Voytek (They/Them)@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-220 days agoWhat is a figure of speech you like in your language?message-squaremessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1102arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up198arrow-down1message-squareWhat is a figure of speech you like in your language?Voytek (They/Them)@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-220 days agomessage-square96fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresnf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·18 days agoThere’s an expression in French, “enculage de mouches”. Literally means “fucking flies in the ass” and, figuratively, refers to being impossibly pedantic and nitpicky. Closest equivalent in English would be “splitting hairs” I think
minus-squarekamillslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·18 days agoOh we got that here too “flue knepperi” fly fucking
There’s an expression in French, “enculage de mouches”. Literally means “fucking flies in the ass” and, figuratively, refers to being impossibly pedantic and nitpicky. Closest equivalent in English would be “splitting hairs” I think
Oh we got that here too “flue knepperi” fly fucking