Russian: Ты спереди пионерка, сзади пенсионерка
English: You are a Pioneer from the front, a retiree from the back
collected: Flushing Meadows – Corona Park, Queens (6-4-2016)
origin: She grew up in Shymkent, Kazakhstan when it was part of the former Soviet Union. At this time, there was an organization for children operated by a communist party called “Pioneers.” Pioneer uniforms consisted of white shirts and red ties. She used to be fat as a child, and one day her skinny, mean cousin saw her wearing her Pioneer uniform and said this to her.
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English: He’s only got one oar in the water.
collected: Flushing Meadows – Corona Park, Queens (6-4-2016)
origin: heard it years ago. From New London County, Connecticut.
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English: He doesn’t have all his cups in the cupboard.
collected: Flushing Meadows – Corona Park, Queens (6-4-2016)
origin: heard it years ago. From New London County, Connecticut.
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Spanish:
English: You’re so ugly, so ugly that when the doctor saw you he said if it doesn’t move, it’s a tumor.
collected: Flushing Meadows – Corona Park, Queens (6-4-2016)
origin: he heard it on a television show in the Dominican Republic
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Spanish:
English: The more you bend over, the more others can see your ass
collected: Flushing Meadows – Corona Park, Queens (6-4-2016)
origin: a common expression from Argentina, said to someone who is being too submissive
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Spanish:
English: You are so ugly, so ugly that your mom, instead of breastfeeding you, gave you the shoulder.
collected: Flushing Meadows – Corona Park, Queens (6-4-2016)
origin: an old joke he remembers saying with his friends in Ecuador
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Spanish:
English:
collected: Flushing Meadows – Corona Park, Queens (6-4-2016)
origin: an old joke he remembers saying with his friends in Ecuador
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Spanish:
English: I had a friend who was so ugly, so ugly, when he was born his mother threw him away and kept the placenta.
collected: Flushing Meadows – Corona Park, Queens (6-4-2016)
origin: an old joke he remembers saying with his friends in Ecuador
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Spanish:
English: You’ve got two beautiful sisters that they call “termites” because they’ll eat any old stick.
collected: Flushing Meadows – Corona Park, Queens (6-4-2016)
origin: from an Ecuadorian song
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Spanish:
English: Your sister is like a duck that opens its wings to fly, except your sister opens her legs to play.
collected: Flushing Meadows – Corona Park, Queens (6-4-2016)
origin: from an Ecuadorian song