untranslatable phrases are a piece of cake

@Commonsense: that's how people in dublin say it ;)

there's another one: 'i will brain you' and 'i will break your face' = i will cause some damage to your head

@azerate

Know the second one from stickers:

U toucha my truck - I breaka yo face!

@Commonsense: :D

...and if you have parents, who are really annoyed with their offspring, it's: 'do that again and i will break yer face for ye'

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i will punch a tunnel into your face = jemandem eine gesichtsmassage verpassen

Listen up everybody, I got a question the other way around: Is there a proper translation for the german term ,,scheißegal" ??

Etwas ist mir scheissegal = I don't give a shit

@AtheistIII
Yeah, thats ok. But there is no 1:1 translation, right? The only english therm for ,,egal" that i know is ,,all the same", and this wont fit.

Grymnir schrieb:But there is no 1:1 translation, right?

Afaik, right.

you could just say 'i don't care' or 'i give a toss'

china = Porzellan / Porzellangeschirr

i am on the bus = ich sitze im bus (und nicht etwa auf dem dach oder so :D)

I ride the Bus = ich fahre Bus (und reite ihn nicht ;) )

@Grymnir: i only know that one from any two-wheeled vehicles ;)

@azerate
Really? Is far as i know, i think this phrase exists. But i dont want to argue with you, im aware that your english is far better than mine :D

@Grymnir: yep, really. you drive buses and cars and tanks, but you ride bikes, motorbikes or horses. and a plane? i think, you just fly it

@azerate
Well, lets just say ,,we take the Plane to.. whereever.

BUT, what about hot air baloons? In German you drive them (Ich fahre Ballon), but is it the same in English?!

@Grymnir: not 100% sure, but i think, you fly the hot air balloon...because it's like the plane up in the air

@Grymnir

you go by

...plane
...car
...balloon

@azerate
Thats why most Germans say ,,ich fliege mit dem Ballon", but as i was told by the Balloon-Operator, the right term is ,,fahren". Pretty comlicated, man!

@CurtisNewton
That would be the easy solution. Thank Grammar English can be so easy ^^