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типун тебе на язык!

English translation: Bite your tongue!

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Russian term or phrase:типун тебе на язык!
English translation:Bite your tongue!
Entered by: Aleksey Chervinskiy

19:58 Feb 13, 2009
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Russian term or phrase: типун тебе на язык!
Думаю, всем известное восклицание. What would be the closest equivalent in English? No specific context. If some English speakers never heard it, it's what you say to somebody when they have said something that you either don't want to happen, or don't want to be the case. Couple of examples:
- I think i may have contracted avian flu.
- Типун тебе на язык!

- I wish my boss dropped dead!
- Типун тебе на язык!

- I am afraid they will raise our taxes again this year.
- Типун тебе на язык!

Заранее благодарю!
Aleksey Chervinskiy
United States
Local time: 23:34
Bite your tongue!
Explanation:
:)
Selected response from:

Mark Berelekhis
United States
Local time: 23:34
Grading comment
Всем огромное спасибо!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +8Bite your tongue!
Mark Berelekhis
4 +1curse that tongue of yours!
Nata Wise
3 +2Whatever!
Jack Doughty
4 +1keep your trap shut!
Theodora OB
4a plague on your tongue
koundelev
3dont say that!
erika rubinstein
1 +1May your tongue be bitten off by a snake and a scorpion! / Shut the hell up! ...
Alexandra Taggart
Summary of reference entries provided
происхождение слова типун
Serge Driamov

  

Answers


2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
Bite your tongue!


Explanation:
:)

Mark Berelekhis
United States
Local time: 23:34
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 136
Grading comment
Всем огромное спасибо!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Emil Tubinshlak
10 mins
  -> Thank you, Emil.
agree  Mikhail Kropotov
19 mins
  -> Cheers, Misha.
agree  Anna Bordanova (Semyonova)
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Anna.
agree  Elena Iercoşan
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Elena.
agree  The Misha
6 hrs
  -> Cheers, Misha.
agree  palilula (X)
7 hrs
  -> Thank you, Barbara.
agree  Dorene Cornwell
22 hrs
  -> Thank you, Dorene.
agree  Alexandra Taggart
1 day 1 hr
  -> Thank you, Alexondra.
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
dont say that!


Explanation:
http://woerterbuch.reverso.net/russisch-englisch/типун

erika rubinstein
Local time: 05:34
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
curse that tongue of yours!


Explanation:
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curse the tongue that says it

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Note added at 17 mins (2009-02-13 20:15:36 GMT)
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http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/ogegova/241774

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Note added at 19 mins (2009-02-13 20:17:30 GMT)
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http://lingvo.yandex.ru/en?text=типун&st_translate=on

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Note added at 26 mins (2009-02-13 20:24:51 GMT)
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http://www.multitran.ru/c/m.exe?l1=2&l2=1&s=����� ���� �� ����

Nata Wise
Ukraine
Local time: 06:34
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alexandra Goldburt: All things considered, your option is actually a very good one!
1 day 22 hrs
  -> Thank you very much, Alexandra!
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42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Whatever!


Explanation:
In modern usage, in reply to anything, implies a total lack of interest in what has been said. Not sure if this quite covers it.

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:34
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 80

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Serge Driamov: no Jack. It is not the lack of interest. It means an emotional and negative attitude to what has been said.
44 mins
agree  The Misha: Second that. It's more like God forbid or Don't you dare say that. I think Mark got it right, more or less.
5 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  Alexandra Taggart
1 day 1 hr
  -> Thank you.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
a plague on your tongue


Explanation:
also:
may you got the pip!
curse the tongue that says it!
fie on your vile tongue!

koundelev
Local time: 06:34
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 21

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  The Misha: George, I know this must have come from some dictionary or other, but can you imagine someone really saying any of it these days?
4 hrs
  -> Misha, I know that dictionaries are outdated. Yet I felt it necessary to deliver the above versions to those who possibly never opened it. For you to know, типун тебе на язык! is far from common use in Russia today...
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
keep your trap shut!


Explanation:
As translated by the Russian Oxford Dictionary

Theodora OB
Local time: 04:34
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alexandra Taggart: That is what I would say.
10 hrs
  -> Thank you
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1 day 1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +1
May your tongue be bitten off by a snake and a scorpion! / Shut the hell up! ...


Explanation:
May your beard wither while you are yacking!!!

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Note added at 1 day14 hrs (2009-02-15 10:50:54 GMT)
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May your tongue turn to stone! May your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth!
May your tongue be twisted (about filthy imagination) !

Alexandra Taggart
Russian Federation
Local time: 06:34
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alexandra Goldburt: Мне нравится Ваше второе предложение, Shut the hell up! В трех примерах, приведенный аскером, я бы именно так и сказала.
3 hrs
  -> Все редложения от других хорошие. Но в этом русском выражении всё же - пожелание зла.А сказать "заткни своё зяпало", например,также, как и все его английские предложенные варианты, есть более приказ вообще замолчать.
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Reference comments


1 hr
Reference: происхождение слова типун

Reference information:
http://www.otrezal.ru/catch-words/428.html

http://www.5ballov.ru/dictionary/full/634722/31

Serge Driamov
Belarus
Native speaker of: Russian
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