Expression: Lum gup lay hoi hahng.
Language: Cantonese
Translation: Only when you are about to shit do you open a ditch.
Meaning: You always wait until the last minute.
Region: Hong Kong
Speaker: Disappointed mother to procrastinating offspring
Date Collected: April, 1996
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Data Entry 14
Expression: Trasero de aspirina.
Language: Spanish
Translation: Your butt is like an aspirin tablet.
Meaning: Your butt is so flat you can only see the dividing line.
Region: Monterrey, Mexico
Speaker: Popular high school girl to nemesis
Date Collected: July 2008
Data Entry 13
Expression: Eres mas facil que la table del uno.
Language: Spanish
Translation: You’re easier than multiplying 1x1.
Meaning: You’re loose and give it up to anybody.
Region: Monterrey, Mexico
Speaker: Jealous sister to her more beautiful sibling
Date Collected: November 2005
Language: Spanish
Translation: You’re easier than multiplying 1x1.
Meaning: You’re loose and give it up to anybody.
Region: Monterrey, Mexico
Speaker: Jealous sister to her more beautiful sibling
Date Collected: November 2005
Data Entry 12
Expression: ni thatha cheddis nanu palchasthanam
Language: Telugu
Translation: I will explode/destroy your grandfather's underwear
Meaning: Fuck off.
Region: Andra Pradesh (India)
Speaker: Annoyed father to miscreant children
Date Collected: February 1998
Language: Telugu
Translation: I will explode/destroy your grandfather's underwear
Meaning: Fuck off.
Region: Andra Pradesh (India)
Speaker: Annoyed father to miscreant children
Date Collected: February 1998
10.03.2011
Data Entry 11
Language: Cantonese
Translation: Filipina Girl
Meaning: Maid
Region: Hong Kong
Speaker: Wealthy socialite
Date Collected: March 2002
Data Entry 10
Expression: Dil Dariya aur Gand Samundar
Language: Hindi
Translation: Heart is a Stream and Ass is an Ocean
Meaning: One whose mouth shoots off more than one is able to do.
Region: Bombay
Speaker: Disgruntled housewife to useless husband
Date Collected: October 2008
Language: Hindi
Translation: Heart is a Stream and Ass is an Ocean
Meaning: One whose mouth shoots off more than one is able to do.
Region: Bombay
Speaker: Disgruntled housewife to useless husband
Date Collected: October 2008
8.04.2011
Data Entry 9
Expression: Eres más feo que un refrigerador visto por detrás.
Language: Spanish
Translation: You are uglier than the back of my refrigerator.
Meaning: You are really ugly.
Region: Mexico
Speaker: Jealous ex-girlfriend
Date Collected: June, 2005
Language: Spanish
Translation: You are uglier than the back of my refrigerator.
Meaning: You are really ugly.
Region: Mexico
Speaker: Jealous ex-girlfriend
Date Collected: June, 2005
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