voytek709@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-216 hours agoWhat is a figure of speech you like in your language?message-squaremessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up153arrow-down1message-squareWhat is a figure of speech you like in your language?voytek709@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-216 hours agomessage-square51fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-27 hours ago “Das geht mir am Arsch vorbei.” German for I don’t give a damn about that. Literally: it passes by my ass. You can also lift it up to a SFW level by saying “Das geht mir hinten vorbei.” (It passes behind me), or strengthen it with “Das geht mir weit hinten vorbei.” (It passes far behind me).
minus-squareaccideath@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoOr, if you wanna sound intellectual: „Das tangiert mich peripher.“
German for I don’t give a damn about that.
Literally: it passes by my ass.
You can also lift it up to a SFW level by saying “Das geht mir hinten vorbei.” (It passes behind me), or strengthen it with “Das geht mir weit hinten vorbei.” (It passes far behind me).
Or, if you wanna sound intellectual: „Das tangiert mich peripher.“