tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Nov 28 08:27:43 1995
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Re: Beds and Mushrooms...
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- Subject: Re: Beds and Mushrooms...
- Date: Tue, 28 Nov 95 11:21:42 EST
vanya wrote:
>In my study of Russian I have encountered the idiomatic translation of
>the english expression "You've made your bed - now lie in it!" , which is
>(delightfully) "You've called yourself a mushroom - now get in the
>basket!"
>
>Discussing it with qSeroHS, he wondered how a Klingon would express this.
>I'm once again bereft of TKD (while we re-cover the more battle-scarred
>one) so I daren't make an attempt without, but I'd be interested to see
>how people on the list would phrase this (and I promise I'll make a stab
>at it when I get the TKD back... :)
vaHvo' HIchlIj Dalelta'. DaH yIbach.
or how about
weQ DaQaw'pu'. DaH Hurgh pa' 'ej pa' Daba'tah.
(The firs <pa'> is <room> the second is <there>.)
r'Hul