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What is your favorite insult in your native language that doesn't exist or cant be directly translated in English? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by vis4valentine@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Ill start:

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

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[–] reverendsteveii@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 4 points 1 year 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.