* The Dutch phrase for giving too much attention to insignificant details is 'ant fucking'.
* Afrikaans: 'Jou mammie naai vir bakstene om jou sissie se hoerhuis te bou Vieslik!' your mother engages in prostitution in order to raise funds for the building materials necessary to construct a brothel from which your sister will operate.
* German: 'backpfeifengesicht' - a face in need of slapping
* Finnish: 'Kyrpä otsassa' - a vulgar way to say you're incredibly annoyed. It means that you have a dick in your forehead (should be visualized as hanging forward, rather than actually in your forehead, for some reason).
* Finnish: 'pilkunnussija' - a comma fucker; someone who corrects little or meaningless things.
* Spanish: 'Está tratando de cagar mas alto de lo que le da el culo' - He's trying to shit higher than his ass can reach.
What are your favorite culturally untranslateable phrases?
(Image: Okay, so it's funny., a Creative Commons Attribution (2.0) image from andrewbain's photostream)
- Vintage, profanity-laced cable complaint that was hand-to-handed ...
- Senator's bill to ban profanity - Boing Boing
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