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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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[Darren] Don't worry; I noticed when I posted. I was trying to fit Demi Moore into my limerick translation but gave up.
Here's a few up for translation: Acanthopanax senticosus, Aesculus hippocastanum, Agathosma crenultata, Eleutherococcus senticosus, Harpogophytum procumbens, Polygonum multiflorum, Rhamnus purshiani cortex, Silybum marianum, Stellaria media, Trigonella foenum-graecum, Vitex agnus-castus, Withania somniferum, Yucca schidigera, Zingiber officinale and then there's Santalum album (Christmas music compilation)
[BB] OK - why don't you propose one of them, and we'll have a go?
Errr ok, Harpogophytum procumbens
[Raak's one first:] Somebody saw somebody, fetching somebody.
[Blue Bananas' one:] The silent Marx brother has turned himself into a plant and draped himself all over the place.

Taking another from BB's list, Rhamnus purshiani cortex

Goat's head is a persian delicacy.
Eleutherococcus senticosus anyone?
The elusive 'sleeping beauty'.

Tre monete in una fontana.

Thirty coins, one currency. (Official motto of the European Monetary Union.)

Non serviam

Yam's off.
Tiramisù
If you make me cry, I'll take you to court.

de minimis non curat lex.

It's so small the vicar can't read it.

Nu este bine sã fie omul singur.

Now is the bin-end of our Omani sangria.

Non placet

Where's the soap?

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

All hail Governor Schwarzenegger (God help us!)

On puc trobar un altre bar que estigue bé?
One ice-hockey player has been sent to the sin-bin.

La plume de ma tante est dans le sac de cacahouete

The tainted flowers are in the compost bag (lit: cack-sack).

Zusammen kämpfen!

Susan is gay!

trinosophia

This is the third time I've had to tell you to stop doing that, Sophia.

Neede was ooit een belangrijk kruispunt van spoorlijnen.

Neddy was out and bought Lilo & Stitch

kiram tu coseh nanat
Scram, you dozy ninny!

Wer rastet der rostet

Who burnt the roast?

Brennstoff-Stickstoff-Verbindungen

Teflon

Doodlesacpfeiffermachergesellenherbergenvater

Yes.

Omul prost crede tot.

A mother never believes her own child.

om tat sat

The Buddhist sat on the mat

Tuuli tuli tulliin

Finnish form of "La-la la-la la-la", sung when the singer has forgotten the words.

Non anglii, sed angeli

Not only, but also.

Maafkan saya kerana datang lambat.

Mother can say anything which lambasts Anna's dating.
...and
Tumuhutuhud makaysed a tachi.
Attach the outboard motor.

Maximus Decimus Meridius

Resolve pi to 10,000 places.

meer haast minder snelheid

I've got the complete set of Minder on video.

Mie langu jicho

My language irritates.

Post hoc ergo propter hoc.

The post office uses DC3s as their work horse.

¡Encima de su, compañero!

Smile at the customers, salaryman!

Schlesischer Mohnkuchen mit dicken Butterstreuseln nach original schlesischen Familienrezept

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