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Re: “Zero fucks given” in other languages

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Post by miniwark »

jaclaz wrote: post #54

Being Italian, I find queer that I never heard anything even similar to the two cited sayings: >I will talk about it with my horse (Italian) >I don’t give a cabbage (Italy) EDIT: Ok, correction, the second one, as "I don't care a cabbage" is fine.

We do have the horse one in french : "J'en parlerais à mon cheval". It's generaly used to reply to someone questioning, nagging or bulling you, to face slapping him a bit. I'ts a sort of self-defence tactic and can be more translated by "this is not your business" than "i don't care". In the same way we have the more aggressive ones : "Est-ce que je te demande si ta grand-mère fait du vélo ?" or "Et ta sœur, elle bat le beurre ?"

https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/j%E2%80%99en_parlerai_%C3%A0_...

https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/et_ta_s%C5%93ur_%3F_elle_bat_...

https://www.expressio.fr/expressions/est-ce-que-je-te-demand...

Re: “Zero fucks given” in other languages

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Post by tannhaeuser »

dirkt wrote: post #34
ivegotnoaccount wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a more vulgar version of " https://fr.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/s%E2%80%99en_brosser_le_nom... ". However, I found it quite surprising to add such a rare thing but not the most usual things like "I've got nothing to wax" and its vulgar form.

That happens when you google idioms in other languages ... you have no clue about the actual usage. And they are usually not one-to-one. German "das ist mir Wurst" is also a lot weaker than "zero fucks given", at least use something stronger like "das interessiert keinen Arsch" (no asshole cares). Also "zero fucks given" in the sense of "irresponsible, he just does it and doesn't care who gets hurt" doesn't really ha…

How about "Geht mir am Arsch vorbei"?

Re: “Zero fucks given” in other languages

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Post by ggambetta »

ojosilva wrote: post #87

In Spanish, in particular in Spain, "cucumber" is seldom used. The order of most used according to a recent corpus [1] and google search suggestions would be: I care a ... ("Me importa un ...") - Amaranth, "bledo" (a plant) - Penis, "carajo" - Cumin, "comino" - Bell pepper, "pimiento" - Ball, "huevo" - Cucumber, "pepino" [1] https://www.corpusdelespanol.org/

More specifically, in this context, "huevo" translates to "ball" as in "testicle", not as in "tennis ball"; and certainly not literally as "egg".

In Uruguayan there's also "me chupa un huevo", "it sucks me a ball", which doesn't make much sense but sounds violent enough :)

Re: “Zero fucks given” in other languages

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Post by inkyoto »

konart wrote: post #2

>It’s horseradish to me (Russian) Well, that's a one way to say it for sure, but that's almost the most delicate way, lol.

Yup. Something a grown-up could safely say around the family or relatives.

«На хую вертел» is one of the multiple creative ways to express «don't give a flying fig about something».

Re: “Zero fucks given” in other languages

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Post by madflame991 »

iypx wrote: post #38

> 6. I don't give a frostbitten onion (Romanian) Never heard anything even close. The usual is "ma doare-n pula" which translates as "it hurts in my dick", or, "da-o-n pula" = "put it / send it in dick" if you're talking about something/somebody. Or you can just say "pula" (dick) in the correct context would translate the same. EDIT: Forgot to mention the "censored", non-vulgar version: "ma doare tare" = "it hurts mu…

I've never heard about the frostbitten onion before and I am Romanian as well - maybe it's particular to some regions?

"It hurts in my dick" is just a more vulgar way of saying "it hurts in my ass" (the ass would be a place you wouldn't care if you hurt or not); more vulgar because "pula" (erect penis) is more vulgar than ass.

The next level of not giving a fuck after that is "it doesn't even hurt in my ass" which I find amusing - to which someone can reply "well, when it's gonna hurt you'll realise how bad it is" in the sense that "you will wake up someday and regret it".

The least vulgar variant is "it hurts in my elbow" - elbows being usually bumped into things and not hurting much (unless you hit that special spot where the nerve lies)

Re: “Zero fucks given” in other languages

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Post by MayeulC »

rich_sasha wrote: post #26
dakotian wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

s’en badigeonner les testicules avec le pinceau de l’indifférence

By my pre-coffee count, 19 syllables of indifference... a lot of words to say “meh” :)

"Je m'en fous" is the short version. Using a longer version is obviously done for fun, and to tell at great lengths how much you don't care. Usually people will spice it up with a version of their own to add to the comical effect.

Re: “Zero fucks given” in other languages

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Post by kinow »

pdpi wrote: post #108
ojosilva wrote: post #98

Portuguese is apparently missing in the thread, here are 2 of the most popular: Brazil: I'm not even there ("Não estou nem aí") Portugal: Would I want to know ("Quero lá saber")

Also the more vulgar “I’m shitting myself (a little)” (“estou-me (um bocado) a cagar”)

We can go down a bit more, "estou cagando e andando"
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