English: You’re as tight as a frog’s arse, and that’s waterproof
Collected: Askeaton, Co. Limerick, Ireland (12-20-2018)
Origin: Something you’d say if somebody is really mean spirited and mean with money
122018-007
English: You’re as useful as a bicycle to a goldfish
Collected: Askeaton, Co. Limerick, Ireland (12-20-2018)
Origin: Common saying/slagging. Something she’d say to her kids
122018-006
English: You’d turn milk sour
Collected: Askeaton, Co. Limerick, Ireland (12-20-2018)
Origin: Common Irish saying/slagging
122018-005
English: You’re best seen through the rear view mirror
Collected: Askeaton, Co. Limerick, Ireland (12-20-2018)
Origin: Common Irish saying/slagging
122018-004
English: Your so heavy that if you fell off a plane, you’d get stuck between two continents
Collected: Askeaton, Co. Limerick, Ireland (12-20-2018)
Origin: Heard it on a cartoon, probably Family Guy.
122018-003
English: You have a face like a back of a bus.
Collected: Askeaton, Co. Limerick, Ireland (12-20-2018)
Origin: A common Irish saying/slagging
122018-002
English: You have a face like a slapped arse.
Collected: Askeaton, Co. Limerick, Ireland (12-20-2018)
Origin: A common Irish saying/slagging
122018-001
English: You can’t stick a flower in an asshole and call it a vase.
Collected: Askeaton, Co. Limerick, Ireland (12-20-2018)
Origin: A common Irish saying/slagging
121618-031
Amharic:
English: It’s hard to choose the most beautiful monkey.
Collected: Amsterdam, Netherlands (12-16-2018)
Origin: A common saying in Ethiopia. Used when faced with all bad choices. Heard it from her father.
121618-030
Amharic:
English: Once I die, I don’t care if the grass ever grows again, said the donkey.
Collected: Amsterdam, Netherlands (12-16-2018)
Origin: A common saying in Ethiopia. Used when someone is acting short-sighted. Heard it from her father.