Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Steck dir dein dreckiges Lachen sonstwohin.

English translation:

You can stuff that grin/smirk where the sun doesn\'t shine!

Added to glossary by aykon
Aug 10, 2020 20:00
3 yrs ago
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German term

Steck dir dein dreckiges Lachen sonstwohin.

Non-PRO German to English Art/Literary Slang
Bei einem Streit

Steck dir dein dreckiges Lachen sonstwohin!


I have no more context.
Change log

Aug 10, 2020 21:32: Cilian O'Tuama changed "Language pair" from "English to German" to "German to English"

Aug 13, 2020 00:19: Cilian O'Tuama changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (3): Chris Pr, Lancashireman, Cilian O'Tuama

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Discussion

aykon (asker) Aug 11, 2020:
sorry!
Cilian O'Tuama Aug 10, 2020:
Yes Brent, it's DE-EN now
Brent Sørensen Aug 10, 2020:

The language pairs seem to be reversed

Proposed translations

+1
13 hrs
Selected

You can stuff that grin/smirk where the sun doesn't shine!

another possibility...
Peer comment(s):

agree Eleanore Strauss : in the heat of an argument it would be more slang.. where the sun don't shine
5 hrs
agree Sebastian Tredinnick : Nice
6 hrs
disagree Cilian O'Tuama : Lachen is audible laughter, a grin/smirk ist ein Gesichtsausdruck
15 hrs
neutral Lancashireman : I wonder if Aykon fully realises the implications of the phrase 'where the sun don't shine'? The source sentence is devoid of such vulgarity.
1 day 1 hr
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Fits best. Thanks."
+2
11 mins

Why don’t you wipe that smirk off your face before I do

A fairly close approximation.
Peer comment(s):

agree Michael Martin, MA : Probably close enough. "Wipe off that smirk" was my first thought, too.
1 hr
neutral Cilian O'Tuama : Would be close if it was Lächeln instead of Lachen
1 hr
agree Eleanore Strauss : yes indeed
18 hrs
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+2
2 hrs

This is no laughing matter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inVre8xFJ5U&list=PLnlMFsCsz6...

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Note added at 2 hrs (2020-08-10 22:29:14 GMT)
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dreckiges Lachen
This is nothing to snigger about
Peer comment(s):

agree Cilian O'Tuama : Would be a polite English way of putting it, yes.
1 hr
agree writeaway
10 hrs
neutral Eleanore Strauss : not the same tone or tenor...the solution is far too polite for the statement
16 hrs
Your two preferred solutions are far too crude for the polite company of this forum.
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7 hrs

Laugh all you want

Same meaning applies to the German phrase:
laugh all you want (because...)

- I don't care (any more) or

- it's not going to help you in the long run
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12 hrs

(You can) shove your sniggering up your ass

Another option
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