Funny\weird expressions in your language

[Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas]

Translate some of the most commonly used funny\weird expressions in your native language and tell us in what context they are used and the meaning.

I will start with a few from Portugal:

Tirar o cavalinho da chuva (to get the little horse out of the rain): it means that one should not wait for a particular event to occur.

Pentear macacos (to comb monkeys): the expression "vai pentear macacos (go comb some monkeys) is used to ward off someone being annoying or inconvenient.

Estar com os azeites (being with the olive oils): The expression 'being with the olive oils' is used when someone is angry.

Ir com os porcos (to go with the pigs): "Going with the pigs" in Portugal means to die, to leave, to go away, to be eliminated. Example: say we are watching a movie and there is a character that is bad and we don't like. The police chase him and there is a shooting and this character dies, so we say: "Foi com os porcos (he went with the pigs)".

[Celestia]

Lol Texans have a lot of these.

“Bless your heart.”

Translation: “I feel sorry for you,” or “I am going to act as though I feel sorry for you so as to maintain my polite demeanor.”

Example: “It is very unfortunate that you are sick tonight, the night of the big Willie Nelson concert. Bless your heart.“


“He’s all hat and no cattle.”

Translation: “He often speaks highly of himself, but does not follow through with his actions.”

Example: “That Barack Obama is all hat and no cattle, which is why I chose not to vote for him in the previous election.”

“It’s raining cats and dogs”

Translation: “There’s a thunderstorm outside”

Example: “I’d wait inside if I were you. It’s raining cats and dogs out there”

[Bakha]

Portuguese as a whole one harsh and weird sounding language

[Ülev]

Portuguese language sounds very sexy if hot Portuguese woman/girl speak

[Mikula]

In Czech we have saying:
Jeden za osmnáct, druhý bez dvou za dvacet.

Literally:
One is (costs) for 18, another/second for 20 without 2.

It is used mostly to compare 2 persons who are bad, (almost) equally.

Example - discussion about candidates for election
Will you vote for Mr. A of for Mr. B?
- Neither! One is for 18, another for 20 without 2!

[JamesBond007]

Scottish :

Failing means you’re playing.
Translation: It’s better to be doing badly than not taking part.


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1. A Scot does not tell someone their “trousers don’t fit”…he asks “is the cat deid” (has the cat died. Meaning your trousers are too short and flying at half mast for your deceased pet)
2. A Scot won’t apologise for not paying attention…he’ll say “haud ma chips a’v dropped the wean.” (hold my chips, I’ve dropped my baby)
3. A Scot doesn’t tell you to be “quiet”…he tells you to “haud yer wheesht!”
4. A Scot won’t refer to a person as upset…he’ll say “like a dug lickin pish aff a nettle.” (Like a dog licking urine off a nettle)
5. A Scot won’t tell you he is hungry…he’ll say “I could eat the scabby heid aff a wean” (I could eat a child’s head covered in scabs)
6. A Scot doesn’t “give it his all”…he’ll “gie it laldy.”
7. Alternatively you might hear “gaun yersel!”
8. A Scot doesn’t “talk rubbish”…his “bum’s oot the windae.”
9. A Scot doesn’t say “I don’t believe you”…he’ll say “Aye right.”
10. Alternatively he might tell you “dinnae teach yer Granny tae suck eggs!” if you offer your advice.
11. A Scot won’t ask you where something is….he’ll say “furry boots?”
12. When something goes wrong a Scot will say “tatties o’wer the side.” (potatoes are over the side of the boat)
13. A Scot is not wasted….he’s “steamboats.”
14. Alternatively he’ll be “oot his tree,” “blootered,” “bladdered,” “minced,” “oot the game”….
15. A Scot is not unintelligent…he “canny tell his arse from his elbow.”
16. A Scot celebrates double-digit temperatures by shouting “Sun’s oot, Taps aff.” (the sun’s out, take your tops off)
17. A Scot is not lazy…he has “paralysis of the galluses.” (paralysis of the trousers)
18. A Scot doesn’t have “a boss”…he has a ” heid bummer.” (head bummer)

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[hurtuv]

https://www.theapricity.com/forum/sh...way-and-remote

To assert that a place is quite remote:

cu de Judas (Judas' ass)
caralho mais velho (the elder dick)
lá de Marraquexe (beyond Marrakesh)

though these expressions are more often used to say that a place is remote, not to send someone there.

[Jingle Bell]

"Bater as Botas" in Portuguese
"Hit the Boots" in English

Means just Die.

[hurtuv]

A funny one I like is "é uma casa a arder" (it's a house on fire), meaning the situation's a complete mess.

[hurtuv]

"Há gente para tudo" (there are people for everything);

meaning that however weird or unusual you may find something that one can do, there will be someone that does it, within the unfathomable multitude of human beings that exists.