丟入爪哇國裡

to throw [something] into the land of Java

ㄉㄧㄡ ㄖㄨˋ ㄓㄠˇ ㄨㄚ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄌㄧˇ

дю жу Чжаова го ли

/ti̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ ʐu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wä⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


time stands still

Life without love is load; and time stands still; what we refuse to him, to Death we give, And then, then only, when we love, we live.

1735, William Congreve, Plays ... In two volumes, page 39:

Each long moment seems a day, time stands still, when she's away.

1741, Mr. Theobald (Lewis), The Happy Captive, An English Opera:

When one event is continuous, time stands still; for we form no idea of time by the presence or continuance of a single event but we do so by the change of other events at the time.

1828, Abner Kneeland (contributor), The Olive Branch and Christian Inquirer:

In a good wild high-mountain storm, it would be a majestic ride through heaven and hell, a time-stands-still trip in a region of pure awe and undiluted fear.

2004, Phil Condon, Montana Surround: Land, Water, Nature, and Place, Big Earth Publishing, →ISBN, page 52:

Used to emphasize a moment in time that is either catastrophic or even enjoyable in which one's sense of time is frozen or suspended.

[…] unconsciously and innocently succumb to the timeless paganism of a country where time stands still and the ancient ways of humanity know nothing about stock markets and finance capitalism.

Travel by luxurious jet to a town where time stands still and the houses are festooned with bright streamers for the ancient Summer Star festival. Stay in a 17th-century ryokan (inn) and enjoy ham and eggs for breakfast.

If your visit to the time-stands-still village of Metsovo - high in the snowy mountains a couple of hours' drive due west of Kalambaka - is at Easter, you're in for a succession of special treats[…]

Every year since this bicentennial event, the batteaux have raced from Lynchburg to Richmond, easily slipping from one century back into another for a few glorious days when time stands still.

2004, Clifton W. Potter, Dorothy Bundy Turner Potter, Lynchburg: A City Set on Seven Hills, Arcadia Publishing, →ISBN, page 148:

Time stands still in this quiet little spot, with its quaint old-fashioned decor, swathes of lace and brown table linen.

2011 July 8, Time Out Guides Ltd, Time Out Barcelona 14th edition, Random House, →ISBN:

Inside the smallest and plainest of the trio, a time-stands-still kind of sight awaits—different-sized gaskets hang from hooks on the wall, waiting patiently for more than half a century to be placed on machinery long gone.

2016, Richard Panchyk, Hidden History of Long Island, Arcadia Publishing, →ISBN, page 30:

I need a small Tuscan village where time stands still, where creativity can unfurl and my own soul can breathe.

2024 March 5, Angela Correll, Restored in Tuscany: A True Story of Facing Loss, Finding Beauty, and Living Forward in Hope, Harvest House Publishers, →ISBN, page 16:

Used to state that something, especially a place, has an archaic, anachronistic or historic feeling.


淚如雨下

ㄌㄟˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄩˇ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

/leɪ̯⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/

/lɵy̯²² jyː²¹ jyː¹³ haː²²/

/leɪ̯⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/

/lɵy̯²² jyː²¹ jyː¹³ haː²²/


under one roof

And as a further part of such a system, it is claimed that the farm must be devoted to a specialty, or a few specialties, on the ground that it would be almost as fatal to success to admit mixed farming, as it would be to attempt the production of several kinds of manufactures under one roof and establishment.

1888, The Popular Science Monthly, volume 33, page 34:


手到拿來

ㄕㄡˇ ㄉㄠˋ ㄋㄚˊ ㄌㄞˊ

/ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ nä³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵/

/sɐu̯³⁵ tou̯³³ naː²¹ lɔːi̯²¹/

/ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ nä³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵/

/sɐu̯³⁵ tou̯³³ naː²¹ lɔːi̯²¹/

to capture someone or something or do something easily and effortlessly


急不及待

ㄐㄧˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄉㄞˋ

/t͡ɕi³⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹/

/kɐp̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ kʰɐp̚² tɔːi̯²²/

/t͡ɕi³⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹/

/kɐp̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ kʰɐp̚² tɔːi̯²²/

急不可待 急不可待#Chinese

Synonym of 急不可待 (jíbùkědài, “to be too impatient to wait”)


千古絕唱

ㄑㄧㄢ ㄍㄨˇ ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄔㄤˋ

цяньгуцзюэчан

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵¹/

/t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ kuː³⁵ t͡syːt̚² t͡sʰœːŋ³³/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵¹/

/t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ kuː³⁵ t͡syːt̚² t͡sʰœːŋ³³/


巧言如流

ㄑㄧㄠˇ ㄧㄢˊ ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ

цяоянь жу лю

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn³⁵ ʐu³⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛn³⁵ ʐu³⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/


no thoughts, head empty

(Internet slang) Used to acknowledge that someone is absent-minded or zoned out.


hear me out

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-hear me out.wav

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hear out.


渺無人煙

ㄇㄧㄠˇ ㄨˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄢ

мяо’ужэньянь

/mi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ ʐən³⁵ jɛn⁵⁵/

/miːu̯¹³ mou̯²¹ jɐn²¹ jiːn⁵⁵/

/mi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ ʐən³⁵ jɛn⁵⁵/

/miːu̯¹³ mou̯²¹ jɐn²¹ jiːn⁵⁵/

to be deserted; to be desolate; to be uninhabited


淚水漣漣

ㄌㄟˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ

лэйшуй ляньлянь

/leɪ̯⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯ɛn³⁵ li̯ɛn³⁵/

/lɵy̯²² sɵy̯³⁵ liːn²¹ liːn²¹/

/leɪ̯⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯ɛn³⁵ li̯ɛn³⁵/

/lɵy̯²² sɵy̯³⁵ liːn²¹ liːn²¹/


the pleasure is all mine

If it has been of any use the pleasure is all mine.

1905, George G. Rockwood, “Reception Room Methods”, in Wilson's Photographic Magazine, volume 42, page 411:

"Hi, Mr. Boroff, it's my pleasure to meet you." "Please call me Ned, Lauren, and the pleasure is all mine. […]"

2011, Larry Williams, Vengeance Is Mine, page 27:

Marcelino stood up and held his hand out to me, saying in perfect Spanish, "Much Gusto, Commandantico." "The pleasure is all mine'.”

2016, Julio Antonio del Marmol, The Havana Conspiracies: Rites of Passage of a Master Spy:

Used to politely accept someone's gratitude, words of appreciation, or an indication that one has been helpful and to express that one is happy to have done whatever inspired that gratitude or appreciation.


白手興家

ㄅㄞˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄚ

байшоусинцзя

/paɪ̯³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/

/paːk̚² sɐu̯³⁵ hɪŋ⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵/

/paɪ̯³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/

/paːk̚² sɐu̯³⁵ hɪŋ⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵/

to start an enterprise from scratch; to build up from nothing; to start from scratch


cut with a knife and fork

I'm not exactly spectacular at the moment with a gammy knee that sometimes lets me down and hair that looks as if it's been cut with a knife and fork.

2009, Abigail Gordon, A Summer Wedding at Willowmere, page 31:

His short hair looked as if it had been cut with a knife and fork and he had attempted to grow a goatee beard and moustache.

2016, Kenneth J. Hall, The Learning Curve:

(humorous) Describing a sloppy or unattractive haircut.


臺灣錢，淹跤目

The money in Taiwan goes up to one's ankles.

Тайвань цянь

/tʰaɪ̯³⁵ wän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ jɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ mu⁵¹/

/tai²⁴⁻²² uan²⁴⁻²² t͡sĩ²⁴ im⁴⁴⁻²² kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² bak̚⁴/

/tai²⁴⁻²² uan²⁴⁻²² t͡sĩ²⁴ im³³ kʰa³³ bak̚²⁴/

/tai¹³⁻²² uan¹³⁻²² t͡sĩ¹³ im⁴⁴⁻²² kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² bak̚¹²¹/

/tai²⁴⁻¹¹ uan²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sĩ²⁴ im⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ bak̚⁴/

/tai²³⁻³³ uan²³⁻³³ t͡sĩ²³ im⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ bak̚⁴/

(Taiwan, historical) money is to be made everywhere in Taiwan


目定口呆

ㄇㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄉㄞ

/mu⁵¹⁻⁵³ tiŋ⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ taɪ̯⁵⁵/

/mʊk̚² tɪŋ²² hɐu̯³⁵ ŋɔːi̯²¹/

/mu⁵¹⁻⁵³ tiŋ⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ taɪ̯⁵⁵/

/mʊk̚² tɪŋ²² hɐu̯³⁵ ŋɔːi̯²¹/

1910, 吳趼人 [Wu Jianren], 《二十年目睹之怪現狀》 [Bizarre Happenings Eyewitnessed over Two Decades], chapter 93

Bófēn tīng le, bùjiào mùdìngkǒudāi, zhàng hóng le liǎn, huídá bù shànglái, zhǐhǎo dāshàn zhe zǒu le.

伯芬聽了，不覺目定口呆，漲紅了臉，回答不上來，只好搭訕著走了。

伯芬听了，不觉目定口呆，涨红了脸，回答不上来，只好搭讪着走了。

目瞪口呆 目瞪口呆#Chinese

Synonym of 目瞪口呆 (mùdèngkǒudāi, “to be stupefied; to be dumbfounded”)


後生遙遙

/hɐu̯²² saːŋ⁵⁵ jiːu̯²¹ jiːu̯²¹/

/hɐu̯²² saːŋ⁵⁵ jiːu̯²¹ jiːu̯²¹/

2017, Cuson Lo, 怪叔叔耆遇記, Hong Kong: 非凡出版, →ISBN, page 51:

You're young and still have a long life ahead of you. What old are you talking about...

後生遙遙講咩老…

后生遥遥讲咩老…

(Cantonese) young, with a long life full of potential ahead


p&e

According to your posted excerpts, Mayer does not blame Nazism on the Soviets or "Judeo-Bolsheviks." He does blame the mass murder of Jews on the Nazis' failing campaign against the Soviet Union -- and that assertion is the controversial part of his book, as far as I can tell from the review posted here. However, what you say he "proves abundantly" does not appear in the excerpt you posted. Could you provide a page cite to where he DOES prove that? (And can you explain how he proves it without any supporting source material?)
P&E

1994 November 10, The only Golux in the World, and not a mere Device, “Persecution of the SS”, in alt.revisionism (Usenet):

Let us know if it works. I'm not aware of anyone actually doing it. A pic would be nice too. (but don't post it in the group)
p&e <- means posted and emailed

1998 August 28, Rick Sammartino, “Hiya Everybody!”, in alt.fan.sailor-moon (Usenet):

[p&e]
BTW, posting and emailing is a habit I brought to AQ from another group, and is not considered necessary here.

2003 September 8, David C Kifer, “Killing for the Greater Good (was: Re: some favourite quotes)”, in alt.quotations (Usenet):

p&e
Barb, I've already typed a reminder so you don't have to which I'll post on Sunday. It's in my "Send Later" file which pops up automatically to remind me.:)

2004 December 10, Archer, “Barb”, in alt.med.fibromyalgia (Usenet):

(obsolete) Initialism of posted and emailed.


ái chin mác rèo nă̱m mạy

[ʔaːj˧˥ cin˧˥ maːk̚˧˥ rɛw˧˨ nam˩˩ maj˧˨ʔ]

Compare Vietnamese ăn quả nhớ kẻ trồng cây.

(literal) one must grow a plant if one wishes to eat its fruits

(figurative) one must work if one wishes to gain something


GTVT

Bộ GTVT

Initialism of Giao thông Vận tải (“Traffic and Transport”).


昨非今是

ㄗㄨㄛˊ ㄈㄟ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄕˋ

цзофэйцзиньши

/t͡su̯ɔ³⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/t͡su̯ɔ³⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

to be correct now, but realize one was incorrect in the past


黑狗得食，白狗當災

/hɐk̚⁵ kɐu̯³⁵ tɐk̚⁵ sɪk̚² paːk̚² kɐu̯³⁵ tɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɔːi̯⁵⁵/

/haːk̚⁵ kɐu̯³⁵ tɐk̚⁵ sɪk̚² paːk̚² kɐu̯³⁵ tɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɔːi̯⁵⁵/

(Cantonese) someone benefits from their misdeeds, while someone else is punished or suffers consequences on behalf of the wrongdoer


鼠心狼肺

ㄕㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄌㄤˊ ㄈㄟˋ

шусиньланфэй

/ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵ lɑŋ³⁵ feɪ̯⁵¹/

/ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵ lɑŋ³⁵ feɪ̯⁵¹/

狼心狗肺 狼心狗肺#Chinese


狼多肉少

ㄌㄤˊ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄖㄡˋ ㄕㄠˇ

/lɑŋ³⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/lɔːŋ²¹ tɔː⁵⁵ jʊk̚² siːu̯³⁵/

/lɑŋ³⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/lɔːŋ²¹ tɔː⁵⁵ jʊk̚² siːu̯³⁵/

a situation where many individuals fight over scarce resources


狗肺狼心

ㄍㄡˇ ㄈㄟˋ ㄌㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄣ

гоуфэйлансинь

/koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ feɪ̯⁵¹ lɑŋ³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/

/koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ feɪ̯⁵¹ lɑŋ³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/

狼心狗肺 狼心狗肺#Chinese


感人肺肝

ㄍㄢˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄈㄟˋ ㄍㄢ

ганьжэньфэйгань

/kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ feɪ̯⁵¹ kän⁵⁵/

/kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ feɪ̯⁵¹ kän⁵⁵/


水母目蝦

ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄨˇ ㄇㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄚ

/ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu⁵¹ ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/

/ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu⁵¹ ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/

From a perception that shrimp traveled with jellyfish and that jellyfish would move according to its attendant shrimp.


黑狗偷食，白狗當災

/hɐk̚⁵ kɐu̯³⁵ tʰɐu̯⁵⁵ sɪk̚² paːk̚² kɐu̯³⁵ tɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɔːi̯⁵⁵ haːk̚⁵ kɐu̯³⁵ tʰɐu̯⁵⁵ sɪk̚² paːk̚² kɐu̯³⁵ tɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɔːi̯⁵⁵/


狼嗥鬼叫

ㄌㄤˊ ㄏㄠˊ ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄠˋ

ланхаогуйцзяо

/lɑŋ³⁵ xɑʊ̯³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/lɑŋ³⁵ xɑʊ̯³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/


狼心狗幸

ㄌㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄍㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

лансинь гоу син

/lɑŋ³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵¹/

/lɑŋ³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵¹/

狼心狗行 狼心狗行#Chinese


my karma ran over your dogma

A jocular play on the phrase my car ran over your dog. First appears in print c. 1982 in The Coevolution Quarterly, although the exact date of its first appearance and its author are uncertain.

(philosophy, humorous) The effect of one's actions or conduct supersedes one's ideology or opinions.


ܐܡܪܢ ܠܘܟ

aii-phrase

ܐܵܡܪܸܢ ܠܘܿܟ݂

ܐܵܡܪܸܢ ܠܘܿܟ݂ • (āmrin lōḵ)

ܐܵܡܪܸܢ ܠܘܿܟ݂ (canonical)
āmrin lōḵ (romanization)

ܐܵܡܪܸܢ ܠܘܿܟ݂، ܐܲܢ݇ܬ ܐܲܬ݂ܵܝܵܐ ܝܘܸܬ ܨܲܦܪܵܐ؟

By the way, do you plan to come tomorrow?


(Internet slang, text messaging, Australia) Initialism of have a good one. (have a good one)


知少少，扮代表

/t͡siː⁵⁵ siːu̯³⁵ siːu̯³⁵ paːn²² tɔːi̯²² piːu̯³⁵/

(Cantonese) to know a little bit but pretend to be an expert; to behave as if one knows it all


電燈柱掛老鼠箱

/tiːn²² tɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰyː¹³ kʷaː³³ lou̯¹³ syː³⁵ sœːŋ⁵⁵/

(Cantonese, figurative, of a couple) with significant height difference


jms.

Abbreviation of ja muuta sellaista (“and something like that”).


wtm

(Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of what's the mood.


防君子不防小人

ㄈㄤˊ ㄐㄩㄣ ㄗˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ

фан цзюньцзы бу фан сяожэнь

/fɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ fɑŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/

/fɔːŋ²¹ kʷɐn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ fɔːŋ²¹ siːu̯³⁵ jɐn²¹/

(of policies, measures, etc.) can only prevent people with moral values from commiting but cannot prevent those with malicious intentions


推三阻四

ㄊㄨㄟ ㄙㄢ ㄗㄨˇ ㄙˋ

туйсаньцзусы

/tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ sän⁵⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵¹/

/tʰɵy̯⁵⁵ saːm⁵⁵ t͡sɔː³⁵ sei̯³³/

/tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ sän⁵⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵¹/

/tʰɵy̯⁵⁵ saːm⁵⁵ t͡sɔː³⁵ sei̯³³/

to find excuses to put off doing something


一時唔偷雞做保長

to act as the leader of the bao the one time they do not steal chickens

jat⁷ si⁴ m⁴ tau¹ gai¹ dzou⁶ bou² dzoeng²

/jɐt̚⁵ siː²¹ m̩²¹ tʰɐu̯⁵⁵ kɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sou̯²² pou̯³⁵ t͡sœːŋ³⁵/

2007, 石凱婷 [Hoi Ting Shek], 《溏心風暴》 [Heart of Greed], episode 9, spoken by 凌莉 [Ling Lei] (米雪 [Michelle Yim]):

hai⁶ mai⁶ gam² tung⁴ ze² fu¹ gong² je⁵ aa³? nei⁵ gun² haa⁵ nei⁵ zi⁶ gei² laa¹, jat¹ si⁴ m⁴ tau¹ gai¹ zou⁶ bou² zoeng².

係咪噉同姐夫講嘢啊？你管下你自己啦，一時唔偷雞做保長。

系咪噉同姐夫讲嘢啊？你管下你自己啦，一时唔偷鸡做保长。

2019, 梁柏堅 [Leung Pak-kin], 《時勢好惡，做基督徒好難》 [Sing XXXX to the Lord], Hong Kong: Breakthrough Ltd., →ISBN, page 116:

soeng⁶ dai³ min⁶ cin⁴, ngo⁵ mun⁴ dou¹ si⁶ zeoi⁶ jan⁴, mut⁶ jau⁵ bei² seoi⁴ gang³ gou¹ soeng⁶. zik¹ si² ngo⁵ mun⁴ ji⁶ zing³ jim⁴ ci⁴, jaa⁵ zi² si⁶ “jat¹ si⁴ m⁴ tau¹ gai¹ zou⁶ bou² zoeng²”, mong⁴ gei³ ngo⁵ mun⁴ mut⁶ do¹ gau² zi¹ cin⁴ coi⁴ jau⁶ giu³ gwo³ sing³ ling⁴ daam¹ jau¹.

上帝面前，我們都是罪人，沒有比誰更高尚。即使我們義正嚴詞，也只是「一時唔偷雞做保長」，忘記我們沒多久之前才又叫過聖靈擔憂。

上帝面前，我们都是罪人，没有比谁更高尚。即使我们义正严词，也只是「一时唔偷鸡做保长」，忘记我们没多久之前才又叫过圣灵担忧。

(Cantonese) someone who has a reputation of doing bad hypocritically accuses someone else of committing a fault


無殼蝸牛

ㄨˊ ㄎㄜˊ ㄨㄛ ㄋㄧㄡˊ

ㄨˊ ㄎㄜˊ ㄍㄨㄚ ㄋㄧㄡˊ

/u³⁵ kʰɤ³⁵ wɔ⁵⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/

/u³⁵ kʰɤ³⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/

/mou̯²¹ hɔːk̚³ wɔː⁵⁵ ŋɐu̯²¹/

/u³⁵ kʰɤ³⁵ wɔ⁵⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/

/u³⁵ kʰɤ³⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵/

/mou̯²¹ hɔːk̚³ wɔː⁵⁵ ŋɐu̯²¹/

(Taiwan, Hong Kong, figuratively) people who cannot afford to buy their own home


noch so'n Spruch, Kieferbruch

Literally, “another remark like that, [and you’ll have a] broken jaw”. Attested in printed sources since ca. 1980.

m-g

another remark like that, 􂀿and you’ll have a􂁀 broken jaw

lit

(colloquial, predominantly humorous) Said to warn or intimidate someone who made a remark one does not like.


take your oil

(Ireland, slang) Accept the situation and stop complaining.


salvo engano

Literally, “except mistake”, or more loosely translated as “unless there is a mistake”.

Diferente de seus pais, ela teve acesso à educação e, salvo engano, foi a primeira da família a se formar.

Unlike her parents, she had access to education and, if I'm not mistaken, was the first in her family to graduate.


open, Sesame

“Habit is ten natures,” went on being proclaimed in my ears; and at last it came home to me as a weighty saying, which might contain the educational “Open, Sesame!” I was in quest of.

1886, Charlotte M[aria] Mason, Home Education: A Course of Lectures to Ladies, Delivered in Bradford, in the Winter of 1885–1886, London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., […], page 70:

This is where education steps in, crying, “Open, Sesame!” to the locked secrets of nine-tenths of a universe, and causing to pass before the eye the variegated life and literature of nations inhabiting the uttermost parts of the earth.

1906 March 6, E[rnest] Bryham Parsons, “Languages”, in Pot-Pourri Parisien, New York, N.Y.: Broadway Publishing Company, published 1912, page 142:

After 1900, however, when prosperity came to Canada, reciprocity was almost forgotten, for there was now no need for it; evidently there were other ways of opening the cave of wealth than that of crying “Open, Sesame!” to the United States market.

1928, Herbert Heaton, A History of Trade and Commerce with Special Reference to Canada, Toronto, Ont.: Thomas Nelson & Sons, Ltd., page 323:

Soon he came to the rock and recognised it by its smooth surface and the great tree which grew above it on the hill. He stretched forth his two arms towards it, crying: “Open, Sesame!” and at once the face of the rock gaped to let him pass.

1929, E[dward] Powys Mathers, transl., The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night: […], volume VII, London: […] [F]or subscribers by The Casanova Society of London, pages 159–160:

She levered open the passenger door. It swung out like some Ali Baba mountainside to my unspoken “Open, Sesame.”

1990 January, Paul Di Filippo, “Living with the Giants”, in Amazing Stories, volume 64, number 5 (whole 550), Lake Geneva, Wis.: TSR, Inc., →ISSN, page 69:

But as I finished reading my broker’s letter, a phrase where he said: ‘I will take care of any sums to be carried forward’ brought to mind an almost equally hypocritical and professional expression, that the bath-house girl at Balbec had used when speaking of Albertine: ‘I took care of her personally,’ she had said. And these words, which I had never before recalled, had the effect of crying ‘Open, Sesame’, making the hinges of the dungeon spring open.

2002, Marcel Proust, translated by Peter Collier, “The Fugitive”, in Christopher Prendergast, editor, The Prisoner and The Fugitive: A New Translation (In Search of Lost Time; 5), London: Penguin Books, published 2003, →ISBN, page 605:

BB said the word door and I thought, “Open, Sesame!”

2015, Martine Delvaux, translated by David Homel, Bitter Rose, Westmount, Que.: Linda Leith Publishing Inc., →ISBN, page 44:

The carving was where I remembered it was. My palm fitted just fine, and I even saw a weak blue spark in the Sapphire, but nothing happened – none of the walls parted. “Open, Sesame,” I murmured, pressing harder, but the result was the same.

2017, Ray Zdan, Sparkles of Blue (Sleeper Chronicles), →ISBN, page 294:


open Sesame

The hinges of the hall door were so stiff during Miss Magan’s tenancy, that Dr. Fleming, who as a cousin once ventured to visit the moneyed recluse, had to call at a neighbouring chemist’s for sweet oil ere he felt safe in crying ‘Open Sesame.’

1892, W[illiam] J[ohn] Fitzpatrick, Secret Service under Pitt, London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], page 150:

Thus, one by one, the gates have been thrown open. God’s providence is manifest. “Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord.” The fable of Aladdin before the cave, crying “Open Sesame!” has been realized; and by this circumstance a tremendous emphasis is put upon the great commission of the Master, “Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel.”

1899, David James Burrell, “The Logic of Events”, in God and the People and Other Sermons, New York, N.Y.: Wilbur B. Ketcham […], pages 277–278:

To Don Ramón González the heavy oak door opened of its own accord, and without crying “Open Sesame!”

1903, Paul Gwynne [pseudonym; Ernest Slater], The Pagan at the Shrine, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., page 147:

Knaves and thieves do not lightly enter the workshop, merely by crying “Open Sesame!”

1943 October 22, Victor Odin, “Wind Tunnel”, in Keith Monroe, editor, Ryan Flying Reporter, volume 6, number 8, San Diego, Calif.: Ryan Aeronautical Company, page 22, column 2:

“You’ve lost your sense of direction—forgotten your geography! The Pyrenees lie south.” / “And I suppose you expect me to stand there in front of them crying ‘Open Sesame! Stand aside, crags and valleys! Here I come!’ ”

1977, Devereaux Rochester, Full Moon to France, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Row, →ISBN, page 38:

The shrewd performer crying ‘Open Sesame’ as he rubs his magic lamp before the Aladdin’s cave of show business should be careful to take out an insurance policy in the event of the non-appearance of the Genie.

1978, Harry Secombe, “Preface”, in Roger Wilmut, Tony Hancock ‘Artiste’: A Tony Hancock Companion, London: Eyre Methuen Ltd, →ISBN, page vii:

We teach that parliament is sovereign, as in a democracy it should be. But we know that judges too make law. As Lord Reid observed, we must accept that fact for better or worse, for we no longer pretend that the common law is hidden in some Aladdin’s cave waiting only for the judge to discover it by crying ‘Open Sesame’.

1991, Lord Wedderburn [i.e., Bill Wedderburn, Baron Wedderburn of Charlton], “The Injunction and the Sovereignty of Parliament: Control of Judicial Discretion?”, in Employment Rights in Britain and Europe: Selected Papers in Labour Law, London: Lawrence and Wishart in association with the Institute of Employment Rights, →ISBN, page 155:

Satisfied that I was alone, I drifted over to the door and tapped it with my fingernail three times… two times… three times. “Open Sesame,” I murmured, as Rouffe worked his magic and the colours absorbed me.

1998, Conrad Williams, “The Gallery”, in Andy Cox, editor, The Third Alternative, number 15, Witcham, Cambs.: TTA Press, →ISSN, page 10, column 1:

‘Open Sesame,’ I murmured again, my hand still resting against the rock-wall. And slowly, right before my very eyes, my hand began disappearing into the wall.

1999, Maggie Pearson, Omega Seven, London: Hodder Children’s Books, →ISBN, page 48:

He puffed out the muscles of his bare chest and touched me below with the scimitar, crying, “Open Sesame!”

2015, Leonard Ginsberg, American Twins Challenge the English, →ISBN, page 109:


另結新歡

ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄏㄨㄢ

линцзесиньхуань

/liŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ xu̯än⁵⁵/

/lɪŋ²² kiːt̚³ sɐn⁵⁵ fuːn⁵⁵/

/liŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ xu̯än⁵⁵/

/lɪŋ²² kiːt̚³ sɐn⁵⁵ fuːn⁵⁵/


cherchez la femme

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-cherchez la femme.wav

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A cliche in detective fiction, used to suggest that a mystery can be resolved by identifying a femme fatale or female love interest.


many such cases

From a Twitter post by Donald Trump (@realDonaldTrump) in 2014, popularized after his election as President of the United States:
Healthy young child goes to doctor, gets pumped with massive shot of many vaccines, doesn't feel good and changes - AUTISM. Many such cases!

(colloquial) Used to indicate that an occurence is unsurprising, or that something is or was evident. Often sarcastic, mocking someone for believing that something is common.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see many, such, cases, indicating that there are many examples of something or that something is a common occurrence.


客隨主便

ㄎㄜˋ ㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄓㄨˇ ㄅㄧㄢˋ

кэсуйчжубянь

/kʰɤ⁵¹ su̯eɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/kʰɤ⁵¹ su̯eɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/


whatever helps you sleep at night

(idiomatic) Believe what you want to believe if it makes you feel better.


on ne m'y reprendra plus

(informal) you won't catch me doing that again, you won't see me doing that again, I won't make the same mistake twice


que je ne t'y reprenne pas

que je ne t’ y reprenne pas ! (canonical)

(informal) you won't catch me doing that again, you won't see me doing that again


過街老鼠——人人喊打

arat crosses the street ― everyone cries to kill it

ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄝ ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ

ㄖㄣˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄢˇ ㄉㄚˇ

жэньжэнь хань да

žɛnʹžɛnʹ xanʹ da

/ku̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ ʐən³⁵ xän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kʷɔː³³ kaːi̯⁵⁵ lou̯¹³ syː³⁵ jɐn²¹ jɐn²¹ haːm³³ taː³⁵/


fuck you, I got mine

More importantly, it signaled an undercurrent that began at that time that the current generation of Americans see no bright future for the nation, that succeeding generations will not have the standard of living they enjoyed, so why invest in the future? It was a bunch of old grey beards saying "Screw You, I got mine!"

1993 August 14, Bruce Salem, “Scientific American & religious discrimination: Part 0 of 1”, in talk.origins (Usenet):

The Republican agenda of deregulation and greed is good, and fuck you I got mine.

2009 June 11, Miles Monroe, “Dealer bites the dust”, in alt.autos.hyundai (Usenet):

Millennials who get lucky breaks often use that as justification the systems aren't broken. AKA fuck you I got mine everytime^([sic])

2016 February 23, @BraveArcanine, Twitter:

"we're all in this together" was their attitude when they thought THEIR lives were at risk if the community didn't respond accordingly. they're convinced they're safe, so now the "fuck you, i've got mine" attitude is out

2024 February 25, @ofacursedman, Twitter:

i really fucking hate any sort of "fuck you i got mine" or "i suffered so you should too" mentality. a goal of any type of community should be to remove any type of hardships that previous members had to deal with

(slang, vulgar, offensive) Used to express an attitude that one does not care about helping others who are in a situation that one is not, or especially is no longer, in.


朝更暮改

to change in the morning and alter at dusk

ㄓㄠ ㄍㄥ ㄇㄨˋ ㄍㄞˇ

чжаогэнмугай

/ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ kɤŋ⁵⁵ mu⁵¹ kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ kɤŋ⁵⁵ mu⁵¹ kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

朝更夕改 朝更夕改#Chinese


朝更夕改

to change in the morning and alter in the evening

ㄓㄠ ㄍㄥ ㄒㄧ ㄍㄞˇ

чжаогэнсигай

/ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ kɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ kɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵ kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


更名改姓

ㄍㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄍㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

гэнмин гайсин

/kɤŋ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵ kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵¹/

/kɤŋ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵ kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵¹/

改名換姓 改名換姓#Chinese

改名换姓 改名换姓#Chinese


改名易姓

ㄍㄞˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

/kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ miŋ³⁵ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕiŋ⁵¹/

/kaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ miŋ³⁵ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕiŋ⁵¹/

改名換姓 改名換姓#Chinese

改名换姓 改名换姓#Chinese


頂港有名聲，下港上出名

has reputation in north Taiwan, and is also the most famous in south Taiwan

/tiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kaŋ⁴¹ u³³⁻²¹ miã²³⁻³³ siã⁴⁴ e³³⁻²¹ kaŋ⁴¹ siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ miã²³/

/tiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kaŋ⁵³ u³³⁻¹¹ miã²⁴⁻¹¹ siã⁴⁴ e³³⁻¹¹ kaŋ⁵³ siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ miã²⁴/

(Taiwanese Hokkien) famous all over Taiwan


朝饔夕飧

breakfast in the morning, supper in the evening

ㄓㄠ ㄩㄥ ㄒㄧˋ ㄙㄨㄣ

чжаоюнсисунь

/ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕi⁵¹ su̯ən⁵⁵/

/t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ jʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɪk̚² syːn⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕi⁵¹ su̯ən⁵⁵/

/t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ jʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɪk̚² syːn⁵⁵/

talentless (used to describe someone who does little other than eat)


變名易姓

ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

бянь мин исин

/pi̯ɛn⁵¹ miŋ³⁵ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕiŋ⁵¹/

/pi̯ɛn⁵¹ miŋ³⁵ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕiŋ⁵¹/

改名換姓 改名換姓#Chinese

改名换姓 改名换姓#Chinese


威過威士忌

/wɐi̯⁵⁵ kʷɔː³³ wɐi̯⁵⁵ siː²² kei̯²²⁻³⁵/

/wɐi̯⁵⁵ kʷɔː³³ wɐi̯⁵⁵ siː²² kei̯²²⁻³⁵/


朦過蒙太奇

/mʊŋ²¹ kʷɔː³³ mʊŋ²¹ tʰaːi̯³³ kʰei̯²¹/

/mʊŋ²¹ kʷɔː³³ mʊŋ²¹ tʰaːi̯³³ kʰei̯²¹/

(Cantonese, simile, especially of a video) very blurry


wash, rinse, repeat

This is all to say: you are not a zombie.
Wash, rinse, repeat.
You are not a zombie.

2017, Rae Paris, “Strangled: Letter to a Young Black Poet”, in The Forgetting Tree: A Rememory, Wayne State University Press, →ISBN:

lather, rinse, repeat
lather, rinse, repeat#English

Alternative form of lather, rinse, repeat


呵咾甲會觸舌

/o⁴⁴⁻³³ lo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ e³³⁻¹¹ tak̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siʔ⁴/

/ɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ lɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ka(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ e³³⁻²¹ tak̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siʔ⁴/

(Southern Min) to click one's tongue in admiration


櫛風沐雨

to be combed by the wind and bathed by the rain

ㄓˋ ㄈㄥ ㄇㄨˋ ㄩˇ

ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄈㄥ ㄇㄨˋ ㄩˇ

/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ mu⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵ mu⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡siːt̚³ fʊŋ⁵⁵ mʊk̚² jyː¹³/

/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ fɤŋ⁵⁵ mu⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵ mu⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡siːt̚³ fʊŋ⁵⁵ mʊk̚² jyː¹³/

to travel and work despite harsh conditions


天朗氣清

ㄊㄧㄢ ㄌㄤˇ ㄑㄧˋ ㄑㄧㄥ

тяньланцицин

/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ lɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/

/tʰiːn⁵⁵ lɔːŋ¹³ hei̯³³ t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵/

/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ lɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵/

/tʰiːn⁵⁵ lɔːŋ¹³ hei̯³³ t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵/

Shìrì yě, tiānlǎngqìqīng, huìfēng héchàng.

是日也，天朗氣清，惠風和暢。

是日也，天朗气清，惠风和畅。


水鬼升城隍

/sɵy̯³⁵ kʷɐi̯³⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹ wɔːŋ²¹/

/t͡sui⁵²⁻³⁵ kui⁵² seŋ³³⁻²³ sĩã⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ŋ³³/

/sɵy̯³⁵ kʷɐi̯³⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵ sɪŋ²¹ wɔːŋ²¹/

(chiefly Cantonese) someone originally in a lowly position abruptly rises to a high position (usually undeservedly)


インナー・リッラーヒ・ワ・インナー・イライヒ・ラージウーン

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インナー・リッラーヒ・ワ・インナー・イライヒ・ラージウーン

インナー・リッラーヒ・ワ・インナー・イライヒ・ラージウーン

[ĩnːa̠ː ɾʲiɾ̚ɾa̠ːçi β̞a̠ ĩnːa̠ː iɾa̠içi ɾa̠ːʑiɯ̟̃ːɴ]

From Arabic إِنَّا لِلَّٰهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ (ʔinnā lillāhi waʔinnā ʔilayhi rājiʕūna).

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(Islam) Inna Lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji'un (“We surely belong to Allah and to Him we shall return”) (used when a person experiences a tragedy in life, mostly used when hearing news that a person has died)

ja:インナー・リッラーヒ・ワ・インナー・イライヒ・ラージウーン

en-インナー・リッラーヒ・ワ・インナー・イライヒ・ラージウーン-ja-phrase-OtUS~8qY


včíl mudruj

Na ukázku, padesát se v nepálštině řekne "pacaas", padesát dva je "baunna", padesát tři je "tripana", podobnost veškerá žádná. Včíl mudruj!

(idiomatic, dialectal, colloquial, humorous) go figure


溫良恭儉

ㄨㄣ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄢˇ

вэньлянгунцзянь

/wən⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/wən⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

溫良恭儉讓 溫良恭儉讓#Chinese

温良恭俭让 温良恭俭让#Chinese

Synonym of 溫良恭儉讓／温良恭俭让 (wēnliánggōngjiǎnràng, “the five Confucian virtues of cordiality, kindness, courtesy, restraint, and modesty”)


всё такое

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всё тако́е • (vsjo takóje)

всё тако́е (canonical)
vsjo takóje (romanization)

тако́е такое#Russian

Used other than idiomatically: see всё (vsjo) and тако́е (takóje); usually means "everything's so" and is followed by an adjective.


一時唔偷雞就做保長

jat¹ si⁴ m⁴ tau¹ gai¹ zau⁶ zou⁶ bou² zoeng²

jat⁷ si⁴ m⁴ tau¹ gai¹ dzau⁶ dzou⁶ bou² dzoeng²

yed¹ xi⁴ m⁴ teo¹ gei¹ zeo⁶ zou⁶ bou² zêng²

/jɐt̚⁵ siː²¹ m̩²¹ tʰɐu̯⁵⁵ kɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯²² t͡sou̯²² pou̯³⁵ t͡sœːŋ³⁵/

一時唔偷雞做保長 一時唔偷雞做保長#Chinese

一时唔偷鸡做保长 一时唔偷鸡做保长#Chinese

Alternative form of 一時唔偷雞做保長／一时唔偷鸡做保长


don't tread on me

Calque of Late Latin nōlī mē tangere (literally “do not touch me”), from John 20:17 in the Bible.
The phrase was initially rendered as dont tread on me, without apostrophe, as dont was then an accepted contraction of do not. In some later versions, due to standards for apostrophes becoming more strict since the 18th century, the first word was changed to don't.

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American Revolutionary War
American Revolutionary War

A slogan, associated during the American Revolutionary War with freedom from British rule, and in more recent years with libertarianism and anti-government sentiments.


手曲屈入無屈出

手蹺屈入無屈出
手曲屈入无屈出

/t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiau⁴⁴⁻²² kʰut̚³²⁻⁴ lip̚⁴⁻³² bo²⁴⁻²² kʰut̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰut̚³²/

/t͡sʰiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰiau⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰut̚³²⁻⁴ zip̚⁴⁻³² bɤ²³⁻³³ kʰut̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰut̚³²/

(Hokkien) people always protect and are partial to one's own or one's own people


手後蹬屈入無屈出

手後䟓屈入無屈出
手后蹬屈入无屈出

/t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ au²²⁻²¹ tĩ⁴⁴ kʰut̚³²⁻⁴ lip̚⁴⁻³² bo²⁴⁻²² kʰut̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰut̚³²/

/t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ au²² tĩ³³ kʰut̚⁵⁻²⁴ lip̚²⁴⁻² bo²⁴⁻²² kʰut̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰut̚⁵/

/t͡sʰiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ au²²⁻²¹ tɛ̃⁴⁴ kʰut̚³²⁻⁵ d͡zip̚¹²¹⁻²¹ bo¹³⁻²² kʰut̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰut̚³²/

/ chhiú-ǎu-tiⁿ khut-li̍p bô khut-chhut /


呼呼大睡

ㄏㄨ ㄏㄨ ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄨㄟˋ

/xu⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/xu⁵⁵ xu⁵⁵ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/


有稜有角

ㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄥˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

/joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɤŋ³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jɐu̯¹³ lɪŋ²¹ jɐu̯¹³ kɔːk̚³/

/jɐu̯¹³ lɪŋ²¹ jɐu̯¹³ kɔːk̚³/

to have sharp and distinct edges and corners

(figuratively) to have a forceful personality and definite views of one's own


溫良恭儉讓

ㄨㄣ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄖㄤˋ

вэньлянгунцзяньжан

/wən⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐɑŋ⁵¹/

/wɐn⁵⁵ lœːŋ²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ kiːm²² jœːŋ²²/

/wɐn⁵⁵ lœːŋ²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ kiːm²² jœːŋ²²/

Zi Qin asked Zi Gong, saying, "When our master comes to any country, he does not fail to learn all about its government. Does he ask his information? or is it given to him?" Zi Gong said, "Our master is benign, upright, courteous, temperate, and complaisant and thus he gets his information. The master's mode of asking information! - is it not different from that of other men?"

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

Zǐ Qín wèn yú Zǐ Gòng yuē: “Fūzǐ zhì yú shì bāng yě, bì wén qí zhèng, qiú zhī yú? Yì yǔ zhī yú?” Zǐ Gòng yuē: “Fūzǐ wēn, liáng, gōng, jiǎn, ràng yǐ dé zhī. Fūzǐ zhī qiú zhī yě, qízhū yì hū rén zhī qiú zhī yú?”

子禽問於子貢曰：「夫子至於是邦也，必聞其政，求之與？抑與之與？」子貢曰：「夫子溫、良、恭、儉、讓以得之。夫子之求之也，其諸異乎人之求之與？」

子禽问于子贡曰：「夫子至于是邦也，必闻其政，求之与？抑与之与？」子贡曰：「夫子温、良、恭、俭、让以得之。夫子之求之也，其诸异乎人之求之与？」

[A] revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery; it cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle, so temperate, kind, courteous, restrained and magnanimous. A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.

1927, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《湖南農民運動考察報告》 (Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

Gémìng bùshì qǐngkè chīfàn, bùshì zuòwénzhāng, bùshì huìhuà xiùhuā, bùnéng nàyàng yǎzhì, nàyàng cóngróngbùpò, wénzhìbīnbīn, nàyàng wēnliánggōngjiǎnràng. Gémìng shì bàodòng, shì yī ge jiējí tuīfān yī ge jiējí de bàoliè xíngdòng.

革命不是請客吃飯，不是做文章，不是繪畫繡花，不能那樣雅致，那樣從容不迫，文質彬彬，那樣溫良恭儉讓。革命是暴動，是一個階級推翻一個階級的暴烈行動。

革命不是请客吃饭，不是做文章，不是绘画绣花，不能那样雅致，那样从容不迫，文质彬彬，那样温良恭俭让。革命是暴动，是一个阶级推翻一个阶级的暴烈行动。

the five Confucian virtues of cordiality, kindness, courtesy, restraint, and modesty


骨肉至親

ㄍㄨˇ ㄖㄡˋ ㄓˋ ㄑㄧㄣ

гужоучжицинь

/ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/

/kʷɐt̚⁵ jʊk̚² t͡siː³³ t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵/

/ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵/

/kʷɐt̚⁵ jʊk̚² t͡siː³³ t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵/


dont tread on me

The phrase was initially rendered as dont tread on me, without apostrophe, as dont was then an accepted contraction of do not. In some later versions, due to standards for apostrophes becoming more strict since the 18th century, the first word was changed to don't.

For the first flag adopted for an armed force raised for the Independence was a rattlesnake with the slogan, "Dont Tread on Me."

1929, West Virginia, West Virginia Blue Book:

Twice in the Navy's history, the union jack has been replaced by a different flag that has been known by several names: “First Navy Jack,” “Navy Jack,” the “Dont Tread on Me” flag, and sometimes “the rattlesnake flag.”

2008 September 1, Thomas J Cutler, NavCivGuide: A Handbook for Civilians in the United States Navy, Naval Institute Press, →ISBN:

Jake browsed for five minutes and spent another two debating between a “Dont Tread on Me” T-shirt that mimicked the popular Gadsden flag showing a coiled snake on a yellow background, and a red hoodie with a “Southern cross” on the back.

2017 December 30, Nathan Birr, Fire & Ice, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 98:

don't tread on me
don't tread on me#English


念念有詞

ㄋㄧㄢˋ ㄋㄧㄢˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄘˊ

/ni̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ni̯ɛn⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰz̩³⁵/

/niːm²² niːm²² jɐu̯¹³ t͡sʰiː²¹/

/niːm²² niːm²² jɐu̯¹³ t͡sʰiː²¹/

to mumble to oneself; to talk to oneself continuously


седьмая вода на киселе

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седьма́я вода́ на киселе́

седьма́я вода́ на киселе́ • (sedʹmája vodá na kiselé) f

седьма́я вода́ на киселе́ (canonical)
sedʹmája vodá na kiselé (romanization)
седьма́я вода́ на киселе́ (nominative singular)
седьмы́е во́ды на киселе́ (nominative plural)
седьмо́й воды́ на киселе́ (genitive singular)
седьмы́х во́д на киселе́ (genitive plural)
седьмо́й воде́ на киселе́ (dative singular)
седьмы́м во́дам на киселе́ (dative plural)
седьму́ю во́ду на киселе́ (accusative singular)
седьмы́х во́д на киселе́ (accusative plural)
седьмо́й водо́й на киселе́ (instrumental singular)
седьмо́ю водо́ю на киселе́ (instrumental singular)
седьмы́ми во́дами на киселе́ (instrumental plural)
седьмо́й воде́ на киселе́ (prepositional singular)
седьмы́х во́дах на киселе́ (plural prepositional)

[sʲɪdʲˈmajə vɐˈda nə‿kʲɪsʲɪˈlʲe]

the seventh water after kissel
the seventh water after kissel

very distant family member (literally, “the seventh water after kissel”)

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for the plot

All senses originate from the phrase sense. Coined as an inspirational phrase by actress and media personality Serena Kerrigan in a video posted to the social media video-sharing service TikTok on 23 July 2021, in which she alluded to every person being the main character of their own storyline: “If something works out, great, and if it doesn't, it's for the plot”. By this, she meant that negative events and obstacles are inevitable in one's life in order to advance “the plot” onto the next plot point (presumably a more positive one) in their life.

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

Everything happens for a reason
everything happens for a reason

(Internet slang, idiomatic) Everything happens for a reason.


for the plot

Originates from a sarcastic Internet meme from c.2011 in which users assert they watch something “for the plot”; often a video or image macro of a risqué or otherwise questionable scene from a work of fiction (originally especially of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic) accompanied with the text “I watch it for the plot” or “I watch [name of the work of fiction] for the plot”.

(slang, humorous) Used to suggest that someone is viewing or reading a piece of media (generally fiction) for reasons other than the storyline, usually because of its visual or sexual appeal.


for the plot

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see for, the, plot.


易學難精

ㄧˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄋㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄥ

исюэнаньцзин

/i⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ nän³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/

/jiː²² hɔːk̚² naːn²¹ t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/

/i⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ nän³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/

/jiː²² hɔːk̚² naːn²¹ t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/

to be easy to pick up but hard to master


miệng ăn núi lở

[miəŋ˧˨ʔ ʔan˧˧ nuj˧˦ ləː˧˩]

[miəŋ˨˩ʔ ʔaŋ˧˧ nuj˨˩˦ ləː˧˨]

[miəŋ˨˩˨ ʔaŋ˧˧ nuj˦˥ ləː˨˩˦]

Literally "just by eating, one can break up a mountain".

(idiomatic) to spend one's money without generating any income; to fritter away a great fortune


la caseta i l'hortet

Literally, “the cottage and the kitchen garden”, popularized by Francesc Macià.

lit

(figurative) an ideology promoting homeownership and self-sufficiency


咸身澹汗

/ham⁵⁵⁻¹¹ siŋ³³⁻²³ tam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kũã¹¹/

/ham⁵⁵⁻¹¹ siŋ³³⁻²³ tam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kũã¹¹/

(Teochew) covered with sweat; sweatsoaked


autant dire

autant dire rien du tout


see you later, baked potato

Chosen for the approximate rhyme; compare tater.

See you later, baked potato!

2009, Susan McQuillan, M.S., R.D., Sesame Workshop, Sesame Street "C" is for Cooking (page 103)

Mummy, don't worry I have not run away again. I am just gone on a importint ^([sic]) mission. It is importint. See you later baked potato.

2024, Matt Coyne, Frank and Red: The heart-warming story of an unlikely friendship:


cherchez l'erreur

/ʃɛʁ.ʃe l‿e.ʁœʁ/

Used to draw one's interlocutor's attention to the curious, contradictory or ironic character of what one has just said.


風高物燥

ㄈㄥ ㄍㄠ ㄨˋ ㄗㄠˋ

фэнгао’уцзао

/fɤŋ⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ u⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/fʊŋ⁵⁵ kou̯⁵⁵ mɐt̚² t͡sʰou̯³³/

/fɤŋ⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ u⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/fʊŋ⁵⁵ kou̯⁵⁵ mɐt̚² t͡sʰou̯³³/


tapos ang kuwento

tl-head

tapós ang kuwento (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜉᜓᜐ᜔ ᜀᜅ᜔ ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

tapós ang kuwento (canonical)
ᜆᜉᜓᜐ᜔ ᜀᜅ᜔ ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ (Baybayin)

Loose calque of English end of story. Literally, “story is finished”.

end of story (that is the definitive fact; there can be no argument)


و غیره

→ Marathi: वगैरे (vagaire)

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: वग़ैरह (vaġairah)

Urdu: وَغَیرَہْ (vaġairah)

Probably a spelling pronunciation of Arabic وَغَيْرُهُ (waḡayruhu, literally “and other than it”).


tapos ang usapan

tl-head

tapós ang usapan (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜉᜓᜐ᜔ ᜀᜅ᜔ ᜂᜐᜉᜈ᜔)

tapós ang usapan (canonical)
ᜆᜉᜓᜐ᜔ ᜀᜅ᜔ ᜂᜐᜉᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[t̪ɐˌpos ʔɐŋ ʔʊˈsaː.pɐn̪]

Loose calque of English end of discussion. Literally, “conversation is finished”.

end of discussion (that is the definitive fact; there can be no argument)


冇眼屎乾淨盲

/mou̯¹³ ŋaːn¹³ siː³⁵ kɔːn⁵⁵ t͡sɛːŋ²² maːŋ²¹/

2017, 李專, 誰都懂叫你放手，但誰懂得教你怎樣放手？, Hong Kong: 日閲堂出版社, →ISBN, page 41:

gaa² jyu⁴ nei⁵ han² lek¹ lek¹ zyu¹, nang⁴ gau³ han² sam¹ jat¹ dim², jau⁶ waak⁶ ze² deoi³ fong¹ sat⁶ zoi⁶ soeng¹ dak¹ han² sam¹ han² sam¹, cing² zaau² tin¹ faan¹ ceot¹ so² jau⁵ taa¹ sung³ nei⁵ dik¹ lai⁵ mat⁶, cing⁴ syu¹ wo⁴ taa¹ fong³ zoi⁶ nei⁵ gaa¹ leoi⁵ dik¹ dung¹ sai¹, cit³ dai² hei³ diu⁶, mou⁵ ngaan⁵ si² gon¹ zeng⁶ maang⁴.

假如你很叻叻豬，能夠狠心一點，又或者對方實在傷得很深很深，請找天翻出所有他送你的禮物、情書和他放在你家裏的東西，徹底棄掉，冇眼屎乾淨盲。

假如你很叻叻猪，能够狠心一点，又或者对方实在伤得很深很深，请找天翻出所有他送你的礼物、情书和他放在你家里的东西，彻底弃掉，冇眼屎干净盲。

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

(Cantonese) to rather ignore or give up something for peace of mind than get upset over it; to turn a blind eye to something; out of sight, out of mind


O.B.O.

(colloquial) Alternative letter-case form of OBO: or best offer


the wheels fall off

the wheels fell off
the wheels fell off#English


汗流汁滴

/kuã³³⁻¹¹ lau²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sap̚³²⁻⁴ tiʔ³²/

/kuã³³⁻²¹ lau²³⁻³³ t͡sap̚³²⁻⁴ tiʔ³²/

/kũã¹¹ lau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sap̚²⁻⁴ tiʔ²/

/kuã³³⁻¹¹ lau²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sap̚³²⁻⁴ tiʔ³²/

/kuã³³⁻²¹ lau²³⁻³³ t͡sap̚³²⁻⁴ tiʔ³²/

/kũã¹¹ lau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sap̚²⁻⁴ tiʔ²/

(Southern Min) with sweat trickling down; drenched in sweat


雷公劈豆腐——搵軟嘅嚟蝦

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雷公劈豆腐——搵軟嘅嚟蝦

雷公劈豆腐——搵软嘅嚟虾

The thunder strikes on a piece of tofu - bullying a soft thing

/lɵy̯²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ pʰɛːk̚³ tɐu̯²² fuː²² wɐn³⁵ jyːn¹³ kɛː³³ lɐi̯²¹ haː⁵⁵/

/lɵy̯²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ pʰɛːk̚³ tɐu̯²² fuː²² wɐn³⁵ jyːn¹³ kɛː³³ lei̯²¹ haː⁵⁵/


κἀκεῖθεν

κᾱ̓κεῖθεν • (kākeîthen)

κᾱ̓κεῖθεν (canonical)
kākeîthen (romanization)

Contraction of καὶ ἐκεῖθεν (kaì ekeîthen): and then


賊眉鼠眼

ㄗㄟˊ ㄇㄟˊ ㄕㄨˇ ㄧㄢˇ

цзэймэйшуянь

/t͡seɪ̯³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰaːk̚² mei̯²¹ syː³⁵ ŋaːn¹³/

/t͡seɪ̯³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰaːk̚² mei̯²¹ syː³⁵ ŋaːn¹³/

to look shifty or furtive; to look like a crook


I think therefore I am

I think, therefore I am
I think, therefore I am#English

Alternative form of I think, therefore I am.


packing for Perth

In reference to the fact that Perth has a large South African Australian community (likely due to its closer proximity to Africa than the rest of Australia). The initialism of this phrase is "PFP", which was also used as an abbreviation for the Progressive Federal Party, a liberal and anti-apartheid political party that existed from 1977 until 1989 that drew the majority of its support from White South Africans who spoke English as their first language.

(South Africa, informal) the migration of South Africans (particularly White South Africans) to Australia (especially to the city of Perth in Western Australia)


賊眉賊眼

ㄗㄟˊ ㄇㄟˊ ㄗㄟˊ ㄧㄢˇ

цзэймэйцзэйянь

/t͡seɪ̯³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵ t͡seɪ̯³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰaːk̚² mei̯²¹ t͡sʰaːk̚² ŋaːn¹³/

/t͡seɪ̯³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵ t͡seɪ̯³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰaːk̚² mei̯²¹ t͡sʰaːk̚² ŋaːn¹³/


được ăn cả, ngã về không

[ʔɗɨək̚˧˨ʔ ʔan˧˧ kaː˧˩ ŋaː˦ˀ˥ ve˨˩ xəwŋ͡m˧˧]

[ʔɗɨək̚˨˩ʔ ʔaŋ˧˧ kaː˧˨ ŋaː˧˨ vej˦˩ kʰəwŋ͡m˧˧]

[ʔɗɨək̚˨˩ʔ ʔaŋ˧˧ kaː˧˨ ŋaː˧˨ vej˦˩ xəwŋ͡m˧˧]

[ʔɗɨək̚˨˩˨ ʔaŋ˧˧ kaː˨˩˦ ŋaː˨˩˦ vej˨˩ kʰəwŋ͡m˧˧]

[ʔɗɨək̚˨˩˨ ʔaŋ˧˧ kaː˨˩˦ ŋaː˨˩˦ jej˨˩ xəwŋ͡m˧˧]

it's all-or-nothing; you either go big or go home


I think; therefore, I am

In De corpore, Hobbes brags that political science is no older than he. For him, science consists of definitions and the consequences of these definitions. As such, all the propositions of science are necessary and a priori. This is how Hobbes thinks that he avoids skepticism (not “I think; therefore, I am,” but “I define x as y; therefore, x is y”).

2012, A[loysius] P[atrick] Martinich, “Law and Self-Preservation in Leviathan: On Misunderstanding Hobbes’s Philosophy, 1650–1700”, in Chris L. Firestone, Nathan A. Jacobs, editors, The Persistence of the Sacred in Modern Thought, Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, →ISBN, page 46:

We love our minds so much in this culture. I think; therefore, I am! My opinions are super important and also witty and smart—I think I will broadcast them all over the Internet! Our minds are everything.

2015, Michelle Tea, “The Baddest Buddhist”, in How to Grow Up: A Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Plume, →ISBN, page 171:

Surely atoms cannot be combined in such a way to create life, much less to think. Or can they? I think; therefore, I am, indeed.

2017, Don Carswell, “An Unexpected Trip”, in Look at the Sun: A Coming-of-Middle-Age Journey, [Pennsauken, N.J.]: [BookBaby], →ISBN, page 176:


three bags full, Sir

Because, if he speaks his truth, he may no longer have a job and so, instead of living his truth, he says: “Yes, Sir; of course, sir. Three bags full, Sir.” He gives his power away.

2001, Barbel Mohr, translated by Heike Müller, “How Do I Learn to Listen to My Inner Voice?”, in The Cosmic Ordering Service, Charlottesville, Va.: Hampton Roads Publishing Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 31:

‘Two coffees,’ he told the girl politely, adding, ‘And some of these cake things I saw in the kitchen.’ / ‘Treacle oaties, Sir,’ the young girl said, bobbing. ‘Yes, thank you, Sir.’ / Harry caught Anna’s frown, but she waited until the door closed before venting her disapproval. / ‘Yes, Sir, no, Sir, three bags full, Sir. How ghastly! And the starched pinny, and the lace cap!’

2012, Liz Todd, Shame the Devil, London: Olympia Publishers, →ISBN, part 3, chapter 1, page 246:

“[…] Oh and when she’s nice and settled, then you can roll out the jenny again, OK?” / “Yessir. Three bags full, Sir. And while I’m doing all that?”

2013, Theo Dorgan, chapter 27, in Making Way: A Novel, Dublin: New Island, →ISBN, page 170:

“You know, Sergeant, you are not seeing the big picture. This is a real opportunity to enhance your resume with this type of field research.” / “Like I said, Sir,” I stopped walking and turned to face Mr. Douglas and continued, “three bags full, Sir.”

2013, Bill Fortin, “Junkyard Friendship”, in Red Eye Fulda Cold: A Cold War Novel, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, part II (Growing Up in Gelnhausen), page 158:

She was dismissed. “Thanks Shona. Keep me updated with any new developments. Immediately,” said the Chief. / “Of course, Sir.” Three bags full, Sir. How was she meant to solve a murder with every official in the city breathing down her neck?

2014, Wendy H. Jones, “November 2012”, in Killer’s Countdown (The DI Shona McKenzie Series; 1), [Dundee]: Scott and Lawson, →ISBN, page 84:

Three times in three minutes he had felt a need to comment on my perceived tardiness in returning to the task of arming. I was pissed off with his attitude and as he passed I said: “Yes Sir, three bags full, Sir. Life as a f . . . ing staff sergeant must be hard to take if all you have to do is walk up and down throwing your f . . . ing rank around.”

2016, Brian Florence, History of 1 Field Squadron Group, Royal Australian Engineers, SVN, 1965–1972, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, published 2021, →ISBN, pages 214–215:

I spent so much time conforming to other people’s points of views and opinions over the years, “Yes, Sir.” “No, Sir.” “Three bags full, Sir!” Well no more, the worm has turned!

2017, Claudine Pereira, “What Would I Tell My Younger Self?”, in Live Out Loud (The Sisterhood Chronicles), Creative Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 140:

three bags full, sir
three bags full, sir#English

Alternative letter-case form of three bags full, sir.


欲言又止

ㄩˋ ㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄡˋ ㄓˇ

/y⁵¹ jɛn³⁵ joʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jʊk̚² jiːn²¹ jɐu̯²² t͡siː³⁵/

/y⁵¹ jɛn³⁵ joʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jʊk̚² jiːn²¹ jɐu̯²² t͡siː³⁵/


шонем, тугеже улам

шонем, тугеже улам • (šońem, tugeže ulam)

šońem (romanization)
tugeže ulam (romanization)

I think, therefore I am
I think, therefore I am

(philosophy) cogito, ergo sum, I think, therefore I am


geen man overboord

Compare French il n’y a pas mort d’homme.


нитакой как фсе

нитако́й как фсе

нитако́й как фсе • (nitakój kak fse)

нитако́й как фсе (canonical)
nitakój kak fse (romanization)

не тако́й как все
не такой как все#Russian

Deliberate misspelling of не тако́й как все (ne takój kak vse).


در ملا عام

[d̪äɾ mä.lɑ́ː.ʔɪ ˈɑːm]

[d̪æɹ mæ.lɒ́ː.ʔe ˈɒːm]


denkste

Contraction of [das] denkst du (“[that's what] you think”). See denken, -e.

contraction

Um den Vertrag zu kündigen, muss ich einfach da anrufen, oder? — Denkste! So leicht machen die es dir nicht.

To cancel the contract, I just have to call them, right? — Pah! If only they made it that easy.

(sarcastic, chiefly Germany) Used to dismiss an idea as ridiculous or nonsensical; you wish! if only!


they hit the Pentagon

Originated from an exchange in a May 2020 OneyPlays let's play video about recording said video on a short notice: Lyle jokes that Chris shook him awake and Zach chimes in, shouting:
Lyle, Lyle turn on the TV they hit the Pentagon! They hit the fucking Pentagon, Lyle!
in reference to the September 11 attacks. Popularized widely by a viral image macro of a character from the 2022 animated film Turning Red, using the phrase "They hit the fucking Pentagon," in reference to discussion surrounding a viral remark that the film, set in 2002, did not mention the September 11 attacks.

(Internet slang, humorous) Used to indicate that an event or news of an event is cause for alarm.


не такой, как все

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не тако́й, как все

не тако́й, как все • (ne takój, kak vse)

не тако́й (canonical)
как все (canonical)
ne takój (romanization)
kak vse (romanization)

Вы и в самом деле не такой, как все: вы вот теперь не постыдились же признаться в дурном и даже смешном.

1880, Fyodor Dostoevsky, “Book X. Chapter 6. Precocity”, in The Brothers Karamazov:

You really are not like everyone else, here you are not ashamed to confess to something bad and even ridiculous.

Vy i v samom dele ne takoj, kak vse: vy vot teperʹ ne postydilisʹ že priznatʹsja v durnom i daže smešnom.

Тебе повезло, ты не такой, как все. Ты работаешь в офисе.

2003, Leningrad (lyrics and music), “Менеджер [Manager]”:

You are a lucky one unlike all those. You've got an office job, I suppose...

Tebe povezlo, ty ne takoj, kak vse. Ty rabotaješʹ v ofise.


не такой как все

не тако́й как все

не тако́й как все • (ne takój kak vse)

не тако́й как все (canonical)
ne takój kak vse (romanization)
не́ тако́й как все (nominative singular)
не́ таки́е как все (nominative plural)
не́ тако́го как все (genitive singular)
не́ таки́х как все (genitive plural)
не́ тако́му как все (dative singular)
не́ таки́м как все (dative plural)
не́ тако́го как все (accusative singular)
не́ таки́х как все (accusative plural)
не́ таки́м как все (instrumental singular)
не́ таки́ми как все (instrumental plural)
не́ тако́м как все (prepositional singular)
не́ таки́х как все (plural prepositional)

не тако́й, как все
не такой, как все#Russian

Misspelling of не тако́й, как все (ne takój, kak vse).

очередной "не такой как все"

(Internet slang, ironic) one who claims to be not like the others or described in such manner


перкан лийже

перкан лийже!

перкан лийже! • (perkan ĺijže!)

перкан лийже ! (canonical)
perkan ĺijže! (romanization)

Compound of перкан (perkan) + лийже (ĺijže).


o.n.o.

Alternative form of ono (“or nearest offer”)


大吉利事

/taːi̯²² kɐt̚⁵ lɐi̯²² siː²²/

/taːi̯²² kɐt̚⁵ lei̯²² siː²²/

/taːi̯²² kɐt̚⁵ lɐi̯²² siː²²/

/taːi̯²² kɐt̚⁵ lei̯²² siː²²/

大吉利市 大吉利市#Chinese

(Cantonese) Alternative form of 大吉利市 (“touch wood”)


大吉利是

/taːi̯²² kɐt̚⁵ lɐi̯²² siː²²/

/taːi̯²² kɐt̚⁵ lei̯²² siː²²/

/tʰaɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ kit̚¹ li⁵³⁻⁵⁵ sz̩⁵³/

/taːi̯²² kɐt̚⁵ lɐi̯²² siː²²/

/taːi̯²² kɐt̚⁵ lei̯²² siː²²/

/tʰaɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ kit̚¹ li⁵³⁻⁵⁵ sz̩⁵³/

大吉利市 大吉利市#Chinese


啋過你把口

/t͡sʰɔːi̯⁵⁵ kʷɔː³³ nei̯¹³ paː³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/

/t͡sʰɔːi̯⁵⁵ kʷɔː³³ nei̯¹³ paː³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/

啋過你把衰口

啋过你把衰口

(Cantonese) phrase used to admonish someone for saying or mentioning something inauspicious or unpleasant; touch wood


會曉偷食，𣍐曉拭喙

to know how to eat on the sly, but not know how to wipe one's mouth

/e³³⁻¹¹ hiau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siaʔ⁴ bue³³⁻¹¹ hiau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰui¹¹/

/e²²⁻²¹ hiau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siaʔ⁴ bue²²⁻²¹ hiau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰui²¹/

/e²² hiau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰau³³ t͡siaʔ²⁴ bue²² hiau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰit̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰui⁴¹/

/e²²⁻²¹ hiau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siaʔ¹²¹ be²²⁻²¹ hiau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰui²¹/

/e³³⁻²¹ hiau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰau⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siaʔ⁴ be³³⁻²¹ hiau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰui²¹/

(Hokkien) to do something bad and not know how to destroy evidence and deal with the aftermath


語死早

/y²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/y²¹⁴⁻³⁵ sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Short for 語文老師死得早／语文老师死得早 (yǔwén lǎoshī sǐ de zǎo, “My Chinese teacher died too early”).

zh-etym-short

(Mainland China, Internet slang, self-deprecatory) Used for joking one's poor ability in writing.


Crimea river

A jocular play on the phrase cry me a river, due to its similar pronunciation. Popularized c. 2014, during Russia's annexation of Crimea.

(Internet slang, derogatory, humorous) A sarcastic and unsympathetic response to someone who is complaining or whining.


durdadhehwi

[dʏrˈdaðɛˌʍiː]

Contraction of Duw roy dydh da dhywgh hwi; "God give good day to you."


張樣張相

/tĩõ³³⁻²³ ĩõ¹¹ tĩõ³³⁻²³ sĩõ²¹³/

/tĩõ³³⁻²³ ĩõ¹¹ tĩõ³³⁻²³ sĩõ²¹³/

(Teochew) to behave in an affected way; to put on an act


reim dich oder ich fress dich

Literally, “rhyme yourself or I’ll eat you!”, which must be understood as though spoken by the poet to the poem.

lit

(humorous) said about a poem or song that is characterized by forced or bad rhymes


一国二制度

ja-pos

一(いっ)国(こく)二(に)制(せい)度(ど) • (ikkoku ni seido)

一国二制度 (canonical)
ikkoku ni seido (romanization)

Calque of Chinese 一國兩制／一国两制 (yī guó liǎng zhì).

cal

one country, two systems
one country, two systems


過咗海就係神仙

As long as you can cross the sea, you can become an immortal

/kʷɔː³³ t͡sɔː³⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵ t͡sɐu̯²² hɐi̯²² sɐn²¹ siːn⁵⁵/

(Cantonese) to not care about what happen afterwards once the target is reached


se non vado errato

Serve a, diciamo, immaginare che anche nel nostro sistema, poiché a un grande potere corrisponde sempre una grande responsabilità... come diceva, credo, l'uomo ragno se non vado errata... è giusto che i magistrati, quando sbagliano, vengano sanzionati.

2024 June 3, Quarta Repubblica, season 6, spoken by Giorgia Meloni:

It is necessary, let's say, to immagine that even in our system, given that a great power always corresponds to a great responsibility... as was said, I believe, by Spider-Man if I am not mistaken... it is right that judges, when they make mistakes, are sanctioned.


甘居人後

ㄍㄢ ㄐㄩ ㄖㄣˊ ㄏㄡˋ

ганьцзюйжэньхоу

/kän⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹/

/kän⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹/

to be content with falling behind others


清靜無為

ㄑㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄨˊ ㄨㄟˊ

цинцзинъувэй

/t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹ u³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹ u³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/


孤魂野鬼

ㄍㄨ ㄏㄨㄣˊ ㄧㄝˇ ㄍㄨㄟˇ

/ku⁵⁵ xu̯ən³⁵ jɛ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kuː⁵⁵ wɐn²¹ jɛː¹³ kʷɐi̯³⁵/

/ku⁵⁵ xu̯ən³⁵ jɛ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kuː⁵⁵ wɐn²¹ jɛː¹³ kʷɐi̯³⁵/

(religion) wandering soul that is unable to reincarnate

(figurative) one who is in difficult circumstances and has nobody to lean on


låt gå

From låt (“let”) + gå (“go”). Compare "anything goes," "let something go / pass," and the like in English.

Egentligen måste ni bifoga en G7-blankett också, men låt gå för den här gången

Strictly speaking, you must include a G7 form as well, but I'll accept it this time [but let go for this time]

Hon brukar vara i tid och går igenom en skilsmässa, så låt gå för denna gång

She's usually on time and is going through a divorce, so I'll let it slide this time [so let go for this time]

Låt gå för att processen behöver ändras, men kasta inte ut barnet med badvattnet

Granted [let go for that], the process needs to change, but don't throw the baby out with the bathwater

låt gå-mentalitet

Expresses (grudgingly) accepting or allowing something.


к чёртовой матери

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к чё́ртовой ма́тери

к чё́ртовой ма́тери • (k čórtovoj máteri)

к чё́ртовой ма́тери (canonical)
k čórtovoj máteri (romanization)

[ˈk‿t͡ɕɵrtəvəj ˈmatʲɪrʲɪ]

— Гони́ его́ к чё́ртовой ма́тери, — моното́нно сказа́л Пе́рсиков и смахну́л ка́рточку под стол.

1925, Михаил Булгаков [Mikhail Bulgakov], “Глава 4. Попадья Дроздова”, in Роковые яйца; English translation from K. M. Cook-Horujy, transl., The Fateful Eggs, Moscow: Raduga Publishers, 1990:

"Tell him to go to blazes," said Persikov flatly, tossing the card under the table.

— Goní jevó k čórtovoj máteri, — monotónno skazál Pérsikov i smaxnúl kártočku pod stol.


kuin palmun alta

Perhaps because palm trees are stereotypical of warm climates, and some cars and similar machines tend to have problems getting going when in cold weather.

lähteä kuin palmun alta

(idiomatic) very smoothly and/or quickly (in verb phrases describing starting up, especially in reference to vehicles or machines)


mene ja tiedä

Literally, “go and know”, adopted to literary language from the eastern Finnish dialects. If originally mene tiedä (literally “go know”), perhaps a calque of Russian поди знай (podi znaj).

Alternative form: mene tiedä


kuin Ruuneperi

Literally, “like Runeberg”, after Johan Ludvig Runeberg, famed Finnish poet

Alternative form: kuin ruuneperi

(simile) floridly, flowerily, very fluently, very well (of language, speech, text, etc., by extension sometimes of e.g. lying in a believable way)


een appel en een ei

Literally, “an apple and an egg”. Compare German 'n Appel und 'n Ei.

Deze tweedehands platenspeler kostte een appel en een ei.

This secondhand record player cost peanuts.


dattebayo

From a sentence-end hereditary verbal tic of the titular protagonist of Naruto, perceived as a catchphrase due to its translation into English as "Believe it!": だ (da, auxiliary) + ってば (tteba, informal emphatic particle) + よ (yo, emphatic particle).

ja-compound

I wanna play APEX with neechans too...dattebayo...

i don't judge ppl for this bc like. if it gets you to do it. hell yeah brother grab that toothbrush dattebayo

(originally fandom slang, humorous) An expression of affirmation.


奇難雜症

ㄑㄧˊ ㄋㄢˊ ㄗㄚˊ ㄓㄥˋ

цинаньцзачжэн

/t͡ɕʰi³⁵ nän³⁵ t͡sä³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/

/kʰei̯²¹ naːn²¹ t͡saːp̚² t͡sɪŋ³³/

/t͡ɕʰi³⁵ nän³⁵ t͡sä³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/

/kʰei̯²¹ naːn²¹ t͡saːp̚² t͡sɪŋ³³/

(medicine) obscure disease or disease difficult to treat

(figuratively) problem difficult to tackle


man overboord

(nautical) A cry used to announce that one of the crew or passengers has fallen over the side of the vessel: man overboard!


rifle is fine

From the phrase "the rifle is fine" with the definite article removed, imitative of the stereotypical mistakes in English speech that a native speaker of a Slavic language, many of which do not have or do not frequently use articles, may make.
Originally an internet meme, popularized in a series of copypastas, posted in 2010 on the 4chan board /k/ (Weapons) by a user under the name "Ivan Chesnokov," facetiously decrying other users for wishing to add aftermarket accessories to their Kalashnikov rifles. The original Ivan Chesnokov spawned a number of imitators and humorous derivatives that helped popularize the term on 4chan and on other firearm and military-focused communities on the internet.

You don't want a new handguard for that? ― Of course not. Rifle is fine.

(Internet slang, humorous) Expresses the belief that something, particularly a firearm, is sufficient for its given purpose, and that any suggested improvements would be unnecessary or a detriment.

(Internet slang, humorous, sarcastic) Used to mock the belief that something, particularly a firearm, is sufficient, when it is perceived by the speaker to be obviously obsolete or ineffective in the face of better alternatives offered.


маранмэ льиэ

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маранмэ льиэ (maranme ļie)


мэдинь

мэдинь (mediņ)


一腹火

/t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² pak̚³²⁻⁴ he⁵³/

/t͡sit̚²⁴⁻² pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ hə⁵⁵⁴/

/t͡sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ pak̚³²⁻⁵ hue⁵³/

/t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² pak̚³²⁻⁴ he⁵³/

/t͡sit̚²⁴⁻² pak̚⁵⁻²⁴ hə⁵⁵⁴/

/t͡sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ pak̚³²⁻⁵ hue⁵³/

(Hokkien) to be furious; to be full of pent-up anger


一肚子氣

ㄧ ㄉㄨˋ ˙ㄗ ㄑㄧˋ

/i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ tu⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/

/jɐt̚⁵ tʰou̯¹³ t͡siː³⁵ hei̯³³/

/i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ tu⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/

/jɐt̚⁵ tʰou̯¹³ t͡siː³⁵ hei̯³³/


dan ook

hoe dan ook

anyway, regardless, no matter what, one way or another

wie dan ook

wat dan ook

waar dan ook

wanneer dan ook


не этип турасан

не этип турасан?


得人疼，較好拍拚

/tit̚³²⁻⁴ laŋ²⁴⁻²² tʰiã²¹ kʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ piã²¹/

/tit̚³²⁻⁵ laŋ¹³⁻²² tʰiã²¹ kʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ho⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰa(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ piã²¹/

/tit̚⁵⁻²⁴ laŋ²⁴⁻²² tʰiã⁴¹ kʰa(ʔ)⁵ ho⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pʰa(ʔ)⁵ piã⁴¹/

(Hokkien) the benefits of working hard cannot compare to that of being loved and adored (by one's superiors, etc.)


duly noted

Expressing that something has been properly acknowledged or recorded.


om het even

om het even wat

om het even wie

om het even waar

Ik lust zowel bier als wijn; het is mij om het even.

I like both beer and wine, to me it makes no difference.


拿苦來辛

ㄋㄚˊ ㄎㄨˇ ㄌㄞˊ ㄒㄧㄣ

/nä³⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ laɪ̯³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/

/naː²¹ fuː³⁵ lɔːi̯²¹ sɐn⁵⁵/

/nä³⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ laɪ̯³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/

/naː²¹ fuː³⁵ lɔːi̯²¹ sɐn⁵⁵/

make a rod for one's own back
make a rod for one's own back

(Hong Kong) to ask for trouble; to make a rod for one's own back


聯群結隊

ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄩㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄉㄨㄟˋ

ляньцюньцзедуй

/li̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰyn³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/lyːn²¹ kʷʰɐn²¹ kiːt̚³ tɵy̯²²/

/li̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰyn³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/lyːn²¹ kʷʰɐn²¹ kiːt̚³ tɵy̯²²/

(chiefly Cantonese) to gather in groups; to gather in crowds; to band together


逍遙自在

ㄒㄧㄠ ㄧㄠˊ ㄗˋ ㄗㄞˋ

сяояоцзыцзай

/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹/

/siːu̯⁵⁵ jiːu̯²¹ t͡siː²² t͡sɔːi̯²²/

/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹/

/siːu̯⁵⁵ jiːu̯²¹ t͡siː²² t͡sɔːi̯²²/

free and unfettered; leisurely and carefree


funny that

(slang, informal) Used to express a strange or unusual happening or occurrence.


GMI

(Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of gonna make it.


無利可圖

ㄨˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄊㄨˊ

/u³⁵ li⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰu³⁵/

/mou̯²¹ lei̯²² hɔː³⁵ tʰou̯²¹/

/bɤ²³⁻³³ li³³⁻²¹ kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɔ²³/

/bo²⁴⁻¹¹ li³³⁻¹¹ kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔ²⁴/

/u³⁵ li⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰu³⁵/

/mou̯²¹ lei̯²² hɔː³⁵ tʰou̯²¹/

/bɤ²³⁻³³ li³³⁻²¹ kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɔ²³/

/bo²⁴⁻¹¹ li³³⁻¹¹ kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔ²⁴/


失覺

/sɐt̚⁵ kɔːk̚³/

/sɐt̚⁵ kɔːk̚³/

失覺嗮／失觉嗮 [Cantonese] ― sat¹ gok³ saai³ [Jyutping]


損兵折將

ㄙㄨㄣˇ ㄅㄧㄥ ㄓㄜˊ ㄐㄧㄤˋ

суньбинчжэцзян

/su̯ən²¹⁴⁻²¹ piŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/

/syːn³⁵ pɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡siːt̚³ t͡sœːŋ³³/

/su̯ən²¹⁴⁻²¹ piŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/

/syːn³⁵ pɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡siːt̚³ t͡sœːŋ³³/


if there ever was one

He got so fiendy finally that Mrs. Ford—she’s a dear if there ever was one—went up and put her arms around his neck, so as to stop him by a kiss.

1915 September, Robert Grant, chapter XXII, in The High Priestess, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 375:

Besides coming in several hippie-ish colors (i.e. not black) and being almost impossible to cradle under your chin (a harbinger of the cellular miniphone if there ever was one), the single most telling characteristic of the Ericaphone was that it did not ring.

2003 July 6, Steve Batie, “I can hear buzzing in my ears”, in Lincoln Journal Star, Lincoln, Neb., page 1G:

That's how ugly she was—ugly by virtue of the fact that she was unmemorable, a slab of alabaster awaiting a sculptor who never arrived, a "nothing burger" if there ever was one.

2000 September, Lucinda Rosenfeld, “Jason Barry Gold, or ‘The Varsity Lacrosse Stud’”, in What She Saw […], New York, N.Y.: Anchor Books, Random House, published September 2001, →ISBN, page 60:

if ever there was one
if ever there was one#English

Alternative form of if ever there was one.


no deal

(slang, informal) Used to indicate that one refuses or rejects an offer, plan, or request in question.


here's the deal

Here’s the deal. I’m going to start throwing rocks at you and everyone you love. Fuck you.

2024 May 16, very tall bart, [YTP] State of the Union, spoken by Jordan Peterson (Jordan Peterson):

(slang, informal) Here is what is happening; this is the situation; this is what is going on.


tokens get spent

2023, “Tokens get spent OPINION: Proud Boy Enrique Tarrio as well as Black Trump supporters and employees Harrison Floyd and Trevian Kutti had to FAFO the hard way.”, in thegrio.com:

people who allow themselves to be tokenized will suffer the consequences of the policies they supported


ܦܪܘܚ ܡܐܟܐ

aii-phrase

ܦܪܘܿܚ ܡܐܵܟ݂ܵܐ

ܦܪܘܿܚ ܡܐܵܟ݂ܵܐ • (prōḥ mˀāḵā)

ܦܪܘܿܚ ܡܐܵܟ݂ܵܐ (canonical)
prōḥ mˀāḵā (romanization)

[pəroxːməʔɑːxɑː]

(slang) Literally, “Fly out of here”, get out of here, get lost


per si mem

by itself, without accompaniment or intermediary


蛇頭鼠眼

ㄕㄜˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄕㄨˇ ㄧㄢˇ

/ʂɤ³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sɛː²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ syː³⁵ ŋaːn¹³/

/ʂɤ³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sɛː²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ syː³⁵ ŋaːn¹³/

to look ugly and shifty; to be obnoxious in appearance and cunning-looking


遠見卓識

ㄩㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄕˊ

ㄩㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄕˋ

юаньцзяньчжоши

/ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/

/ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/jyːn¹³ kiːn³³ t͡sʰœːk̚³ sɪk̚⁵/

/ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/

/ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/jyːn¹³ kiːn³³ t͡sʰœːk̚³ sɪk̚⁵/


umali kayo

From umali (“come”) + kayo (“you (plural)”).


naimbag a rabii

ilo-head

naimbag a rabii (Kur-itan spelling ᜈᜁᜋ᜔ᜊᜄ᜔ ᜀ ᜎᜊᜒᜁ)


kaasiannakami

kaasiannakami (Kur-itan spelling ᜃᜀᜐᜒᜀᜈ᜔ᜈᜃᜋᜒ)

From kaasi (“mercy”) + -an + -na + -kami (“us”)

affix

Sika a mangikkat kadagiti basbasol ti lubong, kaassiannakami

2017, Diocese of Baguio, “Gloria [Glory]”, in Aweng Rambak: Hymnal of the Diocese of Baguio (overall work in English, Tagalog, Ilocano, and Kankanaey), Baguio: Diocese of Baguio, page 71

You who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us


you kiss your father with that mouth

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(do) you kiss your father with that mouth?

you kiss your mother with that mouth#English

Synonym of you kiss your mother with that mouth


(do) you kiss your grandfather with that mouth?


hindi ko po alam

tl-head

hindî ko pô alám (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒ ᜃᜓ ᜉᜓ ᜀᜎᜋ᜔)

hindî ko pô alám (canonical)
ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒ ᜃᜓ ᜉᜓ ᜀᜎᜋ᜔ (Baybayin)

¡Hindî co po alám, guinoong babae, cung anó ang gágawin sa akin ng̃ Dios!—ang isinagót ni matandáng Tasio na nag-iísip-ísip.

1891, Jose Rizal, Noli me tangere, Translated into Tagalog by Pascual Poblete, published 1906, page 117:

Respectfully, I don't know, miss, on what God will do to me!—answered the old Tasio that is double-thinking.


hindi ko alam

hindî ko alám (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒ ᜃᜓ ᜀᜎᜋ᜔)

hindî ko alám (canonical)
ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒ ᜃᜓ ᜀᜎᜋ᜔ (Baybayin)

Sa pagca't kinacailang̃an niyáng mabuhay, at hindi pahintulot sa canyá ang magtrabajo ng̃ mabigát na macasisirà ng̃ aming capurihan, nagtamó siyá, hindî co alám cung sino ang sa canyá'y nagbigáy, ng̃ catungculang pagca manining̃il ng̃ buwís ng̃ mg̃a carruaje, calesa at ibá pang sasacyán.

1891, Jose Rizal, Noli me tangere, Translated into Tagalog by Pascual Poblete, published 1906, page 41:

Because [he] needed to live, and it is not a roadblock for [him] to work hard that it'll destroy our purity, [he] acquired, I don't know who gave, a job collecting taxes on the carriages, kalesas, and other vehicles.


crack kills

(slang, sarcastic, humorous) Used to warn others of the dangers of crack cocaine and drugs in general.


the math ain't mathing

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-the math ain't mathing.wav

(slang, humorous, Canada, US) Something is incorrect or unreasonable; something doesn't add up or makes no sense.


if I fits, I sits

if it fits, I sits
if it fits, I sits#English


if it fits, I sits

Chosen for the rhyme. The expression stems from a jocular wordplay on the slogan "If It Fits, It Ships" adopted by the USPS for its holiday advertising campaign in 2009. Its earliest known appearance is from an image macro series posted on the ICanHasCheezburger blog on October 10th, 2011.

(Internet, humorous) A domestic cat, out of instinctual habit, will sit in any empty box or other container of any size that is left unattended.


co tam

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


一沉百踩

/jɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰɐm²¹ paːk̚³ t͡sʰaːi̯³⁵/

/jɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰɐm²¹ paːk̚³ t͡sʰaːi̯³⁵/

(Cantonese) someone who is experiencing misfortune is further bullied or taunted by others


國是日非

ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄕˋ ㄖˋ ㄈㄟ

/ku̯ɔ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵/

/ku̯ɔ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵/

the state of affairs in the country is deteriorating day by day


萬萬不可

ㄨㄢˋ ㄨㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ

ваньваньбукэ

/wän⁵¹⁻⁵³ wän⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/maːn²² maːn²² pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵/

/wän⁵¹⁻⁵³ wän⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/maːn²² maːn²² pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵/


sereg di buana, logor di liang jarum

Literally, “too tight [to fit] within this world, but fits loosely within the eye of a needle”.

a phrase that explains someone who does not dare to show themselves in public and therefore feels most safe laying low in secret. Usually due to their mistakes, faults, or sins.


kunna meir enn sitt Fadervår

Literally, “to know more than her/his paternoster”. The word sitt may be skipped or replaced by other pronoun.


誓不兩立

ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄌㄧˋ

/ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹/

/sɐi̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ lœːŋ¹³ laːp̚²/

/se²¹⁻⁴¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ liɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lip̚⁴/

/se¹¹⁻⁵³ put̚³²⁻⁴ liɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lip̚⁴/

/ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹/

/sɐi̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ lœːŋ¹³ laːp̚²/

/se²¹⁻⁴¹ put̚³²⁻⁴ liɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lip̚⁴/

/se¹¹⁻⁵³ put̚³²⁻⁴ liɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lip̚⁴/

mutually exclusive; extremely antagonistic; irreconcilable


swa lange swa

From swā (“as”) + lange (“long, for a long time”)

10th Century, Vercelli Homily X, quoting Matthew 10:42

As long as you do this...I will give you eternal reward in heaven

Swā lange swā ġē hit dōþ...Iċ ēow sylle ēcne ġefēan in heofonum


加官進爵

ㄐㄧㄚ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ

цзягуаньцзиньцзюэ

/t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/

/kaː⁵⁵ kuːn⁵⁵ t͡sɵn³³ t͡sœːk̚³/

/t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/

/kaː⁵⁵ kuːn⁵⁵ t͡sɵn³³ t͡sœːk̚³/

to be promoted to a higher office or rank


WGMI

(Internet slang) Abbreviation of we're gonna make it.


beir bua agus beannacht

/bʲɛɾʲ bˠuə ɑɡəsˠ ˈbʲan̪ˠəxt̪ˠ/


nice knowing you

Ellipsis of "it has been nice knowing you" or "it was nice knowing you."

Well, nice knowing you, but I gotta head home. Take care of yourself out there.

A farewell for when the speaker thinks or knows that they will never see the recipient again; goodbye forever.

Been nice knowing you, guys...

2024 May 9, SMii7Y, 9:40 from the start, in We Played The Weird Steam Game Again, spoken by Soup:

(euphemistic) A farewell to someone the speaker is about to kill or to/from someone who will soon die.


cool, calm and collected

(somewhat informal) Not upset or not very bothered at all by things.


the feezy

From the fuck + -eezy (suffix forming hip-hop-sounding words).

af

-eezy<pos:suffix forming hip-hop-sounding words>

I can't fade a beezy who don't keep a bleezy / Rolled for a neezy / I ask her, 'What the feezy?'

2001 November 20, Mac Dre (lyrics and music), “Bleezies-n-Heem” (track 3), in It's Not What You Say... It's How You Say It, performed by Mac Dre:

“Who the feezy is them niggas?” he asked. ¶ I laughed because he had been using ‘feezy’ instead of the word fuck, and it was so funny to me.

2017, Bianca, A Malice Love, Royalty Publishing House, →ISBN, page 145:

(African-American Vernacular, slang, minced oath) Euphemistic form of the fuck.

African-American Vernacular; minced oath; African-American Vernacular; minced oath


this is war

This is what we've waited for.
This is it boys, this is war!
The president is on the line
as ninety-nine red balloons go by.

2000 March 28, Goldfinger (lyrics and music), “99 Red Balloons”, in Stomping Ground:


rupta via

la-noun

rupta via f (genitive ruptae viae); first declension

ruptae viae (genitive)
rupta via (nominative singular)
ruptae viae (nominative plural)
ruptae viae (genitive singular)
ruptārum viārum (genitive plural)
ruptae viae (dative singular)
ruptīs viīs (dative plural)
ruptam viam (accusative singular)
ruptās viās (accusative plural)
ruptā viā (ablative singular)
ruptīs viīs (ablative plural)
rupta via (singular vocative)
ruptae viae (plural vocative)

Franco-Provençal: rota

desctree

Old French: rote
French: route
Gallo: rote
Norman: route
→ Middle English: route
English: route

[ˈrʊpt̪ä ˈu̯iä]

(This entry is a descendant hub.) a path made by force


WAGMIB

(Internet slang) Abbreviation of we're all gonna make it, bros.


互惠互利

ㄏㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄨˋ ㄌㄧˋ

/xu⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/

/xu⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/


包退包換

ㄅㄠ ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄠ ㄏㄨㄢˋ

баотуйбаохуань

/pɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ pɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xu̯än⁵¹/

/pɑʊ̯⁵⁵ tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ pɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xu̯än⁵¹/


名列榜首

ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄅㄤˇ ㄕㄡˇ

/miŋ³⁵ li̯ɛ⁵¹ pɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/miŋ³⁵ li̯ɛ⁵¹ pɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


物超所值

ㄨˋ ㄔㄠ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄓˊ

/u⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/

/u⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/


接風洗塵

ㄐㄧㄝ ㄈㄥ ㄒㄧˇ ㄔㄣˊ

цзефэнсичэнь

/t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵ ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/

give a welcome dinner to guests from afar


let this cup pass from me

From the Bible, Matthew 26:39 King James Version.

(idiomatic) An appeal to God or another authority to take away one's present or future suffering.


dig yourself

(slang, dated, imperative) To obtain a proper understanding of something, to figure something out, to work something out.


like a wolf on the fold

(simile, literary, dated) In a sudden or aggressive manner.


your barn door is open

(slang) A discreet warning that one’s trouser fly is undone.


和尚擔遮——無法無天

/wɔː²¹ sœːŋ²²⁻³⁵ taːm⁵⁵ t͡sɛː⁵⁵ mou̯²¹ faːt̚³ mou̯²¹ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

(Cantonese) no respect for law and order; unruly


老婆擔遮——陰功

/lou̯¹³ pʰɔː²¹ taːm⁵⁵ t͡sɛː⁵⁵ jɐm⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

Pun on the derived meaning 陰公／阴公 (jam¹ gung¹, “the husband is shaded”), which can also be interpreted as 陰公／阴公 (jam¹ gung¹, “pitiful; woeful”).

When the wife carries an umbrella, the husband is shaded.


נאַס ווי די מצרים אין ים סוף

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נאַס ווי די מצרים אין ים סוף

נאַס ווי די מצרים אין ים סוף • (nas vi di mitsrayem in yam suf)

nas vi di mitsrayem in yam suf (romanization)

Literally, “wet like Egypt in the Red Sea”.

lit

en-נאַס_ווי_די_מצרים_אין_ים_סוף-yi-phrase-ud8LyR68


you're killing me, smalls

you're killing me, Smalls
you're killing me, Smalls#English

Alternative form of you're killing me, Smalls


kill your idols

kill your heroes
kill your heroes#English


you're killing me, Smalls

Originates from and popularized by the film The Sandlot (1993).

(slang, somewhat derogatory) A general expression of annoyance or exasperation with someone or something.


根深柢固

ㄍㄣ ㄕㄣ ㄉㄧˇ ㄍㄨˋ

гэньшэньдигу

/kən⁵⁵ ʂən⁵⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku⁵¹/

/kən⁵⁵ ʂən⁵⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku⁵¹/

deep-rooted; ineradicable; ingrained; inveterate; radicated


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I'm shocked, shocked, to find that gambling is going on in here

Said by Capt. Louis Renault in the 1942 film Casablanca, immediately prior to receiving his cut of the gambling.

(politics, sports) Said in reference to the hypocrisy of officials who are supposed to police illicit activities but engage in those activities themselves.


過路財神

ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄨˋ ㄘㄞˊ ㄕㄣˊ

/ku̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ ʂən³⁵/

/ku̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ ʂən³⁵/

someone who handles large sums of money for a short time but has no legal possession


שווער ווי קריעת־ים־סוף

שווער ווי קריעת־ים־סוף

שווער ווי קריעת־ים־סוף • (shver vi kriyes-yam-suf)

Literally, “difficult like parting the Red Sea”

lit

en-שווער_ווי_קריעת־ים־סוף-yi-phrase-LaPHDFp7

en-שווער_ווי_קריעת־ים־סוף-yi-phrase-EpimO5Dc


ayy lmao

Associated with image macros of aliens, the first attested around early 2013, the phrase sharing the first syllable /ˈeɪ.l/ with alien.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ayy, LMAO.


иральдаҕанэҥ

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иральдаҕанэҥ (iraļdahaneŋ)


if I had wheels, I'd be a wagon

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

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


if my uncle had a fanny, he'd be my aunt


if my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a bike


if my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a streetcar


如指諸掌

ㄖㄨˊ ㄓˇ ㄓㄨ ㄓㄤˇ

жучжичжучжан

žučžičžučžan

/ʐu³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


樂觀進取

ㄌㄜˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄑㄩˇ

лэгуань цзиньцюй

/lɤ⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/lɤ⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

to maintain a positive outlook on life; to be optimistic


洞如觀火

ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

дунжугуаньхо

/tʊŋ⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʊŋ⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

洞若觀火 洞若觀火#Chinese

洞若观火 洞若观火#Chinese


洞如指掌

ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄓˇ ㄓㄤˇ

дунжучжичжан

/tʊŋ⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʊŋ⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

瞭如指掌 瞭如指掌#Chinese

了如指掌 了如指掌#Chinese


十指不沾陽春水

one's fingers have never touched the water from a spring day

ㄕˊ ㄓˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄢ ㄧㄤˊ ㄔㄨㄣ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

shih² chih³ pu⁴ chan¹ yang²-chʻun¹ shui³

ши чжи бу чжань янчунь шуй

/ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂän⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

sap⁹ dzi² bat⁷ dzim¹ joeng⁴ tsoen¹ soey²

/sɐp̚² t͡siː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡siːm⁵⁵ jœːŋ²¹ t͡sʰɵn⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/


ça promet

→ Dutch: dat belooft (calque)


大菌食細菌，細菌當補品

big bacteria eats small bacteria—small bacteria is a tonic

daai⁶ kwan² sik⁶ sai³ kwan², sai³ kwan² dong¹ bou² ban²

daaih kwán sihk sai kwán, sai kwán dōng bóu bán

daai⁶ kwan² sik⁹ sai³ kwan², sai³ kwan² dong¹ bou² ban²

dai⁶ kuen² xig⁶ sei³ kuen², sei³ kuen² dong¹ bou² ben²

/taːi̯²² kʷʰɐn³⁵ sɪk̚² sɐi̯³³ kʷʰɐn³⁵ sɐi̯³³ kʷʰɐn³⁵ tɔːŋ⁵⁵ pou̯³⁵ pɐn³⁵/

(Cantonese) an excuse for consuming unsanitary food or drinks


burn the coal, pay the toll

Lol...burn the coal ...pay the toll.

2016 December 29, THE NI99ERS, “Black Former Student Is Charged in Killings of Wigger Ex-Teacher and Their Son”, in alt.gossip.celebrities (Usenet):

Julie went to visit granny at the hospital. Granny was old and said crazy things. She kept warning Julie about burning the coal and then paying the toll. What could that mean? Julie was puzzled.

2018, Nancy Moist, Burn the Coal, Pay the Toll:

Burn the coal, pay the toll!!

2020 October 31, Ted, “Sheeiiiit”, in alt.atheism (Usenet):

Please note: the LORD is going to punish those who advocate forms of race-mixing. You want to be Globalist miscreants? burn the coal, pay the toll BITCH! At any rate that was on 9/12/84.

2020 November 7, eohoe, “Blast from the Past”, in alt.conspiracy (Usenet):

As stated before, "burn the coal, pay the toll" and to emphasize that point, if you'd been paying attention, you'd have known that Norton Juster, the author of "The Phantom Tollbooth" died yesterday, on Intl Womens^([sic]) Day. Hey, the Curse is On, whether you MORONS are aware of it or not. It's not me you're fighting, it's Cosmic Truth you're railing against and that's a fight you cannot win.

2021 March 10, Ed Rhodes, “Why No Biden State of Union Address?”, in alt.baldspot (Usenet):

On 2022-07-10, Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells wrote: "British women are travelling to The Gambia for relationships with black men" https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/sex-on-the-beach-channel-4-documentary-gambia-holiday-british-women-tourism-seyi-rhodes-664083 Burn the coal, pay the toll. "Once you go black, we don't want you back."

2022 July 11, Incubus, “British women abroad”, in uk.politics.misc (Usenet):

On 26 Sep 2023, MattWalsh posted some news:uf01bk$2ora2$1...@dont-email.me: > Burn the coal, pay the toll. She deserved it.

2023 September 28, Coal burners, “More Rightists Dead In DeSantis Violent Shithole Florida by Mysterious God Sent Hurricanes”, in alt.fan.rush-limbaugh (Usenet):

(Internet slang, offensive) Used to admonish white women who have sexual relationships with black men.

the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice


by cock

"By cock, you young ruffler, I can take blows better than words."

1914, Warwick Deeping, The King Behind the King, New York, N.Y.: McBride, Nast & Company, page 63:


то є

Optionally used after a noun to introduce its definition or explanation.


by cock and pie

By cocke and pie, you ſhall not chooſe, Sir: come, come.

c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 41, column 1:

By cock a pie and Mous-foot Dent bring's in, / Examples to express forbidden Sin:

1655, William Barton, Man's Monitor, or, the Free-school of Virtue; Holding Forth the Duties Required and Sins Forbidden in the Two Tables of the Law, London: W.D. for T. Underhill, unnumbered page; republished in Early English Books Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: Text Creation Partnership, p. 2011:

"How much a glass, think you?" says Fred, filling another bumper. "A half-crown, think ye?—a half-crown, Honeyman? By cock and pye, it is not worth a bender."

1854, Arthur Pendennis [pseudonym; William Makepeace Thackeray], chapter XI, in The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family, volume I, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], →OCLC, pages 119–120:


ken oath

(Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, minced oath) Clipping of fucking oath.


fucking oath

(Commonwealth, UK, Ireland, colloquial, vulgar) Alternative form of bloody oath


陳規陋習

ㄔㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄌㄡˋ ㄒㄧˊ

чэньгуйлоуси

/ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ loʊ̯⁵¹ ɕi³⁵/

/t͡sʰɐn²¹ kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵ lɐu̯²² t͡saːp̚²/

/ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ loʊ̯⁵¹ ɕi³⁵/

/t͡sʰɐn²¹ kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵ lɐu̯²² t͡saːp̚²/

outdated and objectionable rules and customs


foruimi cenn for

Húare ro·comallada inna imneda ⁊ fo·ruirmed cenn forsnaib cotarsnaib du·rairngirt-siu, is fíri{ri}én trá fuä n-indas sin tabart díglae foraibsom.

Because the troubles have been fulfilled, and an end has been put to the adversities that you sg have promised, it is just, then, to inflict vengeance on them in that way.


fua n-indas sin

Irish: fán ionnas sin


& Co.

It might be time for Rishi & Co. to start looking for new jobs.

Abbreviation of and company. "X & Co." means X and their companions or associates, commonly as the proper name of a corporation but also informally as a group of people.


burn, baby, burn

(slang, informal, sarcastic) Used to express a sense of satisfaction or schadenfreude at seeing an enemy or rival in pain, as a form of payback or retribution for their past wrongs or misdeeds.


plata o plomo

plata (“silver, money”) + o (“or”) + plomo (“lead”)

your money or your life
your money or your life


there's no shame in my game

There's no shame in my game, according to Monzel Hardin, of Oakland, California, "refers to doing something that may be embarrassing to somebody else who might not be aware of why you are doing what you are doing.

1993, Cecil Morris Brown, Stagolee - From Shack Bully to Culture Hero, page 257:

no shame in my game
no shame in my game#English


जय जिनेन्द्र

[d͡ʒɐj‿d͡ʒɪ.nẽːn̪.d̪ɾᵊ]

जय जिनेंद्र
जय जिनेंद्र#Hindi

(Jainism) alternative spelling of जय जिनेंद्र (jay jinendra, Jain greeting)


no shame in my game

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-no shame in my game.wav

I hung out at Biff's, like a speakeasy, and there was no shame in my game.

1988, Thomas Henderson, Out of Control, page 196:

'Cause I don' have no shame in my game. At all.

1995, Patricia Cukor Avila, The Evolution of AAVE in a Rural Texas Community - An Ethnolinguistic Study, page 108:

She sucked her thumb up until a few months before her twenty-first birthday, "no shame in my game."

1997, G. Cajetan Luna, Youths Living with HIV - Self-evident Truths, page 134:

Secondly, mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of. There is no shame in my game.

1999, Fred Goodwin, Lichtenstein Creative Media, Intelligence, page 21:

(slang, originally African-American Vernacular) Implying that one has nothing to be embarrassed or ashamed of in one's current activity or endeavor.


ain't no shame in my game

"I was scared to death. Ain't no shame in my game."

1998, Gini Sikes, 8 Ball Chicks - A Year in the Violent World of Girl Gangs, page 202:

I am not blameless in the circumstance that broke my heart like nothing ever had. Ain't no shame in my game!

2004, Deborah Cofer, No Process...No Promise! - A Modern Day Testament to the Goodness and Glory of God, page 64:

"Shucks! Ain't no shame in my game--y'all sleeping together?"

2009, C. Nicole Treadwell, That Kiss From Heaven Fell On My Heart, page 181:

My Aunt Carol responded, "Ain't no shame in my game."

2023, Pamela Walker, Guilt, Shame and Fear:


to by było na tyle

Conflation of to byłoby wszystko (“that would be all”) and to tyle na dziś (“that's it for today”). Coined by Jan Tadeusz Stanisławski as a way to jokingly end his radio program.

(colloquial, idiomatic) this is it, that's a wrap (used to indicate that something has been finished, especially after a long speech or text)


जय जिनेंद्र

hi-phrase

जय जिनेंद्र • (jay jinendra) (Urdu spelling جے جِنینْدر)

jay jinendra (romanization)
جے جِنینْدر (Urdu)

[d͡ʒɐj‿d͡ʒɪ.nẽːn̪.d̪ɾᵊ]

जय‧जि‧नें‧द्र

From जय (jay, “victory to, hail”, interjection) + जिनेंद्र (jinendra, “king of the Jinas, the best among the Jinas”). Compare Gujarati જય જિનેન્દ્ર (jay jinendra).

xlit

જય્ જિનેન્દ્ર

nc

જય જિનેન્દ્ર

(Jainism) a Jain greeting: hello, greetings; farewell, good bye


八字還沒有一撇

ㄅㄚ ㄗˋ ㄏㄞˊ ㄇㄟˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄧ ㄆㄧㄝˇ

бацзыхаймэйюипе

/pä⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ xaɪ̯³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ pʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

八字還沒一撇 八字還沒一撇#Chinese

八字还没一撇 八字还没一撇#Chinese

Synonym of 八字還沒一撇／八字还没一撇 (bāzì hái méi yī piě)


五花大綁

ㄨˇ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄤˇ

/u²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵ tä⁵¹ pɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ŋ̍¹³ faː⁵⁵ taːi̯²² pɔːŋ³⁵/

/u²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵⁵ tä⁵¹ pɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ŋ̍¹³ faː⁵⁵ taːi̯²² pɔːŋ³⁵/

(In relation to a person) to be tightly binded

(specifically) a type of restraint by tying a rope on the restrained person's neck, then that person's arms


八字都沒一撇

ㄅㄚ ㄗˋ ㄉㄡ ㄇㄟˊ ㄧ ㄆㄧㄝˇ

бацзыдоумэйипе

/pä⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ toʊ̯⁵⁵ meɪ̯³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ pʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

八字還沒一撇 八字還沒一撇#Chinese

八字还没一撇 八字还没一撇#Chinese


જય જિનેન્દ્ર

/ˈd͡ʒəj‿ˈd͡ʒi.neːn.d̪ɾə/

જય‧જિ‧નેન્‧દ્ર

From જય (jay, “victory to, hail”, interjection) + જિનેન્દ્ર (jinendra, “king of the Jinas, the best among the Jinas”). Compare Hindi जय जिनेंद्र (jay jinendra).


idc

Alternative form: IDC

(Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of I don't care.


臨深履薄

ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄕㄣ ㄌㄩˇ ㄅㄛˊ

линьшэньлюйбо

/lin³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵ ly²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu̯ɔ³⁵/

/lin³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵ ly²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu̯ɔ³⁵/


köhnə hamam, köhnə tas

Literally, “the same bathroom, the same basin”. Compare Turkish eski hamam eski tas.


in this essay I will

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-in this essay I will.wav

As if the statement is the opening of an essay. Popularized around 2017.

Is writing hard, or am I just bad at it? In this essay, I will— To be honest, this whole publishing thing isn’t getting any easier for me, and I’m still relying on several trillion people to help me get my work in shape.

2023 June 13, Ali Hazelwood, “Acknowledgments”, in Love, Theoretically, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Romance, →ISBN, page 387:

(literally) A hackneyed phrase used to begin an essay.

netflix original the get down is in the style of an epic poem and in this essay i will

2017 January 11, Unregistered HyperEm 2 (@warmaliens), “Archived copy”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-06-26:

Many of the men in the anime Legend of the Galactic Heroes are goodlooking. In this essay, I will be exploring the variations of hotness th^([sic])

2017 October 17, cc (@squaredsea), “Archived copy”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-06-26:

the 'trendiness' of thrift shopping by the weathy elite has resulted in a gentrification of the thrift industry. in this essay, i will expla^([sic])

2017 October 21, stacia 🖤 (@anastacialydied), “Archived copy”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-06-26:

fanfiction is the purest form of art in this essay i will

2017 December 31, remade lol (@battlecalm), Twitter:

I don’t want to see ANY discourse this year regarding how weird it is that Penn Badgley is hot on You. Penn is a SMOKESHOW. He’s a little pocket prince. He’s the 5'7" emperor of all the short kings and him being hot on You is the POINT. In this essay I will

2019 December 26, Ej Dickson (@ejdickson), Twitter; quoted in Jen England, “The Memeification of Mental Illness: How You Launched a Serial Killer Thirst Trap”, in Emily Katseanes, editor, Streaming Mental Health and Illness: Essays on Representation in Netflix Original Programs, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, 2023, →ISBN, Works Cited, page 173:

if the psvita didn’t use a proprietary charger and proprietary storage system it would be the greatest handheld console ever, in this essay i will

2021 December 31, jon 🦇🍂 (@coagulopathic), “Archived copy”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 2021-12-31:

one of my least fav japanese words is デリケート not bc of the meaning but the way it is used. in this essay i will. but later. no questions at this time

2022 August 31, bobeebs 🇵🇸 (@bobeebs), “Archived copy”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-06-26:

BP: The cover piece, “Becoming,” and “Strange Agony” are both based on Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. What other pieces might come out of this series? What about this novella speaks to you? / LRS: “Carmilla is Sexier, More Subversive, and More Relevant to Modern Experience than Dracula; In This Essay I Will …”

2023 July 27, Bradley Powers, “Interview with Artist Lauren Raye Snow”, in Jason Sizemore, Lesley Conner, editors, Apex Magazine, number 139, Lexington, Ky.: Apex Publications, →ISSN, archived from the original on 2024-04-14, pages 171–172:

“Sleep Token isn’t metal -“ You’re right. They’re multi-genre, and metal is one of the genres. If you’re saying you don’t hear ANY metal influence when listening to Sleep Token, you’re kidding yourself and don’t know how music works. In this essay I will -

2023 December 31, SpiritualiTEA (@Spirituali__tea), “Archived copy”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-06-26:

not to be that person but artificial intelligence actually holds extreme detriment to the learning ability of our society- in this essay I will-

2024 June 26, endorse education (@queennaeasf), “Archived copy”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-06-26:

(Internet slang, sometimes humorous) Used after stating a controversial or absurdist opinion.


三代粒積，一代開空

money saved up by three generations, spent completely by one generation

/sã⁴⁴⁻²² tai²²⁻²¹ liap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡siɪk̚³² it̚³²⁻⁵ tai²²⁻²¹ kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/

/sã⁴⁴⁻²² tai²²⁻²¹ liap̚⁴⁻³² t͡siɪk̚³² it̚³²⁻⁴ tai²²⁻²¹ kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/

/sã³³ tai⁴¹⁻²² liap̚²⁴⁻² t͡siak̚⁵ it̚⁵⁻²⁴ tai⁴¹⁻²² kʰai³³ kʰɔŋ³³/

/sã⁴⁴⁻²² te²²⁻²¹ liap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡siɪk̚³² it̚³²⁻⁵ te²²⁻²¹ kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/

(Hokkien) wealth and enterprise built by the older generation with much difficulty are suddenly squandered by the younger generation


tu się zgina dziób pingwina

Rhyme, literally, “this is where the penguin's beak bends”.

lit

(idiomatic, colloquial, offensive, derogatory) used to express complete disregard for someone or something


三代粒積，一代傾空

/sã⁴⁴⁻²² tai²²⁻²¹ liap̚⁴⁻³² t͡siɪk̚³² it̚³²⁻⁴ tai²²⁻²¹ kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/

/sã⁴⁴⁻²² tai²²⁻²¹ liap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡siɪk̚³² it̚³²⁻⁵ tai²²⁻²¹ kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/

/sã³³ tai⁴¹⁻²² liap̚²⁴⁻² t͡siak̚⁵ it̚⁵⁻²⁴ tai⁴¹⁻²² kʰiɪŋ³³ kʰɔŋ³³/

/sã⁴⁴⁻²² te²²⁻²¹ liap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡siɪk̚³² it̚³²⁻⁵ te²²⁻²¹ kʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔŋ⁴⁴/


勞神費力

ㄌㄠˊ ㄕㄣˊ ㄈㄟˋ ㄌㄧˋ

лаошэньфэйли

/lɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂən³⁵ feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/

/lɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂən³⁵ feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/


捷見官毋畏，捷食酒𣍐醉

often seeing an official makes oneself not scared, often drinking alcohol makes oneself not easily drunk

/t͡siap̚⁴⁻³² kĩ²¹⁻⁵³ kuã⁴⁴⁻²² m̩²²⁻²¹ ui²¹ t͡siap̚⁴⁻³² t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bue²²⁻²¹ t͡sui²¹/

/t͡siap̚²⁴⁻² kĩ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kuã³³ m̩⁴¹⁻²² ui⁴¹ t͡siap̚²⁴⁻² t͡sia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² t͡siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bue²² t͡sui⁴¹/

/t͡siap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kĩ²¹⁻⁵³ kuã⁴⁴⁻²² m̩²²⁻²¹ ui²¹ t͡siap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be²²⁻²¹ t͡sui²¹/

(Hokkien) often doing something makes oneself get used to it and not be easily affected


捷見官𣍐畏，捷食酒𣍐醉

/t͡siap̚⁴⁻³² kĩ²¹⁻⁵³ kuã⁴⁴⁻²² bue²²⁻²¹ ui²¹ t͡siap̚⁴⁻³² t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bue²²⁻²¹ t͡sui²¹/

/t͡siap̚²⁴⁻² kĩ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kuã³³ bue²² ui⁴¹ t͡siap̚²⁴⁻² t͡sia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² t͡siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bue²² t͡sui⁴¹/

/t͡siap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kĩ²¹⁻⁵³ kuã⁴⁴⁻²² be²²⁻²¹ ui²¹ t͡siap̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be²²⁻²¹ t͡sui²¹/


nem que chovam canivetes

[ˈnẽɪ̯̃ ki ˈʃo.vɐ̃ʊ̯̃ ka.niˈvɛ.t͡ʃiʃ]

[ˈnɐ̃j̃ kɨ ˈt͡ʃo.βɐ̃w̃ kɐ.niˈβɛ.tɨʃ]

whatever happens, happens
whatever happens, happens


laylaydek sik-a

From layad (“love”) + -ek (“I, me”) + sik-a (“you”), wherein layad has CVC reduplication, and also has been contracted to laylayd.


矮子看戲

ㄞˇ ˙ㄗ ㄎㄢˋ ㄒㄧˋ

/ˀaɪ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴ kʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi⁵¹/

/ˀaɪ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴ kʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi⁵¹/

矮人觀場 矮人觀場#Chinese

矮人观场 矮人观场#Chinese


晨鐘暮鼓

ring the bells in the morning, beat the drums in the evening

ㄔㄣˊ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄇㄨˋ ㄍㄨˇ

чэньчжунмугу

/ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ mu⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sɐn²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ mou̯²² kuː³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ mu⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/sɐn²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ mou̯²² kuː³⁵/


暮鼓晨鐘

ㄇㄨˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄔㄣˊ ㄓㄨㄥ

мугучэньчжун

/mu⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/

/mou̯²² kuː³⁵ sɐn²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/

/mu⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/

/mou̯²² kuː³⁵ sɐn²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/

晨鐘暮鼓 晨鐘暮鼓#Chinese

晨钟暮鼓 晨钟暮鼓#Chinese

Alternative form of 晨鐘暮鼓／晨钟暮鼓 (chénzhōngmùgǔ)


old-man-yells-at-cloud

old man yells at cloud
old man yells at cloud#English

Alternative form of old man yells at cloud.


körler mahallesinde ayna satmak

/køɾ.leɾ ma.hal.le.sin.de ajˈna sat.mak/

Morphologically kör (“blind, a blind person”) + -ler + mahalle (“neighborhood”) + -si + -nde + ayna (“mirror”) + sat- (“to sell”) + mak, literally “to sell mirrors in a blind people's neighborhood”.

af

to give something to someone who does not need it


矮人觀場

ㄞˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄔㄤˇ

ㄞˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄔㄤˊ

айжэньгуаньчан

/ˀaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ˀaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/

/ˀaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/


sure, Jan

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-sure, Jan.wav

Referencing a scene from the American comedy film A Very Brady Sequel (1996), in which the character Jan Brady (Jennifer Elise Cox) is lying about having a boyfriend named George Glass at school, to which her sister Marcia Brady (Christine Taylor) replies, “Sure, Jan.” The phrase was popularized in early 2015 on Tumblr and other websites, chiefly through image macros and GIFs featuring the original scene from the film.

70 yr old woman at work today talking to me about Blurred Lines: "It's just such a feel good tune!" .... Sure, Jan.

2013 December 28, @maggieantel, Twitter:

I once had a 14-year-old tell me they were a poly-pansexual and while I wanted to be like, “Sure, Jan,” I was more astonished that there was language so readily available to welcome her into herself and her li’l kingdom of love.

2019 June 16, Danez Smith, “Reimagining Ourselves in an Increasingly Queer World”, in The New York Times:

But then Sam deleted the pic and ~claimed~ his account was hacked (sure, Jan), saying, “Account got hacked and was photoshopped—calm down, everyone!”

2021 September 12, Mehera Bonner, “Breaking! Britney Spears Is Engaged to Sam Asghari!”, in Cosmopolitan:

However, [Tom] Sandoval-aligned insiders now insist that there could be no breakup because there was never an official relationship. This seems like a pretty philosophical way of defining “breakup” and “relationship,” but sure, Jan.

2023 May 18, Kathleen Walsh, “Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss Didn’t Break Up Because They Were Never Together, Apparently”, in Glamour:

(Internet slang) Used sarcastically to express dismissal or disbelief in relation to a statement.

A Very Brady Sequel
Christine Taylor
Jan Brady
Jennifer Elise Cox
Marcia Brady


好山好水好無聊

good mountains, good water, and good at being boring

ㄏㄠˇ ㄕㄢ ㄏㄠˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄠˇ ㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄠˊ

hǎo shān hǎo shuǐ hǎo wúliáo [Phonetic:hǎoshānháoshuíhǎowúliáo]

хао шань хао шуй хао уляо

/xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂän⁵⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/

Many Chinese international students, after their graduation, stay in America, marry, have kids, and settle down. Most of them are always busy just making a living, rushing between work and home all day. It's no wonder that some of our Mainland Chinese friends that have arrived in the United States lament that this place is "truly beautiful and truly boring."

2015 August 25, 美国真的是好山好水好无聊吗?, Voice of America

Zhōngguó liúxuéshēng bìyè hòu liú zài měiguó, jiéhūnshēngzǐ, chéngjiālìyè, juédàduōshù rén dōu shì zhěngtiān bēnbō yú gōngsī hé xiǎojiātíng, wèishēng jì mánglù. Nánguài yǒuxiē zhōngguódàlù de péngyǒu láidào měiguó, gǎntàn zhèlǐ shì “hǎoshānhǎoshuǐhǎowúliáo”.

中國留學生畢業後留在美國，結婚生子，成家立業，絕大多數人都是整天奔波於公司和小家庭，為生計忙碌。難怪有些中國大陸的朋友來到美國，感嘆這裡是「好山好水好無聊」。

中国留学生毕业后留在美国，结婚生子，成家立业，绝大多数人都是整天奔波于公司和小家庭，为生计忙碌。难怪有些中国大陆的朋友来到美国，感叹这里是「好山好水好无聊」。

used to describe places with lots of appeal but a lack of engaging activities


肥頭耷耳

/fei̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ tɐp̚⁵ jiː¹³/

/fei̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ tɐp̚⁵ jiː¹³/


不值一提

ㄅㄨˋ ㄓˊ ㄧ ㄊㄧˊ

/pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ tʰi³⁵/

/pɐt̚⁵ t͡sɪk̚² jɐt̚⁵ tʰɐi̯²¹/

/pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ tʰi³⁵/

/pɐt̚⁵ t͡sɪk̚² jɐt̚⁵ tʰɐi̯²¹/


тӱня изи

head

тӱня изи • (tüńa izi)

Compound of тӱня (tüńa) + изи (izi). Literally, “the world is small”.


my people yearn for freedom

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-my people yearn for freedom.wav

From a Twitter post by @JaneOst_ on February 3, 2019: "blonde-haired blue-eyed person named something like Sabine Mengele-Eichmann: my country, Venezuela, yearns for freedom".

My people yearn for freedom. Mister Xi, please cancel Saturday night live.

Cuba, please annex Florida. My people yearn for freedom.

dear morgan stanley ceo james gorman, my name is greenTetrahedron. i am but a humble poster. for months the cruel dictator elon musk has been beating this website to death. please spend one billion dollars to buy twitter back. my people yearn for freedom. yours, greenTetrahedron.

(Internet slang, humorous) A stock phrase in a call for regime change or other usurpation.


ролите озвучиха артистите

ролите озвучиха артистите • (rolite ozvučiha artistite)

rolite ozvučiha artistite (romanization)

Literally, “the artists voiced the roles”, with inversion, such that the names of the artists can directly follow the phrase.

lit

Ролите озвучиха артистите: Димитър Бербатов, Бояна Христова, Иван Шишман, и Яна Стоянова.
Rolite ozvučiha artistite: Dimitǎr Berbatov, Bojana Hristova, Ivan Šišman, i Jana Stojanova.
The characters were voiced by: Dimitar Berbatov, Boyana Hristova, Ivan Shishman, and Yana Stoyanova.

the characters/roles were voiced by; used to introduce the credits to a dubbing

en-ролите_озвучиха_артистите-bg-phrase-T0FYK4Hj


נישט צו דערגרייכן

head

נישט צו דערגרייכן • (nisht tsu dergreykhn)

/nɪʃt t͡sʊm dɛʁˈɡʁɛɪ̯χn̩/

/nɪʃt t͡sʊm dɛʁˈɡʁeɪ̯χn̩/

/nɪʃt t͡sɪm dɛʁˈɡʁaɪ̯χn̩/

/nɪʃt t͡sɨm dɛʁˈɡʁɛɪ̯χn̩/


卌九日烏

/siap̚³²⁻⁴ kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lit̚⁴⁻³² ɔ⁴⁴/

/siap̚⁵⁻²⁴ kau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lit̚²⁴⁻² ɔ³³/

/siap̚³²⁻⁵ kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡zit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ɔ⁴⁴/

/siak̚⁵⁻²⁴ kau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lit̚²⁴⁻² ɔ³³/

/siap̚³²⁻⁴ kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lit̚⁴⁻³² ɔ⁴⁴/

/siap̚⁵⁻²⁴ kau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lit̚²⁴⁻² ɔ³³/

/siap̚³²⁻⁵ kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡zit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ɔ⁴⁴/

/siak̚⁵⁻²⁴ kau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lit̚²⁴⁻² ɔ³³/

(Hokkien) having gloomy weather for a long period of time (and not being able to see sunlight)

(Hokkien) having a gloomy and displeased (or even scowling) expression often in one's face


liefdewerk oud papier

Said to derive from the charitable institution (liefdewerk) named Oud Papier (see oud papier (“wastepaper”)).

(idiomatic) Used to refer to labors of love or charity, that are done for their own sake without any expected personal gain.


稱體裁衣

ㄔㄣˋ ㄊㄧˇ ㄘㄞˊ ㄧ

/ʈ͡ʂʰən⁵¹ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ i⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰən⁵¹ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ i⁵⁵/

to act according to actual circumstances


稱孤道寡

ㄔㄥ ㄍㄨ ㄉㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄚˇ

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵⁵ ku⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ ku̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ kuː⁵⁵ tou̯²² kʷaː³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵⁵ ku⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ ku̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ kuː⁵⁵ tou̯²² kʷaː³⁵/


दूसरे की थाली में घी अधिक दिखाई देता है

hi-phrase

दूसरे की थाली में घी अधिक दिखाई देता है • (dūsre kī thālī mẽ ghī adhik dikhāī detā hai)

/d̪uːs.ɾeː kiː t̪ʰɑː.liː mẽː ɡʱiː ə.d̪ʱɪk d̪ɪ.kʰɑː.iː d̪eː.t̪ɑː ɦɛː/

[d̪uːs.ɾeː‿kiː‿t̪ʰäː.liː‿mẽː‿ɡʱiː‿ɐ.d̪ʱɪk‿d̪ɪ.kʰäː.iː‿d̪eː.t̪äː‿ɦɛː]

Literally, “ghee appears to be more in someone else’s plate”.

lit

the grass is always greener on the other side

en-दूसरे_की_थाली_में_घी_अधिक_दिखाई_देता_है-hi-phrase-~0KMObTc


尸鳩之平

ㄕ ㄐㄧㄡ ㄓ ㄆㄧㄥˊ

шицзю чжи пин

/ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵/

/ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵/

(of a ruler) to treat one's subjects fairly


鳲鳩之仁

шицзю чжи жэнь

/ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/

/ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/

尸鳩之仁 尸鳩之仁#Chinese


鳲鳩之平

ㄕ ㄐㄧㄡ ㄓ ㄆㄧㄥˊ

шицзю чжи пин

/ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵/

/ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵/

尸鳩之平 尸鳩之平#Chinese


鳩奪鵲巢

ㄐㄧㄡ ㄉㄨㄛˊ ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄔㄠˊ

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ tu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ tu̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵/

鵲巢鳩佔 鵲巢鳩佔#Chinese

鹊巢鸠占 鹊巢鸠占#Chinese


鳩僭鵲巢

ㄐㄧㄡ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄔㄠˊ

цзюцзяньцюэчао

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵/

鵲巢鳩佔 鵲巢鳩佔#Chinese

鹊巢鸠占 鹊巢鸠占#Chinese


一家一業，無家澀疊

family is household duties, no family is neat and tidy

chi̍t-ke-chi̍t-gia̍p, bô-ke siap-tia̍p / chi̍t-kee-chi̍t-gia̍p, bô-kee siap-tia̍p

/t͡sit̚²⁴⁻² ke³³ t͡sit̚²⁴⁻² ɡiap̚²⁴ bo²⁴⁻²² ke³³ siap̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiap̚²⁴/

/t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² ke⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² ɡiap̚⁴ bo²⁴⁻²² ke⁴⁴⁻²² siap̚³²⁻⁴ tiap̚⁴/

/t͡sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kɛ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ɡiap̚¹²¹ bo¹³⁻²² kɛ⁴⁴⁻²² siap̚³²⁻⁵ tiap̚¹²¹/

(Hokkien) having a family brings all kinds of family affairs with its own difficulties and suffering, but having no family can be a relief


鳩居鵲巢

ㄐㄧㄡ ㄐㄩ ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄔㄠˊ

цзюцзюйцюэчао

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵/

鵲巢鳩佔 鵲巢鳩佔#Chinese

鹊巢鸠占 鹊巢鸠占#Chinese