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Dec 30, 2018 3:34 PM
Krabberknam
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Blackfinity
So no one's going to talk about the abs on the "#1" chick??
ScruffyBlackTemplar
They are pretty amazing!
Donvah
There we have the salad!!
imguyy
Looks like we're up shit creek without a paddle.
TanzanianGermanGuy
klean9
aPokal
Silas007
Wow. I never made the connection. Thanks
aPokal
Gern geschehen.
userJanM
Always thought it's "Perlen vor die Säure werfen", "throwing pearls in front of acid". Huh.
rupinord
have you made a mistake? or you want say "Säue" "sows"
justonemorepicturepls
Guessing he meant to say he just now learned how to properly use that saying
rupinord
ok .... my mistake
userJanM
Yup, just always misused it ^^ Noone corrected me tho
Isaypoopythingsbecausemostofyouannoyme
In America we say “I don’t vaccinate my kids” which means “I’m pretty fuckin retarded”
Mayonnaiseisainstrument
the german translation is "Cannabis ist verboten, weil es illegal ist" (cannabis is prohibited because it's illegal)
L3uCh7f3u3r
WHY HAS THIS NOT MORE UPVOTES! GENIUS!
SisterSpooky01
...this has what to do with speaking German??? *confused*
Krabberknam
r/woooosh
Isaypoopythingsbecausemostofyouannoyme
German, like English, are both languages. Apologies for the confusion. Feel better soon.
miaudiau
Eventually, this all is sausage to me.
ROHBAUCOP
Das ist mir alles Wurst = Look at all These fucks I give
Eldibs
"Frog in your throat" and "pearls before swine" are also idioms in English.
NoIamNot
I think the "means" are sometimes a bit off.
idonthaveauser
Indeed, the butter/fish and patoto/fire ones also exist in Dutch but with a different meaning. Suspicious.
FatmanSaul
Das ist mir wurst.
InternetAnonymityplz
Rude, but still +1 for appropriate usage.
FatmanSaul
My German friend that taught me the phrase would be so happy to know I used it correctly.
idontgiveafox
Knabberkram!
HogRed
"Pearls in front of pigs" is a biblical reference, not really a German thing. Cast not your pearls before swine.
swellguy18
Came here to say the same. Surprised this was messed up above, thought that was a pretty common saying in English.
BoreasTheNorthWind
It was once, I rarely hear/read it now. Same in Polish, was used in literature until some 40-50 years back, not anymore.
Effehezepe
It's common enough in American English that we have a newspaper comic named after it.
HogRed
It is my favorite!
nihilistdad
I've encountered it most often in regard to wasting ideas on a simple person, rather than material gifts.
BoreasTheNorthWind
Quite universal, and I think original Biblical quote was exactly about the religious teachings (not sure, though)
HogRed
Yes! It was part of the instructions to the apostles on spreading the word.
malzaharius
Giving something valuable to someone who doesn't value it. I don't think it's limited to material or ideas. No different in Germany.
howwasmynamewrittenagain
"da liegt der Hase im Pfeffer" oder "da ist der Hund begraben", nicht "...im Pfeffer begraben".
Behemothking1990
rupinord
ja ja .... die Deutschen diese alten Nazis
StarkeRealm
Being an asshole in another language doesn't make it funny. It's still being an asshole.
rupinord
what bullshit
Silas007
He's right you know
OaksParcel
That's a BINGO!
attofreak
Any books that teach one to speak more "naturally" in German? German phrases are...unique, evidently.
SisterSpooky01
Very
lickwidghost
Pretty sure some of these are out of fashion and not really natural anymore. They all make logical sense in some way though. 1>
lickwidghost
>We have some simple ones that other Language speakers would find weird. Eg tail wagging the dog, throwing baby out with bathwater.
Pathologe
The washwater one seems like it means abandoning something good like an idea because of one simple draw/setback dog one I don't get though
lickwidghost
Letting a small detail become so important itcompletely controls situation. Eg buying a house and don't like the colour of the front door
skelitor120
My german textbook in high school had phrases similar to these. Not so out-of-context, though.
Pathologe
They/we take pride in dubbing foreign shows to a degree that people unfamiliar with it have trouble telling which language it's originallyin
Kingskink
In Sweden we say "I pooped in the blue locker" meaning I fucked up
imguyy
In America we "shit the bed."
Xenarion
In Quebec we say "ostie de caliss de tabarnak" (host (the Jesus bread) of chalice of tabernacle), which means "fucking fucking fuck!"
krishwedds
What about the red locker?
attofreak
Idk why I also thought of pooping in that specific colour
norwad
In Norway we say "pooped on the toilet seat", same meaning.
goatamon
In Finland we say ”piss while running” meaning something has been half assed.
BukkakeRider3000
We also say "ryssiä jotain", "Russian up something", meaning screwing up something.
pareidoliaperson
That's kinda offensive.
BukkakeRider3000
Russians killing over 50% of civilians back in 1715 in our area was also kinda offensive.
BukkakeRider3000
Figures of speech have a long history.
concorde77
In Finland there's the word "Kalsarikännit", which means "to be drunk at home in your underpants with no intention of going out"
CommonSloth
I call that "everyday" here in America.
Krabberknam
I like that. I like you!
LeadByBadExample
You can't like Swedes. Swedes are stupid. Sincerely, Denmark.
Ephual
Ah, typical Denmark, that's why I like you.
Krabberknam
I still like him a lot!
LeadByBadExample
Well, you're wrong!
Krabberknam
No U
DarkwingDuc
What color locker do y’all normally shit in?
stainlessteelmohawk
I don't usually shit in a locker...but when I do...
RigoryMorty
And instead of "Schnapsdrossel" we have "Fyllkaja", "Drunk Jackdaw". Often used for female drunkards.
4vie
"Sket i det blå skåpet?"
jackiejackjackson
I think pooping in any locker is really a fuck up in most cultures.
HollowmanZU
First of all, correct translation is "I shat in the blue cupboard". It’s from Jane "Loffe" Carlsson. He used the expression in 2 movies. 1/?
HollowmanZU
He got it from his dad. They had a cupboard with nice cups and plates painted with blue decorations. Blue was expensive in those days. 2/?
HollowmanZU
So shitting in someone’s blue cupboard would truly mean you fucked up. 3/3
NedStarksHeadOnASpike
Because shitting in the other cupboard as considered polite
HollowmanZU
Cupboard has the same every day word as a commode (Swedish Word skåp). Inside the commode you would store your potty, so yes. :)
deathcakez
Holy feck, I never knew that story. Thanks!
RigoryMorty
Huh. I always thought it came from the blue metal lockers in the military, for some reason. Nice to know the background.
MisssChanandlerBong
Det finns ingen ko på isen. My favourite Swedish saying ?
lancell
Kom ihåg att inte snyta dig i mattan.
wuuuuuuuu
Är ”skit i gröna byxor” lokalt eller rikstäckande?
RigoryMorty
"Man ska inte kasta bäver i trähus"
Scaleforbanana85
There is no danger on the roof
comacomacomacomachameleon
i started German on Duolingo but didn't stick with it because of who I am as a person. I'm gonna try again.
brimborium
Probiers doch mal wieder
NoSpacesandQuestionMarksinUsernameScrewThat
When it comes to learning this language, I just threw my gun in the cornfield.
ROHBAUCOP
Die Flinte ins Korn werfen = to give up / surrender
batalanah
Well, butter my butt, and call me a biscuit!
iPickedScout
Ah yes, the salami strategy.
Jemolk
THE OL' DICK TWIST
Phischstaebchen
salami-tactic actually
HomunculusSr
This is the only salami tactics I know, not German; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKbDKsNsjac
Silas007
Thank you that is amazing.
BikiniSamuraiBun
And the famous whistling pig. They go nicely together...
JosephDunaravich
Die Salamitaktik!
Cheomesh
That's my favorite chess opening!
apathyboy
Start with just the tip. It may be uncomfortable at first.
imguyy
That's literally what I said right before scrolling and seeing this comment. Jinx.
Peopleschump
Give her the ol' salami strategy.
ItaloColombianAdventuresInJapan
Do it, step by step
Peopleschump
Inch by inch.
jazzmatazz
Maybe similar to don't ask how the sausage is made
justonemorepicturepls
I'm guessing more on the lines of introducing something slice by slice
UpsideDownAirline
As a German, this is exactly it.
Teimo
As a german I have never heard of it before and also thought it would mean something very different
NateintheNorth
Immer mit der Ruhe!
justonemorepicturepls
Scheibchenweise erzählen
BOSSMOPS
OK das macht Sinn ^^
SpoonOfDoom
As another German, I've heard it multiple times before, but only in lists of alleged German sayings or figures of speech.
pcloppenbursch
unter welchem stein lebst du ;-)
imguyy
Well now it looks like the shoe is on the other foot.
W0ND0
Same, never heard of that one; the others are all well known.
CoffeeAndCinnamon
Same here. I'd be thinking of "hide the salami"... Maybe the "truth" is how small the dick is?
TwoBitGreaser
When you say "Where did all my Jewish neighbours go?" and the SS would be all like "I'm hungry. Are you hungry? Here, have some salami".
ObiWanShalomi
"Want some bread with the salami? Oh, we don't seem to have any. Maybe there's some in the oven. Can you check?"
WhyDontYouMakeMe
And if you say no, you find out where your neighbors went
ArmyStrings
After that pic, I thought "missing cups from the cupboard" was going to mean something else.
RyanAstroMan
o0weno
How the shit are we getting “lose” “loose” errors in chart form?!
justonemorepicturepls
Context suffices to distinguish between those two almost flawlessly. You gotta prioritize when learning a second language
imguyy
I think lose is more common than loose as well.
KaliDaCat
non native speaker?
decadentheart
Lost in translation
Delta2Almanac
Honestly it throws out all credibility of the post. I've determined no matter what, to downvote all posts with these errors
Pathologe
Even the translations are typical german using the words phonetically closest to the original not actual translations (not wrong just fitbad
Pathologe
)141/140
WhyDontYouMakeMe
Well, there lies the rabbit in the pepper
WordOfTheDruid
Literally, it would actually be: there lies the rabbit buried(begraben) in the pepper
prinzessinmustapha
but you may believe the content, they're true :)
WhatzitTooya
Looks like you uh... *looks up chart* have quite a lot of hair on your teeth.
JoSchie
It probably just means that the creator of the chart is not a native English speaker...
Delta2Almanac
Which I recognize with this being a language chart. But we can't support the use of wrong language
idontwantafunnyname
F' you Almanac , Delta out!
Bunsen
In my experience, non-native speakers are much more careful about grammar and spelling. It's the native speakers that don't give a shit.
JoSchie
I'm a native German speaker, studied english at university level and i often mix them up... I know I shouldn't but I do...
Silas007
Not in the case of lose/loose. At least not when my fellow Germans are concerned.
TurtleBabe
Scheiss die Wand an - shit on the wall: being astonished
mikeatike
I am going to use Pi times thumb for... something.
BootyistheTruestFormofArt
I believe my pig whistles is calling BS.
MINIMVM
How do you say big tiddy goth gf in German?
Quaxx
"Ordentlich Holz vor der Hütte haben" - a lot chopped wood in front of the house.
colddevil1333
Volbusig gotisches Mädchen
dudeldudel666
Großbusige Gothenuschi
BOSSMOPS
Ich hab erst grottenuschi gelesen haha ?
ROHBAUCOP
dicktittig und abwaschbar = well issued and hose cleanable (bc latex)
MrBoopleSnootFluffkins
I love the Germans, great people and they've never hurt a soul!
RuthlessRuben
And now for added difficulty, Bavarian. After that, general Austrian. After that, Vorarlbergerisch. After that, shoot yourself. Then Swiss.
superseriouscomments
How is Bavarian less difficult than Austrian?
BOSSMOPS
Lol
krishwedds
I saw horses puking... what
imguyy
I heard it from the horses mouth.
FairylandTrashCollector
Those horses usually puke in front of a pharmacy.
ROHBAUCOP
At least in Germany.
CallMeSleeper
Horses are known for not being able to puke/vomit. I think of it as not giving up yet. Things can change. Strange things happen.
krishwedds
Idioms are fucking weird in any language. Did not know this about horses though.
zeromehsgiven
It’s true. When a horse gets an upset stomach they cannot puke like dogs or humans and if it’s bad enough they colic and die without surgery
Brickinzewall
This is not the yellow from the egg
ROHBAUCOP
Das ist nicht das Gelbe vom Ei = this does not meet my standards
vanillax
therefrom blows the wind
ROHBAUCOP
Daher weht der Wind = I see now, something‘s fuckey.
lutasch
Now I wear my sleepontrain. Maybe I ll get a circleruntogetherbreak...
pcloppenbursch
my brain hurts. nice.
ROHBAUCOP
Jetzt trage ich meinen Schlafanzug = I‘m wearing my PJs right now / ???
ROHBAUCOP
Vielleicht kriege ich einen Nervenzusammenbruch = I might have a meltdown
Mayonnaiseisainstrument
do you want to ass me??
ROHBAUCOP
Willst Du mich verarschen = are You kidding (me)?
Jespergates
Are you spidering?
Falkh12
Don't get hunted into the bock's horn
ROHBAUCOP
Lass Dich nicht ins Bockshorn jagen = don‘t get alarmed / offended
ROHBAUCOP
Spinnst Du = are You nuts?
7Spades
You offended liversausage
ROHBAUCOP
Du beleidigte Leberwurst = crybaby!
BOSSMOPS
The train is drived away
ROHBAUCOP
Der Zug ist abgefahren = forget it, too late.
apathyboy
Ich verstehe nur Bahnhof
RSB1292
The ass will soon have fair!
MemorableName
American English has idiomatic phrases too but I can’t think of any off the top of my head
ArtOfKarolMichalec
"pulling my leg", "twisting my arm", "touching the cloth"
Silas007
*a touch of cloth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHPNKa0m1OQ
MCNewYorkLives
Ive heard the frog in the throat phrase
Cheomesh
It's very common where I grew up.
nihilistdad
You had one on the tip of your tongue though.
MemorableName
You can say that again
AlysonWonderland7
Like, “I’m fucking this cat, you’re just holding the tail” meaning: “I’m running this show. You do what you’re told.”
corndoghooker
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
imguyy
Its a piece of cake. You just need to turn every stone. But don't bother going on a wild goose chase. You might bite off more than you can >
imguyy
Chew. Anyway, I hope you choose to go the whole nine yards. The ball is in your court now.
ThatsMySecretCapImAlwaysHorny
Putting a ribbon on a turd?
joentz
As a German: butter by the fishes! What do all these comments mean?
caldella
When pigs fly. Early bird catches the worm. Playing for the other team. Bite your tongue. Hold your horses.
TL10
Walking on thin ice. Counting your chickens. Judging a book by it's cover. Ain't over till the Fate Lady Sings. Eleventh hour, etc. etc.
Noahbalboa82
Keep fucking that chicken
WidespreadDead
mountains out of molehills
WidespreadDead
foot in mouth
WidespreadDead
piece pf cake, easy as pie
MemorableName
that takes the cake
WidespreadDead
walk in the park
BitchButcher
Even as a Geman I know English phrases like the back of my hand.
MemorableName
you hit the nail on the head
bubblebreathdragon
What's the weirdest English phrase you've encountered?
BitchButcher
tbh I don't know that much xD I've heard a lot of Georg Carlin lately so I get amused by words like "preboarding" or "getting ON the plane"
JonRichardsonsDustMop
Colder than a well digger's ass
ArtOfKarolMichalec
They arent the most inventive. I believe English got massively simplified over last century
imguyy
Way to rain on my parade.
MemorableName
don't get all bent out of shape
BitchButcher
It's very easy to learn ... at least easier than learning Latin or French.
MemorableName
it's no bed of roses tho
Silas007
Simpler grammatic cases, declension of pronouns/verbs/...etc, the lack of gendered nouns, clear sentence structure
Silas007
Its almost like it wanted to become lingua franca of the world.
ArtOfKarolMichalec
Oh totally. It's a Lego block language. And it's everywhere. Try Polish haha
BitchButcher
My Latin teacher also offered Czech lessions in the afternoon. She said the language is great because it has even more cases(?) than Latin.
BitchButcher
(Is "case" the correct word? I mean like nominative, genitive, dative...)