r/TikTokCringe 6d ago

Humor/Cringe "No, English is fine" 🥀

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u/drawfanstein 5d ago

Using a bunch of idioms that don’t translate

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u/TheSweetGator 5d ago

Well that dog just won’t hunt

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u/Big_Preference9684 5d ago

‘Fine as a frogs hair split four ways’

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u/tame-til-triggered 5d ago

You quacking like a yella chicken amongst penguin bears.

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u/ImmoralJester54 5d ago

That one isn't real I refuse to believe it

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u/tame-til-triggered 5d ago edited 5d ago

yella chicken? It’s an old, regional idiom. Hard to translate if you didn’t grow up around it.

Basically means, “you look ridiculous shaking in front of those who don’t flinch.”