Colloquial Expressions

Pactum factum
A done deal.
Non compos mentis est.
A total nut case.
Casu consulto.
Accidentally on purpose.
Salva res est quae salva finit.
Alls well that ends well.
Satisne sanus/sana es?
Are you all there?/Are you crazy?
Amicule, deliciae, num is sum qui
Baby, sweetheart, would I lie to you
mentiar tibi?
Fabulae!
Baloney!
Barbari! In hoc curro nulla arca
Barbarians! In this chariot (car), there
sonorum adsit!
is no box of sound!/No radio!
Quia mihi libitum est.
Because I felt like it.
Mihi crede, hoc mihi magis quam tibi
Believe me, this hurts me more than it
nocet.
hurts you.
Desinas!/Desinatis! / Desiste!/Desistite! Cut it out!
Heu! Tintinnuntius meus sonat!
Darn! There goes my beeper!
Astroscaphane parentes eum/eam huc Did his/her parents drop him/her off
portaverunt?
here in a spacecraft?
Noli perturbare!
Do not disturb!
Visne scire quod credam? Credo
Do you know what I think? I think
Ne sis odiosus/odiosa.
Dont be a bore.
Ne mihi molestus/molesta sis.
Dont bother me.
Te noli sollicitari!
Dont worry!
Mihi ignosce. Cum homine de equo
Excuse me. I have to see a man about
debeo congredi.
a horse.
Fors fortis.
Fat chance.
Eiecte id ex animo!
Forget about it!
Re vera, cara mea, mea nil refert.
Frankly, my dear, I dont give a dam.
Purgamentum init, exit purgamentum.
Garbage in, garbage out.
Di! Ecce hora! Mater mea me necabit! God! Look at the time! My mother will
*
kill me!
Ratio me fugit.
I made a mistake.
Tibi diem natalem felicem!
Happy birthday!
Deperet eum/eam.
He/She is hopelessly in love with/crazy
about him/her.
Verba tibi iste dat.
Hes feeding you a line.
Hodie adsit, cras absit.
Here today, gone tomorrow.
Sona si Latine loqueris.
Honk if you speak Latin.
Satisne caloris tibi est?
Hot enough for you?
Qua Quantam materias materietur marmota How much wood can a woodchuck
monax si marmota monax materiam
chuck if a woodchuck could chuck
possit materiari?
wood?
Nullae satisfactionis potiri non possum. I cant get no satisfaction.
Istum/Istam ferre non quero.
I cant stand him/her.
Pati nequeo amplius.
I cant take it anymore.

Verba tua intellegere non possum.

Filone ferreo maxillae tuae iunctae
sunt?
Dolores capitis non fero. Eos do.
Flocci non facio.
Nesco quomodo illud in sinum meum
intraverit.
Cum Musis deditus non sim, nosco
quod amo.
Nescio quid dicas.
Latine loqui coactus sum.
Scio cur summae inter se dissentiant!
Numeris Romanis utor!
Risi usque ad lacrimas.
Amo vi-um.
Ego aio. Tu negas.
Credo nonnullos hic mortuos esse.
Hostes alienigeni me abduxerunt. Qui
annus est?
Non concedam, Dixi.
Vero inter saxum et locum durum sum.
Interii!/Perii!
Gaudeo te illud de me rogavisse.
Modo cogito quid prosit rebus tuis.
Abeo.
In rivo fimi sine remo sum.
Tempus meum tero./Frustra tempus
contero.
Si Caesar viveret, ad remum dareris.
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Si ego satis commemini.
Si hoc adfixum in obice legere potes, et
liberaliter educatus est et nimis
propinquus ades.
Antiquis temporibus, nati tibi similies in
rupibus ventosissimis exponebantur ad
necem.
Ain tu?
Id imperfectum manet dum confectum
erit.
Nihil ad me pertinet.
Ita erat quando hic adveni.
Noli intrare.

I cant understand what you are saying.

Are your jaws wired together?
I dont get headaches. I give them.
I dont give a hoot!/I dont care.
I dont know how that got into my
pocket.
I dont know much about art, but I know
what I like.
I dont know what you are taking about.
I have this urge to speak Latin.
I know why the numbers dont agree! I
used Roman numerals!
I laughed until I cried.
I love sex.
I say yes. You say no.
I think several of the people here are
dead.
I was kidnapped by aliens. What year
is it?
Ill not give in. Period.
Im between a rock and a hard place.
Im dead!
Im glad you asked me that.
Im only thinking what is best for you.
Im outta here.
Im up the creek without a paddle.
Im wasting my time.
If Caesar were alive, youd be chained
to an oar.
If it aint broke, dont fix it.
If my memory serves me right.
If you can read this bumper sticker, you
are both very well educated and much
too close.
In the good old days, children like you
were left to perish on windswept crags.
Is that so?/ You really mean that?
It aint over til its over.
It doesnt matter to me.
It was that way when I got here.
Keep out!

Omitte/Omittite me!
Heu, modo itera omnia quae mihi nunc
nuper narravisti, sed nunc Anglice.
Fac ut gaudeam.
Deus te tueat!
Fortasse modo opio addictus/addicta
est.
Canis meus id comedit.
Nullo modo!
Nunc raptus regaliter sum.
Nunc, hoc in marmore non est incisum.
Scilicet scio quid sit hodiernus dies!
Modo ei non possum meminisse
verbum Anglicum.
Scilicet vigilans sum.
*O! Conabar cognoscere num tibi adsit
nascida in mensa tua inter haec
scripta.
Vah! Denuone Latine loquebar?
In tempore praeterito plus quam
perfecto de te mox dicent.
Labia lege.
Futue te ispum et caballum tuum.
Uno viso, omnia visa sunt.
Me ineptum. Interdum modo elabitur.
Sane, paululum linguae Latinae dico.
Tibi gartias agimus quod nihil fumas.
Susque deque est.
Actum est de me!
Denarius hic sistit.
Res ipsa indicat./Res pro se loquitur.
Nulla mensa sine impensa.
Num mihi dolebit hoc?
Prospice tibi ut Gallia, tu quoque in
tres partes dividaris.
Bene, cum Latine nescias, nolo manus
meas in te maculare.
Qui vir odiosus!/Quae femina odiosa!
Qui stipes!
Quid tibi est?
Id quod circumiret, circumveniat.
Quod fiat, fiat.

Leave me alone!
Listen, would you repeat everything
you just told me, only this time say it in
English.
Make my day.
May God help/protect me!
Maybe he/she is a drug addict.
My dog ate it.
No way!
Now Im royally screwed.
Now, this isnt carved in stone.
Of course I know what day today is! I
just cant remember the English word
for it.
Of course Im awake.
Oh! I was just looking to see whether
you had any Kleenex here among
these papers on your desk.
Oh! Was I speaking Latin again?
People will soon be referring to you in
the past pluperfect.
Read my lips.
Screw your self and your horse/nag
(you rode in on).
Seen one, seen them all.
Silly me. Sometimes it just slips out
Sure, I speak a little Latin.
Thank you for not smoking.
Thats neither here nor there.
Thats the end of me!
The buck stops here.
The facts speak for themselves.
Theres no free lunch.
This isnt going to hurt, is it?
Watch out you might end up divided
into three parts, like Gaul.
Well, if you dont understand plain
Latin, Im not going to dirty my hands
with you.
What a bore!
What a dolt!
What ails you?
What goes round, comes around.
What will be, will be.

Quid fit?
Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt, tum
soli proscripti catapultas habebunt.
Cum tam iuvenis eram quam nunc
es
Mihi verba desunt.
Ita, te adloquor.
Tutene? Atque cuius exercitus?
Podex perfectus es.
De stella Martis vere venisti.
De lucro vivis/vivitis.
Erras perverse./Vehementer erras.
I directe in maximam malam crucem!
Illud iterum dicere potes!
Non potes omnibus satis facere.
Illud Latine dici non potest.
Dic! Itane est!
Logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam
suffodiant.
Stercorem pro cerebro habes.
**Me derides quod ego appareo
dissimilis. Te derideo quod tu appares
idem.
Pulcher es!
Caput tuum in ano est.

Whats happening?
When catapults are outlawed, then only
outlaws will have catapults.
When I was your age

Au, tace!
Macte virtute esto!
Missa istaec fac!
Probe!
Feliciter!
Die dulci fruere.
Quisquiliae!
Pro pudor!
Sta ilico!
Asta!
Cura ut valeas./Curate ut valeatis.
Amabo te./Amo te.
Facete dictum!
Mane dum, quaeso.
Quid tu es tam tristis?
Impudens!
Papae!

Aw, keep quiet!

Congratulations!
Drop it!/No more of that!
Fine!
Good luck!
Have a nice day.
Hogwash!/Nonsense!
Shame on you!
Stop right there!
Stop!
Take care of yourself.
Thank you. (Future/Done)
Very clever! Well said!
Wait a minute, please.
Why so glum/sad?
Wiseguy!
Wow!

Nullae satisfactionis potiri non possum.

I cant get no satisfaction.

Words fail me.

Yeah, Im talking to you.
You and whose army?
You are a perfect asshole.
You are definitely from Mars.
You are living on borrowed time.
You are making a big mistake.
You can just go hang yourself!
You can say that again!
You cant satisfy everyone.
You cant say that in Latin.
You dont say!
You faulty logic undermines your entire
philosophy.
You have manure/shit for brains.
You laugh at me because Im different.
I laugh at you because youre the
same.
Youre beautiful!
Your head is in your ass.

Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.

Id imperfectum manet dum confectum
erit.
Fac ut gaudeam.
Nullo modo!
Labia lege.
Uno viso, omnia visa sunt.
Quod fiat, fiat.
Stercorem pro cerebro habes.

If it aint broke, dont fix it.

It aint over til its over.
Make my day.
No way!
Read my lips.
Seen one, seen them all.
What will be, will be.
You have manure for brains.