广东话 上咗岸 这话英语怎么说？

 

 

 

上咗岸

= made a million  (意译free translation)

 

=  make a fortune  (意译free translation)

 

 

= have gone ashore (直译literal translation)

 

 

= ascent the shore (直译literal translation)

 

广东话 口轻轻 这话英语怎么说？

口轻轻

= too easy to make promises  (意译free translation)

 

 

= the mouth is light  (意译free translation)

 

广东话 冇出息 这话英语怎么说？

冇出息

= good for nothing  (意译free translation)

= not promising (意译free translation)

 

= do not give out interest       (直译literal translation)

 

广东话 天网恢恢，疏而不漏 这话英语怎么说？

 

天网恢恢，疏而不漏   

= justice has long arms (意译free translation)

 

= the net of heaven has large meshes, but it lets nothing through  (直译literal translation)

 

 

广东话打死狗讲价

 

打死狗讲价

 

= extort someone who has made a mistake  (意译free translation)

= dog killed bargain  (直译literal translation)

 

 

 

广东话打完斋唔要和尚

打完斋唔要和尚

= folding the bridge after acrossing the river  (意译free translation)

= kick down the ladder  (意译free translation)

=  after the fast, monks are not required  (意译free translation)

 

 

广东话 日久见人心 这话英语怎么说？

 

日久见人心

= time will tell  (意译free translation)

= time reveals a man’s heart  (意译free translation)

= time will tell a true friend from a false one  (意译free translation)

= running out of time I see who’s fake  (意译free translation)

 

= one’s heart can be seen after a long time  (直译literal translation)

 

 

广东话 打如意算盘 这话英语怎么说？

 

 

打如意算盘

= expect things to turn out as one wishes  (意译free translation)

 

= count one’s chicken before they hatch  (意译free translation)

 

 

=  hit on the abacus of sceptreborder (直译literal translation)

 

= have a plan only favour

广东话心抱 这话英语怎么说？

 

心抱

 

  = daughter-in-law (意译free translation)

 

     = to embrace by heart  (直译literal translation)

 

 

广东话 打同通 这话英语怎么说？

 

打同通

= gang up with  (意译free translation)

 

= collude with  (意译free translation)

 

= in league with  (意译free translation)

 

广东话 打牙骹 这话英语怎么说？

 

打牙骹

= chat  (意译free translation)

= cackle  (意译free translation)

= blatter  (意译free translation)

= chitchat  (意译free translation)

= chatter  (意译free translation)

 

 

 

= hit the jawbone  (直译literal translation)

 

 

广东话 打尖 这话英语怎么说？

 

 

打尖

= jump the queue

 

 

广东话 古缩 这话英语怎么说？

 

古缩

= as dumb as an oyster and unsocial  (意译free translation)

= as mum as a mouse   (意译free translation)

= taciturnity   (意译free translation)

 

= old and shrink   (直译literal translation)

 

广东话 古/蛊惑 这话英语怎么说？

 

古/蛊惑

 

How to say  古/蛊惑  in English?

= bewitch

= delude

= cunning

= sly

= crafty

 

广东话古老石山

 

古老石山

 

= stubborn and conservative  (意译free translation)

 

=  age-old rocky hill   (直译literal translation)

 

广东话 去搵周公 这话英语怎么说？

 

  去搵周公  

 

= go to sleep  (意译free translation)

 

 

= go and find Duke zhou  (直译literal translation)

 

广东话 世界仔 这话英语怎么说？

 

世界仔

= a person who is smooth and slick in establishing social relations  (意译free translation)

 

= a slick and sly person  (意译free translation)

 

= a world guy  (直译literal translation)

 

广东话 石沉大海 这话英语怎么说？

石沉大海

= disappear forever (意译free translation)

 

= the rock sinks into an ocean (直译literal translation)

 

广东话石地堂，铁扫把 这话英语怎么说？

 

广东话 石地堂，铁扫把

 

= nip- and- tuck (意译free translation)

= tweedledum and tweedledee  (意译free translation)

= neck and neck  (意译free translation)

= a Roland for an Oliver  (意译free translation)

 

= stone floor and iron broom ---- hardness against hardness (直译literal translation)

 

广东话 未观其人，先观其友 这话英语怎么说？

 

未观其人，先观其友

= one can judge a person by his friends (意译free translation)

 

= observing one's friends before observing him or her (意译free translation)