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-square301fedilinkarrow-up1310arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1303arrow-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-square301fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaregnzl@nc.gnzl.cllinkfedilinkarrow-up33·1 year agoIn Chile, not really an insult but rather a lament over how dumb people are sometimes: “Si los weones volaran, pasaría nublado” (If dumb people could fly it would always be cloudy)
minus-squarehstde@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up26·1 year agoIn Germany we have the saying: “Herr lass Hirn regnen. Oder Backsteine. Egal Hauptsache du triffst!” Which roughly translates to: “lord let it rain brains or cinder stones. Doesn’t matter as long as it hits”
In Chile, not really an insult but rather a lament over how dumb people are sometimes:
“Si los weones volaran, pasaría nublado” (If dumb people could fly it would always be cloudy)
In Germany we have the saying: “Herr lass Hirn regnen. Oder Backsteine. Egal Hauptsache du triffst!”
Which roughly translates to: “lord let it rain brains or cinder stones. Doesn’t matter as long as it hits”