English literal translation	Dialectal original	Approximate meaning	Author/Contributor
``What do you laugh? Laugh to your sister!''	``Ma che te ridi? Ridi a tu' sorella!''	Hey guy, I am speaking seriously!!	Guido Altarelli (proposta come titolo da P.M.)
``Speak as your mother made you!''	``Parla comme t'ha fatto mammeta!''	Try to use a simpler language	Giuseppe Pirozzi (proposta come titolo)
D ``Said the bug to the nut: `Give me enough time, and I'll make a hole through you!' ''	``Dicette 'o pappice a 'a noce: `Damme tempo ca te pertuso!' ''	Give me enough time and I will do anything you ask me.	L.C. & S.S.
``The Cern is small, and the people murmur...''	``Il Cern è piccolo, e la gente mormora...''	Gossip fly fast!!	S.S.
``And what a dick! what a cum!''	``E che cazzo! che sfaccimma!''	Imprecation	S.Mele & S.Sorrentino
``Stay in bell...''	``Sta' in campana...''	Be prepared	R. Santacesaria ?
``Said popishly popishly''	``Detto papale papale''	Said exactly as it is	F.M.S.
``I can't see neither the sausage''	``Nun se vede manco 'o sasiccio.''	It is very difficult to see	F.G.
``Stay beef''	``Stai manzo''	Cool down!	F.G.
``Let speak one piece of shit each time.''	``Parlasse 'nu strunzo 'a vota.''	Please don’t speak all together	P.M. & F.M.S.
``They are dicks.''	``So' cazzi.''	Now is hard!	Giuseppe Pirozzi
``They are birds for dyabetics, i.e. bitter dicks!''	``So' uccelli per diabetici, ovvero cazzi amari!''	As above	S.B. & F.M.S.
``I am shitting myself under''	``Mi sto cacando sotto''	I scared, really!	Giuseppe Pirozzi
``Goodnight to the basket!''	``Buonanotte al secchio! (della monnezza...)''	If so, better we stop it here!	F.G.
``Goodnight to the players...''	``Buonanotte ai suonatori...''	As above	F.G.
``God knows, and the Holy Virgin sees''	``Dio 'o ssape, e 'a Madonna 'o vede''	Nobody knows	S.Mele
``It would be the Holy Virgin!''	``Fosse 'a Madonna!''	This would be great!	S.Mele
``Let the Holy Virgin do!''	``Lassa fa' 'a Madonna!''	Finally!	F.M.S.
``Nice of brother''	``Bello d'o fräte''	Hey, guy	F.G.
``To the face of the dick!''	``Ä faccia d'o cazzo!''	gosh	F.M.S.
``Two balls...''	``Du' palle...''	What a boredom	??? (F.M.S.)
``If my grandfather had wheels, he would have been a wheelbarrow...''	``Si nonnemo teneva 'e rote, era 'na carriola...''	You’re doing too many hypotheses.	F.M.S.
``If my grandfather had three balls, he would have been a flipper...''	``Si nonnemo teneva tre palle, fusse stato 'nu flipper...''	As above	Giuseppe Pirozzi
``If my grandmother had a dick, we would have called her grandpa''	``Si nonnema teneva 'o cazzo, 'a chiammavamo nonno...''	As above	Giuseppe Pirozzi
``Let's go beautiful''	``Jämme bello''	Let’s go, move on!	V.C.
``Life is a plumcake''	``'A vita è na brioscia''	I feel so fine…	V.C.
``Let's go with tango!''	``Vai col tango!''	And now, let’s start	F.M.S.
``If you are dick...''	``Si sì cazzo...''	If you really think to be able to do it (but I doubt)…	F.M.S.
``Had I been dick...''	``Fussi stato cazzo...''	Had I been able to do it…	F.M.S.
``The way you turn it, the way you flip it, it's always the same...''	``Comm'o giri e comm'o vuoti, è sempe 'o stesso...''	You can face the situation from many different points, but it doesn’t change…	Giuseppe Pirozzi
``That's another pair of sleeves.''	``È un altro paio di maniche''	This is a completely different thing.	F.M.S.
``Could the Holy Virgin take you with her and St. Joseph open you the door!''	``'A Madonna t'accompagni e S. Giuseppe t'arapa 'a porta!''	May everything go smoothly	Giuseppe Pirozzi
``For twenty-nine and thirty''	``Pe' ventinove e trenta''	Succeeded, just at the limit. (time, space, budget…)	L.C.
``Without knowing reading and writing''	``Senza sape' nè legge' nè scrive'.''	Doing something in the simplest way you can imagine.	F.G.
`` We have done thirty, let's do thirty-one''	``Avimmmo fatto trenta, facimmo trentuno''	We arrived so far, so we can go further.	L.C. & P.M.
``We have put the toy in the hands of the creature''	``Avimmo miso 'a pazziella 'nmano 'e creature''	Said to people that tend to play or have fun with serious things (objects, tools, etc.)	P.M.
``Go and make a turn''	``Vate a fa' 'nu giro''	Go away for a while	N.D.A. & F.M.S. & V.C.
``Give yourself a move''	``Datte 'na mossa''	Move on!	F.G.
``Pig whore Eve!...''	``Porca puttana Eva!...''	imprecation	F.M.S.
``To your pleasure''	``A piacere tuo''	Give me what you want (money, help, etc.)	L.C.
``The imagination wobbles...''	``L'immaginazione vacilla...''	I can’t even imagine such a situation…	P.M.
``The more you help me to say''	``Quanto cchiù m'ajute a dicere''	…, you know, …	S.S. & L.C.
``You have won the little gold mongol''	``Hai vinto il mongolino d'oro''	You understood this stupid thing, finally!	L.C. & P.M.
``The potatoes!''	``'E patane!''	…again!	S.B.
``The dog always bites the teared''	``'O cane mozzeca sempe a 'o stracciato''	Bad luck is not blind, she chooses always the unlucky!!	P.M.
``The paper music in the hands of the blind...''	``'A carta 'e musica in mano a 'e cecate...''	Said when you realize to have given something to someone who doesn’t know how to use it	Vittorio Palmieri
``How many cocks are you looking for!''	``Quanti cazzi vai trovando!''	How many things do you want!!!	F.G.
``I can't believe!!!''	``Non ci pozzo credere!!!''		Rolando (gentilmente fornita da P.M.)
``You can say that the fairie is over when the gypsies are all gone''	``Tanno se dice `fera fernuta' quanno 'e zingari se ne so' jute''	It is finished when it is REALLY finished	Giuseppe Pirozzi
``Those who go hoeing without the hoe...''	``Chilli che vanno a zappa' senza 'a zappa	You’re starting a job without having the proper tools…	F.M.S & S.B. (with special thanks to V.C.)
``Here no one is fool!''	``Ccà nisciuno è fesso!''	I am not so stupid as you think!	V.C.
``Even St. Anthony fell in love with a pig''	``Anche Sant'Antonio s'annamuraje d'o puorco''	Never say never	V.C.
``We were short of...''	``Stevemo scarsi...''	We were just missing you (but we were better without you)	F.M.S. (dopo una chiacchierata con V.C.)
``Greetings to your sister''	``Salutame a soreta''		P.M.
``Your mother's cunt!''	``'A fessa 'e mammeta!''	imprecation	F.M.S. & F.G.
``The ones who want me good, after me come''	``Chi me vo' bene, appriesso me vene''	Follow me	Giuseppe Pirozzi
``This one would eat also the spiders''	``Chisso se magnasse pure 'e ragni''	He’s veeery hungry	P.M.
``Hey, Tytos!''	``Ueh, Titò!''	Hey, you	S.B. & F.M.S.
``In the mouth of your sister''	``'Nmocca a soreta''	imprecation	S.B.
``Who has the bread has not the teeth''	``Chi tene 'o pane non tene i dienti''	Who gets something he didn’t troubled for	Gianni Rosa
``It looks honest to me!''	``Me pare onesto!''		F.M.S. & S.B.
``Harness the donkey where the master wants''	``Attacca 'o ciucco arò vò 'o padrone''	Do what your master says.	V.C.
``And now...yes! ''	``E mo' sí!''		S.S.
`` I have some dicks dancing in my head. ''	``Tengo certi cazzi che mi abballano per la capa!''	I have so many troubles to think about…	S.S.
`` Oh soul! ''	`` Uanema!''	Wow	F.M.S.
`` Did you want the bycicle? Now Cycle! ''	`` Hai voluto la bicicletta? E pedala!" ''	pay the consequences of your choices	F.M.S.
`` So much the kitten goes to the bacon that she leaves her little leg! ''	`` Tanto va la gatta al lardo che ci lascia lo zampino ''	you dared too much...	S.S. /
“but did you want the coconut polished and good?” ('o cocco sometimes is translated as "the egg")	“Ma tu vuliv o’ cocco ammunnato e bbuono? ”	Said to people or groups of people who like to find things already organised and properly working.	Salvatore (Sasà) Stendardo
Water is few and the duck doesn’t float	Ll’acqua è poca e ‘a papera nun galleggia	There are no resources (economic, material…, whatever)	F.G.
You hung the skin to the wrong nail	E' ttaccat a pelle o' chiuov' sbagliato	You wrongly evaluated the situation	L. Milano.
It takes the less a woman to find an excuse than a mouse to find a hole!	Ci mett’ men’ ‘na femmena a truvà ‘na scusa che nu suricio a truvà o’ pirtuso	Women are quite able in finding excuses	L. Coraggio

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