English: You’ve got a face that would sink a thousand ships.
Collected: Askeaton, Co. Limerick, Ireland (12-20-2018)
Origin: Speculates that it is a reference to Helen of Troy. Heard it as a child from her brother, who was always slagging her off.
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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
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Urdu:
English: Get out of my face
collected: Jamaica, Queens (05-14-2016)
origin: very common Urdu saying, which he heard from friends and family growing up in Pakistan. How this phrase is spoken, and in what context can change the meaning (from a funny joke to an aggressive order).
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Portuguese:
English: When you were born you probably hit the floor really hard because your face is totally messed up.
collected: Kaunas, Lithuania (01-10-2016)
origin: Very common type of joke in Portugal – a way of telling someone they are ugly.
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Finnish: Sen naama on kuin petolinnun perse
English: his face is like the ass of a bird of prey
collected: Vaasa, Finland (01-23-2016)
origin: common insulting phase in Finnish – a way of calling someone ugly
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Finnish: Sun naamas oh ihan norsunvitulla
English: your face is like an Elephant’s cunt
collected: Vaasa, Finland (01-23-2016)
origin: common insult in Finland to describe someone who looks really angry. He has used it before to describe customers who come into his workplace looking pissed off
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Finnish: Sinun naamasi on niinkuin petolinnun perse
English: Your face is like the ass of a bird of prey
collected: Vaasa, Finland (12-22-2015)
origin: common Finnish expression. Might have heard it from her Grandmother.
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Latvian: Tev ir tik neglīta seja, ka viņu pat māte nevarētu mīlēt.
English: Your face is so ugly only your mother could love it
collected: Riga, Latvia (08-01-2016)
origin: He heard from his friends in Latvia.
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“You have a face perfect for radio”
collected: Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University (9-20-14)
origin: read it in a joke book