this is my support sandwich

Also, a position, physical or organisational, that prevents you from getting unpleasant tasks, you are in a nakkisuoja - "wiener shield/cover/protection". On the other hand, someone who gets lots of unpleasant tasks is known as nakkikone, "wiener machine". (Pretty much military context, these.)

To move from food to wine, 'kyykkyviini' (squatting wine) in the Finnish word for the cheapest wines, which invariably are on the bottom shelves.

When barbecuing in Sweden you can also have a "förkorv", a sort of pre-hot-dog.

"Is that a sausage in your pocket or are you..., oh, sorry, I see it's your waiting sausage"

In Swedish, a word for what you eat to bridge the gap between meals (or while waiting for the main course to cook) is stödmacka. It means "support sandwich." A similar word in Norwegian is ventepølse, or "waiting sausage."

How does Batman's mum call him in for his tea? She doesn't, his mum was brutally slain in an alleyway prompting him to become an instrument of dark vengeance, you monster.

Happy Batman Day!

I'm going to be highly sacrilegious and say that Batman has more practice driving motorised vehicles.

In Tagalog, an equivalent phrase to "Jesus take the wheel" (for leaving things to fate) is "leave it all to Batman" (Bahala na si Batman)

Siouxsie & The Branch-leaves

Daydream Deleafer

Ten options for future leaf-removal trains... 10. Keanu Leaves 9. Twiggy Pop 8. Axel Foliage 7. Britney Clears 6. The Regional Branch Manager 5. Leaf No Trace 4. The Fall Guy 3. That Don't Impress Me Mulch 2. A Good Railing 1. Maybe She's Born With it. Maybe It's Maple-leaves

Singing "Please de-leaf me, let me go".

In Tagalog, an equivalent phrase to "Jesus take the wheel" (for leaving things to fate) is "leave it all to Batman" (Bahala na si Batman)

Leafing on a Jet Train

please, think about the damage you might cause before sending an invoice

would you still work for me if I were a worm?

Ten options for future leaf-removal trains... 10. Keanu Leaves 9. Twiggy Pop 8. Axel Foliage 7. Britney Clears 6. The Regional Branch Manager 5. Leaf No Trace 4. The Fall Guy 3. That Don't Impress Me Mulch 2. A Good Railing 1. Maybe She's Born With it. Maybe It's Maple-leaves

Sounds made by Rice Krispies in seven languages… 7. Snap! Crackle! Pop! (English) 6. Knap! Knaetter! Knak! (Afrikaans) 5. Riks! Raks! Poks! (Finnish) 4. Pim! Pum! Pam! (Mexican Spanish) 3. Cric! Crac! Croc! (Canadian French) 2. Knisper! Knasper! Knusper! (German) 1. Piff! Paff! Puff! (Swedish)

A lovely German phrase for describing a place in the middle of nowhere is wo sich Fuchs und Hase gute Nacht sagen. It means “where the fox and hare say goodnight.”

I'll add swedish: "surt, sa räven om rönnbären" (sour, said the fox about the rowan berries) or in finnish: "ketun marjat" (foxes berries) is about being jealous of something someone else has, but mocking it.

The Dutch are less poetic. We jokingly call such places Schubbekutteveen (Scaledcuntsmoor)

this reminded me of the charmingly evocative hungarian phrase "a halál faszán" ("on the dick of death") a more recent evolution of it is "halálfasza-külső", which makes it sound like a train station name that is just outside, roughly translating as "death's dick parkway"

Sounds made by animals in various different languages... Pip pip (Swedish mouse) Woke woke (Burmese dog) Meh (Portuguese sheep) Kum Kum (Polish frog) Ungaa (Tagalog cow) Behehe (Albanian goat) Haloom (Bengali lion) I-go-go (Russian horse) Gulu gulu (Turkish turkey) ???? (any fox)

A lovely German phrase for describing a place in the middle of nowhere is wo sich Fuchs und Hase gute Nacht sagen. It means “where the fox and hare say goodnight.”

What did the impatient fox say when it had to repeat why it wanted to see the doctor? For fox ache!!

In Chinese it's 继父母 or 后父母 meaning 'succeeding parent' which makes delightful amounts of sense (继 is also used for stepchildren and stepsiblings which makes just a bit less sense) Half siblings are 异父兄弟姐妹 'different father brothers and sisters' or 异母兄弟姐妹 'different mother brothers and sisters'

A Swedish word for a stepparent is bonusförälder, which means “bonus parent.” Similarly, a bonusbarn is a “bonus child.”

Happy National Stepfamily Day!

"tegyél úgy, mintha élnél" ("pretend you are alive") is a sarcastic hungarian one

I've always liked Hungarian 'nyomjad a kakaót' (press the cocoa) - splendidly surreal.

A great gift!

In German you can say: "Leg mal einen Zahn zu!" (give it one more tooth!) To tell somone to put much power on some action you can say: "... mit Schmackes!"

In English, if you want someone to drive quickly you could tell them to "step on the gas" or "put the pedal to the metal." A French equivalent is appuyer sur le champignon, which means "press the mushroom"

My seven favourite ways to wish someone good luck… 7. Break a leg (English) 6. Break your neck (Czech) 5. Break your neck and leg (German) 4. May your fishing be shitty (Norwegian) 3. May you get neither fluff nor feather (Russian) 2. May God not spare you (Irish) 1. Into the whale’s ass (Italian)

“Freeze a jolly good fellow” – cryogenic storage

"Never knowingly undersoled" - cobbler

Slogan ideas… “Smoking hot body or your money back” – crematorium “The first one’s on the house” – chimney installers “We’re not afraid to raise a few eyebrows” – plastic surgeons “We’ll help bring out your inner child” – maternity ward “There’s no turning back now” – neck brace manufacturers

‘Rest assured, people have been re-lying on us for years’ - mattress company.

"Ask us for a Free Trial" Solicitors.

"You lookin' to get a fat lip or somethin'?" — botox providers

Alt chiropractor: “Get bent.”

"You'll get your dog back, one way or another" (combined vet and taxidermist office)

"Pull Yourself Together" - Adult Movie Theaters "Don't get bent out of shape" -Steel works Health & Saftey Video "Your guess is as good as ours" The National Lottery "A blessing in disguise" - Priest Strippergram "We'll Cross that bridge when we come to it" -The Catholic Crusades

There used to be a company in my town called A-Team Plumbing. Their slogan was "I pity the stool".

"We'll teach you a lesson you won't forget " - tutoring service / school Lots of wonderfully dreadful puns here, some of which made me giggle uncontrollably.

When I was a kid, I had a friend whose dad‘s construction company slogan was “you should see what I saw.“ Seems in the spirit.

A real one, still the best corporate tagline I’ve ever seen, from a parking company in Seattle: “Expect a lot.“

Launderette that specialises in hand-washing accessories: "I Would Do Anything For Gloves But I Won't Do Hats"