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Adam Sharp

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Adam Sharp

@AdamCSharp

1. Writer 2. Obsessed with lists 3. COMMON PEOPLE 4. THE CORRECT ORDER OF BISCUITS 5. THE WHEEL IS SPINNING BUT THE HAMSTER IS DEAD (geni.us/yDxa)

Where skies are blue (same @)

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Born August 2

Joined May 2009

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Adam Sharp
@AdamCSharp
Jul 17, 2023
Replying to @AdamCSharp
It’d be foolish of me not to mention here that my next book is called THE WHEEL IS SPINNING BUT THE HAMSTER IS DEAD: A JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD IN IDIOMS, PROVERBS AND GENERAL NONSENSE. So if you want more idioms like the ones in this thread, please pre-order now (link in my bio)
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Adam Sharp
@AdamCSharp
Feb 17, 2020
A whatchamacallit in different languages: 7. Thingamajig (English) 6. Chingadera (Spanish) 5. Himstergims (Danish) 4. Naninani (Japanese) 3. Zamazingo (Turkish) 2. Dingsbums (German) 1. Huppeldepup (Dutch)
Adam Sharp
@AdamCSharp
Apr 1, 2024
This is a thread of my all-time favourite literal translations, starting with this one… In Hungarian, the word for a shark, hiszékeny, translates literally to “sea bastard”
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Adam Sharp
@AdamCSharp
Oct 21, 2024
Whether you’re a fan of Hallowe’en or not, you have to give it credit for being the last line of defence against Christmas advancing even earlier into the year, a ragtag gang of goths holding the line against a battalion of baubled barbarians
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Adam Sharp
@AdamCSharp
Nov 11, 2024
There’s a word in modern Hungarian slang, egérmozi, which describes watching films (or shows) on your phone. It means “mouse cinema”
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Adam Sharp
@AdamCSharp
Jan 13, 2023
There’s a trend in Spanish slang of describing someone with an overly high opinion of themselves as a powerful fictional character, but of a tiny territory. Examples are ‘Yeti of the fridge freezer,’ ‘Aquaman of the toilet bowl,’ and ‘Tarzan of the flowerpot.’ Anybody got more?
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Adam Sharp
@AdamCSharp
Oct 7, 2019
Cute animal rhymes to say farewell: 8. In a while, crocodile 7. Toodle loo, kangaroo 6. Ciao for now, jersey cow 5. Why you still here, white-tailed deer 4. Just piss off, gypsy moth 3. Go to hell, red gazelle 2. Kiss my hole, woodland vole 1. Off you fuck, crested duck
Adam Sharp
@AdamCSharp
Aug 23, 2024
There’s an old Irish term for someone who likes to stay home by the warmth and comfort of the fireplace (what we might today call a couch potato)... cailleach na luatha. I like to translate it (with some poetic licence) as “divine hag of the ashes”
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Adam Sharp
@AdamCSharp
Jan 15, 2020
It’s raining . . . 8. Cats and dogs (English) 7. Old ladies and sticks (Welsh) 6. Like a pissing cow (French) 5. As from Esteri’s ass (Finnish) 4. Female trolls (Norwegian) 3. Chair legs (Greek) 2. Tractors (Slovakian) 1. Men (hallelujah)
Adam Sharp
@AdamCSharp
Aug 26, 2024
There’s a rhyming Italian expression for saying “take it or leave it” that goes o mangi questa minestra o salti dalla finestra. It means “either eat this soup or throw yourself out the window”
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Adam Sharp
@AdamCSharp
Jul 17, 2023
This is a thread of phrases similar to “a few sandwiches short of a picnic” from around the world, starting with this one… There’s a colourful old Swedish idiom that goes hjulet snurrar men hamstern är död. It means “the wheel is spinning but the hamster is dead”
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Adam Sharp
@AdamCSharp
Mar 11, 2024
Better names for existing things, number 1… DISCO CHICKEN
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Adam Sharp
@AdamCSharp
Jun 25, 2019
Sorely missed Victorian slang: 8. Gigglemug (always smiling) 7. Bitch the pot (pour the tea) 6. Got the morbs (temporary sadness) 5. Tight as a boiled owl (drunk) 4. Poked up (embarrassed) 3. Sauce-box (the mouth) 2. Cupid’s kettle drums (breasts) 1. Not up to dick (unwell)
Adam Sharp
@AdamCSharp
Oct 22, 2024
Today is World Wombat Day so I must again say that my favourite ever blessing is an Indigenous Australian one and it goes "may the wombat of happiness snuffle through your underbrush"
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