National sayings and phrases - directly translated - Page 7

Jimbuna · 01-07-21, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Sean C

A word of advice: next time you're in the states, be careful who you say that to.

Jimbuna · 01-08-21, 10:28 AM

"Gutted" - A football fan watches his team lose.

Not to be confused with literally being disembowelled, someone that says they're "gutted" is devastated or extremely upset.

mapuc · 01-10-21, 12:18 PM

You're holding it(e.g a hammer) like a nun is holding a sailors "instrument"

Markus

Jimbuna · 01-11-21, 08:45 AM

"Hank Marvin" - "Hank Marvin" is Cockney rhyming slang for "starving."

mapuc · 01-11-21, 12:24 PM

^
An off topic question.

Hank Marvin wasn't he part of the group The Shadows ?

Markus
End of an off....

Jimbuna · 01-11-21, 01:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mapuc

^
An off topic question.

Hank Marvin wasn't he part of the group The Shadows ?

Markus
End of an off....

He most certainly was: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Marvin

Rhyming slang: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyming_slang

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The construction of rhyming slang involves replacing a common word with a phrase of two or more words, the last of which rhymes with the original word; then, in almost all cases, omitting, from the end of the phrase, the secondary rhyming word (which is thereafter implied),page needed making the origin and meaning of the phrase elusive to listeners not in the know.

O.Kusch · 01-12-21, 07:07 AM

Die Katze ist den Bach runter.

The cat went down the river.
It means there is nothing more to change.

Steif wie ein Brett or steif wie ein Ritter
Hard as a board or hard as a knight.
It means very drunk.

Catfish · 01-12-21, 07:15 AM

"Um den heissen Brei herumreden"
~ "To talk around the hot mash"

Meaning ~
to talk and vaguely describe a lot, but never come to (or evade) the point.

mapuc · 01-12-21, 10:27 AM

^There is a similar saying in Swedish

Walk like the cat around hot porridge
Means avoid speaking or acting directly about something

Markus

Jimbuna · 01-12-21, 10:58 AM

"Lurgy" - If someone's "caught the lurgy," they're suffering from cold or flu-like symptoms.

mapuc · 01-12-21, 11:39 AM

Here are some Swedish sayings.

Behind the float
Means Do not understand what the matter is

Pray for their sick mother
Means To ask for something on behalf of someone else, when in fact it's the person who want it

Burn for something
Means Be very committed to something

It became a pancake of it all
Means When something has completely failed

Markus

Jimbuna · 01-13-21, 08:33 AM

"Minging" - Something unpleasant, unappetising, or highly unattractive might be described as "minging."

Sean C · 01-13-21, 09:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mapuc

Burn for something
Means Be very committed to something

This is also a phrase in American English. It can mean one of two things:

To go to hell for something one has done. E.g. "You'll burn for this."
Something similar to what it means in Swedish, except it's used only in a sort of lewd way. E.g. "I'm burnin', I'm burnin', I'm burnin' for you!"

Aktungbby · 01-13-21, 02:39 PM

"Hellbent for leather"...probably an American colloquialism of the British "hell for leather", referring to a cavalry saddle-basically: ruthlessly determind. As used in a typical

sentence: In WWII the British, Canadian, & American navies were hellbent for leather to keep the Atlantic an English-speaking lake!

ie: Capt Johnny Walker and his creeping barrage tactics wasn't 'horsin' around mit das boots!

Jimbuna · 01-14-21, 10:35 AM

"Mortal" - "Mortal" describes someone highly intoxicated or drunk in a sloppy manner.

01-08-21, 10:28 AM	#92
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	"Gutted" - A football fan watches his team lose. Not to be confused with literally being disembowelled, someone that says they're "gutted" is devastated or extremely upset. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-11-21, 08:45 AM	#94
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	"Hank Marvin" - "Hank Marvin" is Cockney rhyming slang for "starving." __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-12-21, 07:07 AM	#97
O.Kusch Sailor man Join Date: Apr 2019 Posts: 43 Downloads: 175 Uploads: 0	Die Katze ist den Bach runter. The cat went down the river. It means there is nothing more to change. Steif wie ein Brett or steif wie ein Ritter Hard as a board or hard as a knight. It means very drunk. __________________ " Ave Imperator morituri te salutant" U-boat commander to flotilla-commander, when his boat leaved the sub-pen in Narvik 1944

01-12-21, 07:15 AM	#98
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,822 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	"Um den heissen Brei herumreden" ~ "To talk around the hot mash" Meaning ~ to talk and vaguely describe a lot, but never come to (or evade) the point. __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

01-12-21, 10:58 AM	#100
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	"Lurgy" - If someone's "caught the lurgy," they're suffering from cold or flu-like symptoms. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-10-21, 12:18 PM	#93
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,657 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	You're holding it(e.g a hammer) like a nun is holding a sailors "instrument" Markus

01-11-21, 12:24 PM	#95
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,657 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	^ An off topic question. Hank Marvin wasn't he part of the group The Shadows ? Markus End of an off....

01-12-21, 10:27 AM	#99
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,657 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	^There is a similar saying in Swedish Walk like the cat around hot porridge Means avoid speaking or acting directly about something Markus

01-12-21, 11:39 AM	#101
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,657 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	Here are some Swedish sayings. Behind the float Means Do not understand what the matter is Pray for their sick mother Means To ask for something on behalf of someone else, when in fact it's the person who want it Burn for something Means Be very committed to something It became a pancake of it all Means When something has completely failed Markus

01-13-21, 08:33 AM	#102
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	"Minging" - Something unpleasant, unappetising, or highly unattractive might be described as "minging." __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-13-21, 02:39 PM	#104
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,160 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	What Dönitz never grasped! "Hellbent for leather"...probably an American colloquialism of the British "hell for leather", referring to a cavalry saddle-basically: ruthlessly determind. As used in a typical sentence: In WWII the British, Canadian, & American navies were hellbent for leather to keep the Atlantic an English-speaking lake! ie: Capt Johnny Walker and his creeping barrage tactics wasn't 'horsin' around mit das boots! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!! Last edited by Aktungbby; 01-13-21 at 02:48 PM.

01-14-21, 10:35 AM	#105
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	"Mortal" - "Mortal" describes someone highly intoxicated or drunk in a sloppy manner. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!