# Fake translations of commonplace phrases **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 3, 2007, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-translations-of-commonplace-phrases/390646 "2007-02-03T07:06:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-translations-of-commonplace-phrases/390646/41 "2007-02-09T21:56:40Z")
[QUOTE=Kizarvexius] _ **Gaudeamus igitur** _ - Mom, Dad, send more money. [/QUOTE] I thought that was “Gaudere’s Law: You’re an idiot.” ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-translations-of-commonplace-phrases/390646/42 "2007-02-09T23:58:49Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] _bei mir bist du schoen_ – Shane, buy me another lollipop [/QUOTE] What does this actually mean? ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-translations-of-commonplace-phrases/390646/43 "2007-02-10T00:27:28Z")
[QUOTE=Captain Carrot] What does this actually mean? [/QUOTE] “You are so beautiful to me,” or something sorta’ like that. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-translations-of-commonplace-phrases/390646/44 "2007-02-10T02:37:18Z")
**Hors de Combat** : Military hookers From P.J. O’Rourke: toda sera mejor: major dried toads ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-translations-of-commonplace-phrases/390646/45 "2007-02-10T03:54:26Z")
**rendezvous** - Booty call ---
**Author:** ![Tabula\_Rasa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@Tabula\_Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabula_Rasa)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-translations-of-commonplace-phrases/390646/46 "2007-02-11T19:51:25Z")
Ars longa, vita brevis est: Art is cheap, but framing is expensive. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-translations-of-commonplace-phrases/390646/47 "2007-02-12T02:48:47Z")
**Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc** - “After wine, she holds up her wine” … let’s face it, she’s smashed. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-translations-of-commonplace-phrases/390646/48 "2007-02-12T13:51:22Z")
In vino, vertis: Vertis can really hold his wine. Corpus delecti: Hot necrophiliac sex. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-translations-of-commonplace-phrases/390646/49 "2007-02-12T15:10:09Z")
Mais oui: Permission to piss. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-translations-of-commonplace-phrases/390646/50 "2007-02-12T15:26:51Z")
[QUOTE=Scuba\_Ben] _Caveat lector_ - Danger! This book was written by Harlan Ellison! [/QUOTE] It doesn’t mean “Beware of Cannibals”? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-translations-of-commonplace-phrases/390646/51 "2007-02-12T21:16:19Z")
_Fer de lance_ Mr. Armstrong says it’s okay. ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-translations-of-commonplace-phrases/390646/52 "2007-02-12T21:21:03Z")
_ **Fleur de Leis** _ - The bouquets delivered to Bruce Lee’s funeral. ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-translations-of-commonplace-phrases/390646/53 "2007-02-12T21:35:10Z")
\*\*Persona non grata \*\* – That guy doesn’t get any cheesy potatoes! ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-translations-of-commonplace-phrases/390646/54 "2007-02-12T21:42:57Z")
**foie gras** – bad weed ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-translations-of-commonplace-phrases/390646/55 "2007-02-12T21:55:25Z")
[QUOTE=Sunrazor] \*\*Coup de gras \*\* = The car was used to transport marijuana [/QUOTE] [Pssst.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=403359) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-translations-of-commonplace-phrases/390646/56 "2007-02-12T22:14:59Z")
**Auto de fey** –Your car’s on fire. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-translations-of-commonplace-phrases/390646/57 "2007-02-12T23:13:43Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] It doesn’t mean “Beware of Cannibals”? :eek: [/QUOTE] Considering how Ellison writes, it probably means both. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-translations-of-commonplace-phrases/390646/58 "2007-02-13T14:59:39Z")
_Ecce homo_ - Eek, a gay! And similarly: _Homo in omnibus_ - Y’all ain’t _safe_ on public transport, I tells ya. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-translations-of-commonplace-phrases/390646/59 "2007-02-13T15:07:35Z")
Homo Eructus–I’m hearing Kinky Friedman: 'm a Homo eructus, got to connect this Bone that I discovered yesterday. Tyrantasarous, lived in the forest Died because his heart got in the way. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-translations-of-commonplace-phrases/390646.md?page=2)