I just read an article about how a French magazine edited out some of Sarkozy's "poignees d'amour." This made me wonder how this concept is rendered in other languages. I thought it might make for interesting reading. As long as someone out there has something to add, that is.
These are the only two I know at the moment, and the French is only because I read the BBC article.
Now, we don't want translations here; we want to know how other cultures refer to those bits of flab. As an added bonus, do love handles refer to a specific gender, or can both have them?
I look forward to learning from you.
Slava
Love Handles Translated?
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- Great Grand Panjandrum
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Also known as Dunlops Disease, where your belly done lops over your belt.
Which reminds me of the sign I saw in a gift shop in Williamsburg:
Which reminds me of the sign I saw in a gift shop in Williamsburg:
... although I'm sure there are those who would beg to differ ...It's not a beer belly; it's a fuel tank for a sex machine.
Regards//Larry
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
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"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
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- Great Grand Panjandrum
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Agoraphile says a beer gut in Canada is called a "Molson goiter."
I have such an investment built up in mine that I hate to see it disappear all at once ...
I have such an investment built up in mine that I hate to see it disappear all at once ...
Regards//Larry
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
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