Give us some examples of phrases that won't make sense once they are translated to English.

for example, there's a curse in Hebrew, which in English would say "your limping sister's pussy".

Now your turn.

In Viennese dialect we have that saying that goes:"I didn't swim here on a noodle soup".

In the south we have a saying...

git r dun

No one can understand that. Not even people that speak english.

Lots!

1. Speaking in silver > Hablando en plata
2. From lost to the river > De perdidos al río
3. For if the flies > Por si las moscas > (Just in case)
4. By the face > Por la cara > (Free)
5. Are you staying with me? > Te estás quedando conmigo?
6. The mother who gave birth to you! > ¡La madre que te parió!
7. Your pan has gone > Se te ha ido la olla
8. It is that you shit yourself > Está que te cagas
9. Everywhere they boil beans > En todas partes cuecen habas
10. Compound and without girlfriend > Compuesto y sin novia

Oh there's lots of sayings in Icelandic that make no sense in English...
like the saying that means that you need to struggle to get somewhere: Enginn verður óbarinn biskup. In English: No-one becomes an unbeaten bishop.

Other examples:
Rass togar fastar en reipi = Ass pulls faster than a rope.
Margur er linur þó hann sé langur = Many is soft though he is long.
Gjörn er hönd á venju = Eager is a hand on habit.

PANDURITO said:

My parents taught me that one.

In German there's an expression of frustration that goes "Ich krieg so'n Hals!!!" which when used in English means "I'm getting such a NECK!!!"

or one of my favorites is "Die kann mir das Wasser nicht reichen" which means "She can't pass me the water."

PANDURITO said:

Here's one that I used the other day and thought, oh shit, I can use it on this thread.


PARA MIS PULGAS - For my fleas.

It's usually used when something doesn't agree with you. "Para mis pulgas, the airplane had a malfunction." It's that expression because everyone knows I'm still a little afraid to fly.

Lesson over....

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

I hate that phrase

Alej said:

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

although my mom uses it differently