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>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.

"Horseradish" is a euphemism for "dick." Whatever translation tool he was using didn't pick up on it ;/

Yes, the horseradish here is a word that sounds similar to dick, and yet is inoffensive enough not to be tabooed. A similar kind of substitution in English would be heck instead of hell, or shoot instead of shit.

Re: “Zero fucks given” in other languages

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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 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). EDIT: formatting

"Kiko" comes from "O que é que eu tenho a ver com isso?" (Something like "What's it got to do with me?"). When you pronounce this phrase fast in Brazilian Portuguese it sounds like "Ki ko tenho a ver com isso?" and then became the slang "kiko".

Re: “Zero fucks given” in other languages

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I think Hungarian (not present on the list) is also nice: _Leszarom_ > Meaning: I shit on it. Another one is: _Baszok rá_ > Meaning: I fuck on it (which makes no sense in English)

I'm not a native speaker, but the phrase that came to mind for me was "A faszom tudja" ("My dick knows"/"I have no fucking clue") It's a little bit different, but I feel like I've heard other similar phrases too.

As long as we're on the fasz topic, there's also the phrase "faszt érdekli", literally "only the dick's interested", which is a pretty confrontative way to tell someone that you're not interested.

Re: “Zero fucks given” in other languages

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> Roman Empire acquired almost every piece of land in Europe Depends on what you mean by "almost" and "Europe" I guess. They never conquered (all of) present day Germany, Poland, Scotland or Ireland. None of the entirety of Scandinavia, or the Baltic states, etc. At the peak of the Roman Empire, the Iron Age had been going for about 400 years in Northern Europe, so it was clearly inhabited and not completely backward…

Don't take it so close to your heart - I didn't have the intent to insult Germany or Scandinavia ;) The power of the Roman Empire was extraordinary - that was my only point. https://youtu.be/GylVIyK6voU

I’m by no means “insulted”, I was just making a comment on the accuracy of the statement.

Re: “Zero fucks given” in other languages

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Yup, with "frega" probably translated into "rub".

"fregare" means to rub. "fregarsene" means to care. I forget my Italian grammar classes, but I think they're considered two different verbs.

To rub is "sfregare", "fregare" means either to steal something or to con someone. As you said, "fregarsene" means to care.

Re: “Zero fucks given” in other languages

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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 :)

> which doesn't make much sense Err, how doesn't it make sense? Doesn't it metaphorically refer to tea-bagging?

It might, I had never thought about it. It doesn't make much sense as in "doesn't imply 'I don't care about this'", but then again, very few of these examples do!

Re: “Zero fucks given” in other languages

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I'm not a native speaker, but the phrase that came to mind for me was "A faszom tudja" ("My dick knows"/"I have no fucking clue") It's a little bit different, but I feel like I've heard other similar phrases too.

As long as we're on the fasz topic, there's also the phrase "faszt érdekli", literally "only the dick's interested", which is a pretty confrontative way to tell someone that you're not interested.

Or when you're upset you can say

> "Faszomat már!" meaning (My dick already!) which also makes no sense in English

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