National sayings and phrases - directly translated - Page 5

Jimbuna · 12-13-20, 11:19 AM

"Botch job" - A repair job that's been completed in a hurry and will probably fall apart reasonably soon is considered a "botch job."

Aktungbby · 12-13-20, 01:21 PM

/\ otherwise known as " Shoddy goods" from the American Civil War. First used to label recycled wool cloth it became a real issue when equipping the Union army with blankets and wool uniforms for 4 year conflict... with 600,000 casualties.

Jimbuna · 12-14-20, 12:26 PM

"Budge up" - An informal way of asking someone to make room where they are sitting for you to sit down, too, would be asking them to "budge up."

Von Due · 12-15-20, 11:15 AM

Søttenhundre og pil og bue - Seventeen Hundred And Bow And Arrow - A long time ago

Jimbuna · 12-15-20, 01:49 PM

"Builder's tea" - The name of a strongly-brewed cup of English breakfast tea with milk -- the way that tea is most commonly drunk in the UK.

Catfish · 12-15-20, 04:44 PM

"Die lautesten Menschen haben meist nicht die leiseste Ahnung"
~"The loudest people mostly have not the quietest idea"
The largest bigmouths mostly have not the slightest idea.
Fits well right now, for the US or UK

Catfish · 12-15-20, 04:50 PM

^ In a similar vein:
"Eigenlob stinkt"
Self-praise stinks (meaning exactly that)

Jimbuna · 12-16-20, 08:43 AM

"Butchers" - "Butcher's hook" is Cockney rhyming slang for "look." Therefore, if you're "having a butchers," you're having a look at something.

Catfish · 12-16-20, 12:57 PM

This is not a saying of course, but a rhyme..

"Weil wir doch am Leben kleben
muß man abends einen heben

So ein Virus ist geschockt
wenn man ihn mit Whisky blockt

Auch gegorner Rebensaft
einen gesunden Körper schafft

Auch das Bier in großen Mengen
wird den Virus arg versengen

Wodka, Rum und Aquavit
halten Herz und Lunge fit

Calvados und auch der Grappe
helfen Mutti und dem Papa

Ich will hier nicht für Trunksucht werben,
doch nüchtern will ich auch nicht sterben"

Will not translate since the rhyme would not "survive" this

Eisenwurst · 12-16-20, 11:07 PM

"Fair suck of the sauce bottle" - give me a break will ya !

Jimbuna · 12-17-20, 07:14 AM

"Cack-handed" - A task performed in an awkward or uncomfortable fashion, usually clumsily, would be described as "cack-handed."

Jimbuna · 12-26-20, 01:28 PM

"Chinwag" - A "good old chinwag" is a good chat, catch up, or gossip with someone.

Jimbuna · 12-27-20, 10:55 AM

"Chockablock" - Something full to the brim, or rammed, could be described as "chockablock."

Jimbuna · 12-28-20, 09:26 AM

"Chuffed" - Overjoyed; full of pride.

Jimbuna · 12-29-20, 02:38 PM

"Codswallop" - Something untrue -- often made up for dramatic effect.

12-13-20, 11:19 AM	#61
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,561 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	"Botch job" - A repair job that's been completed in a hurry and will probably fall apart reasonably soon is considered a "botch job." __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

12-13-20, 01:21 PM	#62
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,018 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	/\ otherwise known as " Shoddy goods" from the American Civil War. First used to label recycled wool cloth it became a real issue when equipping the Union army with blankets and wool uniforms for 4 year conflict... with 600,000 casualties. __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

12-14-20, 12:26 PM	#63
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,561 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	"Budge up" - An informal way of asking someone to make room where they are sitting for you to sit down, too, would be asking them to "budge up." __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

12-15-20, 01:49 PM	#65
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,561 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	"Builder's tea" - The name of a strongly-brewed cup of English breakfast tea with milk -- the way that tea is most commonly drunk in the UK. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

12-15-20, 04:44 PM	#66
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,767 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	"Die lautesten Menschen haben meist nicht die leiseste Ahnung" ~"The loudest people mostly have not the quietest idea" The largest bigmouths mostly have not the slightest idea. Fits well right now, for the US or UK __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

12-15-20, 11:15 AM	#64
Von Due Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 1,690 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	Søttenhundre og pil og bue - Seventeen Hundred And Bow And Arrow - A long time ago

12-15-20, 04:50 PM	#67
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,767 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	^ In a similar vein: "Eigenlob stinkt" Self-praise stinks (meaning exactly that) __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

12-16-20, 08:43 AM	#68
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,561 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	"Butchers" - "Butcher's hook" is Cockney rhyming slang for "look." Therefore, if you're "having a butchers," you're having a look at something. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

12-16-20, 12:57 PM	#69
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,767 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	This is not a saying of course, but a rhyme.. "Weil wir doch am Leben kleben muß man abends einen heben So ein Virus ist geschockt wenn man ihn mit Whisky blockt Auch gegorner Rebensaft einen gesunden Körper schafft Auch das Bier in großen Mengen wird den Virus arg versengen Wodka, Rum und Aquavit halten Herz und Lunge fit Calvados und auch der Grappe helfen Mutti und dem Papa Ich will hier nicht für Trunksucht werben, doch nüchtern will ich auch nicht sterben" Will not translate since the rhyme would not "survive" this __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

12-16-20, 11:07 PM	#70
Eisenwurst Silent Hunter Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 3,756 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	"Fair suck of the sauce bottle" - give me a break will ya ! __________________

12-17-20, 07:14 AM	#71
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,561 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	"Cack-handed" - A task performed in an awkward or uncomfortable fashion, usually clumsily, would be described as "cack-handed." __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

12-26-20, 01:28 PM	#72
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,561 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	"Chinwag" - A "good old chinwag" is a good chat, catch up, or gossip with someone. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

12-27-20, 10:55 AM	#73
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,561 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	"Chockablock" - Something full to the brim, or rammed, could be described as "chockablock." __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

12-28-20, 09:26 AM	#74
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,561 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	"Chuffed" - Overjoyed; full of pride. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

12-29-20, 02:38 PM	#75
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,561 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	"Codswallop" - Something untrue -- often made up for dramatic effect. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!