vis4valentine@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoWhat is your favorite insult in your native language that doesn't exist or cant be directly translated in English?message-squaremessage-square369fedilinkarrow-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 · 2 years agomessage-square369fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareanswer42@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·2 years agoIn French, “pisse-vinaigre” or vinegar pisser, for someone that complains about everything
minus-squaremax@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 years agoNeat! In Dutch we have azijnpisser/azijnzeiker which means the exact same thing.
minus-squareDarkblue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-22 years agoSame in Dutch: azijnzeiker (azijn = vinegar, zeiker = pisser). So that one does translate well (but not to English :))
minus-squarezabadoh@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoIn Chinese we say “your mouth/breath smells”
minus-squareasudox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years 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.