pics or it didn't happen

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pics or it didn't happen.wav

Suggesting the denial of the veracity of a report of the event by demanding pictures thereof as proof.

Pug Nose: “Oh, he will.”
“Pics or it didn't happen.”

2013, Jade C. Jamison, Quickies: Sexy Short Stories and Other Stuff, page 89:

“I just got out of the shower,” I explained. Will pointed down, asking playfully, “Pics or it didn't happen.” “No pics,” I snorted. “No Snapchats, no video. Sorry.”

2014, Jessa Holbrook, While You're Away, Penguin, →ISBN:

Don’t think, just post it. “Pics or it didn’t happen” – that is the populist mantra of the social networking age. Show us what you did, so that we may believe and validate it.

2015 February 26, Jacob Silverman, “‘Pics or it didn’t happen’ – the mantra of the Instagram era”, in The Guardian:

This normative expectation is perhaps best captured in the popular colloquial phrase: “Pics or it didn't happen.”

2016, Jan E. Stets, Richard T. Serpe, New Directions in Identity Theory and Research, page 147:

“Nah. It can be so fake. People just post things that make them look good. You never get the whole story.” I look at my phone in my hand. Pics or it didn’t happen! Ruby likes to say.

2016, Aimee Friedman, Two Summers, Point, →ISBN, page 195:

(Internet slang, humorous) Used to request a picture of a reported event, especially on an Internet forum.

有圖有真相

used to request a picture of a reported event

(Internet slang, humorous) Used to demand verifiable evidence for a statement.


IDGAS

(Internet slang, vulgar) Initialism of I don't give a shit.


how's life

An informal greeting roughly equivalent to how are you


how's things

An informal greeting roughly equivalent to how are you?


& uxor

The plaintants made motion to have publication of witnesses taken 1 and 2 Philip and Mary, between one Thomas Shrub, then plaintant, and now deceased, whose daughters and co‐heirs the plaintants wives are, and Henry Barnard, touching lands in the occupation of the defendant ; and ordered, the plaintants shall exhibit a bill for publication against the defendants, and call them by the subpœna to answer, and then order shall be taken : Clarke & uxor, Papwell & uxor, Stockes plaintants, Eve Mellers and Wodham defendants.

16th Century, (authorship uncertain) Reports or Causes in Chancery, Stevens and Sons; page #134


stick a fork in something

From the practice of sticking a fork in meat in order to determine whether it is done (cooked).

I'd play the last level with you, but I'm out of lives. Stick a fork in me!

(idiomatic, informal) Used to indicate that something or someone is finished, or, in a broader sense, defeated or ruined.


welke talen spreekt u

what languages do you speak
what languages do you speak


ჩემო კარგო

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ჩემო კარგო • (čemo ḳargo)

Literally, "you, my good", "you, my goodness". This phrase is completely in the vocative case.

darling, dear (expression of endearment)


ქართულად ვლაპარაკობ

ქართულად ვლაპარაკობ • (kartulad vlaṗaraḳob)

en-ქართულად_ვლაპარაკობ-ka-phrase--irTaN-w


ქართულად ვერ ვლაპარაკობ

ქართულად ვერ ვლაპარაკობ • (kartulad ver vlaṗaraḳob)

en-ქართულად_ვერ_ვლაპარაკობ-ka-phrase-WOwfDifs


იყო და არა იყო რა

იყო და არა იყო რა

იყო და არა იყო რა • (iq̇o da ara iq̇o ra)

Literally, “there was and there was not”.

lit

(used at the beginnings of fairytales) once upon a time

iq̇o da ara iq̇o ra, ɣvtis uḳetesi ra ikneboda

იყო და არა იყო რა, ღვთის უკეთესი რა იქნებოდა


ܫܠܡ ܠܟܝ ܒܬܘܠܬܐ ܡܪܝܡ

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ܫܠܡ ܠܟܝ ܒܬܘܠܬܐ ܡܪܝܡ

ܫܠܡ ܠܟܝ ܒܬܘܠܬܐ ܡܪܝܡ • (š(ə)lām lēḵ b(ə)ṯūltā(ʾ) Maryam)

ܫܠܡ (š(ə)lām, “peace”) + ܠܟܝ (lēḵ, “to/for you”) + ܒܬܘܠܬܐ (b(ə)ṯūltā(ʾ), “virgin”) + ܡܪܝܡ (Maryam, “Mary”).

en-ܫܠܡ_ܠܟܝ_ܒܬܘܠܬܐ_ܡܪܝܡ-syc-phrase-e0eb9Oz0


zegt u mij na alstublieft

please repeat after me
please repeat after me


inte ett smack

Jag hör inte ett smack av vad du säger!

I don't hear a word of what you're saying!

Jag fattar inte ett smack


رک

رجوع کنید
رجوع کنید#Persian

shortened form of رجوع کنید (roju' konid, “refer to ...”)


чтоб уж наверняка

чтоб уж наверняка́

чтоб уж наверняка́ • (štob už navernjaká)

чтоб уж наверняка ́ (canonical)
štob už navernjaká (romanization)

better safe than sorry
better safe than sorry


keinolla millä hyvänsä

Hän oli päättänyt viedä projektin päätökseen keinolla millä hyvänsä.

She was determined to finish the project, by hook or by crook.

(idiomatic) by hook or by crook (by any means possible; one way or another)


tror du på Gud

do you believe in God
do you believe in God


another country heard from

Paula greets her, “Ah, another country heard from. Please enter our most humble domain. Here, sit down. “

2001, John Simon, Temple of the Jaguar, →ISBN, page 141:

Affronted, Mutt flounced back to the fireplace, pawed the quilt into a pile, and lay down with her back pointedly to Kate. "great," Kate said, "another country heard from."

2007, Dana Stabenow, A Deeper Sleep, →ISBN, page 276:

another county heard from
another county heard from#English

Alternative form of another county heard from


l'istesso tempo

From Italian l'istesso tempo (“the same tempo”). Lo istesso is contracted to L'istesso in standard written Italian.

der

(music) Indicates that the following movement should be played at the same tempo as the last, often employed when switching from simple to compound metres or vice versa, to clarify that the tempo stays the same in reference to the beats felt, not the time signature.


do you need help

Asks the interlocutor if they require assistance.

คุณต้องการความช่วยเหลือหรือเปล่า

kun dtɔ̂ng-gaan kwaam-chûai-lʉ̌ʉa rʉ̌ʉ-bplàao


a reveure

[ə rəˈβɛw.ɾə]

[ə rəˈvəw.ɾə]


神を信じますか

ja-pos

かみ を しんじます か？

神(かみ)を信(しん)じますか？ • (kami o shinjimasu ka?)

神を信じますか？ (canonical)
kami o shinjimasu ka? (romanization)


credeți în Dumnezeu

(polite or plural) do you believe in God?


jag är tjugo år

I am twenty years old
I am twenty years old


وسیع باش و تنها و سر به زیر و سخت

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وسیع باش و تنها و سر به زیر و سخت

وسیع باش و تنها و سر به زیر و سخت • (vasi' bâš o tanhâ o sar-be-zir o saxt)

vasi' bâš o tanhâ o sar-be-zir o saxt (romanization)

Be great and solitary and humble and strong

en-وسیع_باش_و_تنها_و_سر_به_زیر_و_سخت-fa-phrase-uWr5tA~~


هل تؤمنين بالله

هَلْ تُؤْمِنِينَ بِاللّٰهِ؟

هَلْ تُؤْمِنِينَ بِاللّٰهِ؟ • (hal tuʔminīna bi-l-lāhi?)

هَلْ تُؤْمِنِينَ بِاللّٰهِ ؟ (canonical)
hal tuʔminīna bi-l-lāhi? (romanization)


هل تؤمن بالله

هَلْ تُؤْمِنُ بِٱللّٰهِ؟

هَلْ تُؤْمِنُ بِٱللّٰهِ؟ • (hal tuʔminu bi-l-lāhi?)

هَلْ تُؤْمِنُ بِٱللّٰهِ ؟ (canonical)
hal tuʔminu bi-l-lāhi? (romanization)


potrebujem tvojo pomoč

/pɔtrɛbúːjɛm tʋɔ̀ːjɔ pɔmóːt͡ʃ/


potrebujem vašo pomoč

/pɔtrɛbúːjɛm ʋàːʃɔ pɔmóːt͡ʃ/


私はイスラム教徒です

ja-pos

わたし は ^イスラム きょうと です

私(わたし)はイスラム教(きょう)徒(と)です • (watashi wa Isuramu kyōto desu)

私はイスラム教徒です (canonical)
watashi wa Isuramu kyōto desu (romanization)


私はユダヤ人です

ja-phrase

わたし は ^ユダヤじん です

私(わたし)はユダヤ人(じん)です • (watashi wa Yudayajin desu)

私はユダヤ人です (canonical)
watashi wa Yudayajin desu (romanization)


ĉu vi bezonas helpon

LL-Q143 (epo)-NMaia-ĉu vi bezonas helpon.wav


ex vi termini

From Latin, ēx (“out of”) + vī, ablative singular of vīs (“force”) + terminī, genitive singular of terminus (“word”).

The claim of a privilege seems rather, ex vi termini, to imply a superior power...

1906, Edmund Burke, quotee, edited by William Jennings Bryan, The World's Famous Orations, volume 6: Ireland, page 28:


TIL

TIL that scientists call the universe's average color "cosmic latte".

Kids played with yo-yos in Ancient Greece? TIL.

(Internet slang, Reddit slang) Initialism of today I learned...


de hel breekt los

all hell breaks loose
all hell breaks loose


ես հարց ունեմ

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ես հարց ունեմ • (es harcʻ unem)


имам въпрос

и́мам въпро́с

и́мам въпро́с • (ímam vǎprós)

и́мам въпро́с (canonical)
ímam vǎprós (romanization)

LL-Q7918 (bul)-Kiril kovachev-имам въпрос.wav


আমার প্রশ্ন আছে

আমার প্রশ্ন আছে


TQ

Abbreviation of te quiero (“I love you”).


mi havas demandon

LL-Q143 (epo)-NMaia-mi havas demandon.wav


bir sualım var

LL-Q9292 (aze)-Zardabi Bakuvi-bir sualım var.wav


у меня есть вопрос

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у меня́ есть вопро́с

у меня́ есть вопро́с • (u menjá jestʹ voprós)

у меня́ есть вопро́с (canonical)
u menjá jestʹ voprós (romanization)


thanks for your help

Expresses appreciation of assistance provided or services rendered by the interlocutor.


יש לי שאלה

יֵש לִי שְאֵלָה

he-phrase

יֵש לִי שְאֵלָה

יֵש לִי שְאֵלָה (canonical)
yesh li she'ela (romanization)


ek het 'n vraag

LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-ek het 'n vraag.wav


איך האָב אַ פֿראַגע

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איך האָב אַ פֿראַגע

איך האָב אַ פֿראַגע • (ikh hob a frage)

en-איך_האָב_אַ_פֿראַגע-yi-phrase-LPz5~yaQ


имам питање

sh-phrase

имам питање (Latin spelling imam pitanje)


איך האָב אַ קשיא

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איך האָב אַ קשיא

איך האָב אַ קשיא • (ikh hob a kashe)


imam pitanje

sh-phrase

imam pitanje (Cyrillic spelling имам питање)

имам питање (Cyrillic)


έχω μια ερώτηση

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έχω μια ερώτηση

έχω μια ερώτηση • (écho mia erótisi)

el-phrase

έχω μια ερώτηση

έχω μια ερώτηση • (écho mia erótisi)


عندي سؤال

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عِنْدِي سُؤَالٌ

عِنْدِيَ سُؤَالٌ

عِنْدِي سُؤَالٌ or عِنْدِيَ سُؤَالٌ • (ʕindī suʔālun or ʕindiya suʔālun)

عِنْدِي سُؤَالٌ (canonical)
عِنْدِي َ سُؤَالٌ (canonical)
ʕindī suʔālun (romanization)
ʕindiya suʔālun (romanization)


質問があります

ja-phrase

質(しつ)問(もん)があります • (shitsumon ga arimasu)

質問があります (canonical)
shitsumon ga arimasu (romanization)

Comprised of 質問 (shitsumon, “question”) + が (ga, subject particle) + あります (arimasu, “there is, it is, to be”, in the polite -masu conjugation).


tack för din hjälp

thanks for your help
thanks for your help


mi bezonas vian helpon

LL-Q143 (epo)-NMaia-mi bezonas vian helpon.wav


у мене є питання

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у ме́не є пита́ння

у ме́не є пита́ння • (u méne je pytánnja)

у ме́не є пита́ння (canonical)
u méne je pytánnja (romanization)


我有一個問題

ㄨㄛˇ ㄧㄡˇ ㄧ ˙ㄍㄜ ㄨㄣˋ ㄊㄧˊ

wǒ yǒu yīge wèntí [Phonetic:wóyǒuyígewèntí]

во ю игэ вэньти

/wɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ g̊ə wən⁵¹ tʰi³⁵/

/ŋɔː¹³ jɐu̯¹³ jɐt̚⁵ kɔː³³ mɐn²² tʰɐi̯²¹/


у мяне ёсць пытанне

у мяне́ ёсць пыта́нне

у мяне́ ёсць пыта́нне • (u mjanjé joscʹ pytánnje)

у мяне́ ёсць пыта́нне (canonical)
u mjanjé joscʹ pytánnje (romanization)

en-у_мяне_ёсць_пытанне-be-phrase-LPz5~yaQ


necesitan ayuda

(polite, in the plural, Latin America) do you need help?


necesitáis ayuda

(familiar, in the plural, Spain) do you need help?


tenho uma pergunta

/ˈtẽ.ɲu ˈũ.mɐ peʁˈɡũ.tɐ/

/ˈtẽ.ɲu ˈũ.mɐ peʁˈɡũ.tɐ/

/ˈtẽ.ɲu ˈũ.mɐ peɾˈɡũ.tɐ/

/ˈtẽ.ɲu ˈũ.mɐ peʁˈɡũ.tɐ/


someone's blood runs cold

(literal) One feels a physical shock upon realizing a direct threat to one's life, similar to the loss of blood in the brain. It affects the entire body for a few minutes, but does not cause the person to lose consciousness.

Little Oliver's blood ran cold, as he listened to the Jew's words, and imperfectly comprehended the dark threats conveyed in them.

1838, Charles Dickens, chapter 18, in Oliver Twist:

[M]y blood ran cold and my heart turned to water, for there, before the cave, rolled wolves, many and great.

1891, H. Rider Haggard, chapter 13, in Nada the Lily:

Her blood ran cold, and her heart seemed pressed in an iron vice.

1908, W. Somerset Maugham, chapter 9, in The Magician:

His "blood runs cold" imagining the wrath of Weinstein.

2004 January 12, Jeffrey Ressner, “Sundances with Wolves”, in Time, archived from the original on 2013-06-30:

Here, he read of dreadful crimes that made the blood run cold.

1838, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], chapter 20, in Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress. […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC:

"Why, it mikes yer blood run cold: they 'ang a man on the stige; oh, it mide me creep all over!"

1897, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter 7, in Liza of Lambeth, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, published [1921], →OCLC:

"It just makes my blood run cold to read about it. And to think that the man who did it is still around the country somewhere—plotting other murders."

1914, Lucy Maud Montgomery, The Man on the Train:

[T]he prospect of doing hard time in an American penitentiary was about the only thing that made Pablo Escobar's blood run cold.

2009 February 24, John Otis, “Colombia's Drug Extraditions: Are They Worth It?”, in Time:

(idiomatic) One experiences a visceral feeling of fear, horror, dread, or strong foreboding.

einem gefriert das Blut in den Adern

One experiences a visceral feeling of fear, horror, dread, or strong forboding


eu tenho uma pergunta

[ˈeʊ̯ ˈtẽ.j̃u ˈũ.mɐ peɦˈɡũ.tɐ]

[ˈeʊ̯ ˈtẽ.j̃u ˈũ.mɐ peɦˈɡũ.tɐ]

[ˈeʊ̯ ˈtẽ.j̃u ˈũ.mɐ peɾˈɡũ.tɐ]

[ˈeʊ̯ ˈtẽ.j̃u ˈũ.mɐ peʁˈɡũ.tɐ]


lost in the shuffle

We have allowed ourselves to be "lost in the shuffle" of American priorities in the '70s, but we should never lose sight of ourselves and our goals as our priorities.

1975 July, Gil Scott-Heron, “Lost in the Shuffle”, in Ebony, volume 30, number 9, Johnson Publishing Company, page 28:

We get lost in the shuffle, and in the end we don't even know that we have needs - much less know what these needs might be.

1987, Robert Subby, Lost in the shuffle: the co-dependent reality, HCI, page 39:

That's the way things happen in AIDS Action. The Board makes a very clear mandate and then whatever the executive director and senior staff feel should happen is what actually happens...and the Board action gets lost in the shuffle.

1988 December 4, Judy Haris, Laurie Livingston, “Going Public”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 21, page 9:

In the occasional highly publicized case, then, the best interests of the child may be lost in the shuffle.

1992, Michael G. Kalogerakis, Handbook of psychiatric practice in the juvenile court: the Workgroup on Psychiatric Practice in the Juvenile Court of the American Psychiatric Association, American Psychiatric Pub, page 24:

(idiomatic, informal) Failing to stand out or receive attention as a result of a larger-scale change or transformation.


you know what I mean

I think there's a value to having a reverence for something bigger than yourself, you know: "There's something out there." Sure, you know what I mean?

2011, Phil Zuckerman, “Mother Was An Exorcist” (chapter 1), in Faith No More, page 31:

Like when you've sung along with a song a thousand times but you know it so well that the words don't even mean anything anymore. They're just bits of air coming out of your mouth. You know what I mean?

2001, Susan Perabo, The Broken Places, page 141:

I'm trying not to stare down there / While she talks about her tough time / Girl of your dreams / You know what I mean

2020, The 1975 (lyrics and music), “If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know)”, in Notes on a Conditional Form, track 16:

I mean, Psalm 95 was a huge help, but you know what I mean 🙂

(colloquial) You are familiar with the situation I am describing; used to establish common ground with the interlocutor


I have a question

Indicates that the speaker wants to ask a question.


영어를 못합니다

[jʌ̹ŋʌ̹ɾɯɭ mo̞tʰa̠mnida̠]

I don't speak English
I don't speak English


I don't care

Indicates that the speaker has no interest or emotional investment in the topic at hand.


I'm full

Indicates that the speaker does not wish to continue eating.

お腹がいっぱいになりました

おなかがいっぱいになりました


as above, so below

The concept was first laid out in the Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus: "That which is Below corresponds to that which is Above, and that which is Above, corresponds to that which is Below, to accomplish the miracles of the One Thing."

(occultism) What happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels; the microcosm and macrocosm behave alike.

Emerald Tablet
Hermes Trismegistus
as above, so below

jak nahoře, tak dole

what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels

quod est superius est sicut quod est inferius


make yourself at home

(idiomatic) An invitation to a guest in the speaker's home to treat the house as if it were theirs.

اِجْعَلْ نَفْسَكَ فِي مَنْزِلِكَ

an invitation to a guest in the speaker's home to treat the house as if it were theirs

どうぞ気楽にして下さい

どうぞきらくにして下さい


мне стыдно

мне сты́дно • (mne stýdno)

мне сты́дно (canonical)
mne stýdno (romanization)


мне жарко

мне жа́рко • (mne žárko)

мне жа́рко (canonical)
mne žárko (romanization)


мне холодно

мне хо́лодно

мне хо́лодно • (mne xólodno)

мне хо́лодно (canonical)
mne xólodno (romanization)


à table

Ellipsis of mettez-vous à table ! or mets-toi à table !.


vgd

(Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of vad gör du (“what are you (sing.) doing? what’s up?”).


ICCL

couldn't care less
couldn't care less#English

EVVK

abbreviation used to express an uncaring opinion towards a subject


exetera

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling

(nonstandard) Pronunciation spelling of et cetera.


winner, winner, chicken dinner

→ Mandarin: 吃雞／吃鸡 (chījī) (calque)

Possibly originating in casinos as a stock cry of croupiers whenever a patron won.

[In Las Vegas casinos] When you win, you’ll hear the stickman say, “Winner, winner, chicken dinner” and get high-fives all around. This sure beats pushing buttons and waiting for a bunch of cherries.

1998, Davis, Alan, Alan Davis' the fun also rises travel guide North America : the most fun places to be at the right time, →OCLC:

(childish) An expression or declaration of victory, especially in a game of chance.


RUOK

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


what's your job

Inquires about the subject's current occupation.

งานของคุณอะไร

add ครับ (kráp) (male speaker) or คะ (ká) (female speaker) to the end to make the question more polite

công việc của bạn là gì? (generic, replace bạn with the appropriate pronoun)


are you OK

/ɑː juː əʊˈkeɪ/

[ɑ̟ː ju̟ː əʊˈkʰeɪ]

[ɑ̟ɹ ju̟ː oʊˈkʰeɪ]

Asking if the listener is OK (e.g. not hurt).

汝好势无？

lí hó-sè--bô? / lír hó-sè--bô? / lú hó-sè--bô?


fullum stöfum

From fullum (“with full, with complete”) the dative plural form of fullur (“full, complete”) and stöfum (“with letters”) the dative, plural of stafur (“a letter”).

Að rita orð fullum stöfum.

Að skrifa fullum stöfum.

Að skrifa nafnið sitt fullum stöfum.

(idiomatic) unabbreviated, without abbreviation, in full, an abbreviation written out

(idiomatic) directly, straight to the point


sorun nedir

(idiomatic) What's wrong? What's the problem?


what are you doing

汝咧创啥？

lí le̍h chhòng siáⁿ? / lír lér chhòng siáⁿ? / lí lé chhòng siáⁿ? / lí teh chhòng siáⁿ?

汝咧做啥？

lí le̍h chòe siáⁿ? / lí teh chòe siáⁿ? / lí lé chòe siáⁿ? / lír lér chòe siáⁿ?

汝咧作啥？

lí le̍h chò siáⁿ? / lí teh chò siáⁿ? / lú le̍h chò siáⁿ? / lú teh chò siáⁿ? / lú le̍h chòe siáⁿ?

汝咧啥潲？

lí le̍h siáⁿ-siâu? / lí lé siáⁿ-siâu? / lír lér siáⁿ-siâu? / lí teh sáⁿ-siâu?

bạn đang làm gì? (generic, replace bạn with the appropriate pronoun)

Anna! Hi! What’re you doing?
Audio (US): (file)

2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

Used to ask what the interlocutor is currently doing.

All of a sudden, he pulled her arm down towards his crotch and began humping it. "Ahh! My God! What are you doing? Stop that! Stop that!"

2009, Stephen Goldfinger, The Comedian and the Urologist's Daughter, p. 135

Used to tell the interlocutor to stop what they are currently doing.


I want to go to the toilet

Indicates that the speaker feels the urge to go the toilet.


tʼóó bílaʼ dijool

tʼóó (“merely, just”) + bílaʼ (“hand”) + dijool (“it is round”)

(idiomatic) all thumbs (clumsy; awkward; not dextrous)


peukalo keskellä kämmentä

peukalo (“thumb”) + keskellä (“in the middle of”) + kämmentä (“palm”)

Puutöissä minulla on aivan peukalo keskellä kämmentä.

I'm all thumbs when it comes to woodwork.


笨手笨腳

ㄅㄣˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄅㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

бэньшоубэньцзяо

/pən⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pən⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pɐn²² sɐu̯³⁵ pɐn²² kœːk̚³/

/pɐn²² sɐu̯³⁵ pɐn²² kœːk̚³/


κάθε καρυδιάς καρύδι

κάθε καρυδιάς καρύδι

κάθε καρυδιάς καρύδι • (káthe karydiás karýdi)

Literally, “every walnut of the walnut tree”.

lit

Τη νύχτα συναντάς κάθε καρυδιάς καρύδι.

At night you meet every Tom, Dick and Harry.

Ti nýchta synantás káthe karydiás karýdi.

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μιλάτε πιο αργά, παρακαλώ

head

μιλάτε πιο αργά, παρακαλώ!

μιλάτε πιο αργά, παρακαλώ! • (miláte pio argá, parakaló!)

el-phrase

μιλάτε πιο αργά, παρακαλώ!

miláte pio argá (romanization)
parakaló! (romanization)

please speak more slowly
please speak more slowly

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n.V.

(soccer) Initialism of nach Verlängerung (“a.e.t. (after extra time)”).


co słychać

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


ti amo

I love you (affirmation of romantic feeling)


if that

My car is so old that, if I were to sell it, I would get a hundred pounds, if that.

"There is not much to discuss, so today's meeting should be over in half an hour, if that."


enjoy your meal

Used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat.


jak masz na imię

(idiomatic, informal) what is your name?


jak się masz

→ Belarusian: як ма́ешся (jak máješsja)

desc

→ Ukrainian: як ся ма́єш (jak sja máješ)

Literally, “how do you have [yourself]?”, or more loosely translated as “how do you fare?”. Compare Czech jak se máš, Danish hvordan har du det, Latin quōmodo tē habēs.


this is the life

Ah, this is the life. All dressed up on an ocean liner with your favourite cocktail in hand, enjoying a nice relaxing evening.

2008, Gary Wood, Don't Wait for Your Ship to Come In... Swim Out to Meet It:

(informal) An expression of bliss, an expression of happiness with one's current situation.


PERRL

Drunk-drivers always fail the PERRL test.

(emergency medicine) Initialism of pupils are equal, round and react to light.


依山傍水

ㄧ ㄕㄢ ㄅㄤˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

/i⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ pɑŋ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/i⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ pɑŋ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

next to the mountains yet close to a body of water (usually referring to a scenic place)


ikt

(text messaging) Initialism of I knew that.


I miss you

An expression of sorrow or sadness about the absence of a family member, close friend, lover or spouse.

あなたがいなくて寂しい (あなたがいなくてさびしい, anata ga inakute sabishii, literally “you are not here and (I am) sad”)

会いたくて寂しい (あいたくてさびしい, aitakute sabishii, literally “(I) want to see and (I am) sad”)

(あなたに)会いたい ((あなたに)あいたい, (anata ni) aitai, literally “(I) want to meet you”)

보고 싶어 (bo-go sipeo, literally “I want to see you”)

я скуча́ю по тебе́ (ja skučáju po tebé) (ja skučáju po tebé (ja skučáju po tebé), literally “I am longing for you”)

мне тебя́ не хвата́ет (mne tebjá ne xvatájet, literally “there is not enough of you for me”)


罪不容誅

ㄗㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄓㄨ

цзуйбужунчжу

/t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʐʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/

/t͡sɵy̯²² pɐt̚⁵ jʊŋ²¹ t͡syː⁵⁵/

/t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʐʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/

/t͡sɵy̯²² pɐt̚⁵ jʊŋ²¹ t͡syː⁵⁵/

even death cannot atone for the offense; guilty of crimes for which even death is insufficient punishment


I would

Presumably short for "I would have sex with them".

Look at that chick hanging out by the entrance.

I would!

(slang, idiomatic) Used to denote that the speaker finds another person sexually attractive.


I don't fancy yours

"I don't fancy yours!" I said to Davoh, and broke into a trot to reach her first.
"Finders, keepers!" I puffed as I drew alongside. She grinned, tossed her dark hair and went on talking to her friend about something too important to be interrupted […]

(slang, idiomatic, humorous) Used to reserve the right to chat up an attractive woman who is with an unattractive woman.


豁然開朗

ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄖㄢˊ ㄎㄞ ㄌㄤˇ

хожанькайлан

/xu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʐän³⁵ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ lɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kʰuːt̚³ jiːn²¹ hɔːi̯⁵⁵ lɔːŋ¹³/

/xu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʐän³⁵ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ lɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kʰuːt̚³ jiːn²¹ hɔːi̯⁵⁵ lɔːŋ¹³/

to suddenly see the light; to be suddenly enlightened

the view instantly clears up; open and clear


is anyone sitting here

Used to ask whether a seat near the interlocutor is currently occupied (by someone temporarily absent).


cómo se dice...en inglés

how do you say...in English
how do you say...in English


sorry I'm late

Used to apologise for not arriving on time.

entschuldigen Sie bitte, dass ich mich verspätet habe


ad locum

(New Latin, textual criticism, often elliptically) on the passage (used to refer to a commentary on the specified passage)


are you single

Used to ask whether the interlocutor does or doesn't have a (romantic) partner.


more burgensium

In the manner of civil elections (e.g. as members of parliament etc. are elected)


дело в том, что

head

де́ло в то́м, что

де́ло в то́м, что • (délo v tóm, što)

де́ло в то́м (canonical)
что (canonical)
délo v tóm (romanization)
što (romanization)

Де́ло в том, что суд по оши́бке приговори́л за уби́йство невино́вного граждани́на к дли́тельному сро́ку заключе́ния. (Kommersant-Vlast, 18 Apr 2000)

The thing is that the court erroneously sentenced an innocent citizen to a lengthy prison term for murder.

Délo v tom, što sud po ošíbke prigovoríl za ubíjstvo nevinóvnovo graždanína k dlítelʹnomu sróku zaključénija.

the thing is (that); the problem is (that); the point is (that)


DRY

The general principle here is DRY: Don't Repeat Yourself (HTOO). If you duplicate information in two or more places, sooner or later, you'll forget to update one of the copies […]

2005, Greg Wilson, Data Crunching: Solve Everyday Problems Using Java, Python, and More:

software engineering
software engineering

don't repeat yourself
w:Don't repeat yourself

(software engineering) Acronym of don't repeat yourself (“software development principle aimed at reducing repetition”).


ummet ja lammet

ummet (“fields of deep snow”) + ja (“and”) + lammet (“ponds”)

puhua ummet ja lammet (about = elative)

to give a blow-by-blow narration, tell the whole story down to the last tedious detail; to beat around the bush

luvata ummet ja lammet (about = elative)

kysyä ummet ja lammet (of/about = elative)

to pry into all the (gory) details, wheedle all the juicy tidbits out, interrogate thoroughly

(idiomatic) excessively long-winded talk: this and that


your place or mine

sexual intercourse
sexual intercourse#English

A question proposing sexual intercourse: shall we go to your home or mine to have sex?


suck my cock

(idiomatic, vulgar, offensive) An expression of discontent or aggravation to another party.


勇氣百倍

ㄩㄥˇ ㄑㄧˋ ㄅㄞˇ ㄅㄟˋ

/jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ peɪ̯⁵¹/

/jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ peɪ̯⁵¹/


滿面笑容

ㄇㄢˇ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄖㄨㄥˊ

маньмяньсяожун

/män²¹⁴⁻²¹ mi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʐʊŋ³⁵/

/män²¹⁴⁻²¹ mi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʐʊŋ³⁵/


不以為然

ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄖㄢˊ

/pu⁵¹ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵ ʐän³⁵/

/pɐt̚⁵ jiː¹³ wɐi̯²¹ jiːn²¹/

/put̚³²⁻⁴ i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui²⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/

/put̚³²⁻⁴ i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui²⁴⁻¹¹ liɛn²⁴/

/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ i⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ui²⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/

/put̚³²⁻⁴ i⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ui²³⁻³³ ziɛn²³/

/put̚³²⁻⁵ i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui¹³⁻²² d͡ziɛn¹³/

/pu⁵¹ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵ ʐän³⁵/

/pɐt̚⁵ jiː¹³ wɐi̯²¹ jiːn²¹/

/put̚³²⁻⁴ i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui²⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/

/put̚³²⁻⁴ i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui²⁴⁻¹¹ liɛn²⁴/

/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ i⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ui²⁴⁻²² liɛn²⁴/

/put̚³²⁻⁴ i⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ui²³⁻³³ ziɛn²³/

/put̚³²⁻⁵ i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui¹³⁻²² d͡ziɛn¹³/

to not accept as correct; to disagree; to object; to disapprove

He did not seem bothered by the eye bruise

2004, 王杰排练时太投入 左眼碰伤竟然不知道(图文), 搜狐音乐

duìyú zhè cì yǎnjīng zhuàng shāng, tā xiǎn de bùyǐwéirán

對於這次眼睛撞傷，他顯得不以為然

2004, 王杰排练时太投入 左眼碰伤竟然不知道(图文), 搜狐音乐

对于这次眼睛撞伤，他显得不以为然

The reporter enquired whether the stall owner was able to supply around 100 red-eared sliders to him daily, and the stall owner casually replied that even 1000 sliders can be supplied daily, let alone 100.

2005, 广州热销巴西龟 被列为最危险入侵物种之一(图), 信息时报

Jìzhě chēng yào měitiān pīfā jìnhuò 100 zhī zuǒyòu de bāxīguī, wèn dàngzhǔ néng bùnéng jíshí gōnghuò? Gāi dàngzhǔ bùyǐwéirán de huídá jìzhě, bié shuō yībǎi zhī, yīqiān zhī dōu kěyǐ jíshí gōnghuò.

記者稱要每天批發進貨100隻左右的巴西龜，問檔主能不能及時供貨？該檔主不以為然地回答記者，別說一百隻，一千隻都可以及時供貨。

2005, 广州热销巴西龟 被列为最危险入侵物种之一(图), 信息时报

记者称要每天批发进货100只左右的巴西龟，问档主能不能及时供货？该档主不以为然地回答记者，别说一百只，一千只都可以及时供货。

Knowing he had no properties registered under his name, Chen gave an I-didn't-owe-much-so-I-didn't-care attitude after he received the notification from the court, and shirked the issue by stating he did not have enough money to pay back.

2018, 欠债不还 男子因6万元被判刑, 法制日报

Jiē dào fǎyuàn de tōngzhī hòu, Chén mǒu zìzhī míngxià wú dēngjì fángchǎn, biǎoxiàn chū yī fù qiànzhài bù duō bùyǐwéirán de tàidù, yǐ méi qián huánkuǎn wéiyóu tuīwěi.

接到法院的通知後，陳某自知名下無登記房產，表現出一副欠債不多不以為然的態度，以沒錢還款為由推諉。

2018, 欠债不还 男子因6万元被判刑, 法制日报

接到法院的通知后，陈某自知名下无登记房产，表现出一副欠债不多不以为然的态度，以没钱还款为由推诿。


can we say

>Walter Thurmond Bishop, Thurmond's nephew and the chief federal
>bankruptcy court judge for South Carolina,
Can we say NEPOTISM?

2003, TravIsGod, “OT: I guess the more they complain...”, in alt.sports.football.pro.dallas-cowboys (Usenet):

Wanna become a Debbie Downer? Then give in to your self-doubts and start listening to all the naysayers (believe me, there will be naysayers and it may come from the unlikeliest of places, like perhaps your BFF. Can we say jealous? Not everyone has the ability to pursue their own delicious dreams!)

2010, Vicki Salemi, Big Career in the Big City:

Used sarcastically to draw attention to a motive or agenda.


I take it

I take it you're not a very big fan of the carrot?

(idiomatic) Used to express one's understanding of another's position.


raised in a barn

Momma's all the time telling us to act like we weren't raised in a barn. Ole Miz Hawkins must've been raised in her daddy's milk barn, instead of in the house with the china cups like she claims.

2005, Tammy Robinson Smith, Emmybeth Speaks, page 9:

“Raised in a barn, some people. Raised in a muck-filled, stinking barn.” Mag and Morgan stared at the grumbler's departing back until he was gone.

2006, Philip J. Carraher, The Necklace of Stones, page 140:

"No, thanks, we'll keep them with us." "Peggy always got on to me if I didn't ask for people's coats. 'George, you weren't raised in a barn, ask them if you can take their coats.'" The imitation sounded accurate

2008, Laurell K. Hamilton, The Lunatic Café, page 275:


raised by wolves

Were they raised by wolves? What exactly are you expecting them to do at your reception, dance on the tables?

2001, Kim Shaw, The New Book of Wedding Etiquette:

Do you think I was raised by wolves? Do I really seem that clueless to you?" He said nothing; nothing at all.

2001, Antoinette Stockenberg, Tidewater, page 60:

I thought that Carl was saying these negative things to me out of love, but then over time, the words he spoke grew more and more harsh by the day. He would ask me insulting things like, "were you raised by wolves?

2009, K. B. Whitaker, Fifty-Seven, page 11:

“Tell me, Drool, have you always known you were raised by wolves?” “Aye. I want to go outside and have a wee on a tree, now, Pocket. You want to come?” “No, you go, love, I'm going to stay here and shout at the old ladies."

2010, Christopher Moore, Fool, page 250:

However, he'd not been raised by wolves, and as he put the food down, he held his chair for the guest. “Care to join us?”


does the Pope shit in the woods

en-au-does the Pope shit in the woods.ogg

A combination of the two rhetorical questions is the Pope Catholic? and does a bear shit in the woods?

"You still interested in a writing job?" he asked. […] Is the Pope Catholic? Does a bear shit in the woods? Or, as one of the guys had said a few weeks before, Does the Pope shit in the woods? A writing job. “Yeah,” was all she could say.

2009, Iris Rainer Dart, Til the Real Thing Comes Along, Grand Central Publishing, →ISBN:

"I asked her if she would like a coffee. She turned round, smiled and said: 'Does the Pope shit in the woods?' The wife was aghast. Of course I got the blame!”

2009, James R. Vance, Killer Butterfly, The eBook Sale, page 233

"[…] do you understand that last point about combining two jokes together?" […] I almost replied 'Does a bear shit in the woods?' but then I […] saw the chance to answer in a way that would show I understood them perfectly. "Does the pope shit in the woods?" There was a huge round of applause from the invisible audience, in fact it wasn't just a round of applause, ...

2014, John Byrne, "Rapt In an Enigma" - "A True-life Tale of the Paranormal Unlike Any You Have Read Before", Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN:

Rhetorical question
rhetorical question#English

(idiomatic, humorous, vulgar) Obviously! Rhetorical question in response to a question where the answer is an emphatic yes.


isf

(Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of i så fall (“in that case”).


see you when I see you

(informal) Used as a farewell, when the next time the speaker and interlocutor will meet is not known.


not if I see you first

(informal, usually humorous) Used as a reply to see you, see you later, see you soon etc., implying that, if the speaker sees the interlocutor first, the speaker will avoid them.


catch you on the flip side

This phrase comes from when radio DJs played vinyl records. The disks had two sides - on a 45 RPM disk, sides A & B. The song that the record company wanted to promote most heavily would go on the A side. So when a DJ played that side, they'd sometimes say, "And now on the flip side...", and play side B, the lesser known track.

If you come back to America, just hit me up / 'Cause this is crazy love, I'll catch you on the flip side

2019, “California”, in Norman Fucking Rockwell!, performed by Lana Del Rey:


see you in hell

"See you in hell, candy boys!"

1994 November 27, Greg Daniels, “Homer Badman”, in The Simpsons, season 6, episode 9, spoken by Homer Simpson (Dan Castallaneta), production code 2F06:

A farewell which implies that the person addressed is about to die and be damned.


do bears shit in the woods

does a bear shit in the woods
does a bear shit in the woods#English

(colloquial, rhetorical question, mildly vulgar) Alternative form of does a bear shit in the woods


think nothing of it

A polite way to dismiss thanks as unnecessary


time's up

“Time’s up,” the proctor announced at the end of the third section. “Put your pencils down. There will be a fifteen minute break. You are encouraged to use the bathroom during this time.”

2008, Rick Lax, Lawyer Boy, St. Martin’s Press, page 28:

The deadline has passed; there is no more available time.


به کمک احتیاج دارید

به کمک احتیاج دارید؟

به کمک احتیاج دارید؟ • (be komak ehtiyâj dârid?)

به کمک احتیاج دارید ؟ (canonical)
be komak ehtiyâj dârid? (romanization)

en-به_کمک_احتیاج_دارید-fa-phrase-53-3T7o6


به کمک شما احتیاج دارم

به کمک شما احتیاج دارم

به کمک شما احتیاج دارم • (be komak-e šomâ ehtiyâj dâram)

be komak-e šomâ ehtiyâj dâram (romanization)

en-به_کمک_شما_احتیاج_دارم-fa-phrase-MoQsx7qc


به کمکت احتیاج دارم

به کمکت احتیاج دارم

به کمکت احتیاج دارم • (be komaket ehtiyâj dâram)


имате ли нужда от помощ

и́мате ли ну́жда от по́мощ?

и́мате ли ну́жда от по́мощ? • (ímate li núžda ot pómošt?)

и́мате ли ну́жда от по́мощ (canonical)
ímate li núžda ot pómošt? (romanization)

en-имате_ли_нужда_от_помощ-bg-phrase-53-3T7o6


имаш ли нужда от помощ

и́маш ли ну́жда от по́мощ?

и́маш ли ну́жда от по́мощ? • (ímaš li núžda ot pómošt?)

и́маш ли ну́жда от по́мощ (canonical)
ímaš li núžda ot pómošt? (romanization)

en-имаш_ли_нужда_от_помощ-bg-phrase-53-3T7o6


به کمک احتیاج داری

به کمک احتیاج داری؟

به کمک احتیاج داری؟ • (be komak ehtiyâj dâri?)

به کمک احتیاج داری ؟ (canonical)
be komak ehtiyâj dâri? (romanization)

en-به_کمک_احتیاج_داری-fa-phrase-53-3T7o6


кожному своє

ко́жному своє́

ко́жному своє́ • (kóžnomu svojé)

ко́жному своє́ (canonical)
kóžnomu svojé (romanization)

[ˈkɔʒnɔmʊ swɔˈjɛ]

uk:кожному своє


過意不去

ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄧˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄩˋ

/ku̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹/

/kʷɔː³³ jiː³³ pɐt̚⁵ hɵy̯³³/

/ku̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹/

/kʷɔː³³ jiː³³ pɐt̚⁵ hɵy̯³³/


不得而知

ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄦˊ ㄓ

/pu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/

/pɐt̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵ jiː²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵/

/put̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚³²⁻⁴ li²⁴⁻²² ti⁴⁴/

/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ tit̚⁵⁻²⁴ li²⁴⁻²² ti³³/

/put̚³²⁻⁵ tit̚³²⁻⁵ li¹³⁻²² ti⁴⁴/

/put̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚³²⁻⁴ li²⁴⁻¹¹ ti⁴⁴/

/put̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚³²⁻⁴ li²³⁻³³ ti⁴⁴/

/pu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/

/pɐt̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵ jiː²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵/

/put̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚³²⁻⁴ li²⁴⁻²² ti⁴⁴/

/put̚⁵⁻²⁴ tit̚⁵⁻²⁴ li²⁴⁻²² ti³³/

/put̚³²⁻⁵ tit̚³²⁻⁵ li¹³⁻²² ti⁴⁴/

/put̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚³²⁻⁴ li²⁴⁻¹¹ ti⁴⁴/

/put̚³²⁻⁴ tit̚³²⁻⁴ li²³⁻³³ ti⁴⁴/

to be unable to know or find out; to remain unknown; to be unable to ascertain


στην ώρα μου

στην ώρα μου • (stin óra mou)

el-phrase

στην ώρα μου • (stin óra mou)


ROTGLOL

(rare, Internet slang) Initialism of rolling on the ground laughing out loud.


شلونك

acm-phrase

شلونك (šlōnik)

Coordinate term: (to a woman) شلونچ (šlōnič)


ازيك

head

اِزَّيَّك؟ • (izzáyyak?)

اِزَّيَّك؟ (canonical)
izzáyyak? (romanization)


ازيك

اِزَّيِّك؟ • (izzáyyik?)

اِزَّيِّك؟ (canonical)
izzáyyik? (romanization)


لا باس

lā bās (romanization)
la bās (romanization)


كيفك

كيفَك؟ • (kēfak?)

كيفَك؟ (canonical)
kēfak? (romanization)


كيفك

كيفِك؟ • (kēfik?)

كيفِك؟ (canonical)
kēfik? (romanization)


كيفك

كِيفَك؟ • (kīfak?)

كِيفَك؟ (canonical)
kīfak? (romanization)


كيفك

كِيفِك؟ • (kīfik?)

كِيفِك؟ (canonical)
kīfik? (romanization)


كيفك

كيفك؟ • (kīfak?)

كيف (kīf, “how?”) + ـك (-ak, -ek, “you”)


كيفك

head

كيفك؟ • (kīfek?)


it's raining

落雨啰

lo̍h-hō͘--lo͘ / lo̍h-hō͘--lo͘h / lo̍h-hǒ͘--lo͘


悔之晚矣

ㄏㄨㄟˇ ㄓ ㄨㄢˇ ㄧˇ

хуэй чжи вань и

/xu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ wän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


ts.

Abbreviation of to samo.; ditto, idem, id.


意想不到

ㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄠˋ

/i⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/jiː³³ sœːŋ³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ tou̯³³/

/jiː³³ sœːŋ³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ tou̯³³⁻³⁵/

/i⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/jiː³³ sœːŋ³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ tou̯³³/

/jiː³³ sœːŋ³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ tou̯³³⁻³⁵/

to be unexpected; to be unanticipated; to be unimaginable


I'm a guy

(informal) Indicates that the speaker is male.


कैसे हो

[‿kɛː.seː‿ɦoː]

Clipping of तुम कैसे हो? (tum kaise ho?)

clipping

तुम कैसे हो?


आप कैसे हैं

hi-phrase

आप कैसे हैं?


お元気ですか

お元気ですか。 (canonical)
o-genki desu ka? (romanization)

Literally, “are you [honorific prefix] energetic/healthy?”.

m-g

are you 􂀿honorific prefix􂁀 energetic/healthy?


siitä huolimatta

siitä (“of it, from it”) + huolimatta (“despite”)

Markkinatalous käyttää joulua hyväkseen. Siitä huolimatta se on edelleen uskonnollinen juhla.

Christmas is exploited by capitalism. That said, it is still a religious festival.

Hänen ajatuksensa ovat täysin vääriä. Siitä huolimatta haluan olla yhtä mieltä.

His ideas are all wrong. Even so, I want to agree with him.


გილოცავ დაბადების დღეს

head

გილოცავ დაბადების დღეს

გილოცავ დაბადების დღეს • (gilocav dabadebis dɣes)

From ლოცვა (locva, “pray (for)”) + დაბადება (dabadeba, “birth”) + დღე (dɣe, “day”).

compound

en-გილოცავ_დაბადების_დღეს-ka-phrase-4DkYxC8~


és tsai.

From és (“and”) + abbreviation of társai (“his/her colleagues”).


πού είναι η τουαλέτα

head

πού είναι η τουαλέτα

πού είναι η τουαλέτα • (poú eínai i toualéta)

poú eínai i toualéta (romanization)
poú eínai i toualéta? (romanization)

en-πού_είναι_η_τουαλέτα-el-phrase-5Q6ySxd3


一步一個腳印

ㄧ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧ ˙ㄍㄜ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄧㄣˋ

yī bù yī ge jiǎoyìn [Phonetic:yí bù yì ge jiǎoyìn]

и бу и гэ цзяоинь

/i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ g̊ə t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ in⁵¹/

ㄧ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧ ˙ㄍㄜ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄧㄣˋㄦ

ибуигэцзяоиньр

/i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ g̊ə t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ iə̯ɻ⁵¹/

/jɐt̚⁵ pou̯²² jɐt̚⁵ kɔː³³ kœːk̚³ jɐn³³/

/jɐt̚⁵ pou̯²² jɐt̚⁵ kɔː³³ kœːk̚³ jɐn³³/

to work steadily and make solid progress


gabh mo leithscéal

/ˌɡɔ mə ˈlʲɪʃceːl̪ˠ/


gabhaigí mo leithscéal

excuse me (spoken to two or more people)


to save one's life

I can't dance to save my life.

After she began to have a Governoress for Stuyvesant Jimpson and an Imported Nurse for the little Evelyn Jimpson her memory began to blur in spots and she couldn’t have done up the Dishes to save her life.

1902 September 7, George Ade, “Modern Fables By George Ade. The Modern Fable of the Troubles of the Unemployed and the Danger of Changing from Bill to Harold.”, in Idaho Daily Statesman, Boise, Ida., page 16, column 5:

(informal) at all (Used with "can't", "couldn't" etc. to emphasize a lack of skill.)

She wouldn't eat baked beans to save her life.

(informal, hyperbolic) under any circumstances; [I'd] rather die than...(Used with "will not", "would not" etc. to emphasize refusal.)


how's everything

An informal greeting, asking how a person's life is going.


how are you getting along

(informal) A greeting roughly equivalent to how are you.


tôi là người Việt

[toj˧˧ laː˨˩ ŋɨəj˨˩ viət̚˧˨ʔ]

[toj˧˧ laː˦˩ ŋɨj˦˩ viək̚˨˩ʔ]

[toj˧˧ laː˨˩ ŋɨj˨˩ viək̚˨˩˨]

[toj˧˧ laː˨˩ ŋɨj˨˩ jiək̚˨˩˨]


if memory serves

But A. P. H. has told us how he has demonstrated, at least twice, that indeed a cheque need not be on paper. Once, if memory serves, he used a table napkin; on the other occasion it was the label of an almost empty wine bottle.

1954, The Accountant, volume 130, page xxxiii:

If I have correctly remembered the details.


monkeys might fly out of my butt

En-au-monkeys might fly out of my butt.ogg

Popularized by the 1992 film Wayne's World. Likely a variation on pigs might fly.

‘I am sure he'll pay you back tomorrow.’ ‘Yeah right, and monkeys might fly out of my butt.’

(Canada, US, slang, vulgar) A response to a suggested situation that one thinks has no chance of ever occurring.


how goes it

The phrase is a regular Early Modern English equivalent of how's it going (when neither progressive tenses nor do-support were obligatory). As such it could have survived through regional dialects. Nevertheless modern usage is likely a calque of German wie geht es, perhaps additionally also Dutch hoe gaat het, Danish hvordan går det, etc.

Here comes the Lady Paulina's Steward: hee can deliuer you more. How goes it now (Sir.)

c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii], page 300, column 2:

‘Scotty, man, how goes it?’ Bennie said, patting me warmly on the back as we shook hands.

2010, Jennifer Egan, “X's and O's”, in A Visit from the Goon Squad:

(idiomatic) An informal greeting roughly equivalent to how are you.


if it's not one thing it's another

Many problems are happening simultaneously or in close succession; there is always another problem arising, continually (in life; in one's life; in this place; etc).


if you don't mind me saying

He addressed him politely: 'If you don't mind me saying so, you look a bit worried.' Salman answered him frankly: 'Well if I wasn't worried, do you think I'd come here to sell a thermos flask?'

1991, Shaukat Ṣiddīqī, God's own land: a novel of Pakistan:

Used to introduce one's opinion about something to which offence could be taken


what's the difference

"I don't see why it's any more ridiculous to wear flowers on your hat than on your dress," protested Anne. "Lots of little girls there had bouquets pinned on their dresses. What's the difference?"

1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter XII, in Anne of Green Gables:

What's the difference between new Windows programs and old ones? If you're paying close attention, you'll notice subtle differences in the way new 32-bit Windows programs look. Dialog boxes, for example, are likely to have tabbed pages ...

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see what, is, the, difference.

“Genies, fairies, whatever, what's the difference, bring them here I want to talk to them,”

2010, Patricia O'Grady, Tales of the Whosawhachits: Key Holder of the Realms:Book 1:

(idiomatic) The difference doesn't matter; so what?


if you ask me

B.W. Wooster: If you ask me, art is responsible for most of the trouble in the world.
R. Jeeves: An interesting theory, sir. Would you care to expatiate upon it?
B.W. Wooster: As a matter of fact, no, Jeeves. The thought just occurred to me, as thoughts do.
R. Jeeves: Very good, sir.

1992 May 3, “Comrade Bingo”, in Jeeves and Wooster, Series 3, Episode 6:

Some damned fool made him an American officer; but if you ask me, I think he's neither flesh nor fowl nor good red herring. He changed sides once so he wouldn't lose his property, and if you ask me, he's ready to do it again.

Used to introduce one's opinion, without being asked for it.


keep the change

And she handed me twenty dollars / For a two fifty fare, she said / "Harry, keep the change."

1972, Harry Chapin (lyrics and music), “Taxi”, in Heads & Tales:

An instruction to a taxi driver, waiter etc. to keep the change from the amount handed over as a tip.

köszönöm

said with some emphasis when handing over a banknote with a value not considerably larger than the required sum


SLS

/siːu̯³³ lɐn³⁵ sei̯³⁵/

/siːu̯³³ lɐn³⁵ sei̯³⁵/

(Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of 笑撚死 (siu³ lan² sei², “very fucking funny”).


I want my money back

Said to demand a refund for a product or service.


chào buổi sáng

[t͡ɕaːw˨˩ ʔɓuəj˧˩ saːŋ˧˦]

[t͡ɕaːw˦˩ ʔɓuj˧˨ ʂaːŋ˦˧˥]

[t͡ɕaːw˦˩ ʔɓuj˧˨ saːŋ˦˧˥]

[caːw˨˩ ʔɓuj˨˩˦ ʂaːŋ˦˥]

[caːw˨˩ ʔɓuj˨˩˦ saːŋ˦˥]


一無是處

/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ u³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹/

/jɐt̚⁵ mou̯²¹ siː²² t͡sʰyː³³/

/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ u³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹/

/jɐt̚⁵ mou̯²¹ siː²² t͡sʰyː³³/

This car is a no-good piece of junk, pure waste.

Zhè liàng chē yīwúshìchù, chúncuì shì fèipǐn.

這輛車一無是處，純粹是廢品。

这辆车一无是处，纯粹是废品。


順其自然

ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄗˋ ㄖㄢˊ

шуньцицзыжань

/ʂu̯ən⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ ʐän³⁵/

/sɵn²² kʰei̯²¹ t͡siː²² jiːn²¹/

/sun³³⁻²¹ ki²³⁻³³ t͡su³³⁻²¹ ziɛn²³/

/sun³³⁻¹¹ ki²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su³³⁻¹¹ liɛn²⁴/

/ʂu̯ən⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ ʐän³⁵/

/sɵn²² kʰei̯²¹ t͡siː²² jiːn²¹/

/sun³³⁻²¹ ki²³⁻³³ t͡su³³⁻²¹ ziɛn²³/

/sun³³⁻¹¹ ki²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su³³⁻¹¹ liɛn²⁴/

let nature take its course
let nature take its course

to let it be; to let nature take its course; que sera sera


ambot lang

I don't know, often abbreviated as ambot


媽你個屄

妈你个屄
媽你個逼
媽你的B

ㄇㄚ ㄋㄧˇ ˙ㄍㄜ ㄅㄧ

/mä⁵⁵ ni²¹⁴ g̊ə⁴ pi⁵⁵/

/mä⁵⁵ ni²¹⁴ g̊ə⁴ pi⁵⁵/

媽了個屄 媽了個屄#Chinese

妈了个屄 妈了个屄#Chinese

(vulgar, slang) Synonym of 媽了個屄／妈了个屄 (mā le ge bī, “fuck you”)


媽你的B

ㄇㄚ ㄋㄧˇ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄅㄧ

/mä⁵⁵ ni²¹⁴ d̥ə⁴ pi⁵⁵/

/mä⁵⁵ ni²¹⁴ d̥ə⁴ pi⁵⁵/

媽你的屄 媽你的屄#Chinese

妈你的屄 妈你的屄#Chinese

(slang, euphemistic) Euphemism for 媽你的屄／妈你的屄 (mā nǐ de bī)


i suɔ mo

I love you (affirmation of affection or deep caring)

I love you (affirmation of romantic feeling)


LGB

"[…]The congressman who had an alleged affair with a Chinese spy for several years and inexplicably still sits on the House Intelligence and Homeland Security Committees jumped to Twitter on Christmas Day to attack the Oregon father who delivered the LGB joke during the White House holiday call."

[2021 December 27, Proud Progressive, “Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell Blasts Pathetic Dad Who Said Lets Go Brandon to Biden”, in comp.os.linux.advocacy (Usenet):

Got gas the other day and there were two LGB stickers on the gas pump.

2021 December 27, Frank, “Do you suppose anyone told the venal, senile what LGB means?”, in alt.home.repair (Usenet):

Unfortunately for Brown, the reaction was negative. Despite being a rising NASCAR star, he said it became “extremely difficult” to attract sponsors because major corporations saw his unintentional association with the LGB meme to be divisive.

2022 January 5, “NASCAR rejects ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ sponsorship”, in RT:

That represents a 99.5 percent decline over the last 30 days, leaving a singular LGB coin effectively worthless.

2022 February 13, Technobarbarian, “‘Let’s Go Brandon’ Crypto Coin Turns Into Total Dumpster Fire”, in rec.outdoors.rv-travel (Usenet):

The gift shop is rammed. [...] I'm slightly surprised to see an "LGB" clutch above the till, until I realise it stands for "Let’s Go Brandon", code for "Fuck Joe Biden"[.]

2024 March 15, Jemima Kelly, “How the least divided place in America feels about Trump's return”, in Financial Review, archived from the original on 2024-04-09:

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

(Internet slang, US politics) Initialism of let's go, Brandon.


kaikki himassa

kaikki (“everything”) + himassa (“at home”)

Onko hänellä kaikki himassa?


kieli solmussa

kieli (“tongue”) + solmussa (“in a knot”)

Jos et ole koskaan harjoitellut työhönottohaastattelua, olet luultavasti muutaman kerran kieli solmussa ensimmäisessä haastattelussasi.

If you have never practiced at interviewing for a job, you are likely to have a few tongue-tied moments during your first interview.

(idiomatic) tongue-tied, at a loss for words (unable to express oneself clearly or fluently)


kielen päällä

kielen (“of the tongue”) + päällä (“on top”)

Hänen nimensä on ihan kielen päällä; se voisi olla Kati tai Kaari tai jotakin.

Her name is on the tip of my tongue; it could be Kathy or Karen or something.

on the tip of one's tongue
on the tip of one's tongue

(idiomatic) on the tip of one's tongue (known but not quite remembered)


thanks for coming

An expression of gratitude for coming somewhere, having been invited.

A sardonic expression indicating that the addressee's contribution has been inconsequential.


me cago en la leche

Literally, “I shit in the milk”. Leche in this context refers to the mother's milk.

(vulgar, Spain, idiomatic) holy shit; fuck; fuck it

(vulgar, Spain, idiomatic) bloody hell!; bollocks!


the race that stops a nation

(Australia, informal) The annual Melbourne Cup horse race.


千差萬別

ㄑㄧㄢ ㄔㄚ ㄨㄢˋ ㄅㄧㄝˊ

цяньчаваньбе

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ wän⁵¹ pi̯ɛ³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ wän⁵¹ pi̯ɛ³⁵/

Refugees come from different social classes and have a diversity of languages, cultures and political and religious beliefs.

Nànmín láizì bùtóng de shèhuì jiēcéng, qí yǔyán, wénhuà, zhèngzhì yǔ zōngjiàoxìnyǎng qiānchāwànbié.

難民來自不同的社會階層，其語言、文化、政治與宗教信仰千差萬別。

难民来自不同的社会阶层，其语言、文化、政治与宗教信仰千差万别。

varying greatly; having a diverse range; multifarious


人を呪わば穴二つ

ja-pos

ひと を のろわば あな ふたつ

人(ひと)を呪(のろ)わば穴(あな)二(ふた)つ • (hito o norowaba ana futatsu)

人を呪わば穴二つ (canonical)
hito o norowaba ana futatsu (romanization)

Literally "if you curse someone, there are two holes."

chickens come home to roost
chickens coming home to roost

chickens come home to roost, so you should be prepared for your curse to come back to you. Also said to admonish someone against cursing another person casually.


ローマは一日にして成らず

^ローマ は いち にち に して ならず

ローマは一(いち)日(にち)にして成(な)らず • (Rōma wa ichi nichi ni shite narazu)

ローマは一日にして成らず (canonical)
Rōma wa ichi nichi ni shite narazu (romanization)

[ɾo̞ːma̠ β̞a̠ it͡ɕiɲ̟it͡ɕi ɲ̟i ɕite̞ na̠ɾa̠zɨ]

Calque of English Rome wasn't built in a day.

calque

ろおまはいちにちにしてならず

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


IDGAF

LYRICAL PROPHETS, "I.D.G.A.F." (Demo from On The Reel Productions) [...] For one thing, the samples they used on "I Don't Give A F..." seemed too cheerful for the lyrics, which take the dozens to violent new heights.

1993 December 10, David J., “LYRICAL PROPHETS, "I.D.G.A.F."”, in HardC.O.R.E., volume 2, archived from the original on 2003-09-05:

(Internet slang, text messaging, vulgar) Initialism of I don't give a fuck.


魚心あれば水心あり

ja-pos

うお こころ あれば みず こころ あり

魚(うお)心(こころ)あれば水(みず)心(こころ)あり • (uo kokoro areba mizu kokoro ari)

魚心あれば水心あり (canonical)
uo kokoro areba mizu kokoro ari (romanization)

Literally, "if the water is kind to the fish, the fish will be kind to the water".

if you show someone favor, they will show favor to you in return


DILLIC

(slang, Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of do I look like I care?.


who's asking

"Are you the owner of this vehicle?" / "Who's asking?"

(defensively) Used to ask a stranger asking a question to identify themselves


大放厥詞

ㄉㄚˋ ㄈㄤˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄘˊ

/tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ fɑŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ t͡sʰz̩³⁵/

/taːi̯²² fɔːŋ³³ kʰyːt̚³ t͡sʰiː²¹/

/tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ fɑŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ t͡sʰz̩³⁵/

/taːi̯²² fɔːŋ³³ kʰyːt̚³ t͡sʰiː²¹/

to talk a lot of nonsense, to let out a spate of stuff and nonsense


添油加醋

ㄊㄧㄢ ㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄘㄨˋ

/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ joʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ t͡sʰu⁵¹/

ㄊㄧㄢ ㄧㄡˊㄦ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄘㄨˋ

/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ jɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ t͡sʰu⁵¹/

/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ joʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ t͡sʰu⁵¹/

/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ jɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ t͡sʰu⁵¹/

(figurative) to add color and emphasis to (a narration); to exaggerate


信口雌黃

ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄘˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ

ㄒㄧㄣˋ ㄎㄡˇ ㄘ ㄏㄨㄤˊ

синькоуцыхуан

/ɕin⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰz̩³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/

/ɕin⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰz̩⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/

/sɵn³³ hɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʰiː⁵⁵ wɔːŋ²¹/

/ɕin⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰz̩³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/

/ɕin⁵¹ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰz̩⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵/

/sɵn³³ hɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʰiː⁵⁵ wɔːŋ²¹/

Paper used in ancient China were yellowish in color and orpiment was used as correction fluid. The idiom is therefore used as a metaphor of a person trying to correct oneself when he/she is talking nonsense.

to make irresponsible remarks, to utter nonsense


ta sig i kragen

ta (“take”) + sig (“oneself”) + i (“in”) + kragen (“the collar”).

get one's act together
get one's act together


sucks to be you

(slang, offensive) You are in a bad situation, but I have no sympathy/empathy.


kova pähkinä purtavaksi

kova (“hard, tough”) + pähkinä (“nut”) + purtavaksi (“to bite, for biting”)

(idiomatic) hard nut to crack, tough nut to crack, (problem that is challenging to solve)

(idiomatic) hard nut to crack, tough nut to crack (situation, person, group, etc. which is difficult to overcome or deal with)


感激不盡

ㄍㄢˇ ㄐㄧ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ

ганьцзибуцзинь

/kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵¹/

/kɐm³⁵ kɪk̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sɵn²²/

/kam⁵²⁻³⁵ kek̚²⁻⁴ puk̚²⁻⁴ t͡siŋ³⁵/

/kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵¹/

/kɐm³⁵ kɪk̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sɵn²²/

/kam⁵²⁻³⁵ kek̚²⁻⁴ puk̚²⁻⁴ t͡siŋ³⁵/

can't thank (somebody) enough; to highly appreciate help provided by someone or something


se híre, se hamva

[ʃɛ ˈhiːrɛ ʃɛ ˈhɒɱvɒ]

Literally “neither news (rumor, word) nor ashes of someone or something”. Ellipsis of nincs….

A csónaknak se híre, se hamva nem volt.

neither hide nor hair
neither hide nor hair

(idiomatic) disappeared without leaving a trace, neither hide nor hair (the person or thing that vanished is expressed with -nak/-nek)


aika näyttää

aika (“time”) + näyttää (“shows, will show”)


貸し借りなし

貸し借りなし (canonical)
kashikari nashi (romanization)

Composed of 貸し借り (kashikari, “lending and borrowing”) + なし (nashi, “nothing”).

the state of being square or even with someone, with nothing owed to the other party and nothing owing to oneself


yáʼátʼééh iʼííʼą́

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yáʼátʼééh iʼííʼą́

yáʼátʼééh iʼííʼą́

yáʼátʼééh (“it is well”) + iʼííʼą́ (“the sun set”)


be careful what you wish for

The desired outcome may not be as desirable once it has been attained.

uważaj, czego pragniesz uważaj na marzenia

¿no querías caldo? ¡pues toma dos tazas!


case closed

[…]he would no more tell a grunt in uniform what he was really thinking than he'd drop his pants and wag the weasel at a formal diplomatic function.
Some things were simply not done by professionals. Full stop. Case closed.

"And I your God say no angel of mine will ever marry a female human being. And that is final!"
"Positively final?" I asked in a firm, steady voice.
"Yes! Doubly positively final! Case closed!"

2011, Dominick Ricca, "The Salvation of Satan", in Would You Like to Be White? and Other Stories, Xlibris (self-published), page 403 http://books.google.com/books?id=YVr6Rw8UaioC&pg=PA403&dq=case

Expressing finality, that that preceding material is meant as final, not subject to amendation or variation.

The bodies of the deceased were removed from the scene to the Suffolk County medical examiner's office in Hauppauge.[…] As you can see from the report, Nikki Hale was the only one who was impaired. Case closed.

2009, Brad Thor, The Apostle, Atria, →ISBN:

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: A case is closed; specifically, a police investigation or similar is resolved.


youth is wasted on the young

/ˌjuːθ‿ɪz ˈweɪstɪd‿ɒn ðə ˈjʌŋ/

/ˌjuθ‿ɪz ˈweɪstɪd‿ɑn ðə ˈjʌŋ/

Origin uncertain. The phrase is often attributed to the Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) (see, for example, the 1943 and 1979 quotations), but does not appear to be from any of his published works. It is sometimes also said to be by other people such as the American writer Mark Twain (1835–1910) and the Irish playwright and poet Oscar Wilde (1854–1900): see the 1937 and 2006 quotations.

Mark Twain once remarked that it is a pity youth is wasted on the young. Why do we think youth is wasted on the young? […] It [youth] is only valued after our eyes are dull and step no longer spry.

1937 December 1, “Priceless Possession is Seen in Having Youth and Guarding Its Gifts”, in Mary Harrison Vaughan, editor, The Rotunda, Farmville, Va.: State Teachers College, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 1:

What is it [George Bernard] Shaw says—a pity youth is wasted on the young. Miss Lanahan, what are you doing with your life?

1943 April, Ann Pinchot, “Rival to My Heart: Part 2”, in Otis Wiese, editor, McCall’s, New York, N.Y.: McCall Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 37, column 1:

The adage that youth is wasted on the young aches your body, for you know that even youth itself, does not have the time to burst forth with all the energy that nature prescribed for it.

1966 October 20, Peter Harris, “Student’s thoughts drift in the fall”, in Fred Thomas, editor, The Daily Tar Heel, volume 74, number 33, Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 6:

George Bernard Shaw was right on the mark when he suggested that it's a pity youth is wasted on the young.

1979, Joseph F. Coates, “Social Security in the Year 2000: How to Get There and Where will We be when We Do?”, in David Pearce Snyder, editor, The Family in Post-industrial America: Some Fundamental Perceptions for Public Policy Development (AAAS Selected Symposium; 32), Boulder, Colo.: Frederick A[mos] Praeger, Westview Press, →ISBN, page 130:

Maybe someday the old and the young will live together and work together. But like they say, youth is wasted on the young, and I would also say that wisdom is wasted on the old.

1983, Lawrence Bush, “1906”, in Bessie, New York, N.Y.: Seaview/Putnam, →ISBN, part 1, page 56:

It is often said that youth is wasted on the young, but Joseph Szabo's remarkable photographs of that brief span between puberty and baby adulthood seek another determination. As an art teacher (and yearbook photo adviser) to the students of Long Island's Malverne High in the 70s and 80s, Szabo had the opportunity to document the confidential moments of adolescence from which most adults are barred.

2003 November, Edward Helmore, “Teenage Graceland: Joseph Szabo Captures Adolescents’ Secret World”, in Graydon Carter, editor, Vanity Fair, number 519, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 166, column 1:

Any inexpensive dictionary of quotations offers a multitude of entries illustrating youthful irresponsibility such as Oscar Wilde’s ‘youth is wasted on the young’.

2006, Rupa Huq, “Introduction: Youth Culture at the Turn of the Century”, in Beyond Subculture: Pop, Youth and Identity in a Postcolonial World, Abingdon, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 1:

The young fail to appreciate or make good use of what they experience.

George Bernard Shaw
Mark Twain
Oscar Wilde

nuoruus menee hukkaan nuorissa

the young fail to appreciate or make good use of what they experience

si jeunesse savait, si vieillesse pouvait

е́сли бы мо́лодость зна́ла, е́сли бы ста́рость могла́ (jésli by mólodostʹ znála, jésli by stárostʹ moglá, literally “if the youth were skilful, if the old age were able”)

you can't put an old head on young shoulders


arca verítékével

From arc (“face”) + -a (“one's”, possessive suffix) + veríték (“sweat”) + -e (“of”, possessive suffix) + -vel (“with”, case suffix), literally: “by the sweat of one’s face”.


yáʼátʼééh abíní

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yáʼátʼééh abíní

yáʼátʼééh abíní

yáʼátʼééh (“it is well”) + abíní (“morning”)


𐌰𐌱𐌿

Compound of 𐌰𐍆 (af)+ the clitic -𐌿 (-u).


𐌰𐌻𐌻𐌿𐌷

Compound of 𐌰𐌻𐌻 (all)+ the clitic -𐌿𐌷 (-uh).


𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌿𐌷

𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂#Gothic

Compound of 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂 (afar)+ the clitic -𐌿𐌷 (-uh).


have I got news for you

You think your neighbours are noisy? Well, have I got news for you: I've been living next door to a nightclub for six years.

(rhetorical, often humorous or ironic) Used to announce a fact of which the addressee was, or appeared to be, ignorant.


המשך יבוא

הֶמְשֵׁךְ יָבוֹא

הֶמְשֵׁךְ יָבוֹא • (hemshékh yavó)

הֶמְשֵׁךְ יָבוֹא (canonical)
hemshékh yavó (romanization)

From הֶמְשֵׁךְ (hemshékh, “continuation”) + יָבוֹא (yavó, “will come”); hence literally “a continuation will come”.

To be continued: used to indicate that a story will continue in a later installment.


ძილი ნებისა

ძილი ნებისა • (ʒili nebisa)


better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick

Mr. Cuomo described the Dinkins endorsement as politically significant, but it is unclear just how much it matters. . . . "Better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick," to borrow one of the former Mayor's favorite maxims.

1994 October 7, Todd S. Purdum, “The 1994 Campaign: After Wary Weeks, Dinkins Announces Support for Cuomo”, in New York Times, retrieved 2015-09-13:

Better than nothing
better than nothing#English

better than a poke in the eye with a burnt stick

better than a poke in the eye with a shitty stick

better than a poke in the eye with a rusty nail

(humorous) Better than nothing; not unsatisfactory but also not a reason for enthusiastic excitement.


o.m.fl.

og margt fleira
og margt fleira#Icelandic

Initialism of og margt fleira (“and much more”).


i kpa mo pɛ

please (interjection to make a polite request)


კარგი საქონელია

კარგი საქონელია

კარგი საქონელია • (ḳargi sakonelia)


una, dole, tele, catole

Una, dole, tele, catole

quile, quilete,

estaba la reina

en su gabinete,

vino Gil,

apagó el candil,

candil, candilón,

civil y ladrón.

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


non est inventus

And in case of the principal's avoidance and the return of non est inventus (g) upon the execution, the bail shall be obliged to satisfy the judgment out of his own estate

(law) The response of a sheriff on a writ, when the defendant is not found in his county.


mego

You can leave a room without leaving the room by kicking in the MEGO syndrome. Once again, I'm bad at this myself. I'm learning to slow the flow and let MEGO.

(Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of my eyes glaze over: used to indicate the speaker's boredom or impatience with some subject or activity.


БДВ

From Serbo-Croatian бај д веј (“by the way”), from English by the way.


BDV

From baj d vej (“by the way”), from English by the way.


non prosequitur

(law) A judgement entered against the plaintiff in a suit where he/she fails to appear to prosecute.


頭の中が真っ白になる

ja-pos

あたま の なか が まっしろ に なる

頭(あたま)の中(なか)が真(ま)っ白(しろ)になる • (atama no naka ga masshiro ni naru)

頭の中が真っ白になる (canonical)
atama no naka ga masshiro ni naru (romanization)
頭の中が真っ白になら
あたまのなかがまっしろになら
atama no naka ga masshiro ni nara
頭の中が真っ白になり
あたまのなかがまっしろになり
atama no naka ga masshiro ni nari
頭の中が真っ白になる
あたまのなかがまっしろになる
atama no naka ga masshiro ni naru
頭の中が真っ白になれ
あたまのなかがまっしろになれ
atama no naka ga masshiro ni nare
頭の中が真っ白になられる (passive)
あたまのなかがまっしろになられる (passive)
atama no naka ga masshiro ni narareru (passive)
頭の中が真っ白にならせる (causative)
頭の中が真っ白にならす (causative)
あたまのなかがまっしろにならせる (causative)
あたまのなかがまっしろにならす (causative)
atama no naka ga masshiro ni naraseru (causative)
atama no naka ga masshiro ni narasu (causative)
頭の中が真っ白になれる (potential)
あたまのなかがまっしろになれる (potential)
atama no naka ga masshiro ni nareru (potential)
頭の中が真っ白になろう (volitional)
あたまのなかがまっしろになろう (volitional)
atama no naka ga masshiro ni narō (volitional)
頭の中が真っ白にならない (negative)
あたまのなかがまっしろにならない (negative)
atama no naka ga masshiro ni naranai (negative)
頭の中が真っ白にならず (continuative negative)
あたまのなかがまっしろにならず (continuative negative)
atama no naka ga masshiro ni narazu (continuative negative)
頭の中が真っ白になります (formal)
あたまのなかがまっしろになります (formal)
atama no naka ga masshiro ni narimasu (formal)
頭の中が真っ白になった (perfective)
あたまのなかがまっしろになった (perfective)
atama no naka ga masshiro ni natta (perfective)
頭の中が真っ白になって (conjunctive)
あたまのなかがまっしろになって (conjunctive)
atama no naka ga masshiro ni natte (conjunctive)
頭の中が真っ白になれば (conditional hypothetical)
あたまのなかがまっしろになれば (conditional hypothetical)
atama no naka ga masshiro ni nareba (conditional hypothetical)


non est factum

(law) A defence in contract law that allows a signing party to escape performance of an agreement that is fundamentally different from what they intended to execute or sign.


niin kauan kuin

niin (“as, so”) + kauan (“long, for long”) + kuin (“as”)

Viivy niin kauan kuin haluat.

Minua ei haittaa, että hän on siellä, niin kauan kuin hän siivoaa jälkensä.

I don't mind if he stays there, as long as he cleans up after himself when he's done.

(idiomatic) so long as, as long as, assuming, provided that, if (depending upon some condition or requirement)


näillä näkymin

näillä (“at these”) + näkymin (“instructive plural of näkymä - the view”)

Tuloverotus ei näillä näkymin nouse.

It seems that the income tax will not rise.

Näillä näkymin asun Nairobissa vielä vuoden.

The current plan is that I will stay in Nairobi for another year.

(idiomatic) it seems that, the current plan is that


this just in

This just in: the presumed murderer of the young woman has been apprehended in a forest near the city.


tʼáá íiyisíí ahéheeʼ

Tʼáá íiyisíí ahéheeʼ, shá hwiiniłʼaʼígíí.


heti kun

Tulen ulos heti kun olen tehnyt läksyni.

I will come out as soon as I have finished my homework.


bala mihanta

bala (“bullet”) + mihanta (“to be spoiled”)

(figuratively) a heavy charge which cannot be refuted


μηδέν άγαν

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μηδέν άγαν • (midén ágan)


EN-AU ck1 couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery.ogg

En-au-couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery.ogg

Presents an example of a minimally simple project that the person or group described is presumed unable to accomplish.

“Deladrieux should have stayed an accountant,” Murphy sighed. “He's got three people working for him but they're just administrative clerks, pencil-pushers, they couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery. That's what you get when you assign engineering jobs to non-engineers.[…]”

2006, G. C. Lemans, Chantier: A tribute to the world's engineers and their partners in life, page 60:

(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang, idiomatic) Is unable even to organise a project that requires no planning; is incompetent.

couldn't organise a bun fight in a bakery


man is the measure of all things

According to Plato, the phrase was coined by Greek philosopher Protagoras.

(an expression of) the doctrine that all knowledge is subjective, being derived from observations made by humans, and there can be no objective truth

čelovék jestʹ méra vsex veščej suščestvujuščix

челове́к есть ме́ра всех вещей существующих

el hombre es la medida de todas las cosas


I've never heard it called that before

The word "it" refers to a sex act, bodily organ, etc. for which the speaker's phrase might be construed as a euphemism.

is that what the kids are calling it these days

(informal) Used to draw attention to a possible, and usually unintentional, double entendre in the immediately preceding utterance of another speaker.


the genie is out of the bottle

It's been widely rumored the network was planning to cancel the show, but now the genie is out of the bottle and fans are furious.

This early flawed statement was rapidly updated with entirely accurate information, but it was too late - the genie was out of the bottle.

2021 November 17, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Salisbury: a media own goal”, in RAIL, number 944, page 3:

(idiomatic) Information has been released that will have ongoing consequences.

de geest is uit de fles

information has been released that will have ongoing consequences

I don't think there's any hope of repealing this city's silly parking bylaw. The genie is out of the bottle, sadly.

“The foundations of the concerns about digital platforms were developing during the Obama years […]” said Chris Lewis, the president of the consumer advocacy group Public Knowledge. “The genie is out of the bottle and the issues the public needs resolved are piling up without resolution.”

2020 November 10, Cecilia Kang, David McCabe, Jack Nicas, “Biden Is Expected to Keep Scrutiny of Tech Front and Center”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(idiomatic) Something has been brought into reality that cannot be eliminated or undone.


禮賢下士

ㄌㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄕˋ

/li²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/lɐi̯¹³ jiːn²¹ haː²² siː²²/

/li²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/lɐi̯¹³ jiːn²¹ haː²² siː²²/

(of a ruler, etc.) to treat people of talent and virtue with courtesy and respect


I'm easy

(informal, following a proposal) I have no strong feelings one way or another but I am ready to comply.


από πού είσαι

από πού είσαι ;

από πού είσαι ; • (apó poú eísai ?)

el-phrase

από πού είσαι ;

από πού είσαι ; • (apó poú eísai ?)

(informal, singular form) where are you from?


από πού είστε

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από πού είστε ;

από πού είστε ; • (apó poú eíste ?)

el-phrase

από πού είστε ;

από πού είστε ; • (apó poú eíste ?)

(formal, plural form) where are you from?


enemmän tai vähemmän

enemmän (“more”) + tai (“or”) + vähemmän (“less”)

(idiomatic) more or less (approximately or almost)


笑う門には福来る

ja-pos

わらう かど に は ふく きたる

笑(わら)う門(かど)には福(ふく)来(きた)る • (warau kado ni wa fuku kitaru)

笑う門には福来る (canonical)
warau kado ni wa fuku kitaru (romanization)

[β̞a̠ɾa̠ɯ̟ ka̠do̞ ɲ̟i β̞a̠ ɸɯ̟kɯ̟ kʲita̠ɾɯ̟]

Phrase consisting of 笑う (warau, “to laugh”) + 門 (kado, “gate, door; house, household; family”) + に (ni, directional particle) + は (wa, topic and contrastive particle) + 福 (fuku, “good fortune”) + 来る (kitaru, “to come along, to make its way to”).
First cited to a text from the late 1500s.

good fortune comes to the homes of those who smile

Daijirin
Daijisen#Online_search_engines
Nihon Kokugo Daijiten


一臂之力

/i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ li⁵¹/

/jɐt̚⁵ pei̯³³ t͡siː⁵⁵ lɪk̚²/

/it̚³²⁻⁴ pi²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪk̚⁴/

/it̚³²⁻⁴ pi²¹⁻⁵³ t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² liɪk̚⁴/

/it̚³²⁻⁴ pi¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪk̚⁴/

/it̚³²⁻⁵ pi²¹⁻⁵³ t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² liɪk̚¹²¹/

/it̚⁵⁻²⁴ pi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡si³³ liak̚²⁴/

/i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ li⁵¹/

/jɐt̚⁵ pei̯³³ t͡siː⁵⁵ lɪk̚²/

/it̚³²⁻⁴ pi²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪk̚⁴/

/it̚³²⁻⁴ pi²¹⁻⁵³ t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² liɪk̚⁴/

/it̚³²⁻⁴ pi¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡si⁴⁴⁻³³ liɪk̚⁴/

/it̚³²⁻⁵ pi²¹⁻⁵³ t͡si⁴⁴⁻²² liɪk̚¹²¹/

/it̚⁵⁻²⁴ pi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡si³³ liak̚²⁴/

我會助你一臂之力。

我会助你一臂之力。


水中撈月

水中捞月
水中捉月
水底摸月
海中撈月
海底撈月

to scoop (the reflection of) the moon out of the water

ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄌㄠ ㄩㄝˋ

шуйчжунлаоюэ

/ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹/

/sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ laːu̯²¹ jyːt̚²/

/sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ laːu̯⁵⁵ jyːt̚²/

/sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ lou̯²¹ jyːt̚²/

/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² lo⁴⁴⁻²² ɡuat̚⁴/

/ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹/

/sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ laːu̯²¹ jyːt̚²/

/sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ laːu̯⁵⁵ jyːt̚²/

/sɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ lou̯²¹ jyːt̚²/

/t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² lo⁴⁴⁻²² ɡuat̚⁴/

(figurative) to make a hopeless, futile or vain effort at doing something; to ask for the moon


wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am

wham, bam, thank you ma'am
wham, bam, thank you ma'am#English

Alternative form of wham, bam, thank you ma'am


APDTA

LeI's keep praying for mercy and peace . . . APDTA

2007, Alice Johnson-Muhammad, And the Mind Speaks: Poems-Monologues-Opinions and Lots of Truth!, →ISBN:

I am Khadija, your mother, and I will light your way home. APDTA.

2012, Rene' O'Shea, Blame Rane, page 260:

APDTA! It is a special honor to announce that I have received an offer from The University of Notre Dame

2018 January 25, Salim Turner-Muhammad, “Offer Report: 2019 CB Salim Turner-Muhammad”, in Notre Dame Insider:


paikan päällä

paikan päälle (allative)
paikan päällä (adessive)
paikan päältä (ablative)

Kävin paikan päällä katsomassa.

I was on the spot in order to take a look.

Meillä on toimittaja paikan päällä Pariisissa.

We have a reporter on the spot in Paris.

(idiomatic) on the spot (where the events being discussed take place, with emphasis on someone particularly being there in person)


do me a lemon

"Do me a favour" (rhyming with "lemon flavour") in Cockney rhyming slang.

(UK, idiomatic, humorous) Expresses disbelief.


犬馬之力

ㄑㄩㄢˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄓ ㄌㄧˋ

цюаньмачжили

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ li⁵¹/

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ li⁵¹/

(archaic) (to employ) one's humble strength (in service to one's ruler)


always a bridesmaid, never a bride

Title of a 1917 English Music Hall song by Charles Collins. Later used in a United States advertisement for Listerine mouthwash (implying that the use of mouthwash could improve a woman's chances of marriage).

Sword Dancer seemed destined to be always a bridesmaid, never a bride, after losing the Kentucky derby by a nose to Tomy Lee and finishing second, beaten four lengths, to Royal Orbit in the Preakness.

1959 June 15, “After Belmont Mishap: Sore but Chipper is Eddie Arcaro”, in The Spokesman-Review, retrieved 2013-04-10, page 10:

"[…]But he was always a bridesmaid, never a bride. He 'assisted.' He wrote pamphlets. He even ghosted biographies for some of the biggies. But he never really got his career off the rocks until Sally died. So he wrote romances for the money."

1997, Jaqueline Girdner, A Cry for Self Help, page 137:

[…]upon Musawi's assassination he was promoted over the head of Sheikh Naim Qassem, to this day Hezbollah's deputy secretary-general—always a bridesmaid, never a bride.

2010, Michael Young, The Ghosts of Martyrs Square: An Eyewitness Account of Lebanon's Life Struggle, page 101:

Said of a person who has potential that is never fulfilled.


this means war

Of course, you know this means war!

1935, A Night at the Opera, spoken by Otis B. Driftwood (Groucho Marx):

Of course, you know that this means war!

1938, 6:20 from the start, in Porky's Hare Hunt, spoken by Rabbit (Mel Blanc):

This means war. This means war.

2024 February 26, Smii7Yplus, 21:26 from the start, in Worms Moments that End in Disaster, spoken by SMii7Y:

An avowal of anger towards someone, suggesting revenge is now sought.


ខ្ញុំឈ្មោះ

km-phrase

ខ្ញុំឈ្មោះ...

ខ្ញុំឈ្មោះ... • (khñom chmŭəh)

ខ្ញុំឈ្មោះ ... (canonical)
khñom chmŭəh (romanization)


džaba ste krečili

sh-idiom

džȁba ste kréčili (Cyrillic spelling џа̏ба сте кре́чили)

džȁba ste kréčili (canonical)
џа̏ба сте кре́чили (Cyrillic)

Literally "you painted in vain". Originally commented on vain effort of repainting a wall that is repeatedly vandalized, usually by graffiti.


ආයුබෝවන්

head

ආයුබෝවන් • (āyubōwan)

May be derived from Sanskrit आयु (āyu, “life”) and Sanskrit भव (bhava, “existence”); or also Sanskrit आयुष्मान् भव (āyuṣmān bhava, “may you live long”).

der

आयुष्मान् भव


ne bis in idem

Latin, meaning "not twice for the same".

(law) The concept that no legal action can be instituted twice for the same cause.


ne bis in idem

Friherren nægtede stadigvæk, at han havde begået noget kriminelt og påberåbte sig nu ”ne bis in idem”.

2017, Diverse, Nordisk Kriminalreportage 2005, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:

The baron [friherre] still denied having done anything criminal, and now invoked "ne bis in idem".

Selv om det skulde blive muligt ved en saadan Fremgangs Maade at bringe et Totalresultat ud, som svarede til det, der vilde være udkommet, hvis Forbrydelsen var paadömt som en Enhed, – og dette kræver Retfærdigheden uafviselig, – vilde selve de gjentagne Sager om den samme Forbrydelse, set i Forhold til Straffeprocessens Regel ne bis in idem, være en Uret mod den skyldige.

1878, Carl Goos, Den danske Stafferets almindelige Del: Om Forbrydelsen, page 467:

Even if it should be possible, using such a method, to bring about a total result corresponding to what would have come about if the crime had been adjudicated as a unit – and this is induspitably demanded by justice – the repeated trials for the same crime would themselves, seen in the light of the ne bis in idem rule of criminal-law process, be an injustice to the guilty person.

Hvilket dog stadigvæk er en for mange, hvis det juridiske grundprincip ne bis in idem, (ikke to gange for samme) skulle respekteres.

2011, Verner Møller, Løgn over løgn: Om Michael Rasmussens Tour de France-exit, Art People, →ISBN:

Which however is still one too many, if the legal basic principle ne bis in idem, (not twice for the same [thing]) was to be respected.


равно до мора

sh-idiom

ра̑вно до̏ мо́ра

ра̑вно до̏ мо́ра (Latin spelling rȃvno dȍ móra)

ра̑вно до̏ мо́ра (canonical)
rȃvno dȍ móra (romanization)

Ријешио сам проблем и сада ми је све равно до мора.

I solved a problem and I am not concerned anymore.


мирна Босна

мирна Босна (Latin spelling mirna Bosna)

Подијелићемо паре једнако и мирна Босна.

We will split the money equally and everybody will be happy.

an outcome of an event in which all parties involved are satisfied


пун као око

пун као око (Latin spelling pun kao oko)

Градски трг је пун као око (The city square is completely full)

filled up, completely full, overly populated


elämä on

Literally elämä (“life”) + on (“is”); from a 2004 advertising campaign by the telephone operator DNA, which laid emphasis on the attractive pricing of that operator.

A response to someone who complains about how expensive something or everything is.


sellaista elämä on

sellaista (“such”) + elämä (“life”) + on (“is”)

such is life, that's life, this is the life, c'est la vie


rapatessa roiskuu

rapatessa (“when plastering”) + roiskuu (“it splatters”)

that's how the cookie crumbles
that's how the cookie crumbles

that's the way the mop flops
that's the way the mop flops

that's the way the ball bounces
that's the way the ball bounces

that's how the cookie crumbles, that's the way the mop flops, that's the way the ball bounces


haaʼíílá ńtʼé

head

haaʼíílá ńtʼé?

haaʼíílá ńtʼé?


aaniish naa

you see; well then; well now; well; that is


非……不可

ㄈㄟ ... ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ

фэй ... букэ

/feɪ̯⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/fei̯⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵/

/feɪ̯⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/fei̯⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵/

今天非下雨不可。

Indicates that something is bound to happen or something will certainly happen.

It's your grandma's birthday today, so you've got to attend.

Jīntiān shì nǐ nǎinai de shēngchén, suǒyǐ nǐ fēi lái bùkě.

今天是你奶奶的生辰，所以你非來不可。

今天是你奶奶的生辰，所以你非来不可。

Indicates that it is obligatory for someone to do something; have to, must


as I live and breathe

Originally a reference to the speaker’s statement being as true as the fact that the speaker is alive (see sense 1).

Dear Ma'am, why will you chagrine yourſelf about a vile Man, that is not worth,—no, as I live and breathe,—not worth a ſingle Sigh?—

1760, [Arthur] Murphy, The Way to Keep Him, a Comedy in Three Acts: […], Dublin: Printed for G. and A. Ewing, […], →OCLC, act I, page 10:

[O]ch, as I live and breathe, I would consider myself worse than the beast of the field, if I would be so ungrateful to my lady, who is now in distress.

1827, George Boswell, Maria of the Mountain; or, The Castle of Balahana. (Founded on Facts.), London: Printed for the author, by R. Brown, […], →OCLC, page 15:

I hid in one of the empty rooms, and I saw you go by, yes, and as I live and breathe, Liscom Truro, I saw my father following you.

1877 February, “Who Signed It?”, in Frank Leslie’s Pleasant Hours. Devoted to Light and Entertaining Literature, volume XXII, number I, New York, N.Y.: Frank Leslie […], →OCLC, page 60, column 2:

As I live and breathe and eat here in the Wayfarers Inn on this August 21, 1999, I swear to you they're authentic, but of course anything I'd swear wouldn't be worth anything anyway, would it?

2003, James L. Clark, Eddie et alia, Lincoln, Neb.: Writers Club Press, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 282:

As I live and breathe, Thomas, you will not flourish unless you are part of our brotherhood. I swear that on all the saints.

2009, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Summoner’s Prologue and Tale”, in Peter Ackroyd, transl., The Canterbury Tales: [...] A Retelling, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 196:

(dated) Used to declare the truth of a statement with emphasis.

jak babcię kocham

used to declare the truth of a statement with emphasis

Eh? What? Mercy alive! Hilda—Hilda, look here! Bab, as I live and breathe!

1864, Amelia B[lanford] Edwards, “The Torso of the Belvedere”, in Barbara’s History. A Novel (Harper’s Library of Select Novels; no. 241), New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, publishers, […], →OCLC, page 171, column 2:

Well, well, as I live and breathe, it's Svend! My, what a great and dangerously huge fellow you have become!

1992, Örn, “When the Footprints Become Covered with Snow”, in Kirsten Wolf, Árný Hjaltadóttir, transl., Western Icelandic Short Stories, Winnipeg, Man.: University of Manitoba Press, →ISBN, page 138:

"As I live and breathe, there's the Pride of Weymouth," cried the captain, moving up alongside him at the rail. "Look at her resting there at anchor, calm as by-your-leave. I never thought we'd see her spars again."

2000, Janette Oke, T. Davis Bunn, chapter 1, in The Sacred Shore, Bloomington, Minn.: Bethany House Publishers, →ISBN, page 11:

"Cornelius Finson, as I live and breathe," she proclaimed, "I ain't seen you in a dog's age. Not that you were ever much of a visitor. Now let me have a look at what you've done to yourself."

2005, Anita Diamant, “Cornelius”, in The Last Days of Dogtown: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Scribner, →ISBN, page 182:

(dated) Used to express surprise at an experience one is witnessing.

jak babcię kocham

used to express surprise at an experience one is witnessing

I sha'n't forget that night, Mr. Simple, as long as I live and breathe.

1833, [Frederick Marryat], chapter XVI, in Peter Simple. […], volume II, London: Saunders and Otley, […], published 1834, →OCLC, page 276:

Even as I live and breathe in this natural world all around me, I still find myself looking, minute-by-minute, with great interest and attention, for the supernatural work—that is—the miracles, the "extra-ordinary" events ordered by God.

2000 May, Terrance L. Weber, “Faith”, in Anchors of Faith: How to Live the Christian Lifestyle, [Bloomington, Ind.]: [Xlibris], →ISBN; republished as How to Cope … with Life, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, 2012, →ISBN, page 29:

This is what I take seriously / My life that lives within me / Lives within me just as I / Live and breathe

2001 March 18, Constance Breen, “As I Love You”, in The Pockets of My Brain, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, published 2012, →ISBN, page 74:

Not for as long as I've got ROBIN WILLIAMS EATS SHIT emblazoned across my chest. Not for as long as I live and breathe, you bastards.

2004, John Saleeby Jr., “Dawn of the Awful Waffle”, in The Awful Waffle: Hi Cholesterol Humor, Lincoln, Neb.: iUniverse, →ISBN:

As I live and breathe day by day. / I feel myself fading away.

2009, Jennie M. Lopez, “Brake Threw”, in If It Takes All Life, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, section 10 (Stormy Weather Hurricane Katrina Poetry), page 119:

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as, I, live, and, breathe.


ISWYDT

I see what you did there
I see what you did there#English


შე ჩემა

შე ჩემა • (še čema)


strike me pink

Bill slouched up to the tent and entered. When he beheld the magnificent proportions of Robert he said but little - 'Strike me pink!' were the only words the children could afterwards remember - but he produced fifteen shillings, mainly in sixpences and coppers, and handed it to Robert.

1902, Edith Nesbit, chapter 8, in Five Children and It:

Why, strike me pink, I'd sooner drink / With a cove sent up for arson / Than a rain-beseeching, preaching, teaching, / Blanky, cranky parson.

1974, Bill Wannan, With Malice Aforethought, page 85:


what's the big idea

I heard you been chatting up my girl. What's the big idea?

Hey, what's the big idea, you telling everybody I'd left town?

(US, colloquial, often preceded by hey) Used to express surprise or dissatisfaction with an action or statement of another person, especially to that person.


ᎤᏬᏢᏗ ᏓᏂᏍᏓᏲᎯᎲ

ᎤᏬᏢᏗ ᏓᏂᏍᏓᏲᎯᎲ


your arse

You scumbag, you maggot
You cheap lousy faggot
Happy Christmas your arse
I pray God it's our last

1987, The Pogues, Fairytale of New York:


佯輸詐敗

ㄧㄤˊ ㄕㄨ ㄓㄚˋ ㄅㄞˋ

ян шу чжа бай

/jɑŋ³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂä⁵¹⁻⁵³ paɪ̯⁵¹/

/jɑŋ³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂä⁵¹⁻⁵³ paɪ̯⁵¹/


Nizhónígo Késhmish Daʼdoohłeeł

Merry Christmas (speaking to three or more people)


Virtue is her own reward

virtue is its own reward
virtue is its own reward#English

Alternative form of virtue is its own reward


virtue is its own reward

The Wages of Sin is Death; it’s poor Wages that will not make a Man live; as Virtue is its own Reward, ſo Sin is its own Executioner.

1726, William De Britaine, Human Prudence; or, The Art by Which a Man May Raiſe Himſelf and His Fortune to Grandeur, 12th edition (Dublin: Samuel Fairbrother), § XII: “Of Virtue”, page 73

a good deed is its own reward
a good deed is its own reward#English


let him that is without sin cast the first stone

let him who is without sin cast the first stone#English

Alternative form of let him who is without sin cast the first stone


let him who is without sin cast the first stone

An allusion to an utterance of Jesus in John 8:7, viz. “He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.”

The behaviour of our Lord on this occaſion, conſiſting in two things; An Anſwer to the Scribes and Phariſees, and Admonition to the wretched Sinner. His Anſwer to the Scribes and Phariſees is, Let him that is without ſin caſt the firſt ſtone. His Admonition to the Woman, Go and ſin no more.

1710, Richard Lucas, Twenty Four Sermons Preached on Several Occaſions (2nd ed., printed for Benjamin Walford and William Innys at the Princes-Arms in St Paul’s Church-Yard), volume II, sermon VI: “Charity in Cenſuring Sinners”, page 150

Only those who are faultless have the right to pass judgment upon others (implying that no one is faultless and that, therefore, no one has such a right to pass judgment).

only those who are faultless have the right to pass judgment on others

kojto ot vas e bez grjah, neka prǎv hvǎrli kamǎk

който от вас е без грях, нека пръв хвърли камък

laat hij die zelf nooit zondigt, de eerste steen maar gooien

wie zonder zonde is werpe de eerste steen

joka teistä on synnitön, se heittäköön häntä ensimmäisenä kivellä

que celui qui n’a jamais péché jette la première pierre

kto z was jest bez grzechu, niech pierwszy rzuci na nią kamień

quem nunca pecou que atire a primeira pedra

el que esté libre de pecado, que tire la primera piedra.

let he who is without sin cast the first stone


ni come, ni deja comer

Literally, “neither eats, nor lets (others) eat”.


keep hope alive

Even if something seems to become more and more unlikely, do not stop believing in it.


un ange passe

used to indicate that one has noticed a long silence, especially a pause in a conversation


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Laanaa yáʼátʼéehgo Késhmish, nił hózhǫ́ǫgo chʼídoohah

Laanaa yáʼátʼéehgo Késhmish (canonical)
nił hózhǫ́ǫgo chʼídoohah (canonical)

/làːnàː jáʔátʼêːhko kʰéʃmɪ̀ʃ nɪ̀ɬ hóʒõ̂ːko t͡ʃʼɪ́tòːhàh/

laanaa (“wishing that it would”) + yáʼátʼéehgo (“being wonderful”) (from yáʼátʼééh (“good”) + -go (“adverbial suffix”)) + Késhmish (“Christmas”) + nił (“with you”) + hózhǫ́ǫgo (“joyfully”) (from hózhǫ́ (“beauty and harmony”) + -go (“adverbial suffix”)) + chʼídoohah (“the year will start”)

laanaa yáʼátʼéehgo Késhmish, nił hózhǫ́ǫgo chʼídoohah

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


თურმე ნუ იტყვით

თურმე ნუ იტყვით

თურმე ნუ იტყვით • (turme nu iṭq̇vit)

(colloquial) Usually said when the speaker learns something unexpected or surprising.


Nizhónígo Nináánááhai Dooleeł

nizhóní (“beautiful”) + -go (“adverbial suffix”) + nináánááhai (“again a year has passed”) + dooleeł (“it will be”)


mikä hätänä

mikä (“what”) + hätänä (essive singular form of hätä)


I'm confused

Indicates that the speaker is confounded by something.


amor y paz y nada más

Literally, “love and peace and nothing more”.

lit

a statement that love and peace are the most important attributes and actions and others are overvalued


tkt

Simplified phonetic rendering of t’inquiète, from (ne) t’inquiète pas (“don't worry”).

oué tkt jte les donne

(Internet slang, text messaging) dw; don't worry


ez hez ji te dikim

ez (“I”) + hez (“love”) + ji (“from”) + te (“you”) + dikim (“make”)


四分五裂

ㄙˋ ㄈㄣ ㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄝˋ

/sz̩⁵¹ fən⁵⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯ɛ⁵¹/

/sei̯³³ fɐn⁵⁵ ŋ̍¹³ liːt̚²/

/sz̩⁵¹ fən⁵⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯ɛ⁵¹/

/sei̯³³ fɐn⁵⁵ ŋ̍¹³ liːt̚²/


hyvää vauhtia

hyvää (“partitive of good”) + vauhtia (“partitive of speed”)

Lähestymme hyvää vauhtia Kotkaa.

We are approaching Kotka at a good speed.

(idiomatic) at a good pace, at a good speed, fast


bloom is off the peach

bloom is off the rose
bloom is off the rose#English


blush is off the peach

Alternative form of bloom is off the rose


who am I kidding

The alternative to that is of course the chilling thought of Lucifer. I don't like the idea of that so much. Who am I kidding though? I kill people! People, who do horrible things, but people none the less.

(rhetorical question) Said by someone who, upon the realization that they were kidding themselves, wishes to start thinking in a more sensible, reasonable way.


bloom is off the rose

The matter was clear as daylight, and would be disposed of in half an hour or so; but during that half-hour he, Soames, would go down to hell; and after that half-hour all bearers of the Forsyte name would feel the bloom was off the rose.

1921, John Galsworthy, chapter 9, in The Forsyte Saga, Part III:

"Thatcher's style, her arrogance, her kind of assertiveness, have suddenly gone out of fashion," said Ralph Miliband. . . . Outside of Britain, too, the bloom is off the rose. Mrs. Thatcher had a warm relationship with President Ronald Reagan, but her standing with President Bush is less certain.

1990 April 8, Sheila Rule, “The World: Quite Enough of Thatcher, or Just a Cyclical Setback?”, in New York Times, retrieved 2012-01-08:

The bloom is off the rose concerning the imperial CEO. Finally shareholders are becoming incensed by these reprehensible bonuses and severance packages.

2007 February 15, Barbara Kiviat, “10 Questions for Carl Icahn”, in Time:

(idiomatic) The person, object, or situation identified in the context has lost its novelty, freshness, appeal, or acceptability.

"I would say that the bloom is off the rose a little bit, yes," said the senior vice president of video retailing for Lorimar Telepictures, Peter Temple, speaking of the home-shopping phenomenon.

1987 March 11, Peter J. Boyer, “Shop-at-Home Program Fails to Show and Tell”, in New York Times, retrieved 2012-01-08:

"I think that for general advertising, the bloom is off the rose. That is a declining revenue model."

2000 February 14, Margaret Popper, “Venture Capitalist Michael Frank: "The Cost of Playing Poker Has Simply Gone Up"”, in Businessweek, retrieved 2012-01-08:

(idiomatic, business, economics) Business is not going well for a particular identified firm or industry, or the overall economy has taken a downturn.


ასე გასინჯეთ

head

ასე გასინჯეთ • (ase gasinǯet)

(dated) Used to pay one's attention to the subsequent phrase.


人困馬乏

ㄖㄣˊ ㄎㄨㄣˋ ㄇㄚˇ ㄈㄚˊ

жэнькуньмафа

/ʐən³⁵ kʰu̯ən⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ fä³⁵/

/ʐən³⁵ kʰu̯ən⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ fä³⁵/

the force of men and horses are tired and exhausted


vel sim.

Abbreviation of Latin vel similia (“or similar (things), or the like”). First attested in the 19th century; the appearance of the abbreviation in New Latin is roughly contemporary.

bor

(somewhat dated) Or the like; or similar.


vuosi vuodelta

vuosi (“year”) + vuodelta (“from a year”)

Kirja esittää mestaruussarjan tulokset vuosi vuodelta

The book presents the results of the champions' league, year by year.

Pääsykokeet ovat tulleet vuosi vuodelta vaikeammiksi.

The entrance exam have become more difficult every year.


goll as gaccan

literally, "going and grumbling", a common response to kys t'ou? (“how are you?”)


kys t'ou

(informal, in the singular) how are you?


安民恤眾

ㄢ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄒㄩˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ

аньминьсюйчжун

/ˀän⁵⁵ min³⁵ ɕy⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/

/ˀän⁵⁵ min³⁵ ɕy⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/


雞犬不驚

to not startle the chickens and dogs [of the enemy]

ㄐㄧ ㄑㄩㄢˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄥ

цзицюаньбуцзин

/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/

(of an army) well-disciplined and not injuring the people in the least


胡言亂語

ㄏㄨˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄨㄢˋ ㄩˇ

хуяньлуаньюй

/xu³⁵ jɛn³⁵ lu̯än⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/wuː²¹ jiːn²¹ lyːn²² jyː¹³/

/xu³⁵ jɛn³⁵ lu̯än⁵¹ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/wuː²¹ jiːn²¹ lyːn²² jyː¹³/

to talk nonsense; to drivel; drivel; nonsense; gibberish; double Dutch


the old woman is plucking her goose

En-au-the old woman is plucking her goose.ogg

Metaphoric, likening the snowflakes to white feathers.


ανέρχομαι σε

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ανέρχομαι σε

ανέρχομαι σε • (anérchomai se)

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ανέρχομαι σε

ανέρχομαι σε • (anérchomai se)

Ο συνολικός προϋπολογισμός ανέρχεται σε 500 εκατομμύρια ευρώ.

The total budget amounts to 500 million euros.

O synolikós proÿpologismós anérchetai se 500 ekatommýria evró.


först till kvarn får först mala

Literally, “first to the mill does the first grinding”, a principle found throughout Germanic people regarding the usage of mills.

first come, first served
first come, first served


is fuath le

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is fuath le (past and conditional b'fhuath le, negative ní fuath le)

b'fhuath le (conditional past)
ní fuath le (negative)

/ɪsˠ fˠuə lʲə/

Is fuath le Cáit caifé.


nome sane

Others showed that their creators were hip to the dialect, as does the cartoon by Jeff Fanzinger (see the photo and cartoon inser following page 160), in which he exploits authentic Ebonics lingo - chillin, main man, dat's whuzzup, and nome sane (a condensed version of "Know what I'm saying?") that has become popular in the black community.

2000, John R. Rickford, Russell John Rickford, Spoken soul: the story of Black English, John Wiley and Sons, page 206:

"Nome sane?" This is not a real question, and there is no answer. Do not reply, "Yes, I know what you are saying."

2004, Molly Katz, New York as a second language: haddabea Neyawka, Andrews McMeel Publishing, page 28:

I am your goddam triumph, nome sane? Most ashamed son of a bitch you're ever going to meet.

2004, Spider Robinson, Very Bad Deaths, Baen, page 213:

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling

(African-American Vernacular) Pronunciation spelling of know what I'm saying.


p.r.n.

Alternative forms: prn, PRN

For example, apart from being given three to four times a day on a time-contingent basis, ibuprofen or naproxen or most other NSAIDs may be taken p.r.n. (as occasion rises) when pain is troublesome and omitted at other times.

1999, Harold Merskey, Dwight Moulin, “Pharmacological Treatment in Chronic Pain”, in Andrew R. Block, Ephrem Fernandez, Edwin Kremer, editors, Handbook of Pain Syndromes: Biopsychosocial Perspectives, Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., →ISBN, page 152:


pro re nata

From the Latin phrase pro (“for”) rē (“thing, matter”) nātā (“born, arisen”): "for what arises".

Dealing with something that arises unexpectedly or out of due course; for special business.

(medicine) Used on medical charts by doctors to indicate that actions may be taken at the discretion of nursing staff depending on the patient's condition, and on prescriptions to indicate that the medicines may be taken if and when the patients feel the need)


does not compute

A phrase commonly uttered by robots in science-fiction stories. The first recorded source is the television show My Living Doll from 1964.


if it isn't

if it isn't... (past tense if it wasn't)

if it isn't ... (canonical)
if it wasn't (past)

Shortened from if it isn't ___, I'll eat my hat! or similar construction.

Why, if it isn't Bill! Come on in, Bill!

Observes, with some surprise, that a specified thing or person is present.


უკაცრავად პასუხია

უკაცრავად პასუხია

უკაცრავად პასუხია • (uḳacravad ṗasuxia)

Used to apologize for the use of profanity or unpleasant phrase.

Used to indicate bad attitude or make fun of.


rica ederim

From rica et- (“to ask, to kindly request”) + -er (simple present suffix) + -im (1st P. Sg. personal inflection suffix), literally “I kindly request”.

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rica etmek<alt:rica et-><gloss:to ask, to kindly request>

-im#Suffix 11<pos:1st P. Sg. personal inflection suffix>

(by extension, as a response to someone thanking, similar to "don't mention it";) you're welcome.


audi alteram partem

From Latin audī (second-person singular present active imperative of audiō (“hear”)) + alteram (feminine accusative singular of alter (“the other”)) + partem (accusative singular of pars (“part, side”)).

(law) "Hear both sides." A legal principle of fairness given to ensure that the accused has the chance to refute an accusation.


貪心不足

ㄊㄢ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ

таньсиньбуцзу

/tʰän⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵/

/tʰaːm⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/

/tʰän⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵/

/tʰaːm⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/


om mani padme hum

From Sanskrit ॐ मणि पद्मे हूँ, (oṃ maṇi padme hūm̐,, “the wish-fulfilling jewel in the lotus”), internally derived from मणि (maṇi, “wish-fulfilling jewel”) and पद्म (padma, “lotus”). ॐ (oṃ) and हूँ (hūm̐) are not translated.

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ॐ मणि पद्मे हूँ,

(Buddhism) A mantra associated with Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion, the primary mantra of Tibetan Buddhism.


trur du på Gud

do you believe in God
do you believe in God


ayóóʼánííníshʼní

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ayóóʼánííníshʼní

ayóo (“very”) + á- (“thus”) + ni- (2nd-person object prefix) + yíní- (“directed at”) + sh- (1st-person subject prefix) + -d- (classifier) + -ní (neuter imperfective stem of -NIID (“to feel, want, desire, love”)

nowrap

<i class="Latn mention" lang="nv">-ní</i>


ATL

Initialism of authority to leave. Used on a package to advise the deliverer (courier) that the addressee has authorised that the package can be left at the delivery address without being given directly to the addressee or the delivery being signed for.


no glove no love

no glove, no love
no glove, no love#English


száz szónak is egy a vége

[ˈsaːsːoːnɒkiʃ ˈɛɟːɒ ˈveːɡɛ]

Literally: "even a hundred words have one (i.e. the same) end"

(idiomatic) No matter how long we discuss the matter, the result will be the same. (Used to end the discussions.)


寡不敵眾

ㄍㄨㄚˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧˊ ㄓㄨㄥˋ

/ku̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ti³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/

/kʷaː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ tɪk̚² t͡sʊŋ³³/

/ku̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ti³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/

/kʷaː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ tɪk̚² t͡sʊŋ³³/

to be hopelessly outnumbered; to fight against hopeless odds


que aproveche

Literally, “may you take advantage (of it)!”.


薬を付ける

薬を付ける (canonical)
kusuri o tsukeru (romanization)

From 薬 (kusuri, "drug," "medicine") + を + 付ける (tsukeru, "apply", "put on").


元気を付ける

元気を付ける (canonical)
genki o tsukeru (romanization)

From 元気 (genki, "vigor," "spirits") + を + 付ける (tsukeru, "give", "impart").


読み付けている

読み付けている (canonical)
yomitsukete iru (romanization)

From 読み付けて, conjunctive form of 読み付ける (yomitsukeru, "be accustomed to reading") + いる (iru, "be").


付けを払う

付けを払う (canonical)
tsuke o harau (romanization)

From 付け (tsuke, "bill") + を + 払う (harau, "pay," "settle accounts").


付けで買う

付けで買う (canonical)
tsuke de kau (romanization)

From 付け (tsuke, "account," "credit") + で + 買う (kau, "buy," "purchase").


行き付け

行き付け (canonical)
ikitsuke (romanization)

From 行き (iki, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 行(い)く (iku, “to go”)) + つけ (-tsuke, “accustomed”).

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私の行き付けのカフェ。


安く付く

安く付く (canonical)
yasuku tsuku (romanization)

From 安く (yasuku, "inexpensively") + 付く (tsuku, "cost," "amount to").


目に付く

目に付く (canonical)
me ni tsuku (romanization)

From 目 (me, "watchful eye," "attention") + に + 付く (tsuku, "be perceived").

catch one's eye, attract one's attention


付きが良い

付きが良い (canonical)
tsuki ga yoi (romanization)


TFS

(Internet, Internet slang, text messaging, letter-writing, occasionally used) Initialism of thanks for sending.

letter-writing; occasionally used; letter-writing; occasionally used