vis4valentine@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoWhat is your favorite insult in your native language that doesn't exist or cant be directly translated in English?message-squaremessage-square137fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-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 · 2 years agomessage-square137fedilinkfile-text
minus-square1bluepixel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoIn Quebec French, people sometimes say of someone who’s not particularly bright: “His mom rocked him/her too close to the wall.” It’s just so… vivid and random.
minus-squareBastingChemina@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoA strong insult in french would be to tell that someone has been “fini à la pisse”. I don’t know how to translate that but it would means that their dad did not have enough sperm so he used urine to conceive them.
minus-squareValiantDust@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoOh cool, we have a very similar one in German: “His/her swing stood too close to the wall.”
minus-squareVakbrain@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoBizarre j’ai jamais entendu ça…
minus-squareTetsuo@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoC’est bien connu en France: Il a été bercé trop près du mur.
minus-squareVakbrain@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoMieux vaut tard que jamais pour l’ajouter à mon arsenal d’insulte 😁
In Quebec French, people sometimes say of someone who’s not particularly bright:
“His mom rocked him/her too close to the wall.”
It’s just so… vivid and random.
A strong insult in french would be to tell that someone has been “fini à la pisse”.
I don’t know how to translate that but it would means that their dad did not have enough sperm so he used urine to conceive them.
Oh cool, we have a very similar one in German: “His/her swing stood too close to the wall.”
Bizarre j’ai jamais entendu ça…
C’est bien connu en France:
Mieux vaut tard que jamais pour l’ajouter à mon arsenal d’insulte 😁