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    2 days ago

    Halt die Klappe Alter sonst du bekommst mein knuckle sandwich!

    (I forget what “knuckle” is in German. I want to say “knochen” but know it’s not true)

    • Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de
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      I think the correct German expression would be “sonst werde ich dir die Fresse polieren”, which I again have no idea on how to translate to English (what’s the English word for “Fresse”?? - Important stuff you don’t learn in language class…).

      I like “knuckle sandwich”, though! :-) The word for “knuckle” would be “Knöchel”, but that usually is not used when talking about fighting.

      But we interestingly also have a backery-themed expression for hitting someone: “ich semmel dir eine” (Semmel being the Southern German name for a kind of backed breakfast roll, and for some reason used as a verb here…)

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        Fresse polieren

        had to look that up: ‘polish your mouth’
        which is pretty colorful hahaha

        I’ll update my threat to a bread-based one, since bread is life

        “Ich fuetter dir ein Knoechel Broetchen!” (yep, common expression, yep…)

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          That’s quite the… “friendly” translation. I’d translate it as “polish your fucking mouth” instead.

          You will likely get your mouth polished if you call someone’s mouth a “Fresse”.