The Mailman: ringing twice, as always 129,847 14
12/01/2005 07:05 AM

Il veut le beurre, l'argent du beurre et le cul de la cremière

- He wants to have his cake and eat it too

- "He wants the butter, the money for the butter, and the ass of the milkwoman"



C'est comme papa dans maman

- Everything is going on normally

- "It's like daddy in mommy"



Ce vin, c'est le petit Jésus en culotte de velours

- This wine is excellent

- "This wine, it's the baby Jesus in a velvet diaper"



Je m'en bats les couilles

- I don't care about it

- "I beat my balls with it"



Je n'en ai rien à cirer

- I don't care about it

- "This doesn't give me anything to wax"

(this particular expression became particularly popular after a former French prime minister once used it to say that she did not give a Shakespeare about the Stock Exchange)



Ça ne casse pas trois pattes à un canard

- It is not very impressive

- "It does not break three legs to a duck"



Qui vient de larguer une caisse ?

- Who farted?

- "Who just dropped a case?"



Ils sont comme cul et chemise

- They are close friends

- "They are like butt and shirt"



Faut pas pousser Mémé dans les orties!

- Don't exaggerate!

- "Don't push Grandma in the nettles"



Il y a une couille dans le potage

- There's something wrong

- "There is a testicle in the soup"

SHP, ho ho ho under the mistletoe 125,886 11
12/01/2005 07:08 AM

He threw the puree



Well, there goes my career in catering.

Zolton with Arsenic Sauce 70,838 8
12/01/2005 07:09 AM

Maybe, SHP.



I am definitely running off to join that circus now, though.

newwave 45,836 7
12/01/2005 07:10 AM

Say, SHP... about that smoking pipe you were supposed to craft for me...

RR: naughty and nice 56,415 7
12/01/2005 07:11 AM

I hope to seriously remember "There's a crowd on the balcony." So useful in polite company.

SHP, ho ho ho under the mistletoe 125,886 11
12/01/2005 07:13 AM

<action>struts with her balcony crowd showing</action>

Frogpop - doin' a heck of a job. 155,376 12
12/01/2005 07:21 AM

isn't that "the world" in the balcony?

Kittuns wrapped in a box without holes 44,804 7
12/01/2005 07:28 AM

<action>looks around GAB, notices most of the men are Il a t baptis au scateur, literally.</action>

Chi Chi Felipe: Smells Like Teen Spirit 160,404 12
12/01/2005 07:31 AM

I learned all the French I need to know from Metal Gear Solid and the Le Infant Terrible program.

The Mailman: ringing twice, as always 129,847 14
12/01/2005 07:32 AM

isn't that "the world" in the balcony?



Depending on the context, "le monde" can mean "the world" or "the crowd".



"Le Monde" is also the name of a newspaper that smart, intellectual people read, and that stupid people buy and walk around with, just to appear smarter than they really are.

Prof. Fantabulous 19,577 10
12/01/2005 07:39 AM

What is with that word Mailman? I walk around with this beer to make it look like i have more culture.

Frogpop - doin' a heck of a job. 155,376 12
12/01/2005 07:50 AM

so is the newspaper named the world or the crowd?

The Mailman: ringing twice, as always 129,847 14
12/01/2005 08:37 AM

I walk around with this beer to make it look like i have more culture.



"La fin du monde" ("the end of the world) shows that you have taste. If you want to add culture, you need to approach someone who's holding a bottle of Budweiser, and ask him what he's drinking, because you have never seen that bottle before.



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so is the newspaper named the world or the crowd?



The newspaper is named "the world". They have an extensive international news section. I believe its American closest equivalent would be the New York Times.



The word "monde" is one these words that has a three-page definition in the dictionary, so it's pretty difficult to explain it in detail on GAB. It would have been much simpler for me if you had inquired about the word "couille", which is simply slang for "testicle".

daisypie 49,257 7
12/01/2005 09:48 AM

Je m'en bats les couilles

- I don't care about it

- "I beat my balls with it"



Umm, If you Frenchies beat your balls over things you DON'T care about,

what do you flagellate when you DO?!

The Mailman: ringing twice, as always 129,847 14
12/01/2005 09:50 AM

Cars.

Chi Chi Felipe: Smells Like Teen Spirit 160,404 12
12/01/2005 09:51 AM

French people bathe infrequently. Whacking their balls on anything would have unpleasant and lasting effects.