vis4valentine@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhat is your favorite insult in your native language that doesn't exist or cant be directly translated in English?message-squaremessage-square365fedilinkarrow-up1488arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1476arrow-down1message-squareWhat is your favorite insult in your native language that doesn't exist or cant be directly translated in English?vis4valentine@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square365fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareanswer42linkfedilinkarrow-up23·1 year agoIn French, “pisse-vinaigre” or vinegar pisser, for someone that complains about everything
minus-squaremax@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoNeat! In Dutch we have azijnpisser/azijnzeiker which means the exact same thing.
minus-squareDarkblue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-21 year agoSame in Dutch: azijnzeiker (azijn = vinegar, zeiker = pisser). So that one does translate well (but not to English :))
minus-squarezabadoh@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoIn Chinese we say “your mouth/breath smells”
minus-squareasudox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoAnything more and you will be reeducated.
In French, “pisse-vinaigre” or vinegar pisser, for someone that complains about everything
Neat! In Dutch we have azijnpisser/azijnzeiker which means the exact same thing.
Same in Dutch: azijnzeiker (azijn = vinegar, zeiker = pisser). So that one does translate well (but not to English :))
In Chinese we say “your mouth/breath smells”
Anything more and you will be reeducated.