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-squareanswer42@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoIn French, “pisse-vinaigre” or vinegar pisser, for someone that complains about everything
minus-squaremax@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoNeat! In Dutch we have azijnpisser/azijnzeiker which means the exact same thing.
minus-squarezabadoh@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIn Chinese we say “your mouth/breath smells”
minus-squareasudox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoAnything more and you will be reeducated.
minus-squareDarkblue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoSame in Dutch: azijnzeiker (azijn = vinegar, zeiker = pisser). So that one does translate well (but not to English :))
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.
In Chinese we say “your mouth/breath smells”
Anything more and you will be reeducated.
Same in Dutch: azijnzeiker (azijn = vinegar, zeiker = pisser). So that one does translate well (but not to English :))