Ill start:

“Me cago en tus muertos” - ill shit all over your dead relatives. Spanish.

  • 1bluepixel@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 years ago

    In Quebec French, people sometimes say of someone who’s not particularly bright:

    “His mom rocked him/her too close to the wall.”

    It’s just so… vivid and random.

    • BastingChemina@slrpnk.net
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      2 years ago

      A strong insult in french would be to tell that someone has been “fini à la pisse”.

      I don’t know how to translate that but it would means that their dad did not have enough sperm so he used urine to conceive them.

    • max@feddit.nlEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      Neat! In Dutch we have azijnpisser/azijnzeiker which means the exact same thing.

    • Darkblue@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 years ago

      Same in Dutch: azijnzeiker (azijn = vinegar, zeiker = pisser). So that one does translate well (but not to English :))

  • Vlyn@lemmy.zipEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    German: “Du Lappen”

    Translates to “You rag”, pretty much calling someone a loser or idiot.

  • nieceandtows@programming.dev
    1·
    2 years ago

    In Tamil: சோத்துல உப்பு போட்டு தான தின்ற?

    Translation: Don’t you add salt to your food?

    Context: This is when somebody doesn’t react/listen/change no matter how much they are insulted. The other party asks if they add salt to their food, or if they only eat bland food, and thus have lost all emotions and have become as bland as their food.

    It’s a bit difficult to explain, but the general belief is that food reflects your emotions and reactance and moods. Bland food - emotionless, spicy food - easy to anger, etc.

  • lukem@kbin.social
    1·
    2 years ago

    Greetings from Poland.

    “bambaryła” - someone who is very silly. Also: someone who is very fat. A little old-fashioned.

  • Square Singer@feddit.de
    1·
    2 years ago

    Here are a few Austrian ones:

    “Häferl” (Cup): someone with anger management issues

    “Du rüttelst am Watschenbaum” (You are shaking the slap tree): I’m close to deliver the fruit of said tree to you.

    “Ohrwaschlkaktus” (Ear cactus): Someone with large, protruding ears

    “Saubauch” (Hog belly): A way of telling someone that they are fat and dumb at the same time. But in a nice way.

  • Wage_Slave@kbin.social
    1·
    2 years ago

    The disapproving and insulted look of a Canadian when you’ve done something so stupid that they can’t even apologize for it.

    It’s when there’s no apology or jokes, just the look, that you know you’ve become the stupidest fucker north of these here prairies and bears ya know.

  • BorgDrone@lemmy.one
    1·
    2 years ago

    Triangeljosti.

    The Jostiband is a Dutch orchestra for people with a developmental disability, mainly people with down syndrome.

    A [triangle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_(musical_instrument\)) , or triangel in Dutch, is possibly the simplest instrument you can think of.

    So calling someone a ‘triangeljosti’ is basically comparing them to someone who plays the simplest possible instrument in a band for developmentally disabled people.

  • schnokobaer@feddit.de
    1·
    2 years ago

    Yiddish is not my native language but I think this one is so good it absolutely deserves a mention:

    All of your teeth shall fall out except one that gives you a massive toothache.

  • iByteABit [he/him]@lemm.ee
    1·
    2 years ago
    • Γαμώ το σπίτι σου (literally: fuck your house) I guess this basically means to fuck your whole family
    • Γαμώ τη Παναγία σου (literally: fuck your Saint Mary)
    • Γαμώ το Χριστό σου (literally: fuck your Jesus)
    • Να μου κλάσεις τον πούτσο (literally: fart my dick) I guess this means “I’ll fuck you from behind”
    • Πάρ’τα 3 μου (literally: take my 3) The 3 is implied for balls, and they’re 3 instead of 2 because it’s more manly I guess lmao
    • Κλάσε μου τα 3 (literally: fart my 3) A combination of the previous two
    • Αρχίδι (literally: testicle) You can actually call someone a testicle in Greek
    • TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      We have something similar to “fuck your house”. “Fuck your couch” is a popular insult in American English thanks to Rick James and The Chappele Show. Still, “fuck your house” is more extreme because I guess it includes the couch, too.

      Those are all amazing insults that you listed, btw.

  • Mr_1077@monero.town
    1·
    2 years ago

    Probably “sluta vara en så lagom rolig person”. It isn’t directly an insult. However, it’s not something you would love to hear. It translates to “stop being a person who has the just right amount of fun”.

    Another thing my friends say when they are med is: “Din jävla ångvält!” which translates to “You fucking steamroller!”.
    It just sounds much better in Swedish.

  • 77slevin@sopuli.xyz
    1·
    2 years ago

    “Ge zijt a foorwijf”

    You are a fair bitch. People working the carnival / fair scene don’t have the best of reputation. In Belgium we had a song about this phenomenon and the real fair people were all kinds of angry about the stereotype. The thing is about stereotypes: it really has a base in reality.

  • Levsgetso@lemmy.zipEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    In Bulgaria we have the very creative insult „You’re as sharp as an edge on a round table”, which I find pretty amusing

    • reverendsteveii@beehaw.org
      1·
      2 years ago

      Cartoon character Foghorn Leghorn, a caricature of an American southern gentleman, comes pretty close when he describes another character as “about as sharp as a bowling ball”

      • Mothra@mander.xyz
        1·
        2 years ago

        Wow so much lost in translation. I grew up with dubbed looney tunes, never knew he was supposed to be a gentleman let alone that it had a regional flavour. For me it was just a quirky rooster.

  • Kalistia@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    2 years ago

    Very Belgian: He doesn’t have all his fries in the same bag / Il n’a pas toutes ses frites dans le même sachet

    Meaning that he’s/she’s dumb or confused :D