vis4valentine@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoWhat is your favorite insult in your native language that doesn't exist or cant be directly translated in English?message-squaremessage-square367fedilinkarrow-up1487arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1475arrow-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 · 11 months agomessage-square367fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareanswer42@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·11 months agoIn French, “pisse-vinaigre” or vinegar pisser, for someone that complains about everything
minus-squaremax@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·11 months agoNeat! In Dutch we have azijnpisser/azijnzeiker which means the exact same thing.
minus-squareDarkblue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-211 months agoSame in Dutch: azijnzeiker (azijn = vinegar, zeiker = pisser). So that one does translate well (but not to English :))
minus-squarezabadoh@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoIn Chinese we say “your mouth/breath smells”
minus-squareAsudox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months 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.