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Offline Katie77

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Re: Funny expressions we use......
« Reply #10 on: November 02, 2006, 07:31:04 am »
Heres a couple more that I use quite frequently.....

She could talk underwater, with a mouth full of marbles
(someone who talks a lot)

He couldn't organise a f**k in a brothel
a bad organiser)

If he bought a kangaroo, it wouldnt hop
an unlucky person

If he stood sideways, you wouldnt see him
describing someone, very thin or skinny

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Re: Funny expressions we use......
« Reply #11 on: November 02, 2006, 08:08:31 am »
Scottish sayings? For those with free access to the freigh free toll telephone number - you can call me to hear these being said.. Jenny enjoyed how I said the word brokeback!

Peeliewally - pale

mokit - dirty

puckle-  a small amount, a number, a few.

muckle - big

wheesht - shh! (haud yer wheesht's)

away an' boil yer heed - get lost.

toety - little

Crabbit - bad-tempered

glekit - stupid

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Re: Funny expressions we use......
« Reply #12 on: November 02, 2006, 08:51:05 am »
A personal favourite...

...You've got a face like a bulldog chewing a bag of spanners (you look pissed off)



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Re: Funny expressions we use......
« Reply #13 on: November 02, 2006, 03:09:34 pm »
He couldn't organise a f**k in a brothel
a bad organiser)

If he bought a kangaroo, it wouldnt hop
an unlucky person


I love these two.

Ok, let me think...probably most of the sayings from my language would be funny for you, if I translated them literally.

One example:

English: to be out of the woods (sounds funny to me)
German: to be over the hill

Some that are funny in German, too:

German: Er ist so blöd, dass er brummt.
English, literally: He is so stupid, he hums.
Meaning: He is VERY stupid

G: Du bist doch mit dem Klammerbeutel gepudert
E: You were powdered with a bag full of clothespins.
M: You are nuts

G: Am Arsch die Räuber!
E: Thieves on your ass!
M: As if!

G: Quark mit Soße
E: curd with gravy
M: (That's) nonsense

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Re: Funny expressions we use......
« Reply #14 on: November 02, 2006, 05:56:41 pm »
Verflixt und zugenaeht.
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Re: Funny expressions we use......
« Reply #15 on: November 02, 2006, 06:44:56 pm »
Here's an expression that I thought was hilarious when I first heard it at the age of fourteen:

That's older than my grandma's dirty underwear (referring to a stale joke or expression)

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Re: Funny expressions we use......
« Reply #16 on: November 02, 2006, 10:55:15 pm »


When something is rare or scarse........
"its as  scarse as rockin' horse shit"
"its as scarse as hens teeth"

when something is so very obvious....
"Are the Kennedy's gun shy?"
"Is the Pope, Catholic?"
"Does a bear shit in the woods?"

someone who is very boring....
"He's as dull as a month of Sundays"

When someone really loves someone.....
"they think the sun shines out of their arse"

To have sexual intercourse....
"Buffin' the muffin"
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Re: Funny expressions we use......
« Reply #17 on: November 03, 2006, 08:22:56 am »
More euphemisms for miserable looking people. :(

You've got a face like a...

...slapped arse
...wet weekend
...bulldog chewing a wasp

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Re: Funny expressions we use......
« Reply #18 on: November 03, 2006, 08:32:01 am »
How about some for someone in a particulary foul mood:

"You're like a bag of weasels"

or

"She's like a briar"

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Re: Funny expressions we use......
« Reply #19 on: December 10, 2006, 10:12:12 pm »
"We must have hit a skunk that crawled out the ass of another skunk"

(From "Everybody Loves Raymond". While driving in the car, Ray was upset because Robert's feet smelled bad)
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