪʔ⁵⁵ ɦue²¹/


一陣見

/jɐt̚⁵ t͡sɐn²² kiːn³³/

/jɐt̚⁵ t͡sɐn²² kiːn³³/


that dog don't run

He will work hard for you and be on time. You can depend on him. Please hire him.
I've known that boy all his life. Dependable? On time? Nah, that dog don't run.

(US, Southern, idiomatic) An expression of disapproval or disbelief.


殘垣斷壁

ㄘㄢˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄅㄧˋ

цаньюаньдуаньби

/t͡sʰän³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵ tu̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹/

/t͡sʰaːn²¹ wuːn²¹ tyːn²² pɪk̚⁵/

/t͡sʰän³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵ tu̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹/

/t͡sʰaːn²¹ wuːn²¹ tyːn²² pɪk̚⁵/


殘渣餘孽

ㄘㄢˊ ㄓㄚ ㄩˊ ㄋㄧㄝˋ

/t͡sʰän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂä⁵⁵ y³⁵ ni̯ɛ⁵¹/

/t͡sʰaːn²¹ t͡saː⁵⁵ jyː²¹ jiːp̚²/

/t͡sʰän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂä⁵⁵ y³⁵ ni̯ɛ⁵¹/

/t͡sʰaːn²¹ t͡saː⁵⁵ jyː²¹ jiːp̚²/


沁人心脾

ㄑㄧㄣˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄆㄧˊ

циньжэньсиньпи

/t͡ɕʰin⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ pʰi³⁵/

/sɐm³³ jɐn²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ pʰei̯²¹/

/t͡ɕʰin⁵¹ ʐən³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ pʰi³⁵/

/sɐm³³ jɐn²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ pʰei̯²¹/


嘴硬心軟

ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄧㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄖㄨㄢˇ

цзуйинсиньжуань

/t͡su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ iŋ⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵ ʐu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sɵy̯³⁵ ŋaːŋ²² sɐm⁵⁵ jyːn¹³/

/t͡sɵy̯³⁵ ŋaːŋ²² sɐm⁵⁵ jyːn¹³/

to have a foul mouth hiding a soft heart


轉危為安

ㄓㄨㄢˇ ㄨㄟ ㄨㄟˊ ㄢ

чжуаньвэйвэйань

/ʈ͡ʂu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ ˀän⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ ˀän⁵⁵/

to transform peril into safety; to avert a danger (especially if political or medical)


teman tapi mesra

Compound of teman (“friend”) + tapi (“but”) + mesra (“intimate”). Popularized by Ratu as song title in 2005.

com

friend with benefits
friend with benefits


bla bla jólakaka

Nonsensical rhyming of bla bla (“blah blah”) (imitating nonsense chatter) with jólakaka.

(informal) “what nonsense!” (shows that the speaker believes some discussion is meaningless or without substance)


ĝisoj kaj kisoj

Literally, "goodbyes and kisses;" ĝiso from ĝis (“goodbye (informal)”, literally “until”), shortened form of ĝis la revido (“until next time”, literally “until the seeing again”).

(informal) a period, e.g. at the end of an Esperanto event, for final socializing and saying goodbye to others; these actions.


gió táp mưa sa

[zɔ˧˦ taːp̚˧˦ mɨə˧˧ saː˧˧]

[jɔ˨˩˦ taːp̚˦˧˥ mɨə˧˧ ʂaː˧˧]

[jɔ˨˩˦ taːp̚˦˧˥ mɨə˧˧ saː˧˧]

[jɔ˦˥ taːp̚˦˥ mɨə˧˧ ʂaː˧˧]

[jɔ˦˥ taːp̚˦˥ mɨə˧˧ saː˧˧]

Literally: "the wind beats, the rain comes down".

閉迡󰊄匝湄沙 / 󰋇𦝄拱缺󰋇花拱殘

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

After such a long time of hardship after hardship / Any moon would wane, any flower wilt.

Bấy chầy gió táp mưa sa, / Mấy trăng cũng khuyết, mấy hoa cũng tàn.

Một cơn gió táp mưa sa, / Non sông nổi giận, cỏ hoa đeo sầu.

1912, anonymous author, Vè Hà thành đầu độc:

After a burst of continuous hardship / The country gets angry, plants and flowers turn morose.

Quyền pháp đột nhiên thay đổi, như gió táp mưa sa ào ào đánh tới chiêu trước chưa xong, chiêu sau đã tới.

2005, chapter 12, in Cao Tự Thanh, transl., Anh hùng xạ điêu, Văn học, translation of 射雕英雄传 by Jīn Yōng (Kim Dung):

The technique suddenly changed; like disaster piled onto disaster the attacks came without surcease; the previous strike was not yet over or the next one had arrived.


敲骨吸髓

ㄑㄧㄠ ㄍㄨˇ ㄒㄧ ㄙㄨㄟˇ

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵ su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/haːu̯⁵⁵ kʷɐt̚⁵ kʰɐp̚⁵ sɵy̯¹³/

/haːu̯⁵⁵ kʷɐt̚⁵ kʰɐp̚⁵ sɵy̯¹³/


cantos irmáns tes

how many siblings do you have
how many siblings do you have


não sei

[ˈnɐ̃ʊ̯̃ ˈseɪ̯]

/ˈnɐ̃w̃ ˈsɐj/

/ˈnɐ̃w̃ ˈsɐj/


chámome

chamo (“I call”) + me (“myself”) (literally: "I call myself…").

Chámome Sandra e son xornalista.


ᠪᠢ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠤᠯ ᠢᠶᠠᠷ ᠶᠠᠷᠢᠳᠠᠭ ᠦᠭᠡᠢ

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ᠪᠢ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠤᠯ ᠢᠶᠠᠷ ᠶᠠᠷᠢᠳᠠᠭ ᠦᠭᠡᠢ

ᠪᠢ
ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠤᠯ ᠢᠶᠠᠷ
ᠶᠠᠷᠢᠳᠠᠭ ᠦᠭᠡᠢ • (bi mongɣul-iyar yaridag-ügei)

bi mongɣul-iyar yaridag-ügei (romanization)

en-ᠪᠢ_ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠤᠯ_ᠢᠶᠠᠷ_ᠶᠠᠷᠢᠳᠠᠭ_ᠦᠭᠡᠢ-mn-phrase-G7q2Rivp


tað er ótti á mær

Calque of Old Irish at·tá ecla orm (it is fear upon me). See Irish tá eagla orm and Scottish Gaelic tha eagal orm.


相得益彰

ㄒㄧㄤ ㄉㄜˊ ㄧˋ ㄓㄤ

/ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ tɤ³⁵ i⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/

/sœːŋ⁵⁵ tɐk̚⁵ jɪk̚⁵ t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵/

/siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ iɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/

/siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tit̚³²⁻⁴ iɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/

/siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tit̚³²⁻⁴ iɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/

/ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ tɤ³⁵ i⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/

/sœːŋ⁵⁵ tɐk̚⁵ jɪk̚⁵ t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵/

/siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ iɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/

/siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tit̚³²⁻⁴ iɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/

/siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tit̚³²⁻⁴ iɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/

Based on a passage in Records of the Grand Historian [circa 2nd century AD].

Yí, shū qí suī xián, dé fūzǐ ér míng yì zhāng.

夷、叔齊雖賢，得夫子而名益彰。

夷、叔齐虽贤，得夫子而名益彰。

to help and complement each other so both can hone their talents better


曩謨

曩謨 (canonical)
nōbo (romanization)
naubo (romanization)
なうぼ (hiragana historical)

/naubo/ → /nɔːbo/ → /noːbo/
Ultimately from a transliteration of Sanskrit नमो (namo, literally “a bow”).

曩謨囉怛嚢怛囉夜耶…

Namo’ratna-trayāya... (First line of a Shingon dharani)

(Buddhism) Synonym of 南無 (namu): Used in Buddhist salutations or expressions of faith


食鹽多過食米

/sɪk̚² jiːm²¹ tɔː⁵⁵ kʷɔː³³ sɪk̚² mɐi̯¹³/

我食鹽多過你食米！

我食盐多过你食米！

(Cantonese) to be experienced (especially in one's life, commonly used when a senior is criticizing a junior)


BYOC

Across the partition is the pitch-black BYOC area. That's BYOC as in “bring your own computer.” A major gaming event like CPL Winter always consists of two separate attractions.

2008, Michael Kane, Game Boys […] , Penguin, →ISBN:

That said, it's important to discuss the ways in which attendees—particularly those simply playing together on the demo stations and bring-your-own-console (BYOC) floor compared to the tournament matches—played socially.

2013, Todd Harper, The Culture of Digital Fighting Games: Performance and Practice, Routledge, →ISBN, page 81:

(video games) Initialism of bring your own computer (or console).

BYOC is easy to perform and, unfortunately, is convenient for employees. An employee just needs to enroll in a free Software as a Service (SaaS) offer to use it immediately.

2016, Eric Diehl, Ten Laws for Security, Springer, →ISBN, page 177:

(cloud computing) Initialism of bring your own cloud.

We can use bring your own container (BYOC) if the package or software we need is not included in a supported framework.

2021, Chris Fregly, Antje Barth, Data Science on AWS, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN:

(computing) Initialism of bring your own container.

Explain that the BYOC strategy is very simple. If they function as their own coach, and use the strategy, they will tell themselves what to do—before they do it, and talk to themselves in positive ways.

2010, Janet Niemeier, Robert Karol, Therapists' Guide to Overcoming Grief and Loss After Brain Injury, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 33:

(sports) Initialism of be your own coach.


couldn't organise a two-ticket raffle

couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery#English

Synonym of couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery


way out of a wet paper bag

After four weeks, I gave up [Econ] in disgust, muttering that the clown teaching it couldn't teach his way out of a wet paper bag.

2003, James J. Cramer, Confessions of a Street Addict, page 16:

way out of a paper bag
way out of a paper bag#English

Alternative form of way out of a paper bag


this you

'This you' reminds them that a little infographic or a hashtag doesn’t absolve them of past transgressions, and we see through the empty platitudes and insincere expressions of solidarity.

2020 June 3, Jumi Akinfenwa, “'This You?' – How Black Twitter Turned Accountability Into an Art Form”, in VICE:

Barbie, of all things, also got called out a few times for a message of solidarity with the Black community, proving that no brand is immune from the "this you?" meme. Despite its apparent oath to "champion diversity," users brought up receipts that Barbie is, quite literally, a cop.

2020 June 5, Stacey Ritzen, “The 'this you?' meme calls out the hypocrisy of brands and public figures”, in The Daily Dot:

A detailed tweet revealing how a star who just announced #blacklivesmatter also has a history of mistreating her black colleagues is juicy to read. But a "This you?" retweet from a random user is like a simple alley-oop; it just hits differently.

2020 June 9, Aisha Harris, “'This You?' (It Definitely Is)”, in New York Times:

(Internet, Twitter) Used to call out a user's hypocrisy.


客廳吊草蓆——唔是畫

/kʰeʔ²⁻⁴ tʰĩã³³⁻²³ tiou²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰau⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰioʔ⁴ m³⁵⁻¹¹ si³⁵⁻¹¹ ue¹¹/

唔是畫 (m⁶ si⁶ uê⁷, “not a painting”) is a pun on the homophone 唔是話 (m⁶ si⁶ uê⁷, “not words”).

(Teochew) for something to be amiss with one's words


狗頭軍師

ㄍㄡˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄐㄩㄣ ㄕ

гоутоуцзюньши

/koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/

/kɐu̯³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ kʷɐn⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/

/koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/

/kɐu̯³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ kʷɐn⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/

an incompetent person who likes to give suggestions to others


含著骨頭露著肉

ㄏㄢˊ ˙ㄓㄜ ㄍㄨˇ ˙ㄊㄡ ㄌㄡˋ ˙ㄓㄜ ㄖㄡˋ

ㄏㄢˊ ˙ㄓㄜ ㄍㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄡ ㄌㄡˋ ˙ㄓㄜ ㄖㄡˋ

ханьчжэ гутоу лоучжэ жоу

/xän³⁵ ɖ͡ʐ̥ə³ ku²¹⁴ tʰoʊ̯⁴ loʊ̯⁵¹ ɖ͡ʐ̥ə¹ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹/

/xän³⁵ ɖ͡ʐ̥ə³ ku³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³ loʊ̯⁵¹ ɖ͡ʐ̥ə¹ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹/

to mutter and mumble; to speak hesitantly without fully explaining oneself


粉墨登場

ㄈㄣˇ ㄇㄛˋ ㄉㄥ ㄔㄤˇ

ㄈㄣˇ ㄇㄛˋ ㄉㄥ ㄔㄤˊ

фэньмодэнчан

/fən²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ tɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/fən²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ tɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/

/fɐn³⁵ mɐk̚² tɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/

/fən²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ tɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/

/fɐn³⁵ mɐk̚² tɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/


透堂白日

/tʰau²¹³⁻⁵⁵ tɯŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ peʔ⁴⁻² d͡zik̚⁴/

/tʰau²¹³⁻⁵⁵ tɯŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ peʔ⁴⁻² d͡zek̚⁴/

/tʰau²¹³⁻⁵⁵ tɯŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ peʔ⁴⁻² d͡zik̚⁴/

/tʰau²¹³⁻⁵⁵ tɯŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ peʔ⁴⁻² d͡zek̚⁴/


you alright

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see are, you, alright.

The greeting "you alright?" took a long time to get used to. In the US asking someone if they're alright implies that they look like they're not ok.

2022 February 1, Lizzie May, “Immigrants living in the UK reveal the biggest culture shocks they experienced”, in The Daily Mail:


quihúbole

(colloquial, Mexico, El Salvador) Alternative spelling of quehúbole


quehúbole

(colloquial, Mexico, El Salvador) what's up?


ggs

(online gaming slang) Initialism of good games.


扭虧為盈

ㄋㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄨㄟ ㄨㄟˊ ㄧㄥˊ

/ni̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ iŋ³⁵/

/nɐu̯³⁵ kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵ wɐi̯²¹ jɪŋ²¹/

/ni̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ iŋ³⁵/

/nɐu̯³⁵ kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵ wɐi̯²¹ jɪŋ²¹/

to turn loss into gain; to be back in the black


keadaan kahar

Compound of keadaan (“situation”) + kahar (“all-powerful; tyrannical”).


daya paksa

Compound of daya + paksa, calque of Dutch overmacht.


putusan bebas

Compound of putusan (“verdict”) + bebas (“guiltless”, literally “free”), compare to Japanese 無罪判決(むざいはんけつ) (muzaihanketsu, “acquittal”, literally “guiltless verdict”).


the shape of things to come

From the novel The Shape of Things to Come by H. G. Wells (1933).

The Rohingya crisis is not an isolated tragedy – it’s the shape of things to come [title]

2015 May 19, Tahmima Anam, “The Rohingya crisis is not an isolated tragedy – it’s the shape of things to come”, in The Guardian:

Few appreciated it at the time but with 40 years’ hindsight, Steven Lisberger’s sci-fi adventure Tron was the shape of things to come: in cinema, in real life, and in virtual life.

2022 July 5, Steve Rose, “‘Frankly it blew my mind’: how Tron changed cinema – and predicted the future of tech”, in The Guardian:

That is trendsetting and foreshadowing; pointing the way ahead.


two plus two equals five

Popularized by George Orwell's 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, referencing a scene in which the protagonist Winston Smith wonders if the authoritarian Inner Party would declare that "two plus two equals five". However, figurative use dates back to the 18th century.

Consequently, if it be claimed that, under the French constitution, 200,000 individuals, out of 26 million citizens, constitute two-thirds of the common will, only one comment is possible: It is a claim that two and two make five.

1789, Abbé Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès (tr.), What Is the Third Estate?:

In the end, the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it. […] For, after all, how do we know that two and two make four? Or that the force of gravity works? Or that the past is unchangeable? If both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and if the mind itself is controllable—what then?

1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four:

I recognize that a lot of things are gray. They are nuanced, and there are tradeoffs. But there are also things which are black and white. Two plus two does equal four. But if you can convince people that two plus two equals five, you can make them believe absurdities.

2022 August 12, Jan Jekielek, Jeff Minick, “The Erosion of Truth”, in The Epoch Times:

(figurative, hyperbolic) A transparently absurd claim, often accepted as a result of a tyrannical government or mass delusion.

George Orwell
Nineteen Eighty-Four
two plus two equals five


禍福相依

ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄧ

/xu̯ɔ⁵¹ fu³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ i⁵⁵/

/xu̯ɔ⁵¹ fu³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ i⁵⁵/

fortune and misfortune are interdependent (bad things can lead to good results; good things can lead to bad results)


ܪܡܫܘܟ ܒܪܝܟܐ

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ܪܲܡܫܘܼܟ݂ ܒܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ

ܪܲܡܫܘܼܟ݂ ܒܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ • (ramšoḵ brīḵā)

ܪܲܡܫܘܼܟ݂ ܒܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ (canonical)
ramšoḵ brīḵā (romanization)

Literally, “May your evening be blessed”


痴男怨女

ㄔ ㄋㄢˊ ㄩㄢˋ ㄋㄩˇ

чинаньюаньнюй

/ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ nän³⁵ ɥɛn⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ nän³⁵ ɥɛn⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


怨女曠夫

ㄩㄢˋ ㄋㄩˇ ㄎㄨㄤˋ ㄈㄨ

юаньнюй куанфу

/ɥɛn⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹ fu⁵⁵/

/ɥɛn⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹ fu⁵⁵/

a grieving woman and a desolate man (a woman without a husband and a man without a wife)


曠夫怨女

ㄎㄨㄤˋ ㄈㄨ ㄩㄢˋ ㄋㄩˇ

куанфу юаньнюй

/kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹ fu⁵⁵ ɥɛn⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹ fu⁵⁵ ɥɛn⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

怨女曠夫 怨女曠夫#Chinese

怨女旷夫 怨女旷夫#Chinese

Alternative form of 怨女曠夫／怨女旷夫 (yuànnǚ kuàngfū)


molt soroll i poques nous

all mouth and trousers
all mouth and trousers

all hat and no cattle
all hat and no cattle

all talk, all mouth and trousers, all hat and no cattle


說的是呢

ㄕㄨㄛ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄕˋ ˙ㄋㄜ

/ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ d̥ə² ʂʐ̩⁵¹ nə¹/

/ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ d̥ə² ʂʐ̩⁵¹ nə¹/

Phono-semantic matching of Japanese そうですね.


je cosi shnilého ve státě dánském

something is rotten in the state of Denmark


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there is something rotten in the state of Denmark

When he compared the French army and its total expenditure with ours he was perfectly frightened. But when he came upon items such as that to which he had referred he could well understand that there was something rotten in the state of Denmark.

1861 May 10, Sir Morton Peto, “Supply—Army Estimates”, in parliamentary debates (Commons Chamber), volume 162, column 1899:

something is rotten in the state of Denmark#English

Alternative form of something is rotten in the state of Denmark


plakat na špatném hrobě

Redaktoři i politici tak pláčou dobře, ale na špatném hrobě.

Jednak populární antiamerikanismus, který pláče na špatném hrobě, protože to, co se prezentuje jako demokraticky americké, je spíše nadnárodně korporativní, stejně jako to, co se prezentuje jako politicky veřejné, …

bark up the wrong tree
bark up the wrong tree


ha pasado un ángel

a silence crept in; there was a sudden silence


y toda la pesca

Si usted me lo permite, le diré que ese trato y otro peor lo tenían ustedes bien merecido por haber salido a recibirla con palio y largarle luego el Tedéumcon órgano, cantorrio y toda la pesca.

1911, Benito Pérez Galdós, chapter 27, in De Cartago a Sagunto (Episodios Nacionales):

the whole nine yards
the whole nine yards

and the whole nine yards; and all that jazz


自掘墳墓

ㄗˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄈㄣˊ ㄇㄨˋ

цзыцзюэфэньму

/t͡sz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ fən³⁵ mu⁵¹/

/t͡siː²² kʷɐt̚² fɐn²¹ mou̯²²/

/t͡sz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ fən³⁵ mu⁵¹/

/t͡siː²² kʷɐt̚² fɐn²¹ mou̯²²/

to court self-destruction; to dig one's own grave

2015 May 29, Oriental Daily News (Malaysia), 男子被逼“自掘坟墓” 随后遭IS斩首 (Man was Forced to Dig His Own Tomb, Then Executed by ISIS):

Disgusting video was leaked from the militant organization ISIS from yesterday, where they forced a man to dig his own tomb, then beheaded him in front of his own tomb.

Wǔzhuāng zǔzhī “yīsīlánguó” zài zuórì yòu yǒu zuìxīn èxīn yǐngxiàng liúchū, zhècì tāmen bī yī míng nánzǐ zìjuéfénmù, suíhòu jiāng gāi míng nánzǐ zài zì wā de fénmù qián zhǎnshǒu.

武裝組織“伊斯蘭國”在昨日又有最新噁心影像流出，這次他們逼一名男子自掘墳墓，隨後將該名男子在自挖的墳墓前斬首。

武装组织“伊斯兰国”在昨日又有最新𫫇心影像流出，这次他们逼一名男子自掘坟墓，随后将该名男子在自挖的坟墓前斩首。

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 自, 掘 (jué), 坟墓 (fénmù).


speak now or forever hold your peace

Originates from the 1549 Book of Common Prayer. The original wording is: "Therefore if any man can ſhewe any iuste cauſe why they maie not lawfully be ioyned ſo together: Leat him now ſpeake, or els hereafter for euer hold his peace."

Traditionally spoken during a wedding ceremony to allow guests an opportunity to voice any objections to the union.

(by extension, humorous) Spoken to give one's listeners a last chance for comments or feedback.


cầu sung vừa đủ xài

[kəw˨˩ sʊwŋ͡m˧˧ vɨə˨˩ ʔɗu˧˩ saːj˨˩]

[kəw˦˩ ʂʊwŋ͡m˧˧ vɨə˦˩ ʔɗʊw˧˨ saːj˦˩]

[kəw˦˩ sʊwŋ͡m˧˧ vɨə˦˩ ʔɗʊw˧˨ saːj˦˩]

[kəw˨˩ ʂʊwŋ͡m˧˧ vɨə˨˩ ʔɗʊw˨˩˦ saːj˨˩]

[kəw˨˩ sʊwŋ͡m˧˧ jɨə˨˩ ʔɗʊw˨˩˦ saːj˨˩]

Based on the words for five types of fruits: mãng cầu (“sugar apple”), sung (“fig”), dừa (“coconut”), đu đủ (“papaya”), xoài (“mango”)), with phono-semantic matching with sung (充) (as in sung túc) and xài (“to use, to spend”); roughly "having enough wealth for a comfortable life".

(Southern Vietnam, occult) to offer certain fruits during Tết as a way to wish for fortune


陳芝麻爛穀子

ㄔㄣˊ ㄓ ˙ㄇㄚ ㄌㄢˋ ㄍㄨˇ ˙ㄗ

чэнь чжима лань гуцзы

/ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ mä² län⁵¹ ku²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/


陳穀子爛芝麻

ㄔㄣˊ ㄍㄨˇ ˙ㄗ ㄌㄢˋ ㄓ ˙ㄇㄚ

чэнь гуцзы лань чжима

/ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ ku²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴ län⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ mä²/

/t͡sʰɐn²¹ kʊk̚⁵ t͡siː³⁵ laːn²² t͡siː⁵⁵ maː²¹/

陳芝麻爛穀子 陳芝麻爛穀子#Chinese

陈芝麻烂谷子 陈芝麻烂谷子#Chinese

Synonym of 陳芝麻爛穀子／陈芝麻烂谷子 (chén zhīma làn gǔzi, “dated and inconsequential affairs”)


幾斤幾兩

ㄐㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄐㄧˇ ㄌㄧㄤˇ

цзицзиньцзилян

/t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

one's weight; (figuratively) the extent of one's abilities or status


GRWM

Another look reminiscent of Kylie Jenner was created by Carli Bybel. Sticking to products with a mauve, brownish-pink tone, the beauty look is both subdued and glamorous — pretty without being too much of a statement. Bybel looks so gorgeous at the end of this GRWM video that it's impossible not to want to at least try the look for your next night out.

2015 October 1, Melodi Erdogan, “13 Lovely "Get Ready With Me" Videos From YouTube”, in Bustle:

In the same GRWM video, she demonstrated how she uses this powder, emphasizing applying it before bronzer, and making sure to carry the powder all the way down your neck.

2022 September 8, Madison Yauger, “Madison LeCroy Shares the Beauty Staples She 'Never Leaves Town Without'”, in People:

(Internet) Initialism of get ready with me.


ґбісу

ґбі́су • (gbísu)

к бі́су
к бісу#Ukrainian

(rare) Alternative form of к бі́су (k bísu)


vos désirs sont des ordres

your wish is my command
your wish is my command


к бісу

к бі́су • (k bísu)

к бі́су (canonical)
k bísu (romanization)


FJB

[…] an impromptu remark by a NASCAR trackside reporter at the Talladega Super Speedway […] attempted to awkwardly substitute the rambunctious “FJB” acronym with something entirely more benign: “Let’s Go Brandon!” in recognition of the winning driver, Brandon Brown.

2021 October 18, Mike Bibb, “Editorial: Is it ‘FJB’ or ‘let’s go, Brandon?’”, in The Gila Herald:

President Biden received an ugly welcome in the Land of 10,000 Lakes on Tuesday when his motorcade passed dozens of protesters who held vulgar signs dissing the commander-in-chief. […] One sign said “FJB” in an apparent abbreviation of “F–k Joe Biden.”

2021 November 30, Steven Nelson, “Biden haters greet president in Minnesota with ‘FJB’ and ‘You Suck’ signs”, in New York Post:

Kirk's controversial tag has the acronyms "LGB" for 'Let's Go Brandon' and "FJB," an explicit statement geared toward President Joe Biden […]

2022 March 16, “Alabama man allowed to keep controversial license plate”, in WVTM 13:

The antipathy toward Biden - I won't say it's the same as it was toward Clinton, but it's definitely present. The chants of 'FJB' are louder than they've ever been.

2024 April 20, Toluse Olorunnipa, quoting David Urban, “In Pa., Biden’s challenge is highlighted by protests from both sides”, in Washington Post, archived from the original on 2024-04-20:

(US politics) Initialism of fuck Joe Biden.


I will yeah

Judge Olann Kelleher asked the accused if he would be willing to do community service in order to avoid a jail term. Arundel replied: "I will yeah."

2022 June 15, Liam Heylin, “Drunk Cork man stood outside family home shouting 'f***ing scumbags'”, in Irish Examiner:

So, what’s the appeal you ask? Is it the privacy? The people? The pints? Honestly, I think it’s a combination of all three… and myriad others. Buttery spuds, Tayto sambos, saying "I will yeah" when you really mean no; those are a few of my favourite things.

2022 August 23, Sarah Finnan, “A love letter to Ireland (from your favourite Hollywood celebs)”, in IMAGE Magazine:


one's teeth water

Now his teeth watered as he saw the mad-looking woman apparently gulp down that which, from the fragrance it emitted, could be nothing less than the most potent kind of the beverage he loved.

1828, Michael Banim, The Croppy, volume 2, page 216:

(dated) One salivates or is visibly hungry or (figurative) eager for something.


that ain't it

"Yeah, no. That ain't it," Jessica argued. "These people do not get paid nearly enough to deal with all that nonsense or for you to use them for money and clout. Because at the end of the day, even if you’re not getting a dollar amount from making these videos, you're still getting attention and clout on a public platform. That’s still exploitative."

2022 August 31, Jess Colopy, “Viral TikToker Dances With Disney Characters, Infuriates Former Cast Member”, in Inside the Magic:

(slang) Used to express disapproval of an action.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see that, ain't, it.


i ndeireadh na dála

when all is said and done
when all is said and done

at the end of the day
at the end of the day

finally, when all is said and done (in the end), at the end of the day (in summary; ultimately)


bunga berbunga

Compound of bunga (“flower”) + berbunga (“flowering”), literally “flowering flower”, calque of Dutch rente op rente (“compound interest”, literally “interest of interest”). Compare to German Zinseszins.

clq

compound interest
compound interest#English

(colloquial, finance) compound interest.


что греха таить

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что греха́ таи́ть

что греха́ таи́ть • (što grexá taítʹ)

что греха́ таи́ть (canonical)
što grexá taítʹ (romanization)

LL-Q7737 (rus)-Cinemantique-что греха таить.wav

Что греха́ таи́ть, пьяненький я в ту пору был, а потому и храбрый, а на счастье и полиции кругом не случилось.

1900, А. И. Куприн, Погибшая сила:

Truth be told, I was rather drunk at the time, and therefore brave too, and fortunately there happened to be no police around.

Što grexá taítʹ, pʹjanenʹkij ja v tu poru byl, a potomu i xrabryj, a na sčastʹje i policii krugom ne slučilosʹ.

(colloquial, idiomatic) truth be told, it must be confessed, might as well admit (expressing an honest admission of something embarrassing or unpleasant)


нечего греха таить

не́чего греха́ таи́ть

не́чего греха́ таи́ть • (néčevo grexá taítʹ)

не́чего греха́ таи́ть (canonical)
néčevo grexá taítʹ (romanization)

[ˈnʲet͡ɕɪvə ɡrʲɪˈxa tɐˈitʲ]

Literally, “no need to keep a sin secret”.

lit

Не́чего греха́ таи́ть, я и сам люблю такое гулянье, где бы попить и поесть.

1801, И. А. Крылов, Пирог:

Truth be told, I myself like that kind of festival where one can drink and eat.

Néčevo grexá taítʹ, ja i sam ljublju takoje guljanʹje, gde by popitʹ i pojestʹ.

что греха́ таи́ть
что греха таить#Russian

(colloquial, idiomatic) Alternative form of что греха́ таи́ть (što grexá taítʹ); truth be told, might as well admit


чего греха таить

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чего́ греха́ таи́ть

чего́ греха́ таи́ть • (čevó grexá taítʹ)

чего́ греха́ таи́ть (canonical)
čevó grexá taítʹ (romanization)

[t͡ɕɪˈvo ɡrʲɪˈxa tɐˈitʲ]

Ну, уж чего́ греха́ таи́ть. Винюсь ― я съел третью булку.

1856, П. П. Ершов, Осенние вечера. Рассказы от скуки:

Well, I might as well admit it. I'm guilty: I ate the third loaf.

Nu, už čevó grexá taítʹ. Vinjusʹ ― ja sʺjel tretʹju bulku.


panta rhei

Unadapted borrowing from Ancient Greek πάντα ῥεῖ (pánta rheî, “everything flows”), coined by Ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus.

coin

(higher register, idiomatic) life changes (used to emphasize that things are constantly changing in life and nothing stays the same)


tack och hej leverpastej

From tack (“thank you”) + och (“and”) + hej (“goodbye”) + leverpastej (“liver pâté (a popular sandwich topping in Scandinavia)”). Chosen for the rhyme.


AYO

(Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of are you OK?.


horrelakoa da bizitza

Horrelakoa da bizitza / Egin ezazu behar duzuna / ...

1990, “Radio Rahim”, Fermin Muguruza (lyrics)performed by Negu Gorriak:

horrela da bizitza
horrela da bizitza#Basque

(Gipuzkoan) Alternative form of horrela da bizitza


good-night

Good-night! my Friends, Heaven guard ye all! good-night!

1696 [1680], Tho[mas] Otway, The Orphan or, The Unhappy-Marriage. A Tragedy. As It Is Acted at His Royal Highness the Duke’s Theatre., London: […] R. Bentley, […], act III, page 24:

“Good-night, cousin,” said Phœbe, strangely affected by Hepzibah’s manner. “If you begin to love me, I am glad!”

1851 April 9, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Maule’s Well”, in The House of the Seven Gables, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, page 107:

They wished her good-night in their several fashions. “Good-night, mother. Well, some people are born with silver spoons!” “Good-night, mother dear. Don’t you think Fordham looks dreadful?” “Oh, no, Armie; much better than when I came up to town.” “Good-night, Mother Carey. If those young folks make all their parties so jolly, it will be the pleasantest house in London! Good-night!”

1879, Charlotte M[ary] Yonge, “The Traveller’s Joy”, in Magnum Bonum or Mother Carey’s Brood, volume III, London: Macmillan and Co., page 820:


may the odds be ever in your favor

From the novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, in which it is the catchphrase of the character Effie Trinket, used to wish prospective competitors in the titular battle royale good luck.

Scheduling a meeting with ten people is a form of calendar Tetris. May the odds be ever in your favor.

2018, Neil Soni, The Startup Gold Mine: How to Tap the Hidden Innovation Agendas of Large Companies to Fund and Grow Your Business, page 39:

With Geminis you just never know! All in all, I love being a Gemini, as we are a fun bunch. As for the ability for our moods to change in the snap of a finger, may the odds be ever in your favor!

2019, Mary, quoted in Kristy Robinett, Born Under a Good Sign: Make the Most of Your Astrological Sign, unnumbered page

My first baby loved baths from the start, and my youngest sounded like he was being waterboarded the entire time. May the odds be ever in your favor, and if your child is not the next Michael Phelps, try taking a bath with them.

2020, Melissa Guida-Richards, Bedtime, the Ultimate Battle: A Parent's Sleep Guide for Infants and Toddlers, unnumbered page:

(humorous) Used to wish someone luck in an adverse or uncertain situation.

Effie Trinket
Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games


風清氣正

ㄈㄥ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄑㄧˋ ㄓㄥˋ

фэнцинцичжэн

/fɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/

/hoŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰeŋ³³⁻²³ kʰi²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sĩã²¹³/

/fɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/


望而卻步

ㄨㄤˋ ㄦˊ ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄅㄨˋ

/wɑŋ⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/

/mɔːŋ²² jiː²¹ kʰœːk̚³ pou̯²²/

/wɑŋ⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹/

/mɔːŋ²² jiː²¹ kʰœːk̚³ pou̯²²/


磨穿鐵硯

ㄇㄛˊ ㄔㄨㄢ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄧㄢˋ

мочуаньтеянь

/mu̯ɔ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn⁵¹/

/mɔː²¹ t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵ tʰiːt̚³ jiːn²²/

/mu̯ɔ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn⁵¹/

/mɔː²¹ t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵ tʰiːt̚³ jiːn²²/

(figuratively) to show extreme diligence in one's studies


head

one can dish it out, but one can't take it

One is able to express thoughts, criticism, or insults towards others, but cannot accept being on the receiving end of the same treatment.


sen näkee sitten

From sen (“it”, accusative) + näkee (“sees”) + sitten (“then”).


eső után köpönyeg

[ˈɛʃøːutaːn ˌkøpøɲɛɡ]

eső (“rain”) + után (“after”) + köpönyeg (“cloak”), literally “cloak after [the] rain”

affix

(idiomatic) close the stable door after the horse has bolted, cry over spilt milk (it's too late to be careful after a sustained damage)


it is and it isn't

1972: United States House Committee on the District of Columbia Hearings on Interest, Usury, and Consumer Credit, p. 111.
Mr. JENNINGS. But if it is on the basis of handling it under a "with recourse" situation, that isn't affected by this bill.
Mr. MIKVA. It is and it isn't.
Mr. JENNINGS. It is from the standpoint of collection, you are right.

If you want to know how many people are taller than six feet tall, then you just pick people out at random, and you see that maybe forty of them are more than six feet so you guess that maybe everybody is. Sounds stupid. Well, it is and it isn't. If you pick the hundred out by seeing which ones come through a low door, you're going to get it wrong.

2009, Richard P. Feynman, The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist, page 84:

An answer in reply to a yes-no question, indicating there is no simple "yes" or "no" answer


αποφώλιο τέρας

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αποφώλιο τέρας • (apofólio téras)

el-phrase

αποφώλιο τέρας • (apofólio téras)

Via the Katharevousa expression ἀποφώλιον (apophṓlion) τέρας (téras) (hiderous monster), a rendering of the ancient phrase ἀποφώλιον τρέφος (tréphos) by Euripides, describing the Minotaur. See ἀποφώλιος (apophṓlios)

(dated) literally: hideous monster (of criminals who committed hideous acts)


虎口奪食

ㄏㄨˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄉㄨㄛˊ ㄕˊ

/xu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/

/xu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/

to be extremely brave; to take an enormous risk


遮天蔽日

ㄓㄜ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄅㄧˋ ㄖˋ

/ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹/

/t͡sɛː⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ pɐi̯³³ jɐt̚²/

/ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹/

/t͡sɛː⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ pɐi̯³³ jɐt̚²/


pahlawan kesiangan

Compound of pahlawan (“hero”) + kesiangan (“late, oversleep”, literally “too late in the afternoon”).

com

someone takes credit for no action during critical period


die Katze beißt sich in den Schwanz

De-die Katze beißt sich in den Schwanz.ogg

Literally, “the cat is biting its own tail”. Compare French c’est le chat qui se mord la queue and so on.

cog

(idiomatic) it's a vicious circle, every solution leads to a dead end or creates new problems


喜憂參半

ㄒㄧˇ ㄧㄡ ㄘㄢ ㄅㄢˋ

/ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ joʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰän⁵⁵ pän⁵¹/

/ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ joʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰän⁵⁵ pän⁵¹/

to have a mixture of happy and sad feelings


a pan pedir

Attested since the 13th century. Literally, “for bread asking”.

de moy rricos que ante erã, agora son [tornados] muy pobres et a pã pedir

1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 691:

from being very rich, that they were, now they have become very poor and broke

quantos á en esta çidade, todos serã despreçados et tornados a pam pedir.

1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 650:

everyone in this city, all of them, will be despised and will become shameful / broke


nodum in scirpo quaerere

[ˈnɔd̪ʊ̃ˑ ɪn ˈs̠kɪrpɔ ˈkʷäe̯rɛrɛ]

Literally, “to seek a knot in a bulrush”

lit

"In scirpo nodum quaeris." Plautus, Menaechmi, Act 2, Scene 1, line 22

to find a difficulty where there is none; to find trouble where there is none


whatever will be, will be

whatever happens, happens
whatever happens, happens#English


man tut, was man kann

(set phrase) It is natural to use one's abilities to help; often in response to an expression of thanks.


Hopfen und Malz, Gott erhalt's

Literally, “hop and malt, may God preserve it”.

(idiomatic) A praise for beer, often displayed in traditional taverns etc.


how's it

"How's it?" Stan asked. He looked like he was having real trouble focusing his eyes, and he smelt very strange. 'It's all right, Stan,' Granddad replied. 'What's up?' 'Had any more news there, boss?' Granddad didn't look up.

2015 September 1, James Roy, Billy Mack's War, Univ. of Queensland Press, →ISBN:


神のみぞ知る

神のみぞ知る (canonical)
kami nomi zo shiru (romanization)


德不配位

ㄉㄜˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄆㄟˋ ㄨㄟˋ

/tɤ³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ pʰeɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹/

/tɤ³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ pʰeɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹/

to have talents that are a poor fit for one's job


ominta omaa

[ˈo̞min̪t̪ɑ̝ ˈo̞mɑ̝ː]

From ominta (“of the most own”) + omaa (“of own”).


transpor aktif

Compound of transpor + aktif, calque of English active transport.

active transport
active transport#English

(biology) active transport: Movement of ions or molecules across a cell membrane into a region of higher concentration, assisted by enzymes and requiring energy.


istg

Alternative form: ISTG

The singer-rapper wrote “people r so fuckin dumb istg it’s terrifying” yesterday (August 3), the context of which is unknown. Doja’s post prompted some fans and Twitter users to call her out for they perceived was her being unnecessarily negative and immature.

2022 August 4, Charlotte Krol, “Doja Cat claims Twitter isn’t letting her send replies as she calls fans “nerds” and tells some to “shut the fuck up””, in NME:

(Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of I swear to God.


när det kommer till kritan

Literally "when it comes to the crayon". A reference to tabs written with chalk on a blackboard.

(dated, originally) When debts are due; when it's time to pay money.

when push comes to shove
when push comes to shove

(by extension) When it really matters; when the situation requires it; when push comes to shove.


gråt och tandagnisslan

weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth


藏龍臥虎

ㄘㄤˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨˇ

/t͡sʰɑŋ³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵ wɔ⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰɔːŋ²¹ lʊŋ²¹ ŋɔː²² fuː³⁵/

/t͡sʰɑŋ³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵ wɔ⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰɔːŋ²¹ lʊŋ²¹ ŋɔː²² fuː³⁵/

to have many hidden talented individuals


life goes on

From the idea that the world continues despite all the setbacks, the world doesn't stop for one person.

It might've been one hell of a week, but hey, life goes on. You gotta get back up each time it throws you down.

Oh yeah, life goes on / Long after the thrill of livin' it's gone

1982, John Melloncamp (lyrics and music), “Jack & Diane”, in American Fool:

Saying used to encourage someone to keep moving despite hardship


a furto

Spanish: a hurto

From Latin fūrtō (“stealthily, in secret”), maintained while reinforcing it with the Old Spanish preposition a, from Latin ad.

E puede aun dispensar con los clerigos que cantassen seyendo uedados que retengan sus beneficios. & con los que se ordenassen de mayores ordenes; dexando otras en medio. o usassen de ordenes de que nunqua ouiessen seydo ordenados. o si recibiessen algunas a furto.

mid 13th century, Alfonso X, Primera Partida

And he [a bishop] can dispense of clerics that hold mass, having been forbidden to do so, from keeping their benefits, and also with those that order themselves at higher ranks skipping some in the middle, as well as those who use a rank having never been ordered in it or having received any in secret.


就事論事

ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄕˋ ㄌㄨㄣˋ ㄕˋ

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu̯ən⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/t͡sɐu̯²² siː²² lɵn²² siː²²/

/t͡siu³⁵⁻¹¹ sɯ¹¹ luŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ sɯ¹¹/

/t͡sɐu̯²² siː²² lɵn²² siː²²/

/t͡siu³⁵⁻¹¹ sɯ¹¹ luŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ sɯ¹¹/

to consider the matter in isolation; to judge the case as it stands (and not a specific individual)


a hurto

Inherited from Old Spanish a furto, inherited from Latin fūrtō (“stealthily”) with preposition reinforcing.

Andava don Francisco transformado en su amor y convertido en sombra de su dama, sin perderla de vista, dando los mismos bordos y passeos y valiéndose de ocasiones que, a hurto, dieron lugar de hablarse, y aun tocarse las manos, favor que enloquezía a mi cautivo amigo, no sin gran risa mía

1626, Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses, Varia fortuna del soldado Píndaro p. 149, (ed. by Arsenio Pacheco, 1975, Madrid: Espasa-Calpe)

Don Francisco was now going about transformed in love, converted into his lady's shadow not losing sight of her, taking walks in the places and making the most out of times when, in secret, they were able to speak and even join hands, which made my enthralled friend crazy, not without my laughter

No tardó ésta en presentarse; el asesino, preso y convicto, fue en el acto condenado a muerte; el violador resultó ser alemán, y los autores de la exhumación, unos despreciables indígenas que, sin otro objeto que el de hacerse de un anillo de oro, habían, a hurto de las autoridades, cometido aquel torpe desacato.

1882, Vicente Pérez Rosales, Recuerdos del pasado (1814-1860)

The [opportunity] showed up without delay. The murderer, caught and jailed, was immediately sentenced to death. The rapist turned out to be a German man, and the perpetrators of the exhumation were despicable indigenous people who, with no other purpose than gaining a gold ring, had carried out the foolish disrespect in secret [hiding it] from the authorities.


моя хата с краю

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моя́ ха́та с кра́ю

моя́ ха́та с кра́ю • (mojá xáta s kráju)

моя́ ха́та с кра́ю (canonical)
mojá xáta s kráju (romanization)

моя́ ха́та с кра́ю, я ничего́ не зна́ю

моя хата с краю, я ничего не знаю#Russian

(idiomatic, colloquial) Abbreviation of моя́ ха́та с кра́ю, я ничего́ не зна́ю (mojá xáta s kráju, ja ničevó ne znáju).


as demure as an old whore at a christening

as demure as a whore at a christening#English

Alternative form of as demure as a whore at a christening


моя хата с краю, я ничего не знаю

моя́ ха́та с кра́ю, я ничего́ не зна́ю

моя́ ха́та с кра́ю, я ничего́ не зна́ю • (mojá xáta s kráju, ja ničevó ne znáju)

моя́ ха́та с кра́ю (canonical)
я ничего́ не зна́ю (canonical)
mojá xáta s kráju (romanization)
ja ničevó ne znáju (romanization)

[mɐˈja ˈxatə ˈs‿krajʊ | ja nʲɪt͡ɕɪˈvo nʲɪ‿ˈznajʊ]

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

lit

none of my business
none of someone's business

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

en-моя_хата_с_краю,_я_ничего_не_знаю-ru-phrase-vOCJJq72


Cali or bust

Many more are coming to the same realisation as Fox: "Cali or bust". But this is at the expense of other tech hubs. Boston, for example, was once tipped to be the hub Silicon Valley has become. While it is still a major player, particularly in med tech, for various reasons, California came out on top.

2015 October 12, John Holden, “The networking in Silicon Valley is unparalleled”, in The Irish Times:

University of Waterloo graduates stressed there is a lot of peer pressure to land jobs in Silicon Valley. The saying on campus is: "Cali or bust."

2018 May 3, Terry Pender, “'Cali or bust': Tech sector losing grads to Silicon Valley”, in Waterloo Chronicle:

CALI OR BUST (overline)

2018 May 11, Lila MacLellan, “Alarm bells should be going off in Canada's STEM industry”, in Quartz:

The main reasons for why a student would 'Cali or bust' are: higher internship pay in the US, experience new locations & cultures, work at reputable companies, and the fact that the many of their classmates are also heading to the US.

2018 May 15, Bo Peng, “The Cali or Bust Conundrum”, in bopeng.io:

(university slang, computer science) Expressing a desire to work for a company in Silicon Valley, California (especially a FAANG company).


salir de la polla

Haz lo que te salga de la polla.

Oh sure, just go ahead and do as you fucking please.

No me sale de la polla trabajar mañana.

(Spain, vulgar) to feel like doing something, to do as one pleases


yorgan döşek yatmak

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aorist in -<i class="Latn mention" lang="tr">V²r</i>

yorgan döşek yatıyorlardı (or yorgan döşek yatıyordular)

yorgan döşek yatarlarmış (or yorgan döşek yatarmışlar)

yorgan döşek yatmak (infinitive)
yorgan döşek yatan (imperfective impersonal participle)
yorgan döşek yatmış (impersonal participle perfective)
yorgan döşek yatacak (impersonal participle prospective)
yorgan döşek yattığım (non-prospective participle personal)
yorgan döşek yattığın (non-prospective participle personal)
yorgan döşek yattığı (non-prospective participle personal)
yorgan döşek yattığımız (non-prospective participle personal)
yorgan döşek yattığınız (non-prospective participle personal)
yorgan döşek yattıkları (non-prospective participle personal)
yorgan döşek yatacağım (participle personal prospective)
yorgan döşek yatacağın (participle personal prospective)
yorgan döşek yatacağı (participle personal prospective)
yorgan döşek yatacağımız (participle personal prospective)
yorgan döşek yatacağınız (participle personal prospective)
yorgan döşek yatacakları (participle personal prospective)
yorgan döşek yatma (noun-from-verb)
yorgan döşek yatış (adverbial)
yorgan döşek yatarım (aorist indicative present singular)
yorgan döşek yatarsın (aorist indicative present singular)
yorgan döşek yatar (aorist indicative present singular)
yorgan döşek yatarız (aorist indicative plural present)
yorgan döşek yatarsınız (aorist indicative plural present)
yorgan döşek yatarlar (aorist indicative plural present)
yorgan döşek yatıyorum (imperfective indicative present singular)
yorgan döşek yatıyorsun (imperfective indicative present singular)
yorgan döşek yatıyor (imperfective indicative present singular)
yorgan döşek yatıyoruz (imperfective indicative plural present)
yorgan döşek yatıyorsunuz (imperfective indicative plural present)
yorgan döşek yatıyorlar (imperfective indicative plural present)
yorgan döşek yattım (indicative past perfective singular)
yorgan döşek yattın (indicative past perfective singular)
yorgan döşek yattı (indicative past perfective singular)
yorgan döşek yattık (indicative past perfective plural)
yorgan döşek yattınız (indicative past perfective plural)
yorgan döşek yattılar (indicative past perfective plural)
yorgan döşek yatıyordum (imperfective indicative past singular)
yorgan döşek yatıyordun (imperfective indicative past singular)
yorgan döşek yatıyordu (imperfective indicative past singular)
yorgan döşek yatıyorduk (imperfective indicative past plural)
yorgan döşek yatıyordunuz (imperfective indicative past plural)
yorgan döşek yatıyorlardı (imperfective indicative past plural)
or yorgan döşek yatıyordular (imperfective indicative past plural)
yorgan döşek yatacağım (future indicative singular)
yorgan döşek yatacaksın (future indicative singular)
yorgan döşek yatacak (future indicative singular)
yorgan döşek yatacağız (future indicative plural)
yorgan döşek yatacaksınız (future indicative plural)
yorgan döşek yatacaklar (future indicative plural)
yorgan döşek yatmışım (inferential perfective singular)
yorgan döşek yatmışsın (inferential perfective singular)
yorgan döşek yatmış (inferential perfective singular)
yorgan döşek yatmışız (inferential perfective plural)
yorgan döşek yatmışsınız (inferential perfective plural)
yorgan döşek yatmışlar (inferential perfective plural)
yorgan döşek yatarmışım (aorist inferential singular)
yorgan döşek yatarmışsın (aorist inferential singular)
yorgan döşek yatarmış (aorist inferential singular)
yorgan döşek yatarmışız (aorist inferential plural)
yorgan döşek yatarmışsınız (aorist inferential plural)
yorgan döşek yatarlarmış (aorist inferential plural)
or yorgan döşek yatarmışlar (aorist inferential plural)
yorgan döşek yatıyormuşum (imperfective inferential singular)
yorgan döşek yatıyormuşsun (imperfective inferential singular)
yorgan döşek yatıyormuş (imperfective inferential singular)
yorgan döşek yatıyormuşuz (imperfective inferential plural)
yorgan döşek yatıyormuşsunuz (imperfective inferential plural)
yorgan döşek yatıyorlarmış (imperfective inferential plural)
yorgan döşek yatsam (conditional singular)
yorgan döşek yatsan (conditional singular)
yorgan döşek yatsa (conditional singular)
yorgan döşek yatsak (conditional plural)
yorgan döşek yatsanız (conditional plural)
yorgan döşek yatsalar (conditional plural)
yorgan döşek yatsaydım (conditional perfective singular)
yorgan döşek yatsaydın (conditional perfective singular)
yorgan döşek yatsaydı (conditional perfective singular)
yorgan döşek yatsaydık (conditional perfective plural)
yorgan döşek yatsaydınız (conditional perfective plural)
yorgan döşek yatsaydılar (conditional perfective plural)
yorgan döşek yatayım (optative singular)
yorgan döşek yatasın (optative singular)
yorgan döşek yata (optative singular)
yorgan döşek yatalım (optative plural)
yorgan döşek yatasınız (optative plural)
yorgan döşek yatalar (optative plural)
yorgan döşek yatmaktayım (progressive singular)
yorgan döşek yatmaktasın (progressive singular)
yorgan döşek yatmakta (progressive singular)
yorgan döşek yatmaktayız (plural progressive)
yorgan döşek yatmaktasınız (plural progressive)
yorgan döşek yatmaktalar (plural progressive)
yorgan döşek yatmalıyım (necessitative singular)
yorgan döşek yatmalısın (necessitative singular)
yorgan döşek yatmalı (necessitative singular)
yorgan döşek yatmalıyız (necessitative plural)
yorgan döşek yatmalısınız (necessitative plural)
yorgan döşek yatmalılar (necessitative plural)
yorgan döşek yat (imperative singular)
yorgan döşek yatsın (imperative singular)
yorgan döşek yatın (imperative plural)
yorgan döşek yatsınlar (imperative plural)
yorgan döşek yatar mıyım? (aorist indicative present singular)
yorgan döşek yatar mısın? (aorist indicative present singular)
yorgan döşek yatar mı? (aorist indicative present singular)
yorgan döşek yatar mıyız? (aorist indicative plural present)
yorgan döşek yatar mısınız? (aorist indicative plural present)
yorgan döşek yatarlar mı? (aorist indicative plural present)
yorgan döşek yatıyor muyum? (imperfective indicative present singular)
yorgan döşek yatıyor musun? (imperfective indicative present singular)
yorgan döşek yatıyor mu? (imperfective indicative present singular)
yorgan döşek yatıyor muyuz? (imperfective indicative plural present)
yorgan döşek yatıyor musunuz? (imperfective indicative plural present)
yorgan döşek yatıyorlar mı? (imperfective indicative plural present)
yorgan döşek yattım mı? (indicative past perfective singular)
yorgan döşek yattın mı? (indicative past perfective singular)
yorgan döşek yattı mı? (indicative past perfective singular)
yorgan döşek yattık mı? (indicative past perfective plural)
yorgan döşek yattınız mı? (indicative past perfective plural)
yorgan döşek yattılar mı? (indicative past perfective plural)
yorgan döşek yatıyor muydum? (imperfective indicative past singular)
yorgan döşek yatıyor muydun? (imperfective indicative past singular)
yorgan döşek yatıyor muydu? (imperfective indicative past singular)
yorgan döşek yatıyor muyduk? (imperfective indicative past plural)
yorgan döşek yatıyor muydunuz? (imperfective indicative past plural)
yorgan döşek yatıyorlar mıydı? (imperfective indicative past plural)
yorgan döşek yatacak mıyım? (future indicative singular)
yorgan döşek yatacak mısın? (future indicative singular)
yorgan döşek yatacak mı? (future indicative singular)
yorgan döşek yatacak mıyız? (future indicative plural)
yorgan döşek yatacak mısınız? (future indicative plural)
yorgan döşek yatacaklar mı? (future indicative plural)
yorgan döşek yatmış mıyım? (inferential perfective singular)
yorgan döşek yatmış mısın? (inferential perfective singular)
yorgan döşek yatmış mı? (inferential perfective singular)
yorgan döşek yatmış mıyız? (inferential perfective plural)
yorgan döşek yatmış mısınız? (inferential perfective plural)
yorgan döşek yatmışlar mı? (inferential perfective plural)
yorgan döşek yatar mıymışım? (aorist inferential singular)
yorgan döşek yatar mıymışsın? (aorist inferential singular)
yorgan döşek yatar mıymış? (aorist inferential singular)
yorgan döşek yatar mıymışız? (aorist inferential plural)
yorgan döşek yatar mıymışsınız? (aorist inferential plural)
yorgan döşek yatarlar mıymış? (aorist inferential plural)
yorgan döşek yatıyor muymuşum? (imperfective inferential singular)
yorgan döşek yatıyor muymuşsun? (imperfective inferential singular)
yorgan döşek yatıyor muymuş? (imperfective inferential singular)
yorgan döşek yatıyor muymuşuz? (imperfective inferential plural)
yorgan döşek yatıyor muymuşsunuz? (imperfective inferential plural)
yorgan döşek yatıyorlar mıymış? (imperfective inferential plural)
yorgan döşek yatsam mı? (conditional singular)
yorgan döşek yatsan mı? (conditional singular)
yorgan döşek yatsa mı? (conditional singular)
yorgan döşek yatsak mı? (conditional plural)
yorgan döşek yatsanız mı? (conditional plural)
yorgan döşek yatsalar mı? (conditional plural)
yorgan döşek yatsa mıydım? (conditional perfective singular)
yorgan döşek yatsa mıydın? (conditional perfective singular)
yorgan döşek yatsa mıydı? (conditional perfective singular)
yorgan döşek yatsa mıydık? (conditional perfective plural)
yorgan döşek yatsa mıydınız? (conditional perfective plural)
yorgan döşek yatsalar mıydı? (conditional perfective plural)
yorgan döşek yatmakta mıyım? (interrogative progressive singular)
yorgan döşek yatmakta mısın? (interrogative progressive singular)
yorgan döşek yatmakta mı? (interrogative progressive singular)
yorgan döşek yatmakta mıyız? (interrogative plural progressive)
yorgan döşek yatmakta mısınız? (interrogative plural progressive)
yorgan döşek yatmaktalar mı? (interrogative plural progressive)
yorgan döşek yatmalı mıyım? (necessitative singular)
yorgan döşek yatmalı mısın? (necessitative singular)
yorgan döşek yatmalı mı? (necessitative singular)
yorgan döşek yatmalı mıyız? (necessitative plural)
yorgan döşek yatmalı mısınız? (necessitative plural)
yorgan döşek yatmalılar mı? (necessitative plural)
yorgan döşek yatmamak (infinitive negative)
yorgan döşek yatmayan (imperfective impersonal negative participle)
yorgan döşek yatmamış (impersonal negative participle perfective)
yorgan döşek yatmayacak (impersonal negative participle prospective)
yorgan döşek yatmadığım (negative non-prospective participle personal singular)
yorgan döşek yatmadığın (negative non-prospective participle personal singular)
yorgan döşek yatmadığı (negative non-prospective participle personal singular)
yorgan döşek yatmadığımız (negative non-prospective participle personal plural)
yorgan döşek yatmadığınız (negative non-prospective participle personal plural)
yorgan döşek yatmadıkları (negative non-prospective participle personal plural)
yorgan döşek yatmayacağım (negative participle personal prospective singular)
yorgan döşek yatmayacağın (negative participle personal prospective singular)
yorgan döşek yatmayacağı (negative participle personal prospective singular)
yorgan döşek yatmayacağımız (negative participle personal plural prospective)
yorgan döşek yatmayacağınız (negative participle personal plural prospective)
yorgan döşek yatmayacakları (negative participle personal plural prospective)
yorgan döşek yatmama (negative noun-from-verb)
yorgan döşek yatmayış (adverbial negative)
yorgan döşek yatmam (aorist indicative negative present singular)
yorgan döşek yatmazsın (aorist indicative negative present singular)
yorgan döşek yatmaz (aorist indicative negative present singular)
yorgan döşek yatmayız (aorist indicative negative plural present)
yorgan döşek yatmazsınız (aorist indicative negative plural present)
yorgan döşek yatmazlar (aorist indicative negative plural present)
yorgan döşek yatmıyorum (imperfective indicative negative present singular)
yorgan döşek yatmıyorsun (imperfective indicative negative present singular)
yorgan döşek yatmıyor (imperfective indicative negative present singular)
yorgan döşek yatmıyoruz (imperfective indicative negative plural present)
yorgan döşek yatmıyorsunuz (imperfective indicative negative plural present)
yorgan döşek yatmıyorlar (imperfective indicative negative plural present)
yorgan döşek yatmadım (indicative negative past perfective singular)
yorgan döşek yatmadın (indicative negative past perfective singular)
yorgan döşek yatmadı (indicative negative past perfective singular)
yorgan döşek yatmadık (indicative negative past perfective plural)
yorgan döşek yatmadınız (indicative negative past perfective plural)
yorgan döşek yatmadılar (indicative negative past perfective plural)
yorgan döşek yatmıyordum (imperfective indicative negative past singular)
yorgan döşek yatmıyordun (imperfective indicative negative past singular)
yorgan döşek yatmıyordu (imperfective indicative negative past singular)
yorgan döşek yatmıyorduk (imperfective indicative negative past plural)
yorgan döşek yatmıyordunuz (imperfective indicative negative past plural)
yorgan döşek yatmıyorlardı (imperfective indicative negative past plural)
yorgan döşek yatmayacağım (future indicative negative singular)
yorgan döşek yatmayacaksın (future indicative negative singular)
yorgan döşek yatmayacak (future indicative negative singular)
yorgan döşek yatmayacağız (future indicative negative plural)
yorgan döşek yatmayacaksınız (future indicative negative plural)
yorgan döşek yatmayacaklar (future indicative negative plural)
yorgan döşek yatmamışım (inferential negative perfective singular)
yorgan döşek yatmamışsın (inferential negative perfective singular)
yorgan döşek yatmamış (inferential negative perfective singular)
yorgan döşek yatmamışız (inferential negative perfective plural)
yorgan döşek yatmamışsınız (inferential negative perfective plural)
yorgan döşek yatmamışlar (inferential negative perfective plural)
yorgan döşek yatmazmışım (aorist inferential negative singular)
yorgan döşek yatmazmışsın (aorist inferential negative singular)
yorgan döşek yatmazmış (aorist inferential negative singular)
yorgan döşek yatmazmışız (aorist inferential negative plural)
yorgan döşek yatmazmışsınız (aorist inferential negative plural)
yorgan döşek yatmazlarmış (aorist inferential negative plural)
yorgan döşek yatmıyormuşum (imperfective inferential negative singular)
yorgan döşek yatmıyormuşsun (imperfective inferential negative singular)
yorgan döşek yatmıyormuş (imperfective inferential negative singular)
yorgan döşek yatmıyormuşuz (imperfective inferential negative plural)
yorgan döşek yatmıyormuşsunuz (imperfective inferential negative plural)
yorgan döşek yatmıyorlarmış (imperfective inferential negative plural)
yorgan döşek yatmasam (conditional negative singular)
yorgan döşek yatmasan (conditional negative singular)
yorgan döşek yatmasa (conditional negative singular)
yorgan döşek yatmasak (conditional negative plural)
yorgan döşek yatmasanız (conditional negative plural)
yorgan döşek yatmasalar (conditional negative plural)
yorgan döşek yatmasaydım (conditional negative perfective singular)
yorgan döşek yatmasaydın (conditional negative perfective singular)
yorgan döşek yatmasaydı (conditional negative perfective singular)
yorgan döşek yatmasaydık (conditional negative perfective plural)
yorgan döşek yatmasaydınız (conditional negative perfective plural)
yorgan döşek yatmasaydılar (conditional negative perfective plural)
yorgan döşek yatmayayım (negative optative singular)
yorgan döşek yatmayasın (negative optative singular)
yorgan döşek yatmaya (negative optative singular)
yorgan döşek yatmayalım (negative optative plural)
yorgan döşek yatmayasınız (negative optative plural)
yorgan döşek yatmayalar (negative optative plural)
yorgan döşek yatmamaktayım (negative progressive singular)
yorgan döşek yatmamaktasın (negative progressive singular)
yorgan döşek yatmamakta (negative progressive singular)
yorgan döşek yatmamaktayız (negative plural progressive)
yorgan döşek yatmamaktasınız (negative plural progressive)
yorgan döşek yatmamaktalar (negative plural progressive)
yorgan döşek yatmamalıyım (necessitative negative singular)
yorgan döşek yatmamalısın (necessitative negative singular)
yorgan döşek yatmamalı (necessitative negative singular)
yorgan döşek yatmamalıyız (necessitative negative plural)
yorgan döşek yatmamalısınız (necessitative negative plural)
yorgan döşek yatmamalılar (necessitative negative plural)
yorgan döşek yatma (imperative negative singular)
yorgan döşek yatmasın (imperative negative singular)
yorgan döşek yatmayın (imperative negative plural)
yorgan döşek yatmasınlar (imperative negative plural)
yorgan döşek yatmaz mıyım? (aorist indicative negative present singular)
yorgan döşek yatmaz mısın? (aorist indicative negative present singular)
yorgan döşek yatmaz mı? (aorist indicative negative present singular)
yorgan döşek yatmaz mıyız? (aorist indicative negative plural present)
yorgan döşek yatmaz mısınız? (aorist indicative negative plural present)
yorgan döşek yatmazlar mı? (aorist indicative negative plural present)
yorgan döşek yatmıyor muyum? (imperfective indicative negative present singular)
yorgan döşek yatmıyor musun? (imperfective indicative negative present singular)
yorgan döşek yatmıyor mu? (imperfective indicative negative present singular)
yorgan döşek yatmıyor muyuz? (imperfective indicative negative plural present)
yorgan döşek yatmıyor musunuz? (imperfective indicative negative plural present)
yorgan döşek yatmıyorlar mı? (imperfective indicative negative plural present)
yorgan döşek yatmadım mı? (indicative negative past perfective singular)
yorgan döşek yatmadın mı? (indicative negative past perfective singular)
yorgan döşek yatmadı mı? (indicative negative past perfective singular)
yorgan döşek yatmadık mı? (indicative negative past perfective plural)
yorgan döşek yatmadınız mı? (indicative negative past perfective plural)
yorgan döşek yatmadılar mı? (indicative negative past perfective plural)
yorgan döşek yatmıyor muydum? (imperfective indicative negative past singular)
yorgan döşek yatmıyor muydun? (imperfective indicative negative past singular)
yorgan döşek yatmıyor muydu? (imperfective indicative negative past singular)
yorgan döşek yatmıyor muyduk? (imperfective indicative negative past plural)
yorgan döşek yatmıyor muydunuz? (imperfective indicative negative past plural)
yorgan döşek yatmıyorlar mıydı? (imperfective indicative negative past plural)
yorgan döşek yatmayacak mıyım? (future indicative negative singular)
yorgan döşek yatmayacak mısın? (future indicative negative singular)
yorgan döşek yatmayacak mı? (future indicative negative singular)
yorgan döşek yatmayacak mıyız? (future indicative negative plural)
yorgan döşek yatmayacak mısınız? (future indicative negative plural)
yorgan döşek yatmayacaklar mı? (future indicative negative plural)
yorgan döşek yatmamış mıyım? (inferential negative perfective singular)
yorgan döşek yatmamış mısın? (inferential negative perfective singular)
yorgan döşek yatmamış mı? (inferential negative perfective singular)
yorgan döşek yatmamış mıyız? (inferential negative perfective plural)
yorgan döşek yatmamış mısınız? (inferential negative perfective plural)
yorgan döşek yatmamışlar mı? (inferential negative perfective plural)
yorgan döşek yatmaz mıymışım? (aorist inferential negative singular)
yorgan döşek yatmaz mıymışsın? (aorist inferential negative singular)
yorgan döşek yatmaz mıymış? (aorist inferential negative singular)
yorgan döşek yatmaz mıymışız? (aorist inferential negative plural)
yorgan döşek yatmaz mıymışsınız? (aorist inferential negative plural)
yorgan döşek yatmazlar mıymış? (aorist inferential negative plural)
yorgan döşek yatmıyor muymuşum? (imperfective inferential negative singular)
yorgan döşek yatmıyor muymuşsun? (imperfective inferential negative singular)
yorgan döşek yatmıyor muymuş? (imperfective inferential negative singular)
yorgan döşek yatmıyor muymuşuz? (imperfective inferential negative plural)
yorgan döşek yatmıyor muymuşsunuz? (imperfective inferential negative plural)
yorgan döşek yatmıyorlar mıymış? (imperfective inferential negative plural)
yorgan döşek yatmasam mı? (conditional negative singular)
yorgan döşek yatmasan mı? (conditional negative singular)
yorgan döşek yatmasa mı? (conditional negative singular)
yorgan döşek yatmasak mı? (conditional negative plural)
yorgan döşek yatmasanız mı? (conditional negative plural)
yorgan döşek yatmasalar mı? (conditional negative plural)
yorgan döşek yatmasa mıydım? (conditional negative perfective singular)
yorgan döşek yatmasa mıydın? (conditional negative perfective singular)
yorgan döşek yatmasa mıydı? (conditional negative perfective singular)
yorgan döşek yatmasa mıydık? (conditional negative perfective plural)
yorgan döşek yatmasa mıydınız? (conditional negative perfective plural)
yorgan döşek yatmasalar mıydı? (conditional negative perfective plural)
yorgan döşek yatmamakta mıyım? (interrogative negative progressive singular)
yorgan döşek yatmamakta mısın? (interrogative negative progressive singular)
yorgan döşek yatmamakta mı? (interrogative negative progressive singular)
yorgan döşek yatmamakta mıyız? (interrogative negative plural progressive)
yorgan döşek yatmamakta mısınız? (interrogative negative plural progressive)
yorgan döşek yatmamaktalar mı? (interrogative negative plural progressive)
yorgan döşek yatmamalı mıyım? (necessitative negative singular)
yorgan döşek yatmamalı mısın? (necessitative negative singular)
yorgan döşek yatmamalı mı? (necessitative negative singular)
yorgan döşek yatmamalı mıyız? (necessitative negative plural)
yorgan döşek yatmamalı mısınız? (necessitative negative plural)
yorgan döşek yatmamalılar mı? (necessitative negative plural)

From yorgan (“quilt”) + döşek (“mattress”) + yatmak (“to lie down”).


inter al.

From Latin inter aliōs m pl / aliās f pl / alia n pl.

On the back cover of the book, it is stated that the books in the series are designed for school students inter al., and in that case I wish a little more help were given on unfamiliar authors or works, such as Pollux, pseudo-Demosthenes, ‘the late lexicographer Harpocration’ or the pseudo-Aristotelian Oikonomika.

1994, JACT Review, Joint Association of Classical Teachers, page 27:

Since coming to England she has worked as a free-lance journalist (for the TLS, Cumberland Poetry Review, Irish Slavonic Review, Wiadomości and the Paris Kultura inter al.), and as a radio broadcaster and translator.

1995, Muza Donowa: A Celebration of Donald Pirie’s Contribution to Polish Studies, Astra Press, →ISBN, page 142:

Elsewhere he lists curses (Ballade 802, IV:315), insults (Ballade 1068, V:362; Ballade 804, IV:318; Ballade 849, V:22, inter al.), and the different ways in which people laugh and eat and drink (Ballade 843, V:14 and 844, V:15).

1998, Deborah M. Sinnreich-Levi, editor, Eustache Deschamps, French Courtier-Poet: His Work and His World, AMS Press, →ISBN, page 171:

The brain might have grown bigger due to a tendency towards ever younger features called neotony (cf. Gould 1977; Gould 1980; Lewin 1989; inter al.).

2001, Gábor Győri, editor, Language Evolution: Biological, Linguistic, and Philosophical Perspectives, Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 157:

It is almost impossible to farm these soils because the high water table would cause the roots to rot; but agricultural use is primarily excluded because even the low-salt soils still contain 3-6% salt (sodium chloride, as well as calcium carbonate inter al.), and thus they cannot even be used to cultivate date palms, which are highly resistant to salt water.

2001, A. K. Barua, editor, Water Technology Management, volume II, Dominant Publishers and Distributors, →ISBN, page 162:

They differ from the species of the H. mirus group, H. sarawakensis group, and H. martini group, in the structures of the sternal carinae, inter al.; and from the species of the H. bouvieri group, H. balnearius group, and H. philippinus group, in the structures of the aedeagus, inter al.

2002, Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, page 75:

For an exhaustive treatment of general graph measures, please refer to [167, inter al.], and for a survey on measures used for complex networks, see [70].

2012, Chris Biemann, Structure Discovery in Natural Language, Springer, →ISBN, page 23:


para luego es tarde

no time like the present
no time like the present


et sim.

pleonasm (mare pelago premit arua et sim.)

1936, A. S. F. Gow, A. E. Housman: A Sketch, Together with a List of His Writings and Indexes to His Classical Papers, The Macmillan Company, page 136:

ἄλλος αὖ an intensifying pleonasm, not unlike αὖθις αὖ et sim. or ordinals with αὖ (e.g., Su. 881, fr. 382.8);[…]

1994, Donald J. Mastronarde, Euripides: Phoenissae, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 266:

Not many examples are cited by TLL X.1.284.38ff, and these are mainly in learned authors; one must distinguish pariter + misceo et sim. where pariter has the sense under discussion here, and those cases where it means ‘in equal amounts’: TLL X.1.281.41ff.

1995, James Noel Adams, Pelagonius and Latin Veterinary Terminology in the Roman Empire, E.J. Brill, →ISBN, page 622:

One may recall here similar expressions from modern Greece, where, for example, many unsophisticated families used to place the kings’ or leading (and favored) politicians’ portraits right under an icon of Christ et sim., or where wishes for the wellbeing of such persons were incorporated into the evening prayers of small children or, as for kings, officially included, as the so-called polychronion, into the liturgy.

2000, Kostas Buraselis, Kos Between Hellenism and Rome: Studies on the Political, Institutional and Social History of Kos from ca. the Middle Second Century B.C. Until Late Antiquity, American Philosophical Society, →ISBN, page 62:

Perhaps without special reference, as in 2.217f. pater . . . Inachus et sim.

2003, D. R. Shackleton Bailey, Thebaid, Books 1–7, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 431:

Once identified as a member of a coordinating paradigm, a zero connector serves as a heuristic means of establishing the syntactic status of other particles: iam in an apodosis clause is not its connector, but the temporal adverb or asseverative particle in a clause which may be introduced either by et et sim. or by zero (see Section 1.3.6.1).

2009, Hannah Rosén, “Coherence, sentence modification, and sentence-part modification – the contribution of particles”, in Philip Baldi, Pierluigi Cuzzolin, editors, New Perspectives on Historical Latin Syntax, volume 1 (Syntax of the Sentence), Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 412:

Di Salvo 1990, 121 is of the view that the preposition cum in cum certantibus ursis (v. 65) is equivalent to et, et sim., as occasionally in enumerations (cf. also ThLL IV, 1377, 42, Vinchesi 2014, 504–5).

2016, Evangelos Karakasis, T. Calpurnius Siculus: A Pastoral Poet in Neronian Rome, De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 100:

Each of the lists has a unique outline-numbered reference, such as App. 4.4.1.3 (the double dreams with mixed message and symbolic/hybrid forms, et sim.).

2017, John R. L. Moxon, Peter’s Halakhic Nightmare, Mohr Siebeck, →ISBN, page 457:

And other similar items; and the like; and so on.


hell if I care

(idiomatic, vulgar, emphatic) Synonym of I don't care


it is to laugh

Then, “It is to laugh,” said Karen with characteristic Courtney light-heartedness.

1934, Woman's World, volume 50, number 7, page 6:

DUCKMAN: In fact, I just spent two minutes writing a play which you can help me perform for King Chicken. Any questions?
CHARLES: Yes, when's the English translation come out?

1997, Duckman (season 4 episode 25: "Hamlet 2: This Time It's Personal")


馬照跑，舞照跳

/mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ pʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/maː¹³ t͡siːu̯³³ pʰaːu̯³⁵ mou̯¹³ t͡siːu̯³³ tʰiːu̯³³/

From comments made by Deng Xiaoping in the 1980s on the handover of Hong Kong

Horses will continue to run (referring to horse racing and gambling), stocks will continue to be speculated upon, and dancing (at nightclubs) will continue to go on.

馬照跑，股照炒，舞照跳

马照跑，股照炒，舞照跳

running of horses and dancing [of people] will go on

How much danger is Taiwan in? Our countrymen can't simply dismiss this issue and live a normal life, with horse racing and dancing proceeding as usual.

2022 September 15, 中國對台威脅全面升級 台灣人別無感 United Daily News

Táiwān yǒu duō wēixiǎn? Bùshì guórén shēnghuó zhàocháng, mǎzhàopǎowǔzhàotiào, jiù néng shìhuái de.

台灣有多危險？不是國人生活照常、馬照跑舞照跳，就能釋懷的。

台湾有多危险？不是国人生活照常、马照跑舞照跳，就能释怀的。

one country, two systems
one country, two systems

the maintenance of one country, two systems; more broadly, the continuation of the status quo


φτάνω στο απροχώρητο

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φτάνω στο απροχώρητο • (ftáno sto aprochórito)

ftáno sto aprochórito (romanization)
φτάνουν στο απροχώρητο • (plural)

the end of one's tether
the end of one's tether

en-φτάνω_στο_απροχώρητο-el-phrase-5Ja52kMi

the end of one's rope
the end of one's rope

en-φτάνω_στο_απροχώρητο-el-phrase-X1PR1fLt


sumpah serapah

Compound of sumpah (“curse”) + serapah (“curse”).

(Standard Malay)


hampa udara

Compound of hampa (“empry”) + udara (“air”), calque of Dutch luchtledig.

vacuum: a region of space that contains no matter.


WYO

WYO tonight?

(UK, US, text messaging) Initialism of what you on (“what are your plans? what are you up to?”).


WUO

(UK, text messaging) Alternative form of WYO (“what you on”)


quién lo diría

who would have known
who would have known

who would have thunk it
who would have thunk it

who would have known; who would have thunk it


let's know

2008, Amar Tyagi, Let's Know Handicrafts of India (Star Publications) →ISBN

On Zoo Lovers’ Day, let’s know more about India’s first zoo — the ArignarAnna Zoological Park in Chennai.

2021 April 23, Nimi Kurian, “Zootopia”, in The Hindu:

(South Asia) let's learn, find out, or see [about]

Let's know when Eckleton's playing Haileybury, and I'll come and look you up. I want to see that match.

1908, P. G. Wodehouse, “The Guardian”, in The Politeness of Princes and Other School Stories:

Let's know if you come back. Might see the sugar harvest. Have some fun. Give you a ride on the sugar train.

1955 October 20, H. E. Bates, “The Sugar Train”, in Evening Standard, page 19:

(colloquial, rare) let us know, get back to us, keep us posted (often us in sense me)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see let's, know.


dobrъ dьnь

East Slavic:

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Old East Slavic: добръ дьнь (dobrŭ dĭnĭ)

до́брый день

Old Ruthenian: до́брый день (dóbryj denʹ)

до́бры дзень

Belarusian: до́бры дзень (dóbry dzjenʹ)

до́брый день

Carpathian Rusyn: до́брый день (dóbrŷj denʹ)

до́брий день

Ukrainian: до́брий день (dóbryj denʹ), добридень (dobrydenʹ)

до́брый день

Russian: до́брый день (dóbryj denʹ)

Old Novgorodian: *добре дьнь (*dobre dĭnĭ)

South Slavic:

Bulgarian: до́бър ден (dóbǎr den); дън до́бър (dǎn dóbǎr), до́барден (dóbarden) (dialectal)

Macedonian: добар ден (dobar den)

Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: до̏бар да̑н

Latin script: dȍbar dȃn

Slovene: dọ́bər dȃn

West Slavic:

Old Czech: dobrý den
Czech: dobrý den

desctree

Old Polish: *dobry dzień
Polish: (dated) dobry dzień
⇒ Polish: dzień dobry
→ Belarusian: дзе́нь до́бры (dzjénʹ dóbry) (calque)
→ Silesian: dziyń dobry (calque)
→ Ukrainian: де́нь до́брий (dénʹ dóbryj) (calque)
Silesian: dobry dziyń

Polabian: dübrĕ dan

Slovak: dobrý deň

Pomeranian

Kashubian: dobri dzéń

Slovincian: dôbry dzeń

Sorbian:

Lower Sorbian: dobry źeń

Upper Sorbian: dobry dźeń


analı atalı böyüsün

Literally, 'may s/he grow having a father and a mother'.

said about new-born or young children; a wish/congratulation to parents of an infant


φτάνουν στο απροχώρητο

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φτάνουν στο απροχώρητο • (ftánoun sto aprochórito)

φτάνω στο απροχώρητο
φτάνω στο απροχώρητο#Greek

plural of φτάνω στο απροχώρητο (ftáno sto aprochórito)

en-φτάνουν_στο_απροχώρητο-el-phrase-bOwwUniJ


死而復生

ㄙˇ ㄦˊ ㄈㄨˋ ㄕㄥ

/sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ fu⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

/sei̯³⁵ jiː²¹ fʊk̚² sɐŋ⁵⁵/

/sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ fu⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

/sei̯³⁵ jiː²¹ fʊk̚² sɐŋ⁵⁵/

to become alive after death; to resurrect


bell, book and candle

I am afraid Jim Crow was a hardened sinner, and, alas! we had no one on board duly qualified to do for him with "bell, book and candle" what had been done ages before to his ancestor at Rheims.

1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 36:

An expression denoting excommunication by anathema according to a rite of the Latin Church.


牛頭不對馬嘴

ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄇㄚˇ ㄗㄨㄟˇ

нютоубудуймацзуй

/ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ŋɐu̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ tɵy̯³³ maː¹³ t͡sɵy̯³⁵/

the answer is totally irrelevant to the question; a square peg cannot fit into a round hole; to be beside the point


salir de los cojones

salir de la polla
salir de la polla#Spanish

(Spain, vulgar) Synonym of salir de la polla (“to feel like doing something”)


犬馬之勞

ㄑㄩㄢˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄓ ㄌㄠˊ

цюаньмачжилао

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯³⁵/

Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14ᵗʰ century CE

Xuándé yuē: “Gōng jì fèngzhào tǎozéi, Bèi gǎn bù xiào quǎnmǎzhīláo?”

玄德曰：「公既奉詔討賊，備敢不效犬馬之勞？」

玄德曰：「公既奉诏讨贼，备敢不效犬马之劳？」

humble and faithful service to one's master (e.g. the emperor)


первая ласточка весны не делает

пе́рвая ла́сточка весны́ не де́лает

пе́рвая ла́сточка весны́ не де́лает • (pérvaja lástočka vesný ne délajet)

пе́рвая ла́сточка весны́ не де́лает (canonical)
pérvaja lástočka vesný ne délajet (romanization)

[ˈpʲervəjə ˈɫastət͡ɕkə vʲɪsˈnɨ nʲɪ‿ˈdʲeɫə(j)ɪt]

Calque of Ancient Greek μία χελιδὼν ἔαρ οὐ ποιεῖ (mía khelidṑn éar ou poieî, “one swallow does not make a spring”).

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μία χελιδὼν ἔαρ οὐ ποιεῖ

one swallow does not a summer make#English

en-первая_ласточка_весны_не_делает-ru-phrase-P-5rXwRC


een zwaluw maakt nog geen lente

Calque of English one swallow does not a summer make. From een (“one, a”) + zwaluw (“swallow”) + maakt (“makes”) + nog + geen (“not, none, no”) + lente (“spring”).

een zwaluw maakt nog geen zomer
een zwaluw maakt nog geen zomer#Dutch

Synonym of een zwaluw maakt nog geen zomer


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one to begin, two to show, three to make ready, and four to go

His playmate talks a great deal; as, when going to run, he says, 'One to begin, two to show, three to make ready, and four to go.' J. attempted every part of this, though not a word was distinct.

1894, The Pedagogical Seminary, volumes 3-4, page 44:

one for the money, two for the show, three to make ready, and four to go#English

Alternative form of one for the money, two for the show, three to make ready, and four to go


一擺半擺

/t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² pai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ puã²¹⁻⁴¹ pai⁴¹/

/t͡sit̚²⁴⁻² pai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pai⁵⁵⁴/

/t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² pai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ puã¹¹⁻⁵³ pai⁵³/

/t͡sit̚²⁴⁻² mai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ mai⁵⁵⁴/

/t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² pai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ puã²¹⁻⁴¹ pai⁴¹/

/t͡sit̚²⁴⁻² pai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pai⁵⁵⁴/

/t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² pai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ puã¹¹⁻⁵³ pai⁵³/

/t͡sit̚²⁴⁻² mai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ mai⁵⁵⁴/


孤燕不成夏

ㄍㄨ ㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

гуяньбучэнся

/ku⁵⁵ jɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/

/ku⁵⁵ jɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/

Calque of English one swallow does not a summer make.


獨燕不成夏

ㄉㄨˊ ㄧㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

дуяньбучэнся

/tu³⁵ jɛn⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/

/tu³⁵ jɛn⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/


parlant del rei de Roma, entra per la porta

[pərˈlan dəl ˈrej ðə ˈro.mə | ˈen.tɾə pər lə ˈpɔr.tə]

[paɾˈlan del ˈrej ðe ˈro.ma | ˈen.tɾa per la ˈpɔɾ.ta]

Literally, “speak of the king of Rome, and he will come in the door”.

lit

speak of the devil and he shall appear
speak of the devil and he shall appear

speak of the devil and he shall appear; speak of the devil


verdad es que

it may be true that; it may be the case that


c'est la merde

(vulgar) this is messed up, this is bad, we're screwed


c'est de la merde

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-c’est de la merde.wav

Ce que t’écoutes, c’est de la merde.


호랑이도 제 말 하면 온다

ko-pos

호랑이-도 제 말 하면 온다

호랑이도 제 말 하면 온다 • (horang'i-do je mal hamyeon onda)

horang'i-do je mal hamyeon onda (romanization)

[ɸʷo̞ɾa̠ŋido̞ t͡ɕe̞ ma̠ɭ ha̠mjʌ̹n o̞nda̠]

[호랑이도제말하면온다]

From 호랑(虎狼)이 (horang'i, “tiger”) + 도 (-do) + 제 (je, “he, she”) + 말 (mal, “word, speech”) + 하면 (hamyeon, “to do”) + 온다 (onda, “come, arrive”), literally "the tiger comes when he is spoken about".

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speak of the devil
speak of the devil#English

speak of the devil and he shall appear#English

speak of the devil (speak of the devil and he shall appear)

are your ears burning
are your ears burning#English


not before time

Indicates that something is occurring just in time, or is overdue.


JBW

‘JBW’ or ‘Just Be White’—the idea that being white automatically makes you more attractive, particularly to non- white women

2021, Will Gerdes-McClain, "Differents: Essays About a Human (and Humans)", thesis submitted to Georgia College, page 96

In misogynist incel communities, the acronym “JBW” (Just Be White) is a popular expression of white men’s perceived sexual advantages.

2021, Megan Kelly, Alex DiBranco, Dr. Julia R. DeCook, in collaboration with the Institute for Research on Male Supremacism, "Misogynist Incels and Male Supremacism", https://www.newamerica.org/political-reform/reports/misogynist-incels-and-male-supremacism/a-brief-overview-of-intersections-with-race-and-class/

I'm not denying that, being white gives you an advantage, what annoys me about JBW spammers is they think ONLY being white will get you laid, when being white is merely an advantage, just like being tall. That's all really, if JBW spammers would say being white is just an advantage that's fine, I agree being white is advantageous, but simply being white alone won't get you laid. Same with being tall for that matter.

2021, TigerFestival, quoted in Hugo Engholm, "The lack of looks: A study on the Incel ideology of Incelism during the 2010s–2020s and its relation to historical and contemporary ideologies particularly within far right milieus", thesis submitted to the University of Uppsala, page 43

(incel slang) The belief that white men are unjustly privileged over other men in the sexual marketplace.


if I'm not there, start without me

(idiomatic) I am not interested in the event and do not plan to attend.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see start.


先工作後玩樂

ㄒㄧㄢ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄡˋ ㄨㄢˊ ㄌㄜˋ

сянь гунцзо хоу ваньлэ

/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xoʊ̯⁵¹ wän³⁵ lɤ⁵¹/

business before pleasure
business before pleasure#English


PMFJI

(Internet slang) Initialism of pardon me for jumping in.


sitt af hverju

sitt lítið af hverju
sitt lítið af hverju#Icelandic


sitt lítið af hverju

lítið with sinn hver, literally "each little from each [category]".

Ég keypti bara sitt lítið af hverju.

I bought a wide variety of smaller things.

a variety of (minor) things, a bit from each category


who died and made you queen

who died and made you boss
who died and made you boss#English

Alternative form of who died and made you boss (said to a female)


DYEL

(Internet slang) Initialism of do you even lift?.


ליתר דיוק

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לְיֶתֶר דִּיּוּק

לְיֶתֶר דִּיּוּק • (l'yéter diyúk)

he-phrase

לְיֶתֶר דִּיּוּק

לְיֶתֶר דִּיּוּק • (l'yéter diyúk)

לְ יֶתֶר דִּיּוּק (canonical)
l'yéter diyúk (romanization)


call the fire department

(US) Call the emergency service that specializes in extinguishing fires.

叫水龙车

kiò chúi-lêng-chhia / kiò chúi-liông-chhia / kiò chúi-lông-chhia

叫拍火车

kiò phah-hóe-chhia / kiò phah-hé-chhia / kiò phah-hér-chhia

消防隊を呼んでください

しょうぼうたいをよんでください


反轉豬肚就係屎

turning a pig's stomach inside out, it is all poop

/faːn³⁵ t͡syːn³³ t͡syː⁵⁵ tʰou̯¹³ t͡sɐu̯²² hɐi̯²² siː³⁵/

(Cantonese, idiomatic, of a friend) to reveal one's disloyalty without notice


lencang depan

Compound of lencang (“to dress: to arrange”) + depan, calque from Japanese 前(まえ)へならえ (maehenarae).


það væsir ekki um mig

Væsa um einhvern is an obsolete phrase meaning "for the cold wind to blow on someone".
It only survives in this phrase, which is an understatement used to say that things are quite good.

I am very comfortable here, I have everything I need here


lencang kanan

Compound of lencang (“to dress: to arrange”) + kanan, calque from Japanese 右(みぎ)へならえ (migihenarae).


Donald Ducking it

From the cartoon character Donald Duck, who is almost always depicted with no clothing below the shirt.

Wear clothes on the bottom half of your body. During the lockdown, many people got caught out when they rose from their computer only to be discovered “Donald Ducking” it.

2021, Nancy Bishop, Auditioning for Film and Television: A Post #MeToo Guide:

'Hope your neighbours don't catch me Donald Ducking it,' I call, returning to the bedroom still knickerless, holding the bottle and the glasses.

He is wearing eighties-style dark sunglasses and completely Donald Ducking it in a Hawaiian shirt with the sleeves cut off.

(slang) Wearing no clothes below the waist.


黃湯辣水

ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄊㄤ ㄌㄚˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

хуантанлашуй

/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ tʰɑŋ⁵⁵ lä⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/wɔːŋ²¹ tʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ laːt̚² sɵy̯³⁵/

/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ tʰɑŋ⁵⁵ lä⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/wɔːŋ²¹ tʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ laːt̚² sɵy̯³⁵/


清光滑辣

ㄑㄧㄥ ㄍㄨㄤ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄌㄚˋ

цингуанхуала

/t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ä³⁵ lä⁵¹/

/t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ waːt̚² laːt̚²/

/t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ä³⁵ lä⁵¹/

/t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ waːt̚² laːt̚²/


圖謀不軌

ㄊㄨˊ ㄇㄡˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ

/tʰu³⁵ moʊ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʰu³⁵ moʊ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


油腔滑調

ㄧㄡˊ ㄑㄧㄤ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄉㄧㄠˋ

/joʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ä³⁵ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/jɐu̯²¹ hɔːŋ⁵⁵ waːt̚² tiːu̯²²/

/joʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ä³⁵ ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/jɐu̯²¹ hɔːŋ⁵⁵ waːt̚² tiːu̯²²/

for one's words to be unserious and insincere


born in a mill

The loud machinery in a mill may necessitate raising one's voice to be heard.

Were you born in a mill, curtole? you prate so hye.

1578, George Whetstone, Promos and Cassandra, quoted in 1965, Burton Egbert Stevenson, The Macmillan Book of Proverbs, Maxims, and Famous Phrases (page 497)

Hence among the vulgar, when you speak to them with too loud a voice, they tell you "that they were not born in a mill."

1981, Benjamin Rush, Eric T. Carlson, Jeffrey L. Wollock, Benjamin Rush's Lectures on the Mind, page 345:

Admonished that she should “keep the woman's virtue and be more silent,” she countered “that she was 'born in a mill, begot in a kill, she must have her will,' she could speak no softlier.”

2015, Kirilka Stavreva, Words Like Daggers, page 77:

Applied to a person who speaks more loudly than necessary.


a que sí

Es un encanto, ¿a que sí?

(in questions) isn't it?; right?; don't you agree? (a tag question)

I bet that it is!; yes it is!; yes it will!; damn straight!; hell yeah!


sana zahmet

Sana zahmet, yan odadan hırkamı getirsene.

Could you bring me my jacket from the living room?


how about them apples

how do you like them apples
how do you like them apples#English

Alternative form of how do you like them apples


خون کا بدلہ خون

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ख़ून का बदला ख़ून

خون کا بدلہ خون • (xūn kā badlā xūn) (Hindi spelling ख़ून का बदला ख़ून)

xūn kā badlā xūn (romanization)
ख़ून का बदला ख़ून (Hindi)

Literally "blood in exchange for blood", or "a murder will be avenged".


曾經滄海

ㄘㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄘㄤ ㄏㄞˇ

цэнцзинцанхай

/t͡sʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰɐŋ²¹ kɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/

/t͡sʰɐŋ²¹ kɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵/

been there, done that
been there, done that


曾幾何時

ㄘㄥˊ ㄐㄧˇ ㄏㄜˊ ㄕˊ

/t͡sʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɤ³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/

/t͡sʰɐŋ²¹ kei̯³⁵ hɔː²¹ siː²¹/

/t͡sʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɤ³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/

/t͡sʰɐŋ²¹ kei̯³⁵ hɔː²¹ siː²¹/


gan yağla

Cognate with Turkish kan ağlamak, Azerbaijani qan ağlamaq, Turkmen gan aglamak, Kazakh қан жылау (qan jylau), Kyrgyz кан ыйлоо (kan ıyloo), Uzbek qon yigʻlamoq, Uyghur قان يىغلىماق (qan yighlimaq), etc. Literally Yakut хаанынан ытаа (qaanınan ıtaa) is also the same phrase.

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قان يىغلىماق

хаанынан ытаа

to cry, weep wailfully (lit. to cry blood)


một đi không trở lại

[mot̚˧˨ʔ ʔɗi˧˧ xəwŋ͡m˧˧ t͡ɕəː˧˩ laːj˧˨ʔ]

[mok̚˨˩ʔ ʔɗɪj˧˧ kʰəwŋ͡m˧˧ ʈəː˧˨ laːj˨˩ʔ]

[mok̚˨˩ʔ ʔɗɪj˧˧ xəwŋ͡m˧˧ ʈəː˧˨ laːj˨˩ʔ]

[mok̚˨˩˨ ʔɗɪj˧˧ kʰəwŋ͡m˧˧ ʈəː˨˩˦ laːj˨˩˨]

[mok̚˨˩˨ ʔɗɪj˧˧ xəwŋ͡m˧˧ ʈəː˨˩˦ laːj˨˩˨]

Calque of Chinese 一去不復返／一去不复返 (nhất khứ bất phục phản).

calque

227 BCE, Jing Ke; quoted in c. 91 CE, Sima Qian, Records of the Grand Historian; 1994, English translation by William H. Nienhauser Jr. et al.; 2018 Vietnamese translation by Phạm Xuân Hy
Gió vi vu thổi; nước sông Dịch lạnh lẽo, tráng sĩ một đi không trở lại.

The wind cries soughs and sighs, the Yi River is cold. Once we hearties leave, we'll never return to our fold.

8th century, Cui Hao, Yellow Crane Tower; 2016 Vietnamese translation by Bùi Phạm Thành
Hạc vàng một đi không trở lại, Mây trắng ngàn năm vẫn cứ bay.

The yellow crane, once gone, never comes back; the white clouds, for one thousand years, drift aloft carefreely.

2015, Vũ Thu Hương PhD, quoted in Bích Lan & Lê Thu, "Nhân tài ‘một đi không trở lại’: Tổn thất kinh phí và lòng tin (Talented people ‘once gone never coming back’: wasting expenditure and trust)", Đài Phát Thanh và Truyền Hình Kon Tum (Kon Tum Radio – Television)

If we sternly instruct families whose children study abroad with government funding, the "once gone never coming back" situation shall certainly be overcome.

Nếu chúng ta nhắc nhở gia đình có con em đi du học bằng ngân sách Nhà nước một cách nghiêm túc thì chắc chắn tình trạng “nhân tài một đi không trở lại” sẽ được khắc phục.

to go once and never come back; gone once and never coming back

Tại Diễn đàn Kinh tế tư nhân năm 2017 (VPSF, ngày 31/7), nhóm doanh nghiệp (DN) du lịch cho biết, năm 2016 Việt Nam thu hút 10 triệu khách quốc tế, mức cao nhất trước tới nay. Tuy nhiên, theo nhiều thống kê, khoảng 70% khách quốc tế đến Việt Nam một đi không trở lại.

2017, Quỳnh Nga, "Vì sao 70% khách du lịch đến Việt Nam ‘một đi không trở lại’? (Why 70% of tourists coming to Vietnam ‘came only once and never come back’?)", Tiền Phong (Vanguard)

At the 2017 Vietnamese Private Sector Forum (VPSF, on 31 July), businesses in tourism sector state that: in 2016 Vietnam attracted 10 millions international tourist, the highest number to date. However, according to many statistics, 70% of international tourists coming to Vietnam came only once and never come back.

(by extension) to come only once and never come back


返鄉下

/faːn⁵⁵ hœːŋ⁵⁵ haː²²⁻³⁵/

/faːn⁵⁵ hœːŋ⁵⁵ haː²²⁻³⁵/

(Hong Kong Cantonese, humorous) to travel abroad to popular holiday destinations (usually Japan)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 返 (fǎn), 鄉下／乡下.


ܢܗܢܐ ܠܘܟ

aii-phrase

ܢܗܵܢܹܐ ܠܘܼܟ݂!

ܢܗܵܢܹܐ ܠܘܼܟ݂! • (nhānē lūḵ!)

ܢܗܵܢܹܐ ܠܘܼܟ݂ ! (canonical)
nhānē lūḵ! (romanization)

Literally, “may it please you/may it benefit you”.

lit

bon appétit, enjoy your meal (to a man) (Used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat)


ܨܠܐ ܘܒܢܐ

head

ܨܵܠܹܐ ܘܒܵܢܹܐ!

ܨܵܠܹܐ ܘܒܵܢܹܐ! • (ṣālē w-bānē!)

ܨܵܠܹܐ ܘܒܵܢܹܐ ! (canonical)
ṣālē w-bānē! (romanization)

[sˤɑːleː‿wə.bˤɑːneː]

bon appétit, enjoy your meal (Used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they just ate)


貪小便宜

ㄊㄢ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄆㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄧ

ㄊㄢ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄆㄧㄢˊ ㄧˊ

таньсяопяньи

/tʰän⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰi̯ɛn³⁵ i³/

/tʰän⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰi̯ɛn³⁵ i³⁵/

/tʰaːm⁵⁵ siːu̯³⁵ pʰiːn²¹ jiː²¹⁻³⁵/

/tʰaːm⁵⁵ siːu̯³⁵ pʰiːn²¹ jiː²¹/

/tʰän⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰi̯ɛn³⁵ i³/

/tʰän⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰi̯ɛn³⁵ i³⁵/

/tʰaːm⁵⁵ siːu̯³⁵ pʰiːn²¹ jiː²¹⁻³⁵/

/tʰaːm⁵⁵ siːu̯³⁵ pʰiːn²¹ jiː²¹/


who put a quarter in you

Suggesting the insertion of a coin into a machine such as a jukebox.

(Canada, US, colloquial) Who upset you, or caused you to behave in a certain way? criticizing somebody perceived as making an unreasonable or negative remark


面有菜色

ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄘㄞˋ ㄙㄜˋ

/mi̯ɛn⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɤ⁵¹/

/miːn²² jɐu̯¹³ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ sɪk̚⁵/

/mi̯ɛn⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɤ⁵¹/

/miːn²² jɐu̯¹³ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³ sɪk̚⁵/

to have a sallow complexion and look famished


風雨如晦

ㄈㄥ ㄩˇ ㄖㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄟˋ

фэнъюйжухуэй

/fɤŋ⁵⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu³⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/fʊŋ⁵⁵ jyː¹³ jyː²¹ fuːi̯³³/

/fɤŋ⁵⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu³⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/fʊŋ⁵⁵ jyː¹³ jyː²¹ fuːi̯³³/

From the Classic of Poetry, poem 90 (《詩經·鄭風·風雨》)

lang

(《詩經·鄭風·風雨》)

(《詩經·鄭風·風雨》)

Through the wind and rain all looks dark, And the cock crows without ceasing.
But I have seen my husband, And how should I not rejoice?

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

Fēngyǔ rú huì, jīmíng bùyǐ.
Jì jiàn jūnzǐ, yún hú bù xǐ.

風雨如晦，雞鳴不已。
既見君子，云胡不喜。

风雨如晦，鸡鸣不已。
既见君子，云胡不喜。


출처 필요

[t͡ɕʰuʎt͡ɕʰʌ̹ pʰiɾjo]

Sino-Korean word from 출처(出處) (chulcheo, “source”) + 필요(必要) (piryo, “needed, required”).


la bolsa o la vida

your money or your life
your money or your life


y pare usted de contar

and a partridge in a pear tree
and a partridge in a pear tree

and a partridge in a pear tree; and whatnot


run, don't walk

Grab-a-cop-gun kinda crazy / She's poison but tasty / Yeah, people say "Run, don't walk, away"

2018, Ava Max, Madison Love, Tix, Cook Classics, Cirkut (lyrics and music), “Sweet but Psycho”, in Heaven & Hell, performed by Ava Max:

If you don’t mind subtitles (or just so happen to know French), then please run, don’t walk, to Call My Agent. It’s a comedy (with a bit of drama sprinkled in) about a talent agency in Paris just trying to keep its business afloat and its clients happy.

2024 August 15, Laura Hanrahan, “19 Shows You Need to Watch if You Love ‘Emily in Paris’”, in Cosmopolitan:

(often figurative) A directive given in times of urgency to act quickly and without hesitation.


kerranhan sitä vain eletään

you only go around once
you only go around once

you only live once, you only go around once


無聲無說

/bo²⁴⁻²² siã³³ bo²⁴⁻²² səʔ⁵/

/bo²⁴⁻²² siã⁴⁴⁻²² bo²⁴⁻²² seʔ³²/

/bo²⁴⁻¹¹ siã⁴⁴⁻³³ bo²⁴⁻¹¹ seʔ³²/

/bo¹³⁻²² siã⁴⁴⁻²² bo¹³⁻²² sueʔ³²/

/bɤ²³⁻³³ siã⁴⁴⁻³³ bɤ²³⁻³³ sueʔ³²/

/bo²⁴⁻²² siã³³ bo²⁴⁻²² səʔ⁵/

/bo²⁴⁻²² siã⁴⁴⁻²² bo²⁴⁻²² seʔ³²/

/bo²⁴⁻¹¹ siã⁴⁴⁻³³ bo²⁴⁻¹¹ seʔ³²/

/bo¹³⁻²² siã⁴⁴⁻²² bo¹³⁻²² sueʔ³²/

/bɤ²³⁻³³ siã⁴⁴⁻³³ bɤ²³⁻³³ sueʔ³²/

(Hokkien) quiet; silent; not making a sound


money makes the world go around

(informal, cliché) Money plays an essential role in the ordinary operation of one's life or the world at large; money underlies the fulfillment of the needs of human existence.


waiting to happen

Modeled after accident waiting to happen and disaster waiting to happen; more generic uses outside of those phrases apparently started decades later, c. 1960s.

an accident waiting to happen, a divorce waiting to happen

On the most prosaic level, there’s the section in the show when what appears to be a giant rope made of knotted sheets ascends to the roof and transforms itself into a swing. Bono selects a fan from the front row in an echo of U2’s fabled Live Aid performance, seats them in the swing and pushes them out over the audience: with the best will in the world, this seems less like stagecraft than an injury lawsuit waiting to happen.

2023 September 30, Alexis Petridis, “U2 review – an utterly astonishing, admirably raw Vegas extravaganza”, in The Guardian, London:

(colloquial) Bound to happen; almost certain to occur in the future.


放屁辣臊

ㄈㄤˋ ㄆㄧˋ ㄌㄚˋ ㄙㄠ

/fɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ lä⁵¹ sɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/fɔːŋ³³ pʰei̯³³ laːt̚² sou̯⁵⁵/

/fɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ lä⁵¹ sɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/fɔːŋ³³ pʰei̯³³ laːt̚² sou̯⁵⁵/