go jump in a lake
French translation: "Va te faire voir ailleurs", (in French Canada, we would say "Débarasse!")
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2 hrs
Va sauter dans un lac Explanation: This is a word for word translation but still I think it is good that way in that case. |
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va te faire voir / va te faire cuire un oeuf Explanation: This is a rather "polite" insult when the person you 're speaking to is showing himself a bit too demanding and you can't answer his demand or else completely uninterested by what you say. Another way to say it: "go to hell" |
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1 day 1 hr
Va te faire pendre Explanation: insulte Harrap's/ Bordas |
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1 day 2 hrs
"Va te faire voir ailleurs", (in French Canada, we would say "Débarasse!") Explanation: How is your insult repertoire building up? :-) |
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1 day 22 hrs
vas jouer sur l'autoroute! Explanation: ...for the right 'register', although obviously there's a huge range of possibilities much better than this proposition... Glen |
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2 days 5 hrs
va te pendre, Explanation: As others have suggested, there is a myriad of ways of saying this, including a literal translation (va sauter dans un lac), but va te pendre, as well as being widely used, seems to hit the right register. |
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