tat tvam asi

Common transliteration of Sanskrit तत्त्वमसि (tattvamasi), literally meaning "that are you". Originally occurs in the Chandogya Upanishad 6.8.7.

Such mystic self-realization might take many lifetimes to attain, and various Yoga exercises could help prepare one's body for such enlightenment, or it might come in a flash of blinding instant illumination, that "All is One," that "Thou art That One" (Tat tvam asi).

1994, Stanley A. Wolpert, An Introduction to India (in English), page 85:

The central theme of this article is the development of ethical thought in traditional and modern Vedanta (which he finds exemplified in the work of Vivekananda) and the possibility of an "applied nondualism, " or a "tat tvam asi ethics."

1997, Éric Le Calvez, Eli Franco, Beyond Orientalism: The Work of Wilhelm Halbfass and Its Impact on Indian and Cross-Cultural Studies (in English), page 587:

Schopenhauer gab auf das Bedürfnis des Menschen nach Erlösung aus dieser schlechten und illusionären Welt eine zweifache Antwort: der Mensch muß durch das upanischadische tat tvam asi über sich selbst aufgeklärt werden, er muß sich aber auch auf die metaphysische Flucht aus der Welt begeben (das ist ein okzidentales Verständnis des Nirvana).

1999, Carsten Colpe, Weltdeutungen im Widerstreit (in German), page 101:

Schoppenhauer gave a binary answer to humanity‘s longing for deliverance from this bad and illusionary world: Man must be educated about himself through the Upanishad tat tvam asi, but he also has to metaphysically escape the world (an occidental understanding of Nirvana).

Para descubrirse un tú, un tvam (tat tvam asi), es necesario que alguien, o sea el Yo, nos lo diga y que nosotros estemos en disposición de oír : "¡Tú eres!"

1999, Raimon Panikkar, La plenitud del hombre: una cristofanía (in Spanish), page 149:

Estas palabras, que se hacen eco del antiguo pozo de sabiduría India, proclama el más profundo mensaje del Vedânta: Tat tvam asi («Eso eres Tú»).

2006, Sri Ramanananda Saraswathi, La esencia del Vedanta: Advaita Bodha Deepika y Kaivalya Navaneeta (in Spanish), page 13:

According to Hacker, the 'tat tvam asi ethics', or the very principle of 'practical Vedānta', is thoroughly inauthentic.

2009, Vasudha Dalmia, Heinrich von Stietencron, The Oxford India Hinduism Reader (in English), page 173:

"That thou art" or "thou art that"; an assertion that the listener is one with the universe, or with an ultimate reality.


尊王攘夷

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (尊王攘夷):
* → Japanese: 尊(そん)王(のう)攘(じょう)夷(い) (sonnōjōi)
* → Korean: 존왕 양이(尊王攘夷) (jonwang yang'i)

ㄗㄨㄣ ㄨㄤˊ ㄖㄤˇ ㄧˊ

ㄗㄨㄣ ㄨㄤˊ ㄖㄤˊ ㄧˊ

цзуньванжанъи

/t͡su̯ən⁵⁵ wɑŋ³⁵ ʐɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ i³⁵/

/t͡su̯ən⁵⁵ wɑŋ³⁵ ʐɑŋ³⁵ i³⁵/

/t͡syːn⁵⁵ wɔːŋ²¹ jœːŋ²¹ jiː²¹/

/t͡su̯ən⁵⁵ wɑŋ³⁵ ʐɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ i³⁵/

/t͡su̯ən⁵⁵ wɑŋ³⁵ ʐɑŋ³⁵ i³⁵/

/t͡syːn⁵⁵ wɔːŋ²¹ jœːŋ²¹ jiː²¹/

This phrase first appears in Chinese literature beginning in the Warring States period, some time between 475 BC and 221 BC.

to revere the king and expel the barbarians


尊王攘夷

ja-phrase

尊(そん)王(のう)攘(じょう)夷(い) • (sonnō jōi) ^(←そんわうじやうい (son'wau zyaui)?)

尊王攘夷 (canonical)
sonnō jōi (romanization)
son'wau zyaui (romanization)
そんわうじやうい (hiragana historical)

[sõ̞nːo̞ː d͡ʑo̞ːi]

revere the emperor, expel the barbarians


నాకు అనువాదకుడు కావాలి

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నాకు అనువాదకుడు కావాలి • (nāku anuvādakuḍu kāvāli)

I need an interpreter
I need an interpreter

en-నాకు_అనువాదకుడు_కావాలి-te-phrase-vxZpiVIJ


生人唔生膽

/saːŋ⁵⁵ jɐn²¹ m̩²¹ saːŋ⁵⁵ taːm³⁵/

/saŋ³³ ᵑɡin²² m̩²² saŋ³³ am⁵⁵/

/saːŋ⁵⁵ jɐn²¹ m̩²¹ saːŋ⁵⁵ taːm³⁵/

/saŋ³³ ᵑɡin²² m̩²² saŋ³³ am⁵⁵/


diabeł ogonem nakrył

diabeł nakrył ogonem
diabeł nakrył ogonem#Polish

(idiomatic) Alternative form of diabeł nakrył ogonem


diabeł nakrył ogonem

Literally, “the devil covered [it] with [his] tail”.

lit

(idiomatic) used when something was misplaced and cannot be found


多多指教

ㄉㄨㄛ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄓˇ ㄐㄧㄠˋ

додо чжицзяо

/tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/tɔː⁵⁵ tɔː⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵ kaːu̯³³/

/to²⁴⁻¹¹ to²⁴ t͡sɨ³¹ kau̯⁵⁵/

/to⁴⁴⁻²² to⁴⁴⁻²² t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kau²¹/

/to³³ to³³ t͡si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kau⁴¹/

/to⁴⁴⁻²² to⁴⁴⁻²² t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kau²¹/

/to⁴⁴⁻³³ to⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kau¹¹/

/tɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ tɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kau²¹/

/to³³⁻²³ to³³⁻²³ t͡si⁵²⁻³⁵ kʰa²¹³/

/tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/tɔː⁵⁵ tɔː⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵ kaːu̯³³/

/to²⁴⁻¹¹ to²⁴ t͡sɨ³¹ kau̯⁵⁵/

/to⁴⁴⁻²² to⁴⁴⁻²² t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kau²¹/

/to³³ to³³ t͡si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kau⁴¹/

/to⁴⁴⁻²² to⁴⁴⁻²² t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kau²¹/

/to⁴⁴⁻³³ to⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kau¹¹/

/tɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ tɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kau²¹/

/to³³⁻²³ to³³⁻²³ t͡si⁵²⁻³⁵ kʰa²¹³/

請多多指教。

请多多指教。

I look forward to receiving guidance from the knowledgeable people present here.

Gèwèi zàizuò de gāorén kě děi duōduō zhǐjiào a.

各位在座的高人可得多多指教啊。

(humble) please give me advice; please guide me; nice to meet you


sea lo que sea

Literally, “be it what(ever) it may be”.

whatever may come, no matter what, whatever happens, come what may


開口埋口

/hɔːi̯⁵⁵ hɐu̯³⁵ maːi̯²¹ hɐu̯³⁵/

/hɔːi̯⁵⁵ hɐu̯³⁵ maːi̯²¹ hɐu̯³⁵/

開口埋口都講錢

开口埋口都讲钱

開口埋口批評人

开口埋口批评人

(Cantonese) every time they open their mouth (speak) they always talk about or say…


il resto del carlino

Literally, “the remainder of the gigliato”, name of a former silver coin, often used to buy cigars.

all that is implied but not spoken about


it's not you, it's me

Originally used in American sports as a humblebrag consolation to less successful players. Popularized in romantic contexts by the 1988 American comedy Casual Sex?

Matthew: We have a problem...
Melissa: Is it me?
Matthew: No, no, no. It's not you, it's me. I'm not attracted to you.
Melissa: Oh.
Matthew: Now, I don't want you to take this as a rejection, but as an acceptance between two people whose needs are profoundly incompatible. And you're not alone. I devote an entire chapter to this in my book.

George: I don't understand. Things were going so great. What happened? Something must have happened.
Gwen: It's not you, it's me.
George: You're giving me the "it's not you, it's me" routine?! I invented "it's not you, it's me"! Nobody tells me it's them, not me! If it's anybody, it's me.
Gwen: All right, George, it's you.
George: You're damn right it's me.
Gwen: I was just trying to...
George: I know what you were trying to do. Nobody does it better than me.
Gwen: I'm sure you do it very well.

1993 October 28, “The Lip Reader”, in Seinfeld:

‘[…] I've been repeatedly calling him all morning. He won't pick up. All I got was this pathetic text,’ I cough and clear my throat. ‘It said, “It's not you, it's me, I'm sorry Katie”.’

2011, Lotte Daley, chapter 1, in Faking It, Penguin:

(often ironic, sarcastic) Don't blame yourself for the end of our relationship.

no ets tu, sóc jo

don't blame yourself for the end of our relationship


ça ne fait rien

English: san fairy ann (Army slang)

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-ça ne fait rien.wav

(informal) it doesn't matter, it's no big deal, don't worry about it


nindaso-biboonagiz

niishtana nindaso-biboonagiz.


allrakungqertua

yuinaqek allrakungqertua.


jak tam

(colloquial, idiomatic) how are you?, how's it going?, what's up? (what's happening?; what are you doing?)

(colloquial, idiomatic) how's [with nominative ‘something’]


tavan vuoksi

Joskus poliittisille johtajille osoitetaan suosiota seisaaltaan, ei niinkään erityisenä kunnianosoituksena, vaan tavan vuoksi.

On some occasions standing ovations may be given to political leaders as a matter of course, rather than as a special honour.


zausz firmę

2015, Justyna Samolińska, Mit „zausz firmę” popularny wśród Polaków, strajk.eu

pull yourself up by the bootstraps
pull oneself up by one's bootstraps

(sarcastic, Internet slang, idiomatic) Deliberate misspelling of załóż firmę (“set up a company”); pull yourself up by the bootstraps


what foot the shoe is on

which foot the shoe is on
which foot the shoe is on#English

Alternative form of which foot the shoe is on


which foot the shoe is on

A whole lot depends on whose foot the shoe is on. I have noticed some of these fellows who speak about sentiment do not object so much to it when it works their way.

1915, Hannah Kent Schoff, The Wayward Child: A Study of the Causes of Crime, Bobbs-Merrill Co., p. 22 (at archive.org)

As usual, it makes a difference which foot the shoe is on. All too often the farmer has been willing to vote for legislation as long as he was exempted […] But he doesn't like it when it is proposed that laws he supports when they apply to others also be applied to him.

1948 December 9, “Shoe on the Other Foot”, in Milwaukee Journal, retrieved 2015-08-14, page 18:

The little girl said to her mother, "Mother, why is it when you are cross, you say it's your nerves; and when I'm nervous, you say I'm cross?" It depends on which foot the shoe is on, doesn't it?

2000, Raymond Barber, Don't Look Now, But Your Attitude is Showing, →ISBN, page 105:

Some of those involved with the Broadway Triangle proposal, however, dispute the coalition’s claims that the project unfairly excludes minority residents.
“It all depends on which foot the shoe is on,” said Rabbi David Niederman […] “Other groups are trying to dilute the chances of Jewish families getting access to affordable apartments by trying to include another large community board in the development.”

2015 July 28, Jeff Stein, “Nonprofits Seek to Keep Communities Intact Amid Rampant Gentrification”, in New York Nonprofit Media, retrieved 2015-08-14:

(idiomatic) Which point of view is considered or whose interests are used as a basis.


a volán mögött

[ˌɒ ˈvolaːmːøɡøtː]

From a (“the”) + volán (“steering wheel”) + mögött (“behind”), literally “behind the steering wheel”, the position where one steers the wheel of an automobile.

affix

A kevés víz pont olyan, mint a sok alkohol – legalábbis a volán mögött.

Not enough water is just like too much alcohol – at least when you're at the wheel.

A sofőr bevallotta a rendőrségnek, hogy elaludt a volán mögött.

The driver admitted to the police that he had fallen asleep at the wheel.

(idiomatic) at the wheel, behind the wheel (while driving a car or operating a motor vehicle)


a volánnál

From a (“the”) + volán (“steering wheel”) + -nál (“at”, case suffix), literally: “at the steering wheel” (the position where one steers the wheel of an automobile).

A kevés víz pont olyan, mint a sok alkohol – legalábbis a volánnál.

Not enough water is just like too much alcohol - at least when you're at the wheel.

A sofőr bevallotta a rendőrségnek, hogy elaludt a volánnál.

A pártnak fogalma sincs, ki ül a volánnál.

The party has no idea who is at the wheel.


coisa e tal

(informal) and so on (used when the speaker wants to indicate missing or incomplete information)


I could eat a brick

I could eat a horse
I could eat a horse#English


você e quem mais

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see você, e, quem, mais.

(rhetorical question) you and whose army? (you can't do that on your own)


me la suda

(idiomatic, colloquial) I don't give a fuck, whatever, i don't give a rat's arse


¿dónde va Vicente? donde va la gente

¿dónde va Vicente donde va la gente (canonical)

/ˌdonde ˌba biˌθente | ˌdonde ˌba la ˈxente/

[ˌd̪õn̪.d̪e ˌβ̞a β̞iˌθẽn̪.t̪e | ˌd̪õn̪.d̪e ˌβ̞a la ˈxẽn̪.t̪e]

/ˌdonde ˌba biˌsente | ˌdonde ˌba la ˈxente/

[ˌd̪õn̪.d̪e ˌβ̞a β̞iˌsẽn̪.t̪e | ˌd̪õn̪.d̪e ˌβ̞a la ˈxẽn̪.t̪e]

Literally, “Where is Vicente going? Where the people are going”.

lit

monkey see, monkey do
monkey see, monkey do


死記硬背

ㄙˇ ㄐㄧˋ ㄧㄥˋ ㄅㄟˋ

/sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ iŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ peɪ̯⁵¹/

/sei̯³⁵ kei̯³³ ŋaːŋ²² puːi̯²²/

/sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ iŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ peɪ̯⁵¹/

/sei̯³⁵ kei̯³³ ŋaːŋ²² puːi̯²²/

to memorise without understanding; to learn by rote; to cram


αυτά μου φαίνονται κινέζικα

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αυτά μου φαίνονται κινέζικα • (aftá mou faínontai kinézika)

aftá mou faínontai kinézika (romanization)

it's all Greek to me
it's all Greek to me

(idiomatic) it's all Greek to me (literally, “this seems Chinese to me”)

en-αυτά_μου_φαίνονται_κινέζικα-el-phrase-MHSoErzd


Goddess knows

(uncommon, chiefly paganism) Synonym of God knows


à demain

Louisiana Creole: a démin


à la prochaine

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-à la prochaine.wav


ни рыба ни мясо

ни ры́ба ни мя́со

ни ры́ба ни мя́со • (ni rýba ni mjáso)

ни ры́ба ни мя́со (canonical)
ni rýba ni mjáso (romanization)

[nʲɪ‿ˈrɨbə nʲɪ‿ˈmʲasə]

Literally, “neither fish nor flesh”. Compare with Belarusian ні рыба ні мяса (ni ryba ni mjasa), Ukrainian ні риба ні м'ясо (ni ryba ni mʺjaso), Czech ani ryba ani rak, Polish ni pies, ni wydra, French ni chair ni poisson, German weder Fisch noch Fleisch.

cog

ні рыба ні мяса

ні риба ні м'ясо

neither fish nor fowl
neither fish nor fowl

ни в го́роде Богда́н ни в селе́ Селифа́н


get thee behind me

Originally uttered by Christ in the King James Bible, Matthew 16:23: “get thee behind me, Satan”; Latin vāde retrō, Satanā; Ancient Greek ὕπαγε ὀπίσω μου, Σατανᾶ (húpage opísō mou, Satanâ).

calque

ὕπαγε ὀπίσω μου, Σατανᾶ

“Jesu Maria!” exclaimed the younger. “Oh, fie, Sister Seraphina! Fie, fie!--VADE RETRO--get thee behind me!”

1824, Sir Walter Scott, chapter 16, in Redgauntlet:

Peter most assuredly would have risen in his wrath, would have said to his distinguished-looking temptress, "Get thee behind me, Miss Ramsbotham."

1904, Jerome K. Jerome, chapter 4, in Tommy and Co.:

Get thee behind me, Derrida! Skeptical postmodernists may have reduced the certainties of Western intellectual life to a pile of gaudy plastic tchotchkes, but Pope John Paul II is fighting back.

1998 October 15, Tony Karon, “Postmodern Papacy?”, in Time, archived from the original on 2016-03-08:

Get thee behind me, Santa. Curious news from Germany, where a group has launched a campaign to persuade people to turn their backs on Santa Claus and return to St Nicholas instead.

2005 November 26, Ian Irvine, “btw”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 2015-08-25:

(idiomatic) Do not tempt or torment me; I reject you, your statements, or your beliefs.


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a świstak siedzi i zawija je w te sreberka

/a ˈɕfis.tak ˈɕɛ.d͡ʑi i zaˈvi.ja jɛ f tɛ srɛˈbɛr.ka/

Literally, “and the groundhog sits there and wraps them in tinfoil”. A line from an old Milka chocolate commercial that features a man accidentally stumbling upon a secret chocolate factory operated by mountain animals where a groundhog wraps chocolates in tinfoil. When he later relates his experience to friends, they react patronizingly and think he is crazy.

lit

(idiomatic, sarcastic, humorous) cool story bro; used to ridicule what was just said as embellishment or tall tale


после нас хоть потоп

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по́сле на́с хо́ть пото́п

по́сле на́с хо́ть пото́п • (pósle nás xótʹ potóp)

по́сле на́с хо́ть пото́п (canonical)
pósle nás xótʹ potóp (romanization)

LL-Q7737 (rus)-Tatiana Kerbush-после нас хоть потоп.wav

Calque of French après nous le déluge (compare après moi le déluge).

en-после_нас_хоть_потоп-ru-phrase-t9p1oik8


своя рубашка ближе к телу

своя́ руба́шка бли́же к те́лу

своя́ руба́шка бли́же к те́лу • (svojá rubáška blíže k télu)

своя́ руба́шка бли́же к те́лу (canonical)
svojá rubáška blíže k télu (romanization)

LL-Q7737 (rus)-Tatiana Kerbush-своя рубашка ближе к телу.wav

charity begins at home
charity begins at home

self comes first; charity begins at home

en-своя_рубашка_ближе_к_телу-ru-phrase-9nQ18ktP


請等一下

ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄉㄥˇ ㄧ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

qǐng děng yīxià [Phonetic:qíngděngyíxià]

/t͡ɕʰiŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/

/t͡ɕʰiŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/


Deus me perdoe

I hate to say it (introduces an impolite remark)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Deus, me, perdoe.


as ever trod shoe-leather

/əz ɛvə ˈtɹɒd ˈʃuːˌlɛðə/

/əz ɛvɚ ˈtɹɑd ˈʃuːˌlɛðɚ/

Treading shoe-leather refers to walking, in the sense of “walking on this earth”.

As grate a rascal, as ever trod shoe-leather.

1767, Andrew Barton [pseudonym; Thomas Forrest or Francis Hopkinson?], The Disappointment, or, The Force of Credulity: A New American Comic-opera, of Two Acts, New York [i.e., Philadelphia, Penn.]: Printed [by John Dunlap?], →OCLC; The Disappointment, or, The Force of Credulity: A New American Comic-opera, in Three Acts, 2nd edition, Philadelphia, Penn.: Printed for and sold by Francis Shallus […], 1796, →OCLC, page 34:

As handsome a gentleman, to be sure, as ever trod shoe leather! I wonder that old folks can be so very, very blind!

1809 February, E[nos] Bronson et al., “On the Marriage Manufactory at Gretna Green”, in Select Reviews, and Spirit of the Foreign Magazines, volume I, Philadelphia, Pa.: From the Lorenzo Press of E. Bronson; published by Hopkins and Earle, […], →OCLC, page 118:

"He is a brave Indian, sir." – "Oh – is that all?" – "As brave a man, as ever trod shoe leather." – "Hum!" – "Yes." – "But Indians – do they tread shoe leather?" – "He's very brave, I mean – very." – "Why not say so, then?" – "I do."

1825, [John Neal], chapter XXVI, in Brother Jonathan: Or, The New Englanders: In Three Volumes, volume II, Edinburgh: William Blackwood; London: T[homas] Cadell, […], →OCLC, page 446:

[I]t's his temper as has saved his life; he's the best-temperdest cretur as ever trod shoe leather.

1830, [Theodore Edward Hook], chapter II, in Maxwell. … In Three Volumes, volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 54–55:

I've ne'er heard his name named since I saw him go out of the yard as stout a man as ever trod shoe-leather.

1855 October 6, [Elizabeth Gaskell], “Half a Life-time Ago”, in Charles Dickens, editor, Household Words: A Weekly Journal, volume XII, number 289, London: [Household Words] Office (printed by Bradbury and Evans), →OCLC, page 236:

It was as finely organized a Church as ever trod shoe-leather.

c. 1855, Lyman Beecher, “The Revival”, in Charles Beecher, editor, Autobiography, Correspondence, etc., of Lyman Beecher, D.D., volume II, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, published 1865, →OCLC, page 72:

I'm sure I never shall forget the turn young SIMMONS gave me when he came in with that paper as he'd been and copied out of a winder thro' being in a west-end house, tho' livin' at home with his mother, as steady a woman as ever trod shoe-leather, [...]

1865 September 23, “Mrs. Brown and the Emperor of the French”, in Fun, London: Published (for the proprietors) by Thomas Baker, →OCLC, page 17:

(idiomatic, archaic) As ever existed or lived.


jak zwał, tak zwał

Literally, “it is called what it is called”.

lit

(colloquial, idiomatic) tomato, tomato (used to end an argument or digression about vocabulary)


κάτι τρέχει στα γύφτικα

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κάτι τρέχει στα γύφτικα • (káti tréchei sta gýftika)

literally "there is trouble in the gypsy village"

en-κάτι_τρέχει_στα_γύφτικα-el-phrase-IR6FGPK5

The mare shat herself on the threshing floor; more vulgar than the above

χέστηκε η φοράδα στ' αλώνι literal translation:


in mente

Hav dette in mente næste gang du køber en blyant.

Keep this in mind the next time you buy a pencil.

(arithmetics, of a number) Transferred to the next line when performing multiplication or addition.


more at eleven

(humorous) Used after a statement that is typical or should be obvious.


等到頸都長埋

to wait so long that even one's neck has elongated

/tɐŋ³⁵ tou̯³³ kɛːŋ³⁵ tou̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ maːi̯²¹/

(Cantonese, idiomatic) to wait for a very long time


所以呢

/su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i²¹⁴ nə⁴/

/su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i²¹⁴ nə⁴/


it takes two to tangle

Reconstruction of it takes two to tango, with tangle.

Fee-fi-fo-fum
It takes two to tangle and one to have won

1985, J. G. Thirlwell (lyrics and music), “Anything (Viva!)”, in Nail, performed by Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel:

Blame is to be laid on both parties in a conflict.


life is too short

(idiomatic) Don't waste time on trivial issues


ou vai ou racha

Literally, “either it goes, or it splits”.

lit

it's all or nothing (something will either be successful or fail catastrophically)


life's too short

life is too short
life is too short#English


a buon rendere

Literally, “until good [occasion] to return [a favour/favor]”.

m-g

until good 􂀿occasion􂁀 to return 􂀿a favour/favor􂁀


唔係呀嗎

/m̩²¹ hɐi̯²² aː²² maː³³⁻¹³/

/m̩²¹ hɐi̯²² aː²² maː³³⁻¹³/

(Cantonese) No way!; You've got to be kidding me!


ни в пизду, ни в Красную Армию

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ни в пизду́, ни в Кра́сную А́рмию

ни в пизду́, ни в Кра́сную А́рмию • (ni v pizdú, ni v Krásnuju Ármiju)

ни в пизду́ (canonical)
ни в Кра́сную А́рмию (canonical)
ni v pizdú (romanization)
ni v Krásnuju Ármiju (romanization)

[nʲɪ‿f‿pʲɪzˈdu | nʲɪ‿f‿ˈkrasnʊjʊ ˈarmʲɪjʊ]

LL-Q7737 (rus)-Rominf-ни в пизду, ни в Красную Армию.wav

Literally, “neither (suited) for the cunt, nor the Red Army”.
Derived from the Russian riddle: “What is it - neither in the cunt, nor in the Red Army?”, the answer to which is “impotent with flat feet”, that is, a man who is not fit for either sex or service in the army.

lit

(vulgar, diminutive, colloquial) (of someone or something) not good for anything

en-ни_в_пизду,_ни_в_Красную_Армию-ru-phrase-ds-tOB5W


an-tan-te

An-tan-te,

Dize mane pe,

Dize mane compane,

An-tan-te.

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


feels over reals

Likely influenced by the pattern (of rhyme, meter, and syntax) that bros before hoes and similar phrases follow.

(colloquial, derogatory) A preference for one's feelings or beliefs over the reality that they contradict.


轟轟烈烈

ㄏㄨㄥ ㄏㄨㄥ ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄌㄧㄝˋ

/xʊŋ⁵⁵ xʊŋ⁵⁵ li̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɛ⁵¹/

/kʷɐŋ⁵⁵ kʷɐŋ⁵⁵ liːt̚² liːt̚²/

/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liɛt̚⁴⁻³² liɛt̚⁴/

/hɔŋ³³ hɔŋ³³ liɛt̚²⁴⁻² liɛt̚²⁴/

/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liɛt̚¹²¹⁻²¹ liɛt̚¹²¹/

/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛt̚⁴⁻³² liɛt̚⁴/

/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛt̚⁴⁻³² liɛt̚⁴/

/xʊŋ⁵⁵ xʊŋ⁵⁵ li̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɛ⁵¹/

/kʷɐŋ⁵⁵ kʷɐŋ⁵⁵ liːt̚² liːt̚²/

/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liɛt̚⁴⁻³² liɛt̚⁴/

/hɔŋ³³ hɔŋ³³ liɛt̚²⁴⁻² liɛt̚²⁴/

/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛt̚⁴⁻³² liɛt̚⁴/

/hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛt̚⁴⁻³² liɛt̚⁴/


salus populi suprema lex esto

salūs populī suprēma lēx estō (canonical)

The health of the people shall be the supreme law


quamdiu se bene gesserint

Tresdecim vero presbyteros associamus praeposito supradicto quam diu se bene gesserint per ipsum exhibendos honeste.

1269, Walter de la Wyle, Fundatio domus Sancti Eadmundi Sarum [Charter of Foundation of St. Edmund's College, Sarum]:

We associate in particular thirteen priests to the aforementioned provost for as long as they behave well by comporting themselves honestly.

(England, law, of an office) Held as long as the officeholder does not abuse the post (literally, “As long as they behave well”).


and don't play one on TV

A reference to US television advertisements where well-known actors from medical shows were obliged to add the disclaimer "I'm not a doctor, but I play one on TV".

I'm not a financial expert and don't play one on TV, but I think now is a bad time to buy shares.

(humorous) A term often used after a person claims to have no expertise in a topic of discussion, but still wants to contribute a comment.


better than a poke in the eye

better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick#English

Synonym of better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick


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better than a poke in the eye with a burnt stick


better than a poke in the eye with a shitty stick

(vulgar) Synonym of better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick


better than a poke in the eye with a rusty nail


идти по пятам

ru-verb

идти́ по пята́м

идти́ по пята́м • (idtí po pjatám) impf

идти́ по пята́м (canonical)
idtí po pjatám (romanization)

[ɪˈtʲːi pə‿pʲɪˈtam]

+obj

follow in someone's footsteps
follow in someone's footsteps

follow on the heels of
follow on the heels of

to follow in someone's footsteps; to follow on the heels of (to pursue) [with за (za, + instrumental) ‘someone’]


ojo por ojo, diente por diente

eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth


não sei das quantas

Eu a conheci na igreja não sei das quantas.

Ele trabalha de engenheiro de energia e sistemas não sei das quantas.

used after a noun, with some information left unexplained; typically, it lacks adjectives, qualifiers or the full name of the object

Ela me apresentou a um Daniel não sei das quantas.

(informal, idiomatic) a placeholder
used in place of an unknown surname


como em cima, assim embaixo

(Brazil, occultism) as above, so below (what happens on one level of reality also happens on every other level)


eu poderia comer um cavalo

(idiomatic, hyperbolic) I could eat a horse (I am very hungry)


há algo de podre no reino da Dinamarca

something is rotten in the state of Denmark (something is not right)


methinks the lady doth protest too much

the lady doth protest too much
the lady doth protest too much#English

Alternative form of the lady doth protest too much


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the lady doth protest too much, methinks


business is business

Calque of French les affaires sont les affaires. After a play by Octave Mirbeau.

calque

business matters shouldn't be influenced by friendship or sentiment


say no more

Last week the Brits appropriated a couple of all-American icons—persnickety Sally Albright and her friend Harry Burns—when the stage play of Rob Reiner's 1989 classic When Harry Met Sally opened in London's West End. . . . Next spring Americans will get their return when the musical version of Monty Python and the Holy Grail debuts on Broadway. The show will be called Spamalot. Say no more.

2004 March 1, Sora Song, “Fake an Orgasm, Fend Off a Rabbit”, in Time, retrieved 2015-09-19:

Nas walked through the garden of Gethsemane in his 1999 music video. Other scenes featured the rapper being crucified on the cross. Say no more.

2013 May 8, “Most controversial music videos”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 2015-09-19:

Those who left early missed a highlight of the event, a self-described "rising sophomore at the University of Connecticut" telling Franzen that The Corrections was the basis for her project on the "depressed male protagonist in post-9/11 literature."
"Say no more," answered a surprised, but amused Franzen.

2015 May 27, “Jonathan Franzen Talks Up, and Around, His New Novel”, in New York Times, retrieved 2015-09-19:

(idiomatic, humorous) What has already been said conveys all the meaning and information needed to draw a conclusion concerning a matter which it would be imprudent to discuss further.

(MLE, MTE) A standard formula to end a conversation, i.e. bye, see you soon.


मैं ठीक हूँ

hi-phrase

मैं ठीक हूँ • (ma͠i ṭhīk hū̃)

/mɛ̃ː ʈʰiːk ɦũː/

[mɛ̃ː‿ʈʰiːk‿ɦũː]


क्या आप हिंदी बोलते हैं

क्या आप हिंदी बोलते हैं?

क्या आप हिंदी बोलते हैं? • (kyā āp hindī bolte ha͠i?)

/kjɑː ɑːp ɦɪn.d̪iː boːl.t̪eː ɦɛ̃ː/

[kjäː‿äːp‿ɦɪ̃n̪.d̪iː‿boːl.t̪eː‿ɦɛ̃ː]

en-क्या_आप_हिंदी_बोलते_हैं-hi-phrase-WTGYDpDE


忙忙匆匆

ㄇㄤˊ ㄇㄤˊ ㄘㄨㄥ ㄘㄨㄥ

манманцунцун

/mɑŋ³⁵ mɑŋ³⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

/mɔːŋ²¹ mɔːŋ²¹ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

/mɑŋ³⁵ mɑŋ³⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

/mɔːŋ²¹ mɔːŋ²¹ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/


eu mereço

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see eu, mereço.


βλ.λ.

βλέπε βλέπε#Greek

λέξη λέξη#Greek

(imperative) Abbreviation of βλέπε λέξη (vlépe léxi): q.v., see word


que meda

Alteration of que medo (“I’m so scared”).


les Anglais débarquent

Literally, “the English are disembarking”, because English soldiers wore red coats.

lit

(informal) a person is having or has just had her period


jasoit que ce

Et jasoit ce que par avant l'en eust toujours escript ou nom du Roy...

And insomuch as before had been written in the name of the king...


לבור את הבר מן התבן

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לבור את הבר מן התבן / לָבֹר אֶת הַבָּר מִן הַתֶּבֶן • (lavór et habár min hatéven)

he-phrase

לבור את הבר מן התבן

לָבֹר אֶת הַבָּר מִן הַתֶּבֶן

לָבֹר אֶת הַבָּר מִן הַתֶּבֶן (canonical)
lavór et habár min hatéven (romanization)

separate the wheat from the chaff
separate the wheat from the chaff


be in luck

You're in luck: this is the last one.

(idiomatic, informal) To be lucky in getting something that one wants.


some people have all the luck

(informal) Suggests that someone is enjoying more success than they deserve.


一勞永逸

ㄧ ㄌㄠˊ ㄩㄥˇ ㄧˋ

/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ lɑʊ̯³⁵ jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹/

/jɐt̚⁵ lou̯²¹ wɪŋ¹³ jɐt̚²/

/it̚³²⁻⁴ lɤ²³⁻³³ iɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iɪk̚⁴/

/it̚³²⁻⁴ lo²⁴⁻¹¹ iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɪk̚⁴/

/it̚³²⁻⁵ lo¹³⁻²² iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɪk̚¹²¹/

/it̚³²⁻⁴ lo²⁴⁻²² iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɪk̚⁴/

/it̚⁵⁻²⁴ lɔ²⁴⁻²² iɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iak̚²⁴/

/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ lɑʊ̯³⁵ jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹/

/jɐt̚⁵ lou̯²¹ wɪŋ¹³ jɐt̚²/

/it̚³²⁻⁴ lɤ²³⁻³³ iɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iɪk̚⁴/

/it̚³²⁻⁴ lo²⁴⁻¹¹ iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɪk̚⁴/

/it̚³²⁻⁵ lo¹³⁻²² iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɪk̚¹²¹/

/it̚³²⁻⁴ lo²⁴⁻²² iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɪk̚⁴/

/it̚⁵⁻²⁴ lɔ²⁴⁻²² iɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iak̚²⁴/

Zhège jiějué fāng'àn bùshì yīláoyǒngyì de.

這個解決方案不是一勞永逸的。

这个解决方案不是一劳永逸的。


promašiti ceo fudbal

sh-phrase

promašiti ceo fudbal (Cyrillic spelling промашити цео фудбал)

промашити цео фудбал (Cyrillic)

to completely miss the point, to misread or misinterpret something


לכל שבת יש מוצאי שבת

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לְכָל שַׁבָּת יֵשׁ מוֹצָאֵי שַׁבָּת

לְכָל שַׁבָּת יֵשׁ מוֹצָאֵי שַׁבָּת • (lechól shabát yesh motzaéi shabát)

לְכָל שַׁבָּת יֵשׁ מוֹצָאֵי שַׁבָּת (canonical)
lechól shabát yesh motzaéi shabát (romanization)


aasta ööhön

Literally, “from A to Ö”, as these are the first and last letters of the Finnish alphabet.

He kattoivat koko kentän aasta ööhön kahdeksassa luokassa.

They covered the whole field from A to Z in eight classes.


היהפוך כושי עורו

היהפוך כושי עורו? / הֲיַהֲפֹךְ כּוּשִׁי עוֹרוֹ? • (hayahafóch kúshi 'oró)

he-phrase

היהפוך כושי עורו?

הֲיַהֲפֹךְ כּוּשִׁי עוֹרוֹ?

הֲיַהֲפֹךְ כּוּשִׁי עוֹרוֹ (canonical)
hayahafóch kúshi 'oró (romanization)

a leopard cannot change its spots
a leopard cannot change its spots


tikkua ristiin

Et ole pannut tikkua ristiin löytääksesi työtä.

(idiomatic, of work or effort, chiefly in the negative) not anything, nothing


กูลั่น

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กูลั่น • (guu-lân)

From กู (guu, “first person pronoun”) + ลั่น (lân, “to laugh out loud”), literally "me laughing out loud!".

compound

(Internet slang, vulgar) an expression of laughter or ridicule.


ไอ้สัตว์กูขำ

th-phrase

ไอ้สัตว์กูขำ • (âi-sàt-guu-kǎm)

From ไอ้สัตว์ (âi-sàt, “expression of anger, discontent or surprise”) + กู (guu, “first person pronoun”) + ขำ (kǎm, “to laugh”), literally meaning "beast, me laughing!", usually translated as "holy fuck, I'm laughing so hard!".

compound

(Internet slang, vulgar) an expression of ridicule.

อสกข

ɔɔ-sɔ̌ɔ-gɔɔ-kɔ̌ɔ


pile it high, sell it cheap

Selling a product at a low price allows large volumes of the product to be sold.


南無阿彌陀佛

ja-r

^な%む% ^あ%み%だ%ぶつ

desc

나무아미타불(南無阿彌陀佛)

CJKV/code

^な%む% ^あ%み%だ%ぶつ

Sino-Xenic (南無阿彌陀佛):
* → Japanese: 南(な)無(む)阿(あ)弥(み)陀(だ)仏(ぶつ) (Namu Amidabutsu)
* → Korean: 나무아미타불(南無阿彌陀佛) (namuamitabul)
* → Vietnamese: Nam mô A Di Đà Phật (南無阿彌陀佛)

CJKV

^な%む% ^あ%み%だ%ぶつ

Nāmó Ēmítuófó

Námó Ēmítuófó

ㄋㄚ ㄇㄛˊ ㄜ ㄇㄧˊ ㄊㄨㄛˊ ㄈㄛˊ

ㄋㄚˊ ㄇㄛˊ ㄜ ㄇㄧˊ ㄊㄨㄛˊ ㄈㄛˊ

Nāmó Ēmítuófó

Намо Эмитофо

/nä⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵ ˀɤ⁵⁵ mi³⁵ tʰu̯ɔ³⁵ fu̯ɔ³⁵/

Námó Ēmítuófó

/nä³⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵ ˀɤ⁵⁵ mi³⁵ tʰu̯ɔ³⁵ fu̯ɔ³⁵/

/naːm²¹ mɔː²¹ ɔː⁵⁵ mei̯²¹ tʰɔː²¹ fɐt̚²/

/naːm²¹ mɔː²¹ ɔː⁵⁵ nei̯²¹⁻⁵⁵ tʰɔː²¹ fɐt̚²/

/naː⁵⁵ mɔː²¹ ɔː⁵⁵ mei̯²¹ tʰɔː²¹ fɐt̚²/

/naː⁵⁵ mɔː²¹ ɔː⁵⁵ nei̯²¹⁻⁵⁵ tʰɔː²¹ fɐt̚²/

/na¹¹ mo¹¹ o²⁴⁻¹¹ ni²⁴ tʰo¹¹ fut̚⁵/

/nˡaŋ⁵³ mo⁵³ o⁵⁵ mi⁵³ ^((tʰ-))lo⁵³ ⁽ʰ⁻⁾uʔ⁵/

/lam²⁴⁻²² bu²⁴⁻²² o⁴⁴⁻²² bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to²⁴⁻²² hut̚⁴/

/lam²⁴⁻²² bu²⁴⁻²² o³³ bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ to²⁴⁻²² hut̚²⁴/

/lam¹³⁻²² bu¹³⁻²² o⁴⁴⁻²² bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to¹³⁻²² hut̚¹²¹/

/lam²⁴⁻¹¹ bu²⁴⁻¹¹ o⁴⁴⁻³³ bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ to²⁴⁻¹¹ hut̚⁴/

/lam²³⁻³³ bu²³⁻³³ ɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɤ²³⁻³³ hut̚⁴/

/nä⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵ ˀɤ⁵⁵ mi³⁵ tʰu̯ɔ³⁵ fu̯ɔ³⁵/

/nä³⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵ ˀɤ⁵⁵ mi³⁵ tʰu̯ɔ³⁵ fu̯ɔ³⁵/

/naːm²¹ mɔː²¹ ɔː⁵⁵ mei̯²¹ tʰɔː²¹ fɐt̚²/

/naː⁵⁵ mɔː²¹ ɔː⁵⁵ mei̯²¹ tʰɔː²¹ fɐt̚²/

/na¹¹ mo¹¹ o²⁴⁻¹¹ ni²⁴ tʰo¹¹ fut̚⁵/

Borrowed from Sanskrit नमोऽमिताभाय (namoʼmitābhāya).

(Buddhism) Namo Amitābhāya, a common phrase of salutation used by Buddhists


南無阿彌陀佛

ko-pos

南無阿彌陀佛 • (namuamitabul) (hangeul 나무아미타불)

namuamitabul (romanization)
나무아미타불 (hangeul)

나무아미타불 나무아미타불#Korean

hanja form of 나무아미타불 (“Namo Amitābhāya”)


南無阿彌陀佛

Nam mô A Di Đà Phật
Nam mô A Di Đà Phật#Vietnamese

chữ Hán form of Nam mô A Di Đà Phật (“Namo Amitābhāya”).


Stein des Anstoßes

der Stein des Anstoßes

Literally, “stone of stumbling”. This phrase originates from the Bible translation made by Martin Luther, in particular from the passage of Isaiah 8:14 in which a אבן נגף / אֶ֣בֶן נֶ֠גֶף (ʾævæn næḡæf) is mentioned in the original Hebrew version.

he-m

אֶ֣בֶן נֶ֠גֶף

אבן נגף / אֶ֣בֶן נֶ֠גֶף (ʾævæn næḡæf)

Stein des Anstoßes sind die folgenden Zeilen: „Vater unser im Himmel/ Geheiligt werde die Lüge/ Mein Fleisch verkomme/ Mein Wille geschehe/ Und den Himmel gib uns auf Erden/ Und vergib uns unsere Gier/ Drum führe uns jetzt in Versuchung/ Und dann erlöse uns von all dem Bösen/ Ich geb euch Liebe/ Ich geb euch Hoffnung/ Doch nur zum Schein/ Denn die Massen woll’n betrogen sein.“

2006 March 6, “Kirchenkritik bringt „Oomph!“ viel Ärger ein”, in Braunschweiger Zeitung:

The source of annoyance are the following lines: “Our Father in heaven / Hallowed be the lie / My flesh go rotten / My will be done / And give us heaven on earth / And forgive us our greed / So lead us now into temptation / And then deliver us from all evil / I give you love / I give you hope / Yet only in pretense / Because the masses want to be deceived.”

Zumindest die Vorbehalte gegenüber den Ultraorthodoxen scheinen die Kibbuzniks mit der weiteren Gesellschaft zu teilen. Besonders die Unterstützungsleistungen, die jene beziehen, bildeten an den Protesten in Tel Aviv einen zusätzlichen Stein des Anstoßes.

2011 September 22, Simona Pfister, “Zwischen Zion, Marx und Marktwirtschaft”, in zenith – Zeitschrift für den Orient, →ISSN, retrieved 2015-10-05:

The kibbutzniks seem to share at least the reservations about the ultra-Orthodox with the broader society. Especially the benefits that those receive created an additional source of annoyance at the protests in Tel Aviv.

(idiomatic, formal) a source of annoyance


beim Barte des Propheten

LL-Q188 (deu)-Elmolo-beim Barte des Propheten.wav

Literally, “by the beard of the prophet”; documented since the 18th century. There are two different etymological interpretations:
* The (pre-)Islamic custom of touching the beard while taking a vow is well known from many oriental stories. However, the prophet meant here is not Muhammad, but rather Moses.
* According to Duden, it is unquestionable that the prophet Muhammad is meant here. The custom of touching the beard while taking a vow is not only known from oriental and Islamic literature, but also from German medieval literature.

lit

Da hat der Kanzlerkandidat Gerhard Schröder beim Barte des Propheten geschworen, die Renten nicht zu kürzen.

1999 June 24, “Beim Barte des Propheten”, in Frankfurter Rundschau, page 24:

And then the candidate for the position of chancellor Gerhard Schröder had sworn “solemnly” to not cut the [retirement] pensions.

Das muss, beim Barte des Propheten, ganz wundervoll sein!

2001 September 18, “Mein Tagebuch”, in Süddeutsche Zeitung, page 12:

That must be, cross my heart, quite wonderful!

Doch wenn, beim Barte des Propheten, die eben noch dem Untergang geweihte Firma nach zwei Monaten am gleichen Ort unter anderem Namen neu ersteht wie Phönix aus dem Wüstensand und ihre ornamentreichen Knotenwunder jetzt zu noch unglaublicheren Hammerpreisen annonciert, dann kann auch der treueste Anhänger orientalischer Märchenerzähler ins Grübeln kommen.

2004 October 4, Rüdiger Kind, “Die Teppichflsterer”, in taz.die tageszeitung, page 20:

But as, cross my heart, the company only just doomed [to go bankrupt] is newly setting up after two months at the same place under a different name like a phoenix from the desert′s sands and is advertising its ornament-rich knot wonders [i.e. carpets] now at even more incredible killer prices, than even the most loyal fan of oriental storytellers will begin to brood.

(idiomatic, informal, humorous) pledge to tell the truth


é bom que

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see é, bom, que.

É bom que você chegue na hora.

one/you/he/they/etc. better (used to make passive aggressive threats)


como é em cima, assim é embaixo

como é em cima assim é embaixo (canonical)

como em cima, assim embaixo
como em cima, assim embaixo#Portuguese

Alternative form of como em cima, assim embaixo


mlýnová spojka

Mlýnová spojka už zatím vytáhla míč ze skrumáže a okamžitě ho přihrála Jamiemu.

2007, Dana Šimonová, transl., Nebe plné hvězd, Praha: Baronet, translation of Starburst by Pilcher Robin, →ISBN, page 324:

The scrum half picked up the ball from the base of the scrum and spun it at speed out to Jamie.

Hrát na mlýnové spojce mě baví.

2014 June 11, David Nejedlý, “Hladilová: Propadák? Ten nenastal. To bychom musely sestoupit”, in Pražský deník.cz:

I like playing at the post of scrum-half.


útoková spojka

Hvězdou Australanů v utkání s Albionem byla útoková spojka Bernard Foley.

2015 October 3, ČT sport, “Anglie na šampionátu končí. Jejím katem se stal Australan Foley”, in Česká televize:

The fly-half Bernard Foley was the star of the Australians in the match against Albion.

Dvacet minut před koncem Madigan, zástupce Sextona na útokové spojce, další trestný kop nedal.

2015 October 18, ČT sport, “Naděje Evropy na šampionátu padla, ragbisté Irska podlehli Argentině”, in iDnes.cz:

Twenty minutes before the end Madigan, substitute of Sexton at the position of fly-half, didn't score from another penalty kick.


నా పేరు

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నా పేరు • (nā pēru)


vnitřní tříčtvrtka

Kvalitní vnitřní tříčtvrtka, jež výborně skládá, takzvaně tvrdí muziku.

2015 February 25, David Nejedlý, “Jde do tuhého! Nejlepší ragbisté se hlásí o slovo”, in Pražský deník.cz:

Good inside centre, who tackles well, makes the play rough.


मेरा नाम ... है

मेरा नाम विनोद है।


vnější tříčtvrtka

Strategie kopání zahrnují […] kopání na otevřenou stranu po diagonále tak, aby křídlo, či vnější tříčtvrtka mohli míč chytit.

2010, “Kopání”, in World Rugby, retrieved 2015-10-11:

Kicking strategies include […] kicking diagonally to the open side so that a wing or the outside centre could catch the ball.


täältä pesee

Vositko auttaa minua?/Täältä pesee!

definitely, certainly, you bet (used to strengthen a positive response to a request for action)

Haluatko tapella?/OK, täältä pesee!

Jos hän vielä näyttää täällä naamansa, niin täältä pesee.

If he shows his face here for another time, he'll get it.

catch it, get it (used primarily as interjection to show readiness to deliver a response or to fight)


ija ija, aho aho

[ʔɪˌd͡ʒa ʔɪˌd͡ʒa | ʔɐˌho ʔɐˈho]

Reduplication of iya (“yours”) + ako (“mine”). Boholano and eye dialect spelling of “iya iya, ako ako”.


if you're not Dutch, you're not much

Believed to originate from Dutch American communities in the Midwest.

The Dutch culture is vastly superior to all other cultures in existence.


I'm Hindu

Indicates that the speaker is a follower of Hinduism.


voices off

Redirect and remind (verbal): "Freeze. Voices off; eyes on me. Everyone take a few deep breaths." Let students be silent together for thirty seconds.

2013, Margaret Berry Wilson, Teasing, Tattling, Defiance and More..., Northeast Foundation for Children, Inc., →ISBN, page 58:


não custa nada

Você devia visitar seus pais mais vezes. Não custa nada tentar ser parte da vida deles.

You should visit your parents more often. It does not cost anything trying to be a part of their lives.

(idiomatic) said to justify doing something that is (or would be) easy to be done, especially when one is reluctant or doubtful about doing it


e lá vai fumaça

vinte e lá vai fumaça

(literally, “twenty and there goes smoke”)

(idiomatic) used to fill in an unknown number or year


podia dormir sem essa

(idiomatic) said of an avoidable unpleasant situation


阿姨洗鐵路

āyí xǐ tiělù

ㄚ ㄧˊ ㄒㄧˇ ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄨˋ

/ˀä⁵⁵ i³⁵ ɕi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu⁵¹/

/aː³³ jiː²¹⁻⁵⁵ sɐi̯³⁵ tʰiːt̚³ lou̯²²/

/ˀä⁵⁵ i³⁵ ɕi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu⁵¹/

/aː³³ jiː²¹⁻⁵⁵ sɐi̯³⁵ tʰiːt̚³ lou̯²²/

Humorous phono-semantic matching from Japanese 愛(あい)してる (ai shiteru, “I love you”).


等到頸都長

to wait so long that one's neck has elongated

/tɐŋ³⁵ tou̯³³ kɛːŋ³⁵ tou̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/

/tɐŋ³⁵ tou̯³³ kɛːŋ³⁵ tou̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/

(Cantonese, idiomatic) to wait for a very long time


levý rváček

Když pak levý rváček položil pětku, dalo se říci, že v duelu zařídil plných patnáct bodů.

2014 April 24, David Nejedlý, “Ragbisté Sparty se vyhoupli do čela extraligy”, in Rugby.cz:

After the blindside flanker scored a try, it could be said that he had made no less than fifteen points in the match.


कितने बजे हैं

/kɪt̪.neː bə.d͡ʒeː ɦɛ̃ː/

[kɪt̪̚.neː‿bɐ.d͡ʒeː‿ɦɛ̃ː]


टाइम क्या है

hi-phrase

टाइम क्या है?

टाइम क्या है? • (ṭāim kyā hai?)

/ʈɑː.ɪm kjɑː ɦɛː/

[ʈäː.ɪ̃m‿kjäː‿ɦɛː]


pravý rváček

Pravý rváček Hooper by měl být v australské sestavě proti Fidži.

2015 September 23, ČT sport with dat, “Australané vstupují do turnaje, překvapí Japonci i proti Skotům?”, in Česká televize, retrieved 2015-10-18:

Openside flanker Hooper should be in the team against Fiji.

Měl jsem výbornou podporu od Dana Chmelíka, který hrál po delší době za nás na pravém rváčkovi.

I had a great support from Dan Chmelík, who played for our team at the position of openside flanker after a longer time.


hráč druhé řady

/ˈɦraːt͡ʃ ˈdruɦɛː ˈr̝adɪ/

Ten den se Stewart Wiese, hráč druhé řady, stal jedním z vyslanců nové Jihoafrické republiky

2014, Ladislav Václavík, transl., Zulu, Host–vydavatelství, translation of original by Caryl Férey, →ISBN, page 68:

Lock Stewart Wiese became one of the representatives of the new Republic of South Africa that day.


jdfr

(military, US) Abbreviation of joined from.


S/RS

(military, US) Abbreviation of staff returns.


jds/RS

(military, US) Abbreviation of joined by staff returns.


לא ברא השטן

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לֹּא בָּרָא הַשָּׂטָן

לֹּא בָּרָא הַשָּׂטָן • (lo bará hasatán)

he-phrase

לֹּא בָּרָא הַשָּׂטָן

לֹּא בָּרָא הַשָּׂטָן (canonical)
lo bará hasatán (romanization)

וְאָרוּר הָאוֹמֵר: נְקֹם! \ נְקָמָה כָזֹאת, נִקְמַת דַּם יֶלֶד קָטָן \ עוֹד לֹא-בָרָא הַשָּׂטָן – \ וְיִקֹּב הַדָּם אֶת-הַתְּהוֹם!
And cursed is the [one] who says: avenge! / Such vengeance, vengeance of blood of a small child / The devil has not yet created – / And blood will puncture the abyss!

1903, Hayim Nahman Bialik, On the Slaughter 22–25

(idiomatic) terrible, horrible (literally: the devil did not create)


నేను నాస్తికుడిని

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నేను నాస్తికుడిని • (nēnu nāstikuḍini)

Indicates that the speaker is an atheist.


meu ouvido não é penico

(Brazil, idiomatic) said to express annoyance at something that another person said


పుట్టినరోజు శుభాకాంక్షలు

పుట్టినరోజు శుభాకాంక్షలు • (puṭṭinarōju śubhākāṅkṣalu)

en-పుట్టినరోజు_శుభాకాంక్షలు-te-phrase-gB80srC3


pois não

From pois (“so, then”) + não (“not”). Probably originally intended as: "so ... not ...?", implying either "so, how could I not serve you?" or "so, how could I not do what you asked?", depending on the context.
Compare Spanish ¿cómo no? (“how not?”) and Hungarian hogyne (“sure, of course”, literally “how not”).

cog

(Brazil, formal) Can I help you? (used when attending customers)


pois não

“Eu gostaria de uma salada.” — “Pois não, senhor.”

(Brazil, formal) yes; of course (used to confirm a request)


trestná pětka

Strůjcem japonského vítězství byl Ajumu Goromaru, kterému byla přiznána trestná pětka a dalších 16 bodů přidal z kopů.

2015 October 4, ČTK, “Pro Anglii skončí domácí MS v ragby už po skupině”, in Sportovní noviny:

The architect of the Japan's victory was Ayumu Goromaru, who was awarded a penalty try and who added 16 more points from kicks.


kallella kypärin

From Kalevala: kallella < kallellaan (“askew”), kypärin < kypärä (“helmet”).

(idiomatic) down, depressed, sad, blue (feeling low)


noves fora

casting out nines
cast out nines#English

(informal, mathematics) refers to the act of casting out nines

(informal, by extension) refers to the act of verification, looking for proof


走火入魔

fire running wild and being possessed by a demon

ㄗㄡˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄖㄨˋ ㄇㄛˊ

/t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu⁵¹ mu̯ɔ³⁵/

/t͡sɐu̯³⁵ fɔː³⁵ jɐp̚² mɔː⁵⁵/

/t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu⁵¹ mu̯ɔ³⁵/

/t͡sɐu̯³⁵ fɔː³⁵ jɐp̚² mɔː⁵⁵/

(Taoism, qigong, etc.) to experience serious negative physiological and psychological changes resulting from the “improper” practice of qigong or other self-cultivation techniques; to develop meditation psychosis

(figurative) to be obsessed with something as if one is possessed by demons; to be taken over by (something)


um belo dia

Literally, “one beautiful day”. This can usually be understood as meaning simply um dia (“one day”), with the word belo (“beautiful”) included as filler text.

Eu sempre pensei que nunca seria promovido. Um belo dia, meu chefe me chamou a seu escritório...

I always thought I would never be promoted. One beautiful day, my boss called me to his office...

used to introduce a sudden, unexpected change in the course of events


if it ain't broken, don't fix it

if it ain't broke, don't fix it
if it ain't broke, don't fix it#English

Alternative spelling of if it ain't broke, don't fix it


楚楚動人

ㄔㄨˇ ㄔㄨˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄖㄣˊ

/ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʊŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/

/t͡sʰɔː³⁵ t͡sʰɔː³⁵ tʊŋ²² jɐn²¹/

/ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʊŋ⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/

/t͡sʰɔː³⁵ t͡sʰɔː³⁵ tʊŋ²² jɐn²¹/

(chiefly of a young woman) delicate and enchanting


衣冠楚楚

ㄧ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄔㄨˇ ㄔㄨˇ

/i⁵⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jiː⁵⁵ kuːn³⁵ t͡sʰɔː³⁵ t͡sʰɔː³⁵/

/jiː⁵⁵ kuːn³⁵ t͡sʰɔː³⁵ t͡sʰɔː³⁵/

From the Classic of Poetry, poem 150 (《詩經·曹風·蜉蝣》)

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(《詩經·曹風·蜉蝣》)

(《詩經·曹風·蜉蝣》)

The wings of the ephemera, Are robes, bright and splendid.
My heart is grieved; Would they but come and abide with me!

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

Fúyóu zhī yǔ, yīshāng chǔchǔ.
Xīn zhī yōu yǐ, yú wǒ guī chǔ.

蜉蝣之羽，衣裳楚楚。
心之憂矣，於我歸處。

蜉蝣之羽，衣裳楚楚。
心之忧矣，于我归处。

immaculately dressed; well-groomed; dapper


me cago en todo

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


me cago en tu puta madre

Literally, “I shit in your fucking mother”.


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chan ann leis a' chiad bhuille a thuiteas a' chraobh

Rome wasn't built in a day
Rome wasn't built in a day

Rome wasn't built in a day (literally "it is not with the first strike that the tree will fall")


puxar a brasa para a sardinha de alguém

Literally, “to pull the ember for one's sardine”.

lit

Aproveitei para puxar a brasa para minha sardinha.

I took the chance to pull for my own side.

Ele tenta sempre puxar a brasa para a sua sardinha.

He always tries to pull for his own side.

(idiomatic) to pull for one's side, to toot one's own horn


e olha que

Literally, “and look that” (the word "that" being a conjunction).

Eu tirei uma nota excelente na prova. E olha que nem estudei tanto!

(literally, “...And look that I did not even study that hard!”)

I got an excellent grade in the test. And mind you, I did not even study that hard!

(idiomatic) "and mind you"! (used to introduce a difficulty, an obstacle that has been overcome, for emphasis on the final result)


敬啟者

ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄧˇ ㄓㄜˇ

/t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kɪŋ³³ kʰɐi̯³⁵ t͡sɛː³⁵/

/t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kɪŋ³³ kʰɐi̯³⁵ t͡sɛː³⁵/

to whom this may concern
to whom this may concern


a bem da verdade

/ɐ ˈbɐ̃j̃ dɐ vɨɾˈda.dɨ/

[ɐ ˈβɐ̃j̃ dɐ vɨɾˈða.ðɨ]

"to tell the truth", "for the sake of accuracy" (used to introduce a clarifying statement)


עץ או פלי

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עֵץ אוֹ פָּלִי

עֵץ אוֹ פָּלִי • ('etz o páli)

he-phrase

עֵץ אוֹ פָּלִי

עֵץ אוֹ פָּלִי • ('etz o páli)

עֵץ אוֹ פָּלִי (canonical)
'etz o páli (romanization)

From a coin used in the time of British Mandatory Palestine, in which a tree was depicted on the obverse, and the words PALESTINE and פלשתינה and in Arabic on the reverse.


why God invented

I do not, however, wish to be awakened by Stevie Wonder and that is why God invented alarm clocks.

1994, Fran Lebowitz, The Fran Lebowitz Reader, page 138:

It's not your job. That's why God invented cops.

1999, Denise Dietz, Footprints in the Butter: An Ingrid Beaumont Mystery, page 74:

Most men don't make enough money to buy all the tools they need all at once, which is why God invented revolving debt. Sometimes, though, men actually hit their credit limits, which is why God invented garage sales.

2005, W. Bruce Cameron, How to Remodel a Man, page 127:

He likes dark, emotionally angry music. I like pop, upbeat, happy songs. That's why God invented 12 different pre-set stations.

2008, Laurie Frey, Cindy Dupree, Eric Coble, Unbeatable: The Whole Story, page 26:

(humorous) The reason for something (specified) existing; the purpose fulfilled by something.


com uma mão na frente e a outra atrás

/kõ ˈũ.mɐ ˈmɐ̃w̃ na ˈfɾẽ.t͡ʃi i a ˈo(w).tɾɐ aˈtɾa(j)s/

[kõ ˈũ.mɐ ˈmɐ̃ʊ̯̃ na ˈfɾẽ.t͡ʃi i a ˈo(ʊ̯).tɾɐ aˈtɾa(ɪ̯)s]

/kõ ˈũ.mɐ ˈmɐ̃w̃ na ˈfɾẽ.t͡ʃi i a ˈo(w).tɾɐ aˈtɾa(j)ʃ/

[kõ ˈũ.mɐ ˈmɐ̃ʊ̯̃ na ˈfɾẽ.t͡ʃi i a ˈo(ʊ̯).tɾɐ aˈtɾa(ɪ̯)ʃ]

/kõ ˈu.ma ˈmɐ̃w̃ na ˈfɾẽ.te e a ˈo(w).tɾa aˈtɾa(j)s/

[kõ ˈu.ma ˈmɐ̃ʊ̯̃ na ˈfɾẽ.te e a ˈo(ʊ̯).tɾa aˈtɾa(ɪ̯)s]

Literally, “with one hand on the front and the other on the back”.

lit

(Brazil, idiomatic) extremely poor; having no money


φερ' ειπείν

From Koine Greek φέρ' εἰπεῖν, from φέρω + εἰπεῖν.


what happens on tour stays on tour

Originally referring to sporting or band tours.

To be honest, I can't really commit to paper half the stuff that went on during the ‘Unleashed’ tour, as we promised to take it to our graves. ‘What happens on tour, stays on tour!’ as they say.

2010, Dannii Minogue, Dannii: My Story, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

Inevitably, men who spent time together travelling formed bonds and friendships, which overlapped and supported their professional relationships. One of the results was the ‘what happens on tour stays on tour’ mentality, which recognised that humans—whether or not they are sportsmen—are likely to do dumb things from time to time.

2013, Jacquie L'Etang, Sports Public Relations, SAGE, →ISBN, page 5:

When a group of people, usually a group of all-male close friends, get together and travel, go on vacation, throw a party, etc., any controversial conduct engaged in during the event must be kept strictly confidential.

what happens on the road stays on the road


杞人憂天

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (杞人憂天):
* → Korean: 기인우천(杞人憂天) (giinucheon)

ㄑㄧˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄡ ㄊㄧㄢ

/t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ joʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

/kei̯³⁵ jɐn²¹ jɐu̯⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

/ki⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³⁻³³ iu⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/

/t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ joʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

/kei̯³⁵ jɐn²¹ jɐu̯⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

/ki⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³⁻³³ iu⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/

From a story in Liezi, early first millennium, "Heaven's Gifts", adapted from the translation by A. C. Graham

There was a man of Qi country who was so worried that heaven and earth might fall down, and his body would have nowhere to lodge, that he forgot to eat and sleep. There was another man who was worried that he should be so worried about it, and therefore went to enlighten him, saying, "Heaven is nothing but the accumulated air; there is no place where there is not air. You walk and stand all day inside heaven, stretching and bending, breathing in and breathing out; why should you worry about it falling down?"
The man said, "If heaven really is accumulated air, shouldn't the sun and moon and stars fall down?"
The man who sought to enlighten him said, "The sun and moon and stars are air which shines inside the accumulated air. Even if they did fall down, they couldn't hit or harm anyone."
The man said, "What about the earth giving way?"
The man who sought to enlighten him said, "The earth is nothing but accumulated soil, filling the void in all four directions; there is no place where there is not soil. You walk and stand all day on the earth, stamping about with abrupt spurts and halts; why should you worry about it giving way?"
The man was satisfied and greatly cheered; and so was the man who enlightened him.

Qǐ guó yǒu rén, yōu tiāndì bēngzhuì, shēn wáng suǒ jì, fèi qǐnshí zhě. Yòu yǒu yōu bǐ zhī suǒ yōu zhě, yīn wǎng xiǎo zhī, yuē: “Tiān, jīqì ěr, wáng chù wáng qì. Ruò qūshēn hūxī, zhōngrì zài tiān zhōng xíngzhǐ, nàihé yōu bēngzhuì hū?”
Qí rén yuē: “Tiān guǒ jīqì, rìyuè xīngsù bùdāng zhuì xié?”
Xiǎo zhī zhě yuē: “Rìyuè xīngsù, yì jīqì zhōng zhī yǒu guāngyào zhě, zhǐ shǐ zhuì, yì bùnéng yǒu suǒ zhōngshāng.”
Qí rén yuē: “Nài dì huài hé?”
Xiǎo zhě yuē: “Dì jīkuài ěr, chōngsài sì xū, wáng chù wáng kuài. Ruò chú bù cīdǎo, zhōngrì zài dìshàng xíngzhǐ, nàihé yōu qí huài?”
Qí rén shèrán dàxǐ, xiǎo zhī zhě yì shèrán dàxǐ.

杞國有人，憂天地崩墜，身亡所寄，廢寢食者。又有憂彼之所憂者，因往曉之，曰：「天，積氣耳，亡處亡氣。若屈伸呼吸，終日在天中行止，奈何憂崩墜乎？」
其人曰：「天果積氣，日月星宿不當墜邪？」
曉之者曰：「日月星宿，亦積氣中之有光耀者，只使墜，亦不能有所中傷。」
其人曰：「奈地壞何？」
曉者曰：「地積塊耳，充塞四虛，亡處亡塊。若躇步跐蹈，終日在地上行止，奈何憂其壞？」
其人舍然大喜，曉之者亦舍然大喜。

杞国有人，忧天地崩坠，身亡所寄，废寝食者。又有忧彼之所忧者，因往晓之，曰：「天，积气耳，亡处亡气。若屈伸呼吸，终日在天中行止，奈何忧崩坠乎？」
其人曰：「天果积气，日月星宿不当坠邪？」
晓之者曰：「日月星宿，亦积气中之有光耀者，只使坠，亦不能有所中伤。」
其人曰：「奈地坏何？」
晓者曰：「地积块耳，充塞四虚，亡处亡块。若躇步跐蹈，终日在地上行止，奈何忧其坏？」
其人舍然大喜，晓之者亦舍然大喜。

the man of Qi fear that the sky might fall


命途多舛

ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄊㄨˊ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄔㄨㄢˇ

минтудочуань

/miŋ⁵¹ tʰu³⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/mɪŋ²² tʰou̯²¹ tɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʰyːn³⁵/

/miŋ⁵¹ tʰu³⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/mɪŋ²² tʰou̯²¹ tɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʰyːn³⁵/

嗟乎！時運不齊，命途多舛。

嗟乎！时运不齐，命途多舛。


quero ver

Contratei guarda-costas para me proteger. Quero ver alguém mexer comigo agora!

I've hired bodyguards to protect me. I want to see someone messing with me now!

(idiomatic) said of something one is confident that will not happen


堅定不移

ㄐㄧㄢ ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˊ

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ i³⁵/

/kiːn⁵⁵ tɪŋ²² pɐt̚⁵ jiː²¹/

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ i³⁵/

/kiːn⁵⁵ tɪŋ²² pɐt̚⁵ jiː²¹/


no jab, no play

(Australia, informal) The government policy of permitting or requiring childcare centres or schools to exclude unvaccinated children.


前所未有

ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄨㄟˋ ㄧㄡˇ

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰiːn²¹ sɔː³⁵ mei̯²² jɐu̯¹³/

/t͡sʰiːn²¹ sɔː³⁵ mei̯²² jɐu̯¹³/

That is, to completely banish darkness from the world and from China and change the world into a world of light such as never previously existed.

1937, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《實踐論》 (On Practice), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

Zhè jiù shì zhěnggèr de tuīfān shìjiè hé Zhōngguó de hēi'ànmiàn, bǎ tāmen zhuǎnbiàn guolai chéngwéi qiánsuǒwèiyǒu de guāngmíng shìjiè.

這就是整個兒地推翻世界和中國的黑暗面，把它們轉變過來成為前所未有的光明世界。

这就是整个儿地推翻世界和中国的黑暗面，把它们转变过来成为前所未有的光明世界。


披髮左衽

ㄆㄧ ㄈㄚˋ ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄖㄣˋ

ㄆㄧ ㄈㄚˇ ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄖㄣˋ

/pʰi⁵⁵ fä⁵¹ t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən⁵¹/

/pʰi⁵⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən⁵¹/

/pʰei̯⁵⁵ faːt̚³ t͡sɔː³⁵ jɐm²²/

/pʰi⁵⁵ fä⁵¹ t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən⁵¹/

/pʰi⁵⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən⁵¹/

/pʰei̯⁵⁵ faːt̚³ t͡sɔː³⁵ jɐm²²/

Guan Zhong acted as prime minister to the duke Huan, made him leader of all the princes, and united and rectified the whole kingdom. Down to the present day, the people enjoy the gifts which he conferred. But for Guan Zhong, we should now be wearing our hair unbound, and the lappets of our coats buttoning on the left side. …

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

Zǐyuē: “Guǎn Zhòng xiàng Huán Gōng, bà zhūhóu, yī kuāng tiānxià, mín dào yú jīn shòu qí cì; wēi Guǎn Zhòng, wú qí bèifà zuǒrèn yǐ!......

子曰：「管仲相桓公，霸諸侯，一匡天下，民到于今受其賜；微管仲，吾其被髮左衽矣！……

子曰：「管仲相桓公，霸诸侯，一匡天下，民到于今受其赐；微管仲，吾其被发左衽矣！……


happy Halloween

A greeting used during Halloween to recognize its celebration.


RTFFAQ

(Internet) Initialism of read the fucking FAQ.


ఇత్యాది

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ఇత్యాది • (ityādi)


kömob, logob, konkerob

Calque of Latin vēnī, vīdī, vīcī (“I came, I saw, I conquered”).

cal

I came, I saw, I conquered
I came, I saw, I conquered


Deus que me perdoe

Deus me perdoe
Deus me perdoe#Portuguese


cum ajung la gara feroviară

how do I get to the train station
how do I get to the train station


suo motu

(law, India, Pakistan) Synonym of sua sponte


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advocātus et nōn latrō, rēs mīranda populō

advocātus et nōn latrō (canonical)
rēs mīranda populō (canonical)

advocatus et non latro, res miranda populo

an advocate and not a bandit, (what) a marvelous thing for the people!


i tide

in time (at or before the time assigned)


que tal se

Que tal se pedirmos uma pizza?


क्या वक़्त है

hi-phrase

क्या वक़्त है?

क्या वक़्त है? • (kyā vaqt hai?)


समय क्या है

سَمَئے کْیَا ہَے

समय क्या है • (samay kyā hai) (Urdu spelling سَمَئے کْیَا ہَے)

samay kyā hai (romanization)
سَمَئے کْیَا ہَے (Urdu)

what time is it (what is the time of day?)


sitä itseään

Mitä sinulla on kengissäsi? --Kyllä se on ihan sitä itseään.

What's that dirt on your shoes? --Well, it is manure.

Tuo nyt on ihan sitä itseään - tiedät sen itsekin!

That is clearly crap - you know it yourself!

(idiomatic, euphemistic, also figuratively) crap, manure (feces, excrement)


樂在其中

ㄌㄜˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄓㄨㄥ

лэцзайцичжун

/lɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/

/lɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/

The Master said, "With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bended arm for a pillow; I have still joy in the midst of these things. Riches and honors acquired by unrighteousness, are to me as a floating cloud."

Zǐyuē: “Fàn shūshí yǐn shuǐ, qū gōng ér zhěn zhī, lè yì zài qízhōng yǐ. Bùyì ér fù qiě guì, yú wǒ rú fúyún.”

子曰：「飯疏食飲水，曲肱而枕之，樂亦在其中矣。不義而富且貴，於我如浮雲。」

子曰：「饭疏食饮水，曲肱而枕之，乐亦在其中矣。不义而富且贵，于我如浮云。」

to take pleasure in something; to find joy in something; to revel in something


Hlava 22

Je to klasická „Hlava 22“. Nikdo v obchodě nenakupuje, protože tam toho tak málo mají, a obchod si kvůli nedostatku obratu nemůže dovolit zaplnit regály.

2004, Humří letopisy, Praha: Baronet Publishers, →ISBN, page 236:

It is a typical Catch-22. Nobody buys in the shop, because they have so little goods there, and the shop cannot afford to fill in the shelves because of the low turnover.


Hlava XXII

From the title of the novel Catch-22 by Joseph Heller from 1961 (translated into Czech as Hlava XXII by Jaroslav Chuchvalec), in which the main character feigns madness in order to avoid dangerous combat missions, but his desire to avoid them is taken to prove his sanity.

Je to taková podnikatelská Hlava XXII. Společnosti, trusty, účetní a právníci – to všechno stojí peníze. A tyhle peníze musíte vynaložit před tím, než je vyděláte.

2015, Danile Helekal, transl., Revoluce v podnikání, Praha: Grada Publishing, translation of Entrepreneur Revolution by Daniel Priestley, →ISBN, page 84:

It’s a nasty catch-22 for entrepreneurs. Companies, trusts, accountants and lawyers all cost money and you have to spend this money before you have it.


goodnight, Vienna

goodnight Vienna
goodnight Vienna#English


never the twain shall meet

From the poem The Ballad of East and West.

In Silverstein's terms, Frank is an "excitement seeker" and the lover is a "home builder." Never the twain shall meet. Again, for a while I saw the conflict between the two in the movie as a refreshing examination of a problem many gay couples (of both sexes) face. But […]

1981 December 27, Charles Bonnell, “Throwing In The Towel”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 23, page 5:

(idiomatic) Used to emphasize that two subjects are so different that they cannot coexist or agree with each other.


braní mimochodem

A ještě jedno zvláštní pravidlo, tzv. braní mimochodem. [...] Postoupí-li pěšec ze základního postavení o dvě pole a dostane-li se tím do bezprostředního sousedství soupeřova pěšce, může být tímto pěšcem v příštím tahu vzat, jako by byl postoupil jen o jedno pole.

1987, Ladislav Alster, Šachy, hra královská, Práce, page 15:

There is yet another special rule, the so-called en passant. … If a pawn moves from its starting position two squares forward and thus gets just next to an opponent's pawn, it can be in the next move captured by this pawn, as if it moved only one square forward.


karvan verran

Olimme karvan verran parempia.


摸稜兩可

ㄇㄛ ㄌㄥˊ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄎㄜˇ

/mu̯ɔ⁵⁵ lɤŋ³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/mu̯ɔ⁵⁵ lɤŋ³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

模稜兩可 模稜兩可#Chinese

模棱两可 模棱两可#Chinese

Alternative form of 模稜兩可／模棱两可 (móléngliǎngkě, “equivocal”)


獲益匪淺

ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄧˋ ㄈㄟˇ ㄑㄧㄢˇ

/xu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹ feɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/wɔːk̚² jɪk̚⁵ fei̯³⁵ t͡sʰiːn³⁵/

/wɔːk̚² jɪk̚⁵ fei̯³⁵ t͡sʰiːn³⁵/


竭盡全力

ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄌㄧˋ

цзецзиньцюаньли

/t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ li⁵¹/

/kʰiːt̚³ t͡sɵn²² t͡sʰyːn²¹ lɪk̚²/

/t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ li⁵¹/

/kʰiːt̚³ t͡sɵn²² t͡sʰyːn²¹ lɪk̚²/

to do all one can; to do one's utmost; to spare no effort; to go all-out


pýchavka obrovská

giant puffball, Calvatia gigantea (species of fungi in the family Agaricaceae)


不遺餘力

ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˊ ㄩˊ ㄌㄧˋ

/pu⁵¹ i³⁵ y³⁵ li⁵¹/

/pɐt̚⁵ wɐi̯²¹ jyː²¹ lɪk̚²/

/pu⁵¹ i³⁵ y³⁵ li⁵¹/

/pɐt̚⁵ wɐi̯²¹ jyː²¹ lɪk̚²/

Xiàocháng duì qīnghán tóngxué de zhàogù bùyíyúlì, lìngrén gǎndòng.

校長對清寒同學的照顧不遺餘力，令人感動。

校长对清寒同学的照顾不遗余力，令人感动。

Zhanguo Ce, circa 5ᵗʰ – 3ʳᵈ centuries BCE

Qín zhī gōng wǒ yě, bùyíyúlì yǐ, bì yǐ juàn ér guī yě.

秦之攻我也，不遺餘力矣，必以倦而歸也。

秦之攻我也，不遗余力矣，必以倦而归也。

Wěiyuán héshì, diàotíng wéi lài kǒngfāng; shēnshì zé yán, kòngsù bùyíyúlì.

委員和事，調停惟賴孔方；紳士責言，控訴不遺餘力。

委员和事，调停惟赖孔方；绅士责言，控诉不遗余力。


全力以赴

ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄧˇ ㄈㄨˋ

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ li⁵¹ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵¹/

/t͡sʰyːn²¹ lɪk̚² jiː¹³ fuː²²/

/t͡suan²⁴⁻²² liɪk̚⁴⁻³² i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu²¹/

/t͡suan²⁴⁻¹¹ liɪk̚⁴⁻³² i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu¹¹/

/t͡suan²³⁻³³ liɪk̚⁴⁻³² i⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hu²¹/

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ li⁵¹ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵¹/

/t͡sʰyːn²¹ lɪk̚² jiː¹³ fuː²²/

/t͡suan²⁴⁻²² liɪk̚⁴⁻³² i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu²¹/

/t͡suan²⁴⁻¹¹ liɪk̚⁴⁻³² i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu¹¹/

/t͡suan²³⁻³³ liɪk̚⁴⁻³² i⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hu²¹/


pýchavka obecná

common puffball, devil's snuff-box, Lycoperdon perlatum (species of fungi in the family Agaricaceae)


迫不及待

ㄆㄛˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄉㄞˋ

/pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹/

/pɪk̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ kʰɐp̚² tɔːi̯²²/

/pek̚²⁻⁴ puk̚²⁻⁴ kip̚⁴⁻² tʰai³⁵/

/pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹/

/pɪk̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ kʰɐp̚² tɔːi̯²²/

/pek̚²⁻⁴ puk̚²⁻⁴ kip̚⁴⁻² tʰai³⁵/

impatient; in a hurry; itching to get on with it


厚顏無恥

ㄏㄡˋ ㄧㄢˊ ㄨˊ ㄔˇ

/xoʊ̯⁵¹ jɛn³⁵ u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/hɐu̯¹³ ŋaːn²¹ mou̯²¹ t͡sʰiː³⁵/

/xoʊ̯⁵¹ jɛn³⁵ u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/hɐu̯¹³ ŋaːn²¹ mou̯²¹ t͡sʰiː³⁵/

1994, China Central Television, “收姜維” (40:00 from the start), in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, episode 69, spoken by Zhuge Liang (Tang Guoqiang):

How dare you backless dog is still barking in front of our army! I have never met such a shameless person like you!

Yī tiáo duàn jǐ zhī quǎn, hái gǎn zài wǒ jūn zhèn qián yínyín kuáng fèi! Wǒ cóngwèi jiàn guò yǒu rúcǐ hòuyánwúchǐ zhī rén!

一條斷脊之犬，還敢在我軍陣前狺狺狂吠！我從未見過有如此厚顏無恥之人！

一条断脊之犬，还敢在我军阵前狺狺狂吠！我从未见过有如此厚颜无耻之人！


落地生根

ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄕㄥ ㄍㄣ

/lu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ kən⁵⁵/

/lɔːk̚² tei̯²² saːŋ⁵⁵ kɐn⁵⁵/

/lu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ kən⁵⁵/

/lɔːk̚² tei̯²² saːŋ⁵⁵ kɐn⁵⁵/

to settle permanently (after moving to a new city/country)


打道回府

ㄉㄚˇ ㄉㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄈㄨˇ

/tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ fu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/taː³⁵ tou̯²² wuːi̯²¹ fuː³⁵/

/tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ fu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/taː³⁵ tou̯²² wuːi̯²¹ fuː³⁵/

Men, make way for returning to my mansion!

來人啊，打道回府！

来人啊，打道回府！

(archaic) to return home in a ceremonial procession (usually used in the imperative).


מהו

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מַהוּ • (máhu)

he-phrase

מַהוּ • (máhu)


a u was Murzynów biją

Derived from a popular joke of Russian origin, along the following lines:
: An American and a Russian meet at a bar. The Russian claims that the Soviet Union is a land of freedom. The American asks, "Can you publicly criticize the government?" The Russian goes silent. The American presses on: "Can you start your own business?" Again, no response. "Can you even move to a different country?" Finally, the Russian responds, "And you are lynching Negroes!"
See also: And you are lynching Negroes.

(idiomatic, humorous) a stereotypical tu quoque response to criticism


give credit where credit is due

credit where credit's due
credit where credit's due#English

Alternative form of credit where credit's due


趁熱打鐵

ㄔㄣˋ ㄖㄜˋ ㄉㄚˇ ㄊㄧㄝˇ

/ʈ͡ʂʰən⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐɤ⁵¹ tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰɐn³³ jiːt̚² taː³⁵ tʰiːt̚³/

/t͡sʰɐn³³ jiːt̚² taː³⁵ tʰiːt̚³/

strike while the iron is hot
strike while the iron is hot


s'il vous plaist

French: s’il vous plaît


你講嘢呀

/nei̯¹³ kɔːŋ³⁵ jɛː¹³ aː²¹/

/nei̯¹³ kɔːŋ³⁵ jɛː¹³ aː²¹/

你講嘢呀你。

你讲嘢呀你。

(Cantonese) Are you kidding me?; Nonsense!; Bullshit!


לית ברירה

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לית ברירה / לֵית בְּרֵרָה

לית ברירה / לֵית בְּרֵרָה • (leyt bererá)

he-phrase

לֵית בְּרֵרָה

לֵית בְּרֵרָה (canonical)
leyt bererá (romanization)

Presumably borrowed from Aramaic לית בררה

bor

Aramaic לית בררה

בלית ברירה

with no other choice, because of having no other choice, for lack of any other option


se supone

1872, Cortes (Parliament) of Spain, Diario de las sesiones de Cortes, page 4082

Isn't it suppossed that electors must choose individuals who have the same quality of proprietors that they have?

No se supone que los electores han de nombrar a individuos que tengan la misma calidad de propietarios que ellos?

Oficialmente se supone que no podemos aparcar aquí, pero en la práctica da igual.

Officially, it is not supposed that we are allowed to park here, but in actual practice no one cares.

Se supone que llega a las seis en punto.

He is supposed to arrive at six o'clock.

(+subjunctive) it is supposed to be that

La vida se supone que sea equilibrada.


เจริญพร

th-phrase

เจริญพร • (jà-rəən-pɔɔn)

/t͡ɕa˨˩.rɤːn˧.pʰɔːn˧/

From เจริญ (jà-rəən, “to increase; to promote; to cultivate; etc”) + พร (pɔɔn, “blessing”).

com

used by a priest at the end of an expression for politeness.


riddle me that, Batman

From the formulaic phrase riddle me this, additionally referring to the Batman comic book universe, in which the fictional supervillain the Riddler would pose puzzles for Batman to solve (riddle).

"That too. But it's this: how can a benevolent being let such bad things happen? Terrorism, world hunger, AIDS, people dying too young of cancer. Riddle me that, Batman.”

2009, John C. Stipa, No Greater Sacrifice, page 55:

"You have no idea what's going on, Melanie," she snarled. "No. Freaking. Clue. I'm going to have to join witness protection, and then where will you be, huh? Riddle me that, Batman!"

2014, Marni Bates, Awkwardly Ever After, page 77:

Why can't Jerry and I be together forever like a real couple? Riddle me that, Batman? Society? No. Idiots.

2014, Jason Medina, The Diary of Audrey Malone Frayer, page 135:

Said to demand that the listener take notice of a question or situation just mentioned, especially one that is particularly difficult to solve or explain.

riddle me this

a demand that the listener solve a conundrum


if I'm lying, I'm dying

(colloquial) A promise that one is telling the truth.


quomodo stas

[ˈkʷoːmɔd̪ɔ s̠t̪äːs̠]

14th century, Tadeus de Pepolia, Arch. Status Boloniae Lib. potestatis processus XVIII Martii MCCCXXXVIII (Arch. di Stato di Bologna lib. di podestà processo 28 Marzo 1338)
Ipse idem Mengotius locutus fuit eum dicto conestabili de anno et de mense presentibus extra arcam qua itur ad Sanctam Mariam in monte per hunc modum videlicet: "Quid facis tu et quomodo stas tu"? Et ipse respondit: "Ego bene facio". Et tunc ipse Mengotius dixit: "Quomodo stas tu"? "Bene, quod tu non habes nisi XXII socios ad banderiam tuam et Guiotus de Laxoza habet XXXV socios. Quid diceres tu si ego ita facerem quod esses dives"? Et ipse respondit: "quomodo possis tu facere"?
Mengotius himself had spoken by word to the constable about the present year and month outside of the arch that goes to Saint Mary upon the mount clearly through this way: "How do you do and how are you?" And he answered: "I am doing well". And then Mengotius said: "How are you"? "Well, because you do not even have twenty two allies at your banner and Guiotus de Laxoza has thirty five allies. What would you say if I were to make you rich"? And he replied: "how would you be able to do that"?

(Medieval Latin, idiomatic) how are you? (literally how do you stand?)


pyörällä päästään

(idiomatic) baffled, bewildered, confused, perplexed


chó chê mèo lắm lông

[t͡ɕɔ˧˦ t͡ɕe˧˧ mɛw˨˩ lam˧˦ ləwŋ͡m˧˧]

[t͡ɕɔ˨˩˦ t͡ɕej˧˧ mɛw˦˩ lam˦˧˥ ləwŋ͡m˧˧]

[cɔ˦˥ cej˧˧ mɛw˨˩ lam˦˥ ləwŋ͡m˧˧]

pot calling the kettle black
pot calling the kettle black#English

(figurative) the pot calling the kettle black


同心同德

ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄉㄜˊ

тунсиньтундэ

/tʰʊŋ³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵ tɤ³⁵/

/tʰʊŋ²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ²¹ tɐk̚⁵/

/tʰʊŋ³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵ tɤ³⁵/

/tʰʊŋ²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ tʰʊŋ²¹ tɐk̚⁵/


मुझे माफ़ करो

hi-phrase

मुझे माफ़ करो • (mujhe māf karo)


舉世聞名

ㄐㄩˇ ㄕˋ ㄨㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

цзюйшивэньмин

/t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ wən³⁵ miŋ³⁵/

/kɵy̯³⁵ sɐi̯³³ mɐn²² mɪŋ²¹/

/ku⁵³⁻⁴⁴ se²¹⁻⁵³ bun²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/

/ki⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ se²¹⁻⁴¹ bun²³⁻³³ biɪŋ²³/

/t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ wən³⁵ miŋ³⁵/

/kɵy̯³⁵ sɐi̯³³ mɐn²² mɪŋ²¹/

/ku⁵³⁻⁴⁴ se²¹⁻⁵³ bun²⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/

/ki⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ se²¹⁻⁴¹ bun²³⁻³³ biɪŋ²³/


आपका नाम क्या है

आपका नाम क्या है?

آپ کا نام کیا ہے؟

आपका नाम क्या है? • (āpkā nām kyā hai?) (Urdu spelling آپ کا نام کیا ہے؟)

āpkā nām kyā hai? (romanization)
آپ کا نام کیا ہے؟ (Urdu)

[…] jarā der pahle hī gayā hai : āp kahā̃ se ā rahe ha͠i ? āpkā nām kyā hai ?" choṭe sarkār ne kahā, "nām se mujhe nahī̃ pahcān pāoge . kānt bābū kab tak vāpas āyegā ?" āp thoḍī der veṭhie hai sahe śarāphat […]

year unknown, Vimal Mitra, Begam Meri Biswas Vol. 2, Rajkamal Prakashan Pvt Ltd →ISBN […] जरा देर पहले ही गया है : आप कहाँ से आ रहे हैं ? आपका नाम क्या है ?" छोटे सरकार ने कहा, "नाम से मुझे नहीं पहचान पाओगे । कान्त बाबू कब तक वापस आयेगा ?" आप थोडी देर वेठिए है सहे शराफत […]

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

āpkā nām kyā hai? bauṛam ne kahā nām to merā muhammad khalīl hai, par āspās ke daspā̃c gā̃võ mẽ mujhe log urph ke nām se jyādā jānte ha͠i. merā urph bauṛam hai. ma͠i āikhar log āpko bauṛam […]

2015, Premchand, Mansarovar - Part 8 (Hindi), Sai ePublications & Sai Shop आपका नाम क्या है? बौड़म ने कहा नाम तो मेरा मुहम्मद खलील है, पर आसपास के दसपाँच गाँवों में मुझे लोग उर्फ के नाम से ज्यादा जानते हैं। मेरा उर्फ बौड़म है। मैं आिखर लोग आपको बौड़म […]

रोचक कहानी सुनाता रहा । पक्षी ने जब थोडी राहत की सांस लेना तो वह बोली, "आपका नाम क्या है जी?" "ईश्वरचंद्र । हैं, 'लेग आपको अलग क्यों कहते हैं जी?" बच्ची ने उत्सुकता से पुन । यह हैंसा […]

1998, Sīpiyāṃ, Children's Book Trust, →ISBN, page 196:

rocak kahānī sunātā rahā . pakṣī ne jab thoḍī rāhat kī sāns lenā to vah bolī, "āpkā nām kyā hai jī?" "īśvarcandra . ha͠i, 'leg āpko alag kyõ kahte ha͠i jī?" baccī ne utsuktā se pun . yah ha͠isā […]


可想而知

ㄎㄜˇ ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄦˊ ㄓ

/kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/

/hɔː³⁵ sœːŋ³⁵ jiː²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵/

/kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zi²³⁻³³ ti⁴⁴/

/kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/

/hɔː³⁵ sœːŋ³⁵ jiː²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵/

/kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zi²³⁻³³ ti⁴⁴/


云云

/wɐn²¹ wɐn²¹/

/un²⁴⁻²² un²⁴/

/in¹³⁻²² in¹³/

/wɐn²¹ wɐn²¹/

/un²⁴⁻²² un²⁴/

/in¹³⁻²² in¹³/

(literary, formal) and so on and so forth (used at the end of a quotation, implying that some words of the same purport are left out)


理直氣壯

ㄌㄧˇ ㄓˊ ㄑㄧˋ ㄓㄨㄤˋ

личжицичжуан

/li²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/

/lei̯¹³ t͡sɪk̚² hei̯³³ t͡sɔːŋ³³/

/li²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/

/lei̯¹³ t͡sɪk̚² hei̯³³ t͡sɔːŋ³³/

with justice on one's side and in an assertive tone


開天闢地

ㄎㄞ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄆㄧˋ ㄉㄧˋ

/kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ pʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/

/hɔːi̯⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ pʰɪk̚⁵ tei̯²²/

/kʰyɛ⁵⁴ tʰiŋ⁵⁴ pi⁵⁵ ti⁵⁵/

/kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ pʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/

/hɔːi̯⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵ pʰɪk̚⁵ tei̯²²/

/kʰyɛ⁵⁴ tʰiŋ⁵⁴ pi⁵⁵ ti⁵⁵/


敬而遠之

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (敬而遠之):
* → Korean: 경이원지(敬而遠之) (gyeong'iwonji)
* → Vietnamese: kính nhi viễn chi (敬而遠之)

ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄦˊ ㄩㄢˇ ㄓ

ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄦˊ ㄩㄢˋ ㄓ

цзинъэрюаньчжи

/t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ɥɛn⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/

/kɪŋ³³ jiː²¹ jyːn¹³ t͡siː⁵⁵/

/kɪŋ³³ jiː²¹ jyːn²² t͡siː⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ɥɛn⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/

/kɪŋ³³ jiː²¹ jyːn¹³ t͡siː⁵⁵/

/kɪŋ³³ jiː²¹ jyːn²² t͡siː⁵⁵/

The Master said, "To give one's self earnestly to the duties due to men, and, while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom."

Zǐ yuē: “Wù mín zhī yì, jìng guǐshén ér yuàn zhī, kěwèi zhì yǐ.”

子曰：「務民之義，敬鬼神而遠之，可謂知矣。」

子曰：「务民之义，敬鬼神而远之，可谓知矣。」

Chinese classics are difficult to read uncollated. Ordinary people are often terrified by the sight of them, and prefer to remain at a respectful distance.

Wǒguó jīngdiǎn, wèijīng zhěnglǐ, dú qǐlái tèbié nán, yībānrén wǎngwǎng wàng'érshēngwèi, jiéguǒ shì jìng'éryuǎnzhī.

我國經典，未經整理，讀起來特別難，一般人往往望而生畏，結果是敬而遠之。

我国经典，未经整理，读起来特别难，一般人往往望而生畏，结果是敬而远之。

to stay at a respectful distance from; to give a wide berth (to)


敬而遠之

kính nhi viễn chi
kính nhi viễn chi#Vietnamese

chữ Hán form of kính nhi viễn chi (“to respectfully distance oneself”).


互利互惠

ㄏㄨˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄏㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ

/xu⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/wuː²² lei̯²² wuː²² wɐi̯²²/

/xu⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/wuː²² lei̯²² wuː²² wɐi̯²²/


天壤之別

ㄊㄧㄢ ㄖㄤˇ ㄓ ㄅㄧㄝˊ

тяньжанчжибе

/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pi̯ɛ³⁵/

/tʰiːn⁵⁵ jœːŋ²² t͡siː⁵⁵ piːt̚²/

/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pi̯ɛ³⁵/

/tʰiːn⁵⁵ jœːŋ²² t͡siː⁵⁵ piːt̚²/

to be poles apart; to be like night and day; to be a world of difference between them


будет ли дождь

head

бу́дет ли дождь?

бу́дет ли дождь? • (búdet li doždʹ?)

бу́дет ли дождь (canonical)
búdet li doždʹ? (romanization)


名副其實

ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄈㄨˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄕˊ

/miŋ³⁵ fu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/

/mɪŋ²¹ fuː³³ kʰei̯²¹ sɐt̚²/

/miã²⁴⁻²² hu²¹⁻⁵³ ki²⁴⁻²² sit̚⁴/

/miã²⁴⁻²² hu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ki²⁴⁻²² sit̚²⁴/

/miã¹³⁻²² hu²¹⁻⁵³ ki¹³⁻²² sit̚¹²¹/

/miã²⁴⁻¹¹ hu¹¹⁻⁵³ ki²⁴⁻¹¹ sit̚⁴/

/miã²³⁻³³ hu²¹⁻⁴¹ ki²³⁻³³ sit̚⁴/

/mĩã⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kʰi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sik̚⁴/

/miŋ³⁵ fu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/

/mɪŋ²¹ fuː³³ kʰei̯²¹ sɐt̚²/

/miã²⁴⁻²² hu²¹⁻⁵³ ki²⁴⁻²² sit̚⁴/

/miã²⁴⁻²² hu⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ki²⁴⁻²² sit̚²⁴/

/miã¹³⁻²² hu²¹⁻⁵³ ki¹³⁻²² sit̚¹²¹/

/miã²⁴⁻¹¹ hu¹¹⁻⁵³ ki²⁴⁻¹¹ sit̚⁴/

/miã²³⁻³³ hu²¹⁻⁴¹ ki²³⁻³³ sit̚⁴/

/mĩã⁵⁵⁻¹¹ hu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kʰi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sik̚⁴/

to be not just in name, but also in reality; to be worthy of the name; to live up to reputation


理所當然

ㄌㄧˇ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄤ ㄖㄢˊ

/li²¹⁴⁻³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵ ʐän³⁵/

/lei̯¹³ sɔː³⁵ tɔːŋ⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/

/li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛn²⁴/

/li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/

/li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ziɛn²³/

/li²¹⁴⁻³⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵ ʐän³⁵/

/lei̯¹³ sɔː³⁵ tɔːŋ⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/

/li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ liɛn²⁴/

/li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/

/li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ziɛn²³/

to be only right and proper; to be taken as a matter of course; naturally


品學兼優

ㄆㄧㄣˇ ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄧㄡ

пиньсюэцзянью

/pʰin²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ joʊ̯⁵⁵/

/pɐn³⁵ hɔːk̚² kiːm⁵⁵ jɐu̯⁵⁵/

/pʰin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hak̚⁴⁻³² kiam⁴⁴⁻²² iu⁴⁴/

/pʰin⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hak̚²⁴⁻² kiam³³ iu³³/

/pʰin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kiam⁴⁴⁻²² iu⁴⁴/

/pʰin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hak̚⁴⁻³² kiam⁴⁴⁻³³ iu⁴⁴/

/pʰin⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hak̚⁴⁻³² kiam⁴⁴⁻³³ iu⁴⁴/

/pʰin²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ joʊ̯⁵⁵/

/pɐn³⁵ hɔːk̚² kiːm⁵⁵ jɐu̯⁵⁵/

/pʰin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hak̚⁴⁻³² kiam⁴⁴⁻²² iu⁴⁴/

/pʰin⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hak̚²⁴⁻² kiam³³ iu³³/

/pʰin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kiam⁴⁴⁻²² iu⁴⁴/

/pʰin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hak̚⁴⁻³² kiam⁴⁴⁻³³ iu⁴⁴/

/pʰin⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hak̚⁴⁻³² kiam⁴⁴⁻³³ iu⁴⁴/

a good student who excels both ethically and academically

一個品學兼優的好學生

一个品学兼优的好学生

to excel both ethically and academically; to be an exemplar of virtue and scholarship


melaa mekkoon

saada melaa mekkoon (of a woman)

panna melaa mekkoon (of a man)


чёрт его знает

чёрт его́ зна́ет

чёрт его́ зна́ет • (čort jevó znájet)

чёрт его́ зна́ет (canonical)
čort jevó znájet (romanization)

А чёрт его́ зна́ет, куда́ о́н пропа́л!

Who the hell knows where he disappeared to!


falou e disse

Literally, “you said it and you said it” (using two different, synonymous verbs).

lit

(colloquial) you said it (used to express total agreement to a previous statement)


似笑非笑

ㄙˋ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄈㄟ ㄒㄧㄠˋ

/sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/t͡sʰiː¹³ siːu̯³³ fei̯⁵⁵ siːu̯³³/

/sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/t͡sʰiː¹³ siːu̯³³ fei̯⁵⁵ siːu̯³³/


不管怎樣

ㄅㄨˋ ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄗㄣˇ ㄧㄤˋ

бугуаньцзэньян

/pu⁵¹ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sən²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑŋ⁵¹/

/pɐt̚⁵ kuːn³⁵ t͡sɐm³⁵ jœːŋ²²/

/pu⁵¹ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sən²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑŋ⁵¹/

/pɐt̚⁵ kuːn³⁵ t͡sɐm³⁵ jœːŋ²²/

in any case; at any rate; whatever happens; no matter what


arse is out of 'er

arse is gone right out of 'er
arse is gone right out of 'er#English

Alternative form of arse is gone right out of 'er


arse is gone right out of 'er

We are about to leave the relative security of 2008. And about to enter what will be a desolate end to this decade. The arse has indeed gone clean out of 'er.

2008 Dec. 27, Ed Smith, "The arse is gone right out of 'er," The Telegram (St. John's, Newfoundland) (retrieved 20 Dec 2015)

Tracker: I got the lens working from 17 to 85mm, but aperture control and AF gave up the ghost. Just bought a replacement 17-85mm at Futureshop in St John's.
Oldguywithacamera: Yikes! Like the Newfs say, "The arse is gone right out of 'er" warranty?

2009 July 14, "So, gear failure (discussion in 'Photography')," at www.reality-check.ca (retrieved 20 Dec 2015)

Wayne: “The financial situation is so depressing I think we’re headed for total economic collapse.”
Kevin: “Da arse is gone right out of ‘er.”

2011 May 14, Buddy Wasisname and the Other Fellers, "Newfunese" (song lyrics) (retrieved 20 Dec 2015)

A vessel flying before the wind. That can be kind of a warm fuzzy metaphor, until the wind blows a gale and suddenly, "Now luh, da arse is gone right out of er."

2011 July 1, David Webber, "Who's in the back of the boat?," at thefreelibrary.com (retrieved 20 Dec 2015)

(Canada, Newfoundland English) Matters, especially economic matters, have gone very wrong; things are out of control.


萍水相逢

ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄈㄥˊ

пиншуйсянфэн

/pʰiŋ³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ fɤŋ³⁵/

/pʰɪŋ²¹ sɵy̯³⁵ sœːŋ⁵⁵ fʊŋ²¹/

/pʰiŋ³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ fɤŋ³⁵/

/pʰɪŋ²¹ sɵy̯³⁵ sœːŋ⁵⁵ fʊŋ²¹/


笑到轆地

/siːu̯³³ tou̯³³ lʊk̚⁵ tei̯²²⁻³⁵/

/siːu̯³³ tou̯³³ lʊk̚⁵ tei̯²²⁻³⁵/

1979, “Y.M.C.A. 好知己”, 黃霑 James Wong Jim (lyrics), Jacques Morali (music), performed by 林子祥 George Lam:

syut³ waa⁶ mou⁵ mat¹ gei⁶, siu³ zau⁶ siu³ dou³ luk¹ dei⁶⁻², coeng³ zeoi⁶ faai³ lok⁶, hou² fun¹ hei²

説話冇乜忌 笑就笑到碌地 暢聚快樂 好歡喜

说话冇乜忌 笑就笑到碌地 畅聚快乐 好欢喜

2018 August 24, 慶功上演搞笑版《奪命証人》 嘉玲借舞台劇釋放：演員係藝術家, in 《文匯報》, page A30

jau⁴ paai⁴ lin⁶ zi³ mui⁵ jat⁶ soeng⁵ mou⁵ toi⁴, si⁴ gaan³ coeng⁴ daat⁶ gei² go³ jyut⁶, zung¹ jyu¹ bat¹ jung⁶ hoi¹ gung¹, daan⁶ jat¹ zung³ jin² jyun⁴ koek³ ji¹ ji¹ bat¹ se², jyu¹ hing³ gung¹ jin³ soeng⁶ hei³ jan⁵ daai⁶ faat³, ging² jin⁴ waan⁴⁻² gaau² siu³ baan² “dyut⁶ ming⁶ zing³ jan⁴”, lyun⁶ “baau³ tou⁵” gong² gaau² siu³ deoi³ baak⁶, ling⁶ daai⁶ gaa¹ siu³ dou³ luk¹ dei⁶⁻², sap⁶ fan¹ hoi¹ sam¹.

由排練至每日上舞台，時間長達幾個月，終於不用開工，但一眾演員卻依依不捨，於慶功宴上戲癮大發，竟然玩搞笑版《奪命証人》，亂「爆肚」講搞笑對白，令大家笑到碌地，十分開心。

由排练至每日上舞台，时间长达几个月，终于不用开工，但一众演员却依依不舍，于庆功宴上戏瘾大发，竟然玩搞笑版《夺命証人》，乱「爆肚」讲搞笑对白，令大家笑到碌地，十分开心。

laugh one's head off
laugh one's head off

(Cantonese, Huicheng dialect) to roll on the floor laughing; to roll in the aisles; to laugh one's head off


शुभ क्रिस्मस

hi-phrase

शुभ क्रिस्मस • (śubh krismas)


क्रिसमस और नया वर्ष शुभकामनाएँ

क्रिसमस और नया वर्ष शुभकामनाएँ!

क्रिसमस और नया वर्ष शुभकामनाएँ! • (krismas aur nayā varṣ śubhkāmnāẽ!)

क्रिसमस और नया वर्ष शुभकामनाएँ ! (canonical)
krismas aur nayā varṣ śubhkāmnāẽ! (romanization)

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

en-क्रिसमस_और_नया_वर्ष_शुभकामनाएँ-hi-phrase-n4rK0Wrq


clock is running

clock is ticking
clock is ticking#English


liška podšitá

From liška (“fox”) + podšitý (“lined”). In the past animal fur used to be sometimes sown inside coats. At the same time there was a prejudice that some animal characteristics can be transferred to people by touching them. People wearing coats lined with fox fur were expected to have acquired characteristics like cunningness or slyness. Compare Polish tchórzem podszyty.

„A jejej,“ řekl doktor, který byl filuta, liška podšitá, lišák drbaný, kostelník pálený, kos vykutálený a šibal mazaný, neboť měl za ušima i za lubem, […]

1931, Karel Čapek, “Velká pohádka doktorská”, in Devatero pohádek:

(idiomatic) fox (a cunning person, a person sly as a fox)


clock is ticking

I have the feeling that even while the clock is ticking we are moving on to terrible things.

1922, E. Phillips Oppenheim, chapter 2, in The Great Prince Shan:

The clock is ticking for Mikhail Gorbachev too. Of all the failures of political and economic theory in this century, the Soviet failure is the most spectacular.

1986 April 23, James Reston, “Washington The Ticking Clock”, in New York Times, retrieved 2015-12-22:

"We know the clock is ticking, and the longer it takes us to find the person who has been kidnapped, the less likely the case is to have a successful outcome."

2006 February 19, Alasdair Palmer, “‘We know the clock is ticking. Kidnap is a murder waiting to happen’”, in Telegraph, UK, retrieved 2015-12-22:

The clock is ticking. And with every tick, the Trudeau government’s goal of bringing 25,000 refugees from the Middle East to Canada by the end of the year grows more improbable.

2015 November 12, John Ibbitson, “Politics notebook: Clock is ticking for Trudeau to resettle 25,000 refugees”, in Globe and Mail, Canada, retrieved 2015-12-22:

(idiomatic, almost always preceded by the and often followed by for) Time is running out; a deadline is approaching.

l’horloge tourne

time is running out; a deadline is approaching


to speak of

While he spoke thus, the good man leaped with joy; and as he was a widower, they advised him to put himself agian to the ranks. 'No raillery,' said he, 'if I were always as young, I might yet do something to speak of.

1792, Jean François Marmontel, C. Dennis, Robert Lloyd, Moral Tales By M. Marmontel Translated From the French by C. Dennis and R. Lloyd, page 130:

There were no tall buildings to speak of, certainly nothing in the way of skyscrapers, no brownstones […]

1980, Charlotte Vale Allen, Promises, page 79:

But some have no parents, or none to speak of, and are living with a grandmother or uncle or married sister or sister who's not married but has three tots of her own to look after, or this unruly student's helping her to take care of them with babysitting or a paying after-school job.

2013, Stephen Dixon, 30 Pieces of a Novel, →ISBN:

Completely disorientated by the explosion of dust, it was only now she realised she was running through Tina’s flat. It was even grottier than Zoe’s. There was no furniture or carpet to speak of.

2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:

(idiomatic, usually negative) Sufficient; important or significant enough to be worth mentioning.

mainittava (often in the partitive singular)


isten veled

Ellipsis of Isten veled van (“God is with you”) or Isten legyen veled (“may God be with you”), from isten (“God”) + veled (“with you”).


liškou podšitý

From liška (“fox”) + podšitý (“lined”). In the past animal fur used to be sometimes sown inside coats. At the same time there was a prejudice that some animal characteristics can be transferred to people by touching them. People wearing coats with lined fox fur were expected to have acquired characteristics like cunningness or slyness. Compare Polish tchórzem podszyty.

„Tys chytrák liškou podšitý!“ odpověděl radní pán, „a rád bysi zákony nadešel, nežli tě samy k soudu popoženou […]“.

"You are a cunning person, sly as a fox!" answered the town councillor, "and you would like to get round the laws before you get to court because of them […]"


רחוק מהעין, רחוק מהלב

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רָחוֹק מֵהָעַיִן, רָחוֹק מֵהַלֵּב

רָחוֹק מֵהָעַיִן, רָחוֹק מֵהַלֵּב • (rakhók meha'ayín, rakhók mehalév)

he-phrase

רָחוֹק מֵהָעַיִן, רָחוֹק מֵהַלֵּב

רָחוֹק מֵהָעַיִן (canonical)
רָחוֹק מֵ הַ לֵּב (canonical)
rakhók meha'ayín (romanization)
rakhók mehalév (romanization)

out of sight, out of mind
out of sight, out of mind

out of sight, out of mind (literally, "far from the eye, far from the heart")

en-רחוק_מהעין,_רחוק_מהלב-he-phrase-Q~1rArrw


נישטאָ פֿאַרוואָס

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נישטאָ פֿאַרוואָס • (nishto farvos)


איך ווייס

איך ווייס • (ikh veys)

I know (response indicating agreement with prior statement before it was made)


אַ גוטע וואָך

אַ גוטע וואָך • (a gute vokh)

desc

→ Hebrew: שבוע טוב (shavúa tóv) (calque)

English: shavua tov

/aˌɡʊtəˈvɔχ/

shavua tov (good wishes for the week following the Jewish sabbath)


א.ד.ג.

און דאָס גלײַכן
און דאָס גלײַכן#Yiddish

Abbreviation of און דאָס גלײַכן (un dos glaykhn).


א.א.ז.וו.

און אַזוי ווײַטער
און אַזוי ווײַטער#Yiddish

Abbreviation of און אַזוי ווײַטער (un azoy vayter).


DUSTWUN

(military) Acronym of duty status, whereabouts unknown.


און דאָס גלײַכן

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און דאָס גלײַכן • (un dos glaykhn)


guten Rutsch

/ˌɡuːtn̩ ˈʁʊtʃ/

Literally, “good slide”, suggesting one slides into the new year.
An alternative suggestion is that it derives from Hebrew רֹאשׁ (rosh, “beginning”), clipped from רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה (rosh hashaná, “beginning of the new year”). (Compare Hals- und Beinbruch, said to be from a Yiddish phrase.)

2022 December 31, Steffen Gierescher, "Einen guten Rutsch für unsere Leserschaft!" ("A happy New Year to our readership!"), Die Rheinpfalz.


शुभ रात्रि

hi-phrase

शुभ रात्रि • (śubh rātri)

/ʃʊbʱ ɾɑːt̪.ɾiː/

[ʃʊbʱ‿ɾäːt̪.ɾiː]


ຄຳອ່ວຍພອນປີໃໝ່

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ຄຳອ່ວຍພອນປີໃໝ່ • (kham ʼuāi phǭn pī mai)

[kʰam˩˨.ʔuːə̯j˧˨.pʰɔːn˩˨.piː˩˨.maɰ˧˨]

ຄຳ-ອ່ວຍ-ພອນ-ປີ-ໃໝ່

From ຄຳອ່ວຍພອນ (kham ʼuāi phǭn, “wish”) + ປີ (pī, “year”) + ໃໝ່ (mai, “new”).


နှစ်သစ်ကူး မင်္ဂလာပါ

နှစ်သစ်ကူး မင်္ဂလာပါ • (hnacsacku: mangga.lapa)

/n̥ɪʔθɪʔkú mɪ̀ɴɡəlàbà/

en-နှစ်သစ်ကူး_မင်္ဂလာပါ-my-phrase-0rhfpqIx


สวัสดีปีใหม่

th-phrase

สวัสดีปีใหม่ • (sà-wàt-dii bpii mài)

From สวัสดี (sà-wàt-dii, used to express a good wish, literally “security; prosperity; well-being; etc”) + ปี (bpii, “year”) + ใหม่ (mài, “new”).


אַ לונג און לעבער אויף דער נאָז

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אַ לונג און לעבער אויף דער נאָז • (a lung un leber oyf der noz)

a lung un leber oyf der noz (romanization)

/a ˈɫʊŋɡ ʊn ˈlɛbər ɔɪ̯f dɛr ˈnɔz/

/a ˈʎɪŋɡ ɪn ˈleɪ̯bər ɔf dɛr ˈnuːz/

(idiomatic) An illness brought on by hypochondria. (literally, "a lung and liver on the nose")

en-אַ_לונג_און_לעבער_אויף_דער_נאָז-yi-phrase-fisY0hN8


manigong Bagong Taon

tl-head

manigong Bagong Taón (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈᜒᜄᜓᜅ᜔ ᜊᜄᜓᜅ᜔ ᜆᜂᜈ᜔)

manigong Bagong Taón (canonical)
ᜋᜈᜒᜄᜓᜅ᜔ ᜊᜄᜓᜅ᜔ ᜆᜂᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)


se come

(humorous, idiomatic) the hell?; the heck?; when it's at home?


cómeme el rabo

(idiomatic, vulgar, offensive, Spain) suck my dick, suck my cock, bite me, suck my balls, suck it, bite me, kiss my ass


me cago en tus muertos

Literally, “I shit on your dead (relatives)”.

lit

holy crap on a stick
holy crap on a stick

(Spain, vulgar, offensive, idiomatic) fuck; fuck it; holy crap on a stick


me cago en el mar

(vulgar, Spain, idiomatic) fuck; fuck it; holy crap on a stick


cómeme la polla

rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines


cómeme el coño

(idiomatic, vulgar, Spain) suck it, suck my cock, suck my balls, bite me, kiss my ass


蒙在鼓裡

ㄇㄥˊ ㄗㄞˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄌㄧˇ

/mɤŋ³⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/mʊŋ²¹ t͡sɔːi̯²² kuː³⁵ lɵy̯¹³/

/mɤŋ³⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/mʊŋ²¹ t͡sɔːi̯²² kuː³⁵ lɵy̯¹³/

kept in the dark
keep someone in the dark


幾位

/t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵¹/

/kei̯³⁵ wɐi̯²²⁻³⁵/

/kui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui²²/

/kui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ui⁴¹/

/kui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui²²/

/kui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui³³/

/kui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ui³³/

/t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵¹/

/kei̯³⁵ wɐi̯²²⁻³⁵/

/kui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui²²/

/kui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ui⁴¹/

/kui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui²²/

/kui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui³³/

/kui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ui³³/

ladies and gentlemen
ladies and gentlemen


גענוג איז גענוג

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גענוג איז גענוג • (genug iz genug)

enough is enough (the limit of patience or tolerance has been reached)


NTTAWWT

not that there's anything wrong with that#English

Initialism of not that there's anything wrong with that.


ehhoshangho chiujhaude

eĥoŝanĝo ĉiuĵaŭde
eĥoŝanĝo ĉiuĵaŭde#Esperanto


e.c.

Abbreviation of e ceteri or e cetere: etc.


по́здно пить боржо́ми, когда́ по́чки отказа́ли • (pózdno pitʹ boržómi, kogdá póčki otkazáli)

по́здно пить боржо́ми (canonical)
когда́ по́чки отказа́ли (canonical)
pózdno pitʹ boržómi (romanization)
kogdá póčki otkazáli (romanization)

[ˈpoznə pʲidʲ bɐrˈʐomʲɪ kɐɡˈda ˈpot͡ɕkʲɪ ɐtkɐˈzalʲɪ]

Literally, “it's too late to drink borjomi when your kidneys have failed”.

lit

поздно пить боржоми, когда почки отказали

(idiomatic) being in a situation when nothing can be done to fix a problem, not necessarily a health-related issue

en-поздно_пить_боржоми,_когда_почки_отказали-ru-phrase-n9XKdiG4


עד עצם היום הזה

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עַד עֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה

עַד עֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה • (ad étsem hayóm hazé)

he-phrase

עַד עֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה

עַד עֶצֶם הַ יּוֹם הַ זֶּה (canonical)
ad étsem hayóm hazé (romanization)

והם חיו באושר ועושר עד עצם היום הזה.

vehém kháyu be'ósher va'ósher ad étsem hayóm hazé.

וַיִּקְבֹּר אֹתוֹ בַגַּי בְּאֶרֶץ מוֹאָב, מוּל בֵּית פְּעוֹר; וְלֹא-יָדַע אִישׁ אֶת-קְבֻרָתוֹ עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה.

Tanach, [[s:he:T0534#לד_ו|34:6]], with translation of NASB:

And He buried him in the valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth-peor; but no one knows his burial place to this day.

vayikbór otó vagáy b'érets mo'áv, mul bet p'ór; v'ló yadá ish et k'vurató 'ad hayóm hazé.

בֶּן-אָדָם כְּתָב-לְךָ אֶת-שֵׁם הַיּוֹם אֶת-עֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה סָמַךְ מֶלֶךְ-בָּבֶל אֶל-יְרוּשָׁלִַם בְּעֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה׃


क्या मैं फ़ारसी बोल रहा हूँ

hi-phrase

क्या मैं फ़ारसी बोल रहा हूँ?

کیا میں فارسی بول رہا ہوں؟

क्या मैं फ़ारसी बोल रहा हूँ? • (kyā ma͠i fārsī bol rahā hū̃?) (Urdu spelling کیا میں فارسی بول رہا ہوں؟)

kyā ma͠i fārsī bol rahā hū̃? (romanization)
کیا میں فارسی بول رہا ہوں؟ (Urdu)

Literally, “Am I speaking Persian?” The Persian language was the court language during the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Era in India, but was incomprehensible to the commoners. Compare English it's all Greek to me.

(idiomatic) Is my speech incomprehensible?

en-क्या_मैं_फ़ारसी_बोल_रहा_हूँ-hi-phrase-gTn2ICuK


L.S.

Initialism of lectori salutem., from Latin lectori salutem (“the reader be greeted, greetings to the reader”).

der

(dated) greetings to the reader, lectori salutem


諸行無常

ㄓㄨ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄨˊ ㄔㄤˊ

/ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵ u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/

/t͡syː⁵⁵ hɐŋ²¹ mou̯²¹ sœːŋ²¹/

/ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ ɕiŋ³⁵ u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/

/t͡syː⁵⁵ hɐŋ²¹ mou̯²¹ sœːŋ²¹/

From 大般涅槃經 (Mahāparinibbāṇa Sutta):
A phrase consisting of 諸／诸 (zhū, “all, every”) + 行 (“deed, accomplishment”) + 無常／无常 (wúcháng, “impermanent”), in turn a translation (directly or via Pali) of Sanskrit सर्व संस्कारा अनित्याः (sarva saṃskārā anityāḥ, literally “all deeds are impermanent”).

सर्व संस्कारा अनित्याः

Everything is impermanent. This is the law of birth and death.

諸行無常，是生滅法。

诸行无常，是生灭法。

(Buddhism) worldly things are impermanent


諸行無常

ja-phrase

諸(しょ)行(ぎょう)無(む)常(じょう) • (shogyō mujō) ^(←しよぎやうむじやう (syogyau muzyau)?)

諸行無常 (canonical)
shogyō mujō (romanization)
syogyau muzyau (romanization)
しよぎやうむじやう (hiragana historical)

[ɕo̞ɡʲo̞ːmɯ̟ʑo̞ː]

Daijisen
Nihon Kokugo Daijiten
ja:松村明
ja:諸行無常

Buddhist expression borrowed from Chinese 諸行無常／诸行无常 (zhūxíngwúcháng), in turn a translation (directly or via Pali) of Sanskrit सर्व संस्कारा अनित्याः (sarva saṃskārā anityāḥ, literally “all deeds are impermanent”).
As Japanese, also analyzable as a compound of 諸行 (shogyō, “all things”) + 無常 (mujō, “impermanent, transient”).
The two constituent Japanese terms are citable to the early 600s, while the first citations of the full four-character phrase in Chinese are from around the mid-600s. However, the full four-character phrase in Japanese usage is first cited much later in the 観智院本三宝絵 (Kanchi-in-bon Sanbō-E), a collection of Buddhist writings from 984.

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सर्व संस्कारा अनित्याः

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(Can we date this quote?), “Chapter 1.1”, in Helen Craig McCullough, transl., 平家物語 [The Tale of the Heike]:

The sound of the Gion Shōja bells echoes the impermanence of all things; the color of the sāla flowers reveals the truth that the prosperous must decline. The proud do not endure, they are like a dream on a spring night; the mighty fall at last, they are as dust before the wind.

祇園精舎の鐘の声、諸行無常の響き有り。沙羅双樹の花の色、盛者必衰の理を顕す。驕れる者も久しからず、唯春の夜の夢の如し。猛き者も遂には滅びぬ、偏に風の前の塵に同じ。

Gionshōsha no kane no koe, shogyō mujō no hibiki ari. Sarasōju no hana no iro, jōshahissui no kotowari o arawasu. Ogoreru mono mo hisashikarazu, tada haru no yoru no yume no gotoshi. Takeki mono mo tsui ni wa horobinu, hitoeni kaze no mae no chiri ni onaji.

(Buddhism) all worldly things are transitory


呆頭呆腦

ㄉㄞ ㄊㄡˊ ㄉㄞ ㄋㄠˇ

дайтоудайнао

/taɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ taɪ̯⁵⁵ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/taɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ taɪ̯⁵⁵ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


聰明伶俐

ㄘㄨㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄧˋ

/t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵ liŋ³⁵ li⁵¹/

/t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹ lɪŋ²¹ lei̯²²/

/t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵ liŋ³⁵ li⁵¹/

/t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹ lɪŋ²¹ lei̯²²/


à bétôt

Literally "to soon", compare French à bientôt.


ex turpi causa non oritur actio

ex turpī causā nōn orītur actiō (canonical)

(law) From a dishonorable cause an action does not arise: a legal doctrine stating that a plaintiff cannot pursue a legal remedy arising in connection with his/her own illegal act.


のだ

Compound of particle の (no, particle of emphasis) and だ (da, auxiliary verb of assertion).

そんなことだからお前はいつまで経っても出世できないのだ。

Sonna koto da kara omae wa itsu made tatte mo shusse dekinai no da.

That's why you never get ahead in your career.

an assertion that emphasizes the cause, reasons, grounds and etc.

一刻も早く捕獲するのだ。

determination of the speaker; request to the listener to take a certain action

なんて酷いのだ。

explain something's look and state exclamatorily

一体全体どう違うのだ？

What in the name of God is the difference?

an intention to ask for the listener's intention or the facts


sub omni canone

German: unter aller Kanone

(in Germany, of an academic thesis) Unworthy of even the lowest mark; failed outright.


now we're talking

now you're talking
now you're talking#English


मैं ... साल का हूँ

hi-phrase

मैं ... साल का हूँ • (ma͠i ... sāl kā hū̃)


NGI

Initialism of not guilty by reason of insanity.


podle mého mínění

/ˈpodlɛ ˈmɛːɦo ˈmiːɲɛɲiː/


liput liehuen

Hän läpäisi kokeen liput liehuen.


公正廉明

ㄍㄨㄥ ㄓㄥˋ ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

гунчжэнляньмин

/kʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ li̯ɛn³⁵ miŋ³⁵/

/kʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ li̯ɛn³⁵ miŋ³⁵/


鐵面無私

ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄨˊ ㄙ

/tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ mi̯ɛn⁵¹ u³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/

/tʰiːt̚³ miːn²² mou̯²¹ siː⁵⁵/

/tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ mi̯ɛn⁵¹ u³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/

/tʰiːt̚³ miːn²² mou̯²¹ siː⁵⁵/


a kol.

Abbreviation of a kolektiv: et al. (and others)


i elfte timmen

From a parable of Jesus, Matthew 20:6, where the last vineyard labourers were hired about the eleventh hour, just before the end of the day.

in (or about) the eleventh hour, in the last minute, in the nick of time, late but still not too late


a spol.

Abbreviation of a společnost: & co., et al.


官樣文章

ㄍㄨㄢ ㄧㄤˋ ㄨㄣˊ ㄓㄤ

гуаньянвэньчжан

/ku̯än⁵⁵ jɑŋ⁵¹ wən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/

/ku̯än⁵⁵ jɑŋ⁵¹ wən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵/

red tape; excessive formality and routine required before official action can be taken

officialese; language used in some official statements, characterised by jargon and obscure, wordy phrasing

any language characterised by circumlocution and jargon, usually hard to understand


皇親國戚

ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄑㄧㄣ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄑㄧ

хуанциньгоци

/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/

/wɔːŋ²¹ t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³ t͡sʰɪk̚⁵/

/xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/

/wɔːŋ²¹ t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵ kʷɔːk̚³ t͡sʰɪk̚⁵/

As a Prince Consort of this Dynasty, I am, indeed, a member of the royalty; your Kaifeng Office has no power to try me at all.

Běngōng nǎishì dāng cháo fùmǎ huángqīnguóqī, nǐ kāifēng fǔ gēnběn wúquán shěn wǒ.

本宮乃是當朝駙馬皇親國戚，你開封府根本無權審我。

本宫乃是当朝驸马皇亲国戚，你开封府根本无权审我。

member of royalty or royal household; royal person

(figurative) person having powerful connections


神志不清

ㄕㄣˊ ㄓˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄥ

шэньчжи буцин

/ʂən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/

/sɐn²¹ t͡siː³³ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵/

/ʂən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/

/sɐn²¹ t͡siː³³ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵/

Mum sometimes gets in a confused state and can't remember who I am.

Māma yǒushí shénzhì bùqīng, dōu jìbude wǒ shì shéi.

媽媽有時神志不清，都記不得我是誰。

妈妈有时神志不清，都记不得我是谁。

to be mentally disturbed; to be delirious


多此一舉

ㄉㄨㄛ ㄘˇ ㄧ ㄐㄩˇ

/tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː³⁵ jɐt̚⁵ kɵy̯³⁵/

/tɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː³⁵ jɐt̚⁵ kɵy̯³⁵/


existem casos e casos

(idiomatic) there are different cases (situations) with different circumstances to be considered separately


tuan-tuan dan puan-puan

From tuan (“mister”) and empuan (“lady”) (compare perempuan).


Acronym of explain like I'm five [years old].

acronym

Please ELI5 the whole thing.

Develop techniques to share complex ideas in a scalable way (going from ELI5 to rocket science).

2016, “SASE National Conference & STEM Career Fair 2016: Schedule”, in SASE Magazine, Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers, section “10:45 am - 12:00 pm: Engineering The Art of Storytelling”, page 82:

Periscope: ELI5 Family History / Wednesday, May 31, 3:30-4:30 pm / Why can’t I find my great-great grandmother’s death record in 1880?

2017 May, “Online Classes”, in Kenton County Public Library Calendar, page 12:

To see how potential partners might interpret and/or communicate key verification challenges, we created Can You Verify?, a website and poster competition. We posted thirteen of the clearest responses from the ELI5 challenge, in which experts explain what they do and where they need help, asking information designers to depict the challenges visually.

2019, “Verification”, in Erika Gregory, Tim Maly, editors, Signals for the Future: New Ways to Tackle Nuclear Risk, N Square, page 68:

(Internet slang) Provide an explanation that is very easy to understand.


獅虎豹鱉猴狗象鹿

/sai⁴⁴ hɔ⁵³ pa¹¹ piʔ³² kau²⁴ kau⁵³ t͡sʰiũ³³ lɔk̚⁴/

/sai⁴⁴ hɔ⁴¹ pa²¹ piʔ³² kau²³ kau⁴¹ t͡sʰiũ³³ lɔk̚⁴/

A phrase comprising words pronounced with different tones in Min Nan.

獅虎豹龞猴狗象鹿
狮虎豹鳖猴狗象鹿

(Southern Min) A list of eight animals used to memorise tones in Min Nan.


RTLS

(space flight) Initialism of return to launch site.


合作無間

ㄏㄜˊ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

хэцзо’уцзянь

/xɤ³⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ u³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/hɐp̚² t͡sɔːk̚³ mou̯²¹ kaːn³³/

/xɤ³⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ u³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/hɐp̚² t͡sɔːk̚³ mou̯²¹ kaːn³³/

to have good collaboration with someone; to cooperate in perfect harmony


อมก

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อมก • (ɔɔ-mɔɔ-gɔɔ)

/ʔɔː˧.mɔː˧.kɔː˧/

Shortened from any of the various transcriptions of the English expression oh my God, such as 'โอ้วมายก็อด' (ôow-maai-gɔ́ɔt), 'โอ้วมายก้อด' (ôow-maai-gɔ̂ɔt), 'โอ้วหม่ายก้อด' (ôow-màai-gɔ̂ɔt), 'โอ้วมายก็อด' (ôo-maai-gɔ́ɔt), 'โอ้มายก้อด' (ôo-maai-gɔ̂ɔt), 'โอ้หม่ายก้อด' (ôo-màai-gɔ̂ɔt), etc.

(Internet slang, humorous, slang) oh my God.


流離失所

ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄌㄧˊ ㄕ ㄙㄨㄛˇ

/li̯oʊ̯³⁵ li³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/lɐu̯²¹ lei̯²¹ sɐt̚⁵ sɔː³⁵/

/li̯oʊ̯³⁵ li³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/lɐu̯²¹ lei̯²¹ sɐt̚⁵ sɔː³⁵/

to become destitute and homeless; to be displaced


引狼入室

ㄧㄣˇ ㄌㄤˊ ㄖㄨˋ ㄕˋ

ㄧㄣˇ ㄌㄤˊ ㄖㄨˋ ㄕˇ

/in²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑŋ³⁵ ʐu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/in²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑŋ³⁵ ʐu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jɐn¹³ lɔːŋ²¹ jɐp̚² sɐt̚⁵/

/in²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑŋ³⁵ ʐu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/in²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑŋ³⁵ ʐu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jɐn¹³ lɔːŋ²¹ jɐp̚² sɐt̚⁵/

The administrative reform has turned public sentiment into fright that hue and cry can be heard from every corner. Yet you went to extremes to get a Japanese to serve as your adviser? Isn't this an act of leading a wolf into your chamber, inviting a ghost to write for you a medication order?

Biànfǎ biàndé rénxīn huánghuáng, yuànshēngzǎidào. Jūrán hái zhǎo rìběnrén dāng gùwèn. Zhè bùshì yǐnlángrùshì, qǐngguǐláikāiyàofāng ne?

變法變得人心惶惶，怨聲載道。居然還找日本人當顧問。這不是引狼入室，請鬼來開藥方呢？

变法变得人心惶惶，怨声载道。居然还找日本人当顾问。这不是引狼入室，请鬼来开药方呢？

to bring trouble to oneself by inviting an enemy


κοκ.

και ούτω καθεξής
και ούτω καθεξής#Greek

Abbreviation of και ούτω καθεξής (kai oúto kathexís, “and so forth”).


και ούτω καθεξής

και ούτω καθεξής • (kai oúto kathexís)

el-phrase

και ούτω καθεξής • (kai oúto kathexís)

From και (kai, “and”) + ούτω (oúto, “so”) + καθεξής (kathexís, “forth”).


me cago en todo lo que se menea

[me ˌka.ɣ̞o ẽn̪ ˌt̪o.ð̞o lo ke se meˈne.a]

Literally, “I shit on everything that wiggles/moves”.

lit

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


bệnh tòng khẩu nhập, hoạ tòng khẩu xuất

[ʔɓəjŋ̟˧˨ʔ tawŋ͡m˨˩ xəw˧˩ ɲəp̚˧˨ʔ hwaː˧˨ʔ tawŋ͡m˨˩ xəw˧˩ swət̚˧˦]

[ʔɓen˨˩ʔ tawŋ͡m˦˩ kʰəw˧˨ ɲəp̚˨˩ʔ hwaː˨˩ʔ tawŋ͡m˦˩ kʰəw˧˨ swək̚˦˧˥]

[ʔɓen˨˩ʔ tɔŋ˦˩ xəw˧˨ ɲəp̚˨˩ʔ hwaː˨˩ʔ tɔŋ˦˩ xəw˧˨ swək̚˦˧˥]

[ʔɓəːn˨˩˨ tawŋ͡m˨˩ kʰəw˨˩˦ ɲəp̚˨˩˨ waː˨˩˨ tawŋ͡m˨˩ kʰəw˨˩˦ s⁽ʷ⁾ək̚˦˥]

[ʔɓəːn˨˩˨ tawŋ͡m˨˩ xəw˨˩˦ ɲəp̚˨˩˨ waː˨˩˨ tawŋ͡m˨˩ xəw˨˩˦ s⁽ʷ⁾ək̚˦˥]

Illness comes in via the mouth because of food and trouble goes out via the mouth because of words; carefulness required in diet and speech


דער עולם איז אַ גולם

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דער עולם איז אַ גולם • (der oylem iz a goylem)

the masses are asses (the public is foolish)