what does it mean?
2007-07-14 09:00:20 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
pater est quem nuptia demonistrant
the father is he who is indicated or suggested by the marriage (lol) yeah right!
2007-07-15 10:39:07 · answer #1 · answered by yyy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once, I was living in Japan, and there were kids in the park outside my house in the middle of the night.. I did not know if they were American or Japanese.( I lived near an American Military Base!) I just wanted them out of there and to be quiet. I got out my phrase book and just picked a phrase. I yelled it as loud as I couild. The kids ran. I assume they were Americans becaase what I yelled ended up translating to "These are not my shoes!" I can not tell you what it is in Japanese, because it has been many years...but if the kids were Japanese, I am sure that they would have just laughed at me. It is not a general saying, but my family knows that if I yell in English, "These are not my shoes" I am asking for some peace and quiet. Some day I will have to have one of my Japanese frineds tell me how to say it again as it has been about 20 years and I no longer have my phrase book. LOL! O^O
2007-07-14 16:12:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
From the movie "Young Frankenstein" a comedy: "It could be worse, it could be raining." Dr. Frankenstein was digging up a grave for body parts and said to Igor; "What could be worse then this." Of course after Igor said his line it started to rain.
No matter how bad it gets it can always get worse and someone always has it worse. So don't worry about how bad it is, worry about how you can make it better.
2007-07-14 16:06:21 · answer #3 · answered by Dan S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Brazil - Neste baile todo mundo danc,a funk. Literally is: In this ballroom everybody dances one style. Summarizing ...the rule is only one, so follow the rule or ur out (business, job, married, etc.)
2007-07-15 02:16:31 · answer #4 · answered by super mario 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I was fourteen, I had a tall friend who used to look down his nose at me and say: "De gustibus non est disputandum!" Eventually, he relented, and I learned that it meant, loosely: "There's no point in arguing about taste." Now I say it myself when someone doesn't approve of the anchovies on my pizza.
2007-07-14 20:26:36 · answer #5 · answered by anobium625 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"There is a saying about strategy. I dare not play the host, but play the guest."-Lao Tzu, Chinese Philosopher
In short.....it means don't stand out, let someone else do it and draw attention to themselves.
2007-07-15 12:46:54 · answer #6 · answered by tercentenary98 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Zaalan? Ishrab my! this is an arabic saying to tell someone who is mad, and you dont wanna hear it. literally it's "Upset? Drink water!" that was the masculine way... to a female you would say "Zaalana? Ishrabi my!" its a good way to make someone more upset lol
2007-07-14 19:57:00 · answer #7 · answered by just_rana05 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a love/hate quote I kinda like but always use when something arises, especially when it comes to issues... "if its not one thing its another".
2007-07-14 16:15:51 · answer #8 · answered by Renae G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Cosi Fan Tuti" So say us all is the translation and it is also the name of a fun foreign opera no really I mean it honestly.
2007-07-14 18:02:10 · answer #9 · answered by almajoy64 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a saying in my mother tongue ...roughly translated this means, "only an egg laying hen knows the pain" ... he he
2007-07-14 22:07:16 · answer #10 · answered by Aski 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋