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03:11 Apr 11, 2021 |
Spanish to English translations [PRO] Cooking / Culinary / General review | |||||||
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| Selected response from: neilmac Spain Local time: 21:36 | ||||||
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Discussion entries: 4 | |
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proper cock-ups Explanation: Another option. ¨...hilarious giggles – from proper 'cock'-ups to two-fingered salutes to studio ...¨ https://metro.co.uk/2016/01/30/the-most-hilarious-moments-fr... cock-up (kŏk′ŭp′) n. Chiefly British Slang A blunder; a mess. https://www.thefreedictionary.com/cock-ups |
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Absolute/culinary disasters Explanation: Maybe too tame? I toyed with 'kitchen flops' as described here: I/www.acozykitchen.com |
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real/veritable culinary nightmares Explanation: I would say -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day 38 mins (2021-04-12 03:49:50 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- scathing comment and poor guy |
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real monstrosities Explanation: As Phil notes, you've answered the question yourself. Any of the suggestions (monstrosity, eyesore, although the latter is more focused on the appearance than anything else) would work for me (except maybe cockamamie, which is a bit too American for my European tastebuds). "The longer I gazed up at this culinary monstrosity, the more insignificant I felt." -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day 6 hrs (2021-04-12 09:22:01 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- NB: I also found thousands of hits online for "culinary atrocities"... https://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/28-food-pictures-that-s... https://elcomidista.elpais.com/elcomidista/2016/06/16/articu... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day 6 hrs (2021-04-12 09:24:34 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- https://www.eyeonspain.com/blogs/ianandspain/11822/Spanglish... Example sentence(s):
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/mans-carbonara-monstrosity-bad-italians-22130432 Reference: http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthread.php?105226-how-to-fix... |
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12 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
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