Here's how he translated the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. "The liquor is good, but the meat is bad." You can test a translation by translating back to the original.

Leith

(7,864 posts)

15. There's another one like that

Reply to Karadeniz (Reply #10)

Tue Jul 9, 2019, 11:37 PM

Jul 2019

"Out of sight, out of mind."

Translate from English to Russian and back again:

"Blind, therefore insane."

underpants

(197,171 posts)

12. As my relatives in West Virginia say, that guy's suwave and deboner

Reply to sakabatou (Original post)

Tue Jul 9, 2019, 07:18 PM

Jul 2019

Suave and debonair

Harker

(18,146 posts)

14. He's all hat and no

Reply to sakabatou (Original post)

Tue Jul 9, 2019, 11:29 PM

Jul 2019

cigar.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)

16. This thread is dumber than a sack of door buzzards!

Reply to sakabatou (Original post)

Tue Jul 9, 2019, 11:38 PM

Jul 2019

Harker

(18,146 posts)

17. Hey. It takes a village

Reply to ProudLib72 (Reply #16)

Tue Jul 9, 2019, 11:44 PM

Jul 2019

to raise a ruckus.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)

18. Do you know about the door buzzard thread?

Reply to Harker (Reply #17)

Tue Jul 9, 2019, 11:49 PM

Jul 2019

If not, you should check it out: https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=7423760

Harker

(18,146 posts)

19. Looks like an epic. Thanks for the intro, Libs...

Reply to ProudLib72 (Reply #18)

Wed Jul 10, 2019, 12:00 AM

Jul 2019

you're as cool as the other side of the cucumber.

Harker

(18,146 posts)

21. Well... I'm half an hour in

Reply to ProudLib72 (Reply #18)

Wed Jul 10, 2019, 12:32 AM

Jul 2019

and I'm tired, but my face hurts too much to sleep.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)

27. You see? Now you know why it's THE thread.

Reply to Harker (Reply #21)

Wed Jul 10, 2019, 05:58 PM

Jul 2019

From now on you will probably notice all the allusions to that thread. They pop up here every once in awhile.

Response to sakabatou (Original post)

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diva77

(7,880 posts)

22. "read between the lies"

Reply to sakabatou (Original post)

Wed Jul 10, 2019, 03:30 AM

Jul 2019

underpants

(197,171 posts)

23. Let's make sure we dot our T's and cross our I's

Reply to sakabatou (Original post)

Wed Jul 10, 2019, 09:12 AM

Jul 2019

I just got the crossed eyes joke in that.

underpants

(197,171 posts)

24. All in favor say "Aye"...opposed say "No"...well there we have it

Reply to sakabatou (Original post)

Wed Jul 10, 2019, 09:14 AM

Jul 2019

The eyes are above the nose

I can’t remember what movie I saw that in but I’m pretty sure it was Brian Doyle-Murray leading a town hall or some sort of fraternal organization meeting.

underpants

(197,171 posts)

25. Too many Chiefs, not enough stew

Reply to sakabatou (Original post)

Wed Jul 10, 2019, 10:00 AM

Jul 2019

LakeArenal

(29,949 posts)

26. From Simpson's

Reply to sakabatou (Original post)

Wed Jul 10, 2019, 10:21 AM

Jul 2019

We’ve tried nothing and we are all out of ideas.

sakabatou

(46,332 posts)

28. "A shack of sit."

Reply to sakabatou (Original post)

Wed Jul 10, 2019, 06:48 PM

Jul 2019

sakabatou

(46,332 posts)

29. Your Oreo Lives Once

Reply to sakabatou (Original post)

Wed Jul 10, 2019, 07:34 PM

Jul 2019

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