I speak English as second language. Whenever I hear new stuff, I save it to my Anki. Here's my Cool Phrases deck if anyone's interested.
I want to expand this deck. Do you know a phrase that stuck in your mind? Any input is welcome.
Thanks in advance.
41 Comments
Kennystillalive@feddit.org · 25 pts · 71d
Ain't no way I'm clicking that link...
As for cool phrases, my favourite is: "It's raining cats and dogs" (because it's funny if you imgane it, bit also macabre when you know th reason behind the phrase => back in the days the dead cats and dogs from allays would wash up on the main street when it was pouring down like crazy).
SelfHigh5@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 71d
Wow I didn’t know that. Dark.
erayerdin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 71d
I didn't know the backstory of cats and dogs being so dark. Wth?
AskewLord@piefed.social · 1 pts · 69d
there was no drainage, heavy rains would flood and dead animals would swash up from the alleyways.
there were probably a lot of dead birds and rats, but cats and dogs are larger and more visible.
erayerdin@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 71d
I was looking for a better open-source platform to upload the file. If you suggest any, I could do that. :)
pishadoot@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 69d
Why not just copy and paste the contents of the file into your post? No need to link a file unless it's yuuuge
hirihit640@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 70d
You could use https://gitlab.com/timvisee/send, but honestly since there's no well known privacy-friendly platform (catbox.moe is great but only for images/video), it's bound to look sketchy
hexagonwin@lemmy.today · 11 pts · 71d
"half assed" was quite funny
raldone01@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 70d
Don't half ass it. Full ass it.
quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 71d
Me being Catalan, a culture with many poop related phrases and traditions, I'm pretty fond of "when shit hit the fan"
Today@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 70d
Don't shit where you eat.
quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 70d
That one is fun how it goes in Spanish "no metas la polla donde metes la olla", don't put your dick where you put your pot (as in cooking pot).
erayerdin@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 71d
It's even funnier to imagine it happen lamo
BigBrownBeaver@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 71d
"Thank you for having me"
It's weird
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 71d
Probably short for "thank you for having me over" or another word implied at the end.
"Thank you for having/picking/tolerating me as your guest"
BigBrownBeaver@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 70d
See? Weird.
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 70d
GIVUS WE THANKIS TOUND YE BLARSTED SHIVAS
BigBrownBeaver@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 70d
🥹
Almacca@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 68d
"Thankyou for being had."
BigBrownBeaver@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 68d
"If you had me, you'll be thank"
Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org · 8 pts · 71d
It never stops to make me smile that most Germans cannot pronounce "squirrel" properly, while most native English speakers cannot pronounce the same word in German "Eichhörnchen".
ilovededyoupiggy@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 71d
Ike cough hyorn chin
How'd I do?
Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org · 0 pts · 71d
Despite the many advices from AI, that knot in your tongue won't help.
MisterNeon@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 71d
"When you mess with the bull, you get the horns."
akunohana@piefed.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 71d
+1 for it's raining cats and dogs
But also
that's the way the cookie crumbles is just adorable
dinkin flicka just rolls off the tongue
bite the bullet is so raw and literal and
Bob's your uncle is just... No. Who the fuck is Bob 😂
blarghly@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 71d
If you didn't know, biting the bullet doesnt mean killing yourself. It comes from back in the day when soldiers would be given a bullet to bite down on while they got their leg amputated. Which is kind of even more gruesome
farmgineer@nord.pub · 2 pts · 68d
I have never seen this before
Today@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 71d
These kids run through the house like shit through a goose.
nocturne@slrpnk.net · 8 pts · 71d
Native English speaker, never heard this one.
Today@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 71d
It's a West Texasism.
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 71d
It definitely sounds both rural and southern
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 71d
Same, but that's hilarious
Toes@ani.social · 6 pts · 71d
"Fleshed out" just means to explain & expand upon.
hirihit640@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 70d
"multiple ways to skin a cat"
folekaule@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 71d
Like a fart in a skillet.
erayerdin@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 71d
Apparently, "like a fart in ..." is a common thing. There's this website that shows movie scenes with certain phrases: Playphrase.
Have a look at yourself: https://www.playphrase.me/#%2Fsearch%3Fq=like+a+fart+in&pos=0&language=en
I've come across two "like a fart in the church" one, which I did not really understand. I think it is used for unpleasant situations.
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 71d
American here. I live in a Northern urban area, and have never heard this. I wonder if it's regional or old or new. Looked it up, the internet says it's Appalachian, so, Eastern US. I might start using this now hahaha
folekaule@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 70d
Yep lol. I live in a small rural Ohio town. When I first heard it, it was from a friend's wife and even he had to look it up. She grew up on a small farm nearby.
SoGrumpy@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 71d
Like a fart in a trance.
nimble@feddit.online · 3 pts · 70d
From the Appalachian region of the US, I bring you:
"I'll cut the blood out of you!"
and more generally within the US (I think?):
"I'll clean your clock!"
Both are threatening a fight, one a little more graphically than the other. I don't think I've heard either in a very long time, and it was only ever from my grandmother that I'd heard the first phrase. Not directly, as in discussing idioms.
87Six@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 70d
for some reason the nword is stuck in my head and popped up instantly when I read this
-_-
I don't know why
I guess because it's tabboo