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Carpe Diem - Fish of the Day
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One player will provide a word or phrase in another language, and the next will furnish us with an erudite translation and then a word or phrase of their own...
Ah lovely, a spelling mistake in the blurb... Great start :)
Your first phrase is:
Caveat Emptor
A glutton for caviar.

Que Será Será
Someone unaware of who Sarah is.

[blamelewis] I'll try and find a way to fix the blurb; it might take a while because I don't think my remote maintenance script works since I 'improved' things around here...

bona fide

Good dog

habeas corpus

Dead plants.

Aloo Gobhi

How to greet an ex-Soviet premier

schaden-freude

A dusky maiden

Sang froid

Vocalist's piles.

Reinheitsgebot
A small automatic machine for adjusting the elevation of a horse's bridle.

Savoir Faire

Menu at a London hotel/restaurant

gnothe seauton

Standing room only

Penblwydd Hapus

I'm merrily pissed.

loco parentis

The mother of all steam engines.

Can someone translate pup huny rag les an myns, my primary school motto?

"Large Pepperoni With Cheese"

Tempis Fugit
The new secretary has left.

Hasta la Vista

"The hotel has good views of the ocean"

Magna cum laude

*tries to resist...fails* A Norwegian who screams when he climaxes.

Annuit Cœptis
I was aware whose hat it is

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes

Do you want diet or normal custard?

anno domini

Anyone for a pizza?

Ich Dien

A Scotsman lamenting his imminent demise.

Eintritt verboten

All aboard.

Nouvelle ambiance
A woman in labour being sped to hospital in a Vauxhall Nova

Vis a vis

Arguing with the Customs Agent.

Ad Hominem
commercial for pink M&Ms

Garde ta foie

Night watchman at a confectioners.

Keema Sag Balti
A lament for a deflated football.

Gag me with a spoon!

An Asian dish, popular in Birmingham.

Trompe d'oeil

Better than fried food.

píu mosso
Mildewed church furniture

Kyrie eleison

The Japanese answer to Kylie Minogue is going up the charts.

salve regina

Ladies' ointment for very personal use

force majeure

private army belonging to ex-member of Ultravox
volenti non fit injuria
Note from mother excusing one from games.

sine qua non

Misbehaving at the convent

mene mene tekel upharsin

A horde that hates Nicholas Parsons.

Gayn Cacken Ofn yam
Yams cause diarrhoea.

Magnum opus
A song about ice cream

int main(void)

Abandon hope all ye who enter here.

l'état, c'est moi

That's my SUV.

multum in parvo

I seem to be suffering from cat flu.

many a mickle makes a muckle

I'm not fond of Guinness.

"And your listeners will very well, John, that insofar as the National Rail is concerned, I believe, and you'll find that the Prime Minister (as well as the whole cabinet) agrees with me on this, that there is, and I make no apologies for this and see no reason why I should!"
Those honest citizens who hear your words
That, like the proverbial weasel feign to say
Those things thou durst not state straightforwardly
But cowardly hint from shadows, nods, and winks;
Those honest citizens, I say, will not be gulled
By cavill'd slur: you speak of National Rail;
Now, in so far as National Rail's the gist
'Tis my oft-stated view, and shared by He
Who, trusted with the helm of this great Ship
Supported by his Cabinet, sails us true;
Thus stated forthrightly, it needs no bush;
Apology would make it seem I lack
That confidence you seek to undermine:
Be off, thou wormtongued enemy of mine!

je ne sais quoi

The journey was okay.

Gesundheit

It's so good to sing up here.

Merhaba!

I've found the sunken port!

Gomen nasai

Inject your nasal passages with rubber cement. (A figurative expression equivalent to "piss off".)

ding an sich

The emergency bell above hospital beds.

Lilium superbum

Gooseing J.Lo.

Σπευδετε
To stretch an envelope

Dianthus barbatus

(Simulposted) The artist formally known a Prince.

Dianthus barbatus
The new "Princess Diana" Barbie!
[Raak] Ewwwww!

ceci n'est pas un pipe

Call a plumber

Arigatou

A very lite cake.

naDevvo' peghoS
I see that everyone's having difficulty with this. That's because it's in Glaswegian. It means: "No, David, Margaret's with us", but it doesn't crop up much in day to day conversation.

Hur mycka kostar det?

How much would it cost to have my jaw fixed

Ich bin ein berliner

One bin, one binliner.

zut alors!

Lawyer's clothing

Cosi Fan Tutti
A trumpet fan in a pull over.

plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

Please exchange these, along with mother's shoes.

Nessun Dorma

Let sleeping monsters lie

Alea jacta est

Cassius clay's next career choice dictum meum pactum est
I still have my own genitals.

pons asinorum

Homosexuality is evil.

dieu et mon droit

Oh God, the only man around is a robot.

Vet du vad klockan är?
Faulty ventilation at the animal hospital.

Llongyfarchiadau
Uttered by restive theatre audiences, this literally means, "what a long-drawn-out farce this is!"

gradatim et punctatim

Grade Tim - and then punch him

Morituri te salutant

If it doesn't move and you can't eat it, salute it. (Roman Army maxim)

Makan siap, Tuan!

Let your mother go shopping if she wants

Klaatu barada nikto

- That loose floorboard's given me a splinter

Also Spracht Zarathrustra

Zara not only goes like a train, she can hold an intelligent conversation as well.

Grüss Gott

Obese goat.

Duit On Mon Dei

weekend procrastination decus et tutamen
Decking for a gents toilet.

quelle heure est il
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I demand the least diseased prosititute in the house!

mein hoote hat drei ecke
[inkspot ta]
The siren at the pit is now dry, Eric.

La plume de ma tante

The flag on my marquee

Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori

A bit obtuse this one... A survey of a jaded revolutionary and a painter came out in favour of fatherhood.

Bengoshi dewa arimasen

Bengosh's weapons of mass destruction training video. Siyo! (Huko) Shoka yangu kichwanil! To see what that really means visit http://www.yamara.com/junk/xl970512.html
Bengosh's weapons of mass destruction training video.To see what that really means visit http://www.yamara.com/junk/xl970512.html
Argh! Hang the html! The phrase is Siyo! (Huko) Shoka yangu kichwanil!.

tir na nog

pull the microscopic gangster obviously
qui veux gagne des bonbons see google hits
He is a member of the Bon-Bon terrorist gang.

Siyo etc. means "I dare you to stick a fork in the toaster!"

ahlan wa sahlan

Drunk in charge of a dinghy.

pour encourager les autres.

Writers are fuelled by drink.

char siew
The color of vomit.

Ca bhfuil do sheomra leaba?
[I googled for that, and clicked the "Translate this page" button. This was the result. Read the very top of that page.]
[Raak] I presume it's actually a Celtic language in real life?

Are you confused about your shoe laces?

Quattro formaggi

Baroness Thatcher's Audi.

Béagán agus a rá go maith
Solve:

Msuri sana

I'm sure I'm sane, so will you please take this straitjacket off?

Vakmanschap is meesterschap

Walkman users are male.

Eodem cogimur, unde negant redire quemquam

Get me more dutch cheese, and don't change channels.

teknillinen yliopisto

No, I have no idea how that pesto got on the bed sheets.

Vorsprung durch technik

Carol Vorderman has stolen all the interesting consonants

Veni Vidi Vici

Come and watch my pornography

Apres moi le deluge

I'm first in the queue for the shower

Je n'ai que mon âme

I uphold the right to bare arms.

fiat justitia, ruat coelum

You are legally obliged to buy an Italian car, but the ignition coils in them are corroded.

Non sequitur

No secretaries.

Per ardua ad astra

Amount of work required to make an advert for a small Vauxhall car.

Sic Transit Gloria

Being nauseated on the Northern Line somewhere between Euston and Camden Town.

Llyfrgell Owen
Lovely goal! that's my son Owen.
thank you DrQ

merci beaucoup

What a lovely view of the ocean you have from this hatchery!

Was kostet das Benzin pro Liter?
What fee did Tony Benn accept to promote metrication?

Arbeit macht frei

On the contrary, I survived the date without receiving any hickeys.

Je ne peux plus bouger ma voiture
You smell, and you commit indecent acts with scavenging birds. (traditional insult)

bo le bata is capall le ceansact

Cromwell banning cricket; punishable by death.

Twll dîn pob Sais! *grabs coat in a hurry*
Return those tools to the pub and make it snappy

i gran dolori sono muti

The Great Dolores is my mother

Hänschenklein ging allein in die weiter Weld hinein

The water is warm.

Je ne comprends pas

This bag won't carry all my shopping.

Alea Jacta Est

Alia would like to be known as "Jack" since the operation.

comme ci, comme ça

Would you like to examine my precise punctuation?

rusticus expectat dum defluat amnis

Country people know that animals fart.

Amantium irae amoris integratio est

I love it when a plan comes together.

curriculum vitae

School is compulsory

I believe the following is grammatically incorrect, but I'm quoting the song:
voulez vous coucher avec moi, ce soir

Get off the bench and on the court -- your serve.

Y Ddraig Goch ddyry gychwyn
As best I can figure it out, Dr Q, you mean

"If you wore drag you would look just like Ira Gershwin"

Nonlo faccia, per favore.
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