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| Sennin Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 5815 days ago 1457 posts - 1759 votes  5 sounds | Message 9 of 88 03 April 2009 at 8:06pm | IP Logged | ||
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Ойде коня у реката /Oide konia u rekata/
literally: The horse leaped into the river meaning: Things are out of control It's a bit old-fashioned but people still use it sometimes, at least I do. Edited by Sennin on 03 April 2009 at 8:20pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Satoshi Diglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5604 days ago 215 posts - 224 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English Studies: German, Japanese | Message 10 of 88 05 April 2009 at 10:11am | IP Logged | ||
We have something that looks like it: "A vaca foi pro brejo" Literal: the cow went [in]to the swamp Meaning: something like "Things are out of control" or "That was the last straw" 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| GibberMeister Bilingual Pentaglot Groupie Scotland Joined 5589 days ago 61 posts - 67 votes Speaks: Spanish, Catalan, Lowland Scots*, English*, Portuguese | Message 12 of 88 05 April 2009 at 11:30pm | IP Logged | ||
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LOL! That Russian one is hilarious!!!
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| Olympia Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5762 days ago 195 posts - 244 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Old English, French | Message 13 of 88 17 April 2009 at 2:55am | IP Logged | ||
My Spanish teacher used to say "Me cago en la mierda!" ("I crapped on the shit!") When she messed up on something. It was something I heard often. There are others, but I can't think of them right now. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5628 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 14 of 88 05 September 2009 at 1:00am | IP Logged | ||
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No vulgar/obscene quotes, please. Thread closed.
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| administrator Hexaglot Forum Admin Switzerland FXcuisine.com Joined 7157 days ago 3094 posts - 2987 votes 12 sounds Speaks: French*, EnglishC2, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian Personal Language Map | Message 15 of 88 05 September 2009 at 5:57pm | IP Logged | ||
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I will allow this thread - factual discussion of slang or obscene expressions is a part of learning a language.
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| rggg Heptaglot Senior Member Mexico Joined 6106 days ago 373 posts - 426 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Indonesian, Malay Studies: Romanian, Catalan, Greek, German, Swedish | Message 16 of 88 05 September 2009 at 9:22pm | IP Logged | ||
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I concur with you
Thanks Administrator Edit - It's "concur" not "concour". - Jiwon Edited by Jiwon on 06 September 2009 at 4:57pm 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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