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“Zero fucks given” in other languages
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#152Portuguese 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")
PTBR:
- It is as much as so much it has been (Tanto faz como tanto fez)
- I'm barely sanding myself (Estou pouco me lixando)
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#153The fun thing about Romance languages. What is Latin for Witness?
Testis.
What is the central message of "zero fucks given"?
I have seen it, and am unmoved.
I am not at all surprised there seems to be a high correlation with phraseology involving testicles/genitalia and the message of having more important things to attend to.
Much more interesting is the variance in terms of how some of these turns of phrase are associated with (the speaker|something else in the world|some situation in the world) as subject.
I'd go on, but I'd have to deposit 25 fucks for the next five minutes, and I'm fresh out.
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#154Being 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.
"Non me ne frega un cavolo" is pretty common in Northern Italy, though I'd often go for the more vulgar "non me ne frega un cazzo." (I don't care/give a dick) Never heard the one about the horse either.
Yup, with "frega" probably translated into "rub".
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#155In French, the one with the paint is not common. However “je m’en branle” (I wank myself with it?) and “j’en ai rien à branler/foutre/secouer” (I have nothing to wank/jerk/shake with it) are _very_ common.
Haha, I came to the comments to say exactly this. These idioms are really very, very common in spoken French. I would add "rien à battre" to your list.
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#156Portuguese 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 BR:
- I'm shitting and walking ("estou cagando e andando");
- My as* doesn't even itch ("meu c* nem pinica").
- What about Kiko? ("e o Kiko?" -- trust me this one is hard to explain).
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#157In Polish, it’s “mam to w dupie”, or “I have it up my ass”, which actually sounds painful/rather a lot of effort about something you’re indifferent to.
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#158Earlier quoted context omitted.
I often see people using their screens while walking their dogs. It bothers me a lot. Isn't this something that is supposed to be done together? The dogs look like they have the feeling that they are a nuisance to their owners, as if the owner is trying to communicate to them that he is forced to walk them. Then there are those owners who interact a lot with their (and other) dogs during the walks, and those dogs hav…
I walk my dog twice a day every day (just myself) - sometimes I will be on my phone because twice a day every single day means at some point I'll think of something to google or check on an email or whatever. Do something outside twice a day every day for a year only and report back if you've never pulled out your phone. That being said I do prefer keeping attention on him and enjoying the outside quiet time. I would…
You are right. But I do get outside for at least an hour a day to do sport, everyday. While I don't do calls or google around, I stop for taking photos with my phone. But you are right.
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#159In Polish, it’s “mam to w dupie”, or “I have it up my ass”, which actually sounds painful/rather a lot of effort about something you’re indifferent to.
In Czech, we have two forms: "A dog shits." (Sere pes.) or "It is by my ass." (Je mi to u prdele.) It seems that once again, the Czechs have chosen a less painful way of doing things than our Polish brethren ;)
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#160Earlier quoted context omitted.
Neither do I and I'm also french. I've checked on the french wiktionary[1] and in fact that's a real french saying. But I've never heard someone say this in my all life. [1] https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/s%E2%80%99en_badigeonner_les_...
I read a lot of Achille Talon and I have no memory of this, I was a kid though... it's really from a different generation.
You wouldn't find anything vulgar in Achille Talon, anyway.