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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...
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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.
No pouting, please.

È pericoloso da appoggiarsi a fuori

Periwinkles stuffed with hot chillies. (Yum!)

- áíÓ äÈí ÈáÇ ßÑÇãÉ ÅáÇ Ýí æØäå! ..

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Areopagitica

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Ah. Ok now.

Areopagitica

What astronauts must use to keep in touch until mobile phone masts are erected on Mars (only a matter of time).

Ecce homo!
The Queen's Speech

Pro schola grates agimus vetusta
Be grateful that your education has accelerated your body's progression into old age.

Hej Gamle Man

High Roller in New Orleans.

Har du sedd min kaslonger?
Have you stuck my tape-head cleaner up your arse again?

primus inter pares
My camping stove is in pieces

Teo torriate konomama iko

My mother has run off with a theatrical troupe.

Barbara celarent darii ferio baralipton

Barbara quickly makes Darius a strong cup of tea
[Having introduced him to the wonderful concept of mnemonic syllogisms].

LOLOLO FUNEX?

A limbo dancing party.

Ave imperator, morituri te salutant!

"When the bird-people rule, I will kill all conservatives as a warning!"

Estne volumen in toga, an solum tibi libet me videre
"Legs will be broken at the toga party"

Egy sör, kérem.
I will pelt you with eggs, sir churl!

Gradus ad Parnassum

Students may find mountaineering expensive

Gluckliche Reise

T.A.T.U. has a new hit.

Forlat, Jag tanke den var min ben.
My Jaguar needs refuelling with four-star, but I refuse to buy anything from a petrol station run by that varmint, Ben.

Son pittore ancor io!

For pity's sake, child, tie down the moons of Jupiter!

So de wa arimasen yo!
Da fizzy mineral water is well wicked.

abiit excessit evasit erupit

If you keep playing with it, it will fall off.

allegro ma non troppo

This is an early model, with a speed limiter

Arma virumque cano

Viagra is made from dog's bollocks.

megaloblatta blaberoides

"I'm really great, so I'm going to kill anyone who mentions haemorrhoids."

Der Befehl Speichern unter

No-one failed to notice that his favourite collection of hedgehogs were escaping from the bottom of his trousers.

Honores mutant mores

When in the company of Daily Mail readers, be sure to respect their customs.

me genoi!
I'm a cherry cake

Sacre bleu!

Blue sugar!

Je plie et ne romps pas.

I've got a headache

solventur risu tabulae: tu missus abibis!

I can't glue the table: the wife's drunk it!

hande hoch

I have pawned my limbs.

Er is aan alles een overvloed.

Eh oop, there's summat nowt right about me computer...

Credo, quia impossibile est.
It's tough to be hip these days.

deus ex machina

I have a teacup with cracks in the shape of Jesus' face.

Wovon mann nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen.

The transvestite with the face like a haddock is left speechless.

Får jag låna din öl?
How far does your Jaguar go before it needs an oil change?

Wirken Sie mit!

We are huge fans of Kenneth's fingerless glove

Pleon hemisy pantos

I prefer to think of the trousers as being half full.
Bugger - I was going to say "Sooty has not done enough exercise!"

À la recherche du temps perdus

"Time for grilled chicken!"

Håll den här medans jag sticker.
I hold my hair on with glue.

verb. sap.

Tree speak.

La Bamba

Cute Italian deer - less than a year old

Zut alors!

My jacket is blowing away

chateax maison

Massage parlour vorsprung durch technik
It just popped out during Metalwork!

Oppidum antemeridialum corniculatum [I sense fatigue is setting in; would someone like to do the honours?]

Mornington Crescent.
Although, really, I wouldn't mind carrying on with it.

Vous souhaitez louer une voiture?

Will you make sweaty love with me in my car?

tumulus simulacrorum

This is actually a false beer belly I am wearing.

Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus

The dragon is exhausted after getting a lap dance.

Neis cwrdd â chi
You nose has bad karma.

Cymru

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