pardon my French

English

Verb

pardon my French

(idiomatic) To excuse the speaker's swearing or bad language.
That computer is a worthless piece of shit, if you'll pardon my French.

Synonyms

excuse my French
See also Thesaurus:swear

Translations

please excuse my swearing or bad language (idiomatic)

Danish: undskyld mit franske, undskyld sproget
Finnish: anteeksi kielenkäyttöni
French: passez-moi l’expression
German: entschuldigen Sie meine Ausdrucksweise; entschuldigen Sie den Ausdruck; mit Verlaub (de); wenn Sie den Ausdruck erlauben
Greek: συγγνώμη για τα γαλλικά μου! (syngnómi gia ta galliká mou!)
Hungarian: már elnézést, már bocsánat, ha szabad így mondanom, ha szabad így kifejeznem magam

Italian: scusate il francesismo, con rispetto parlando
Japanese: 下品な言い方で恐縮だけど... (gehin na iikata de kyōshuku da kedo ...)
Norwegian: unnskyld språket mitt
Portuguese: desculpe meu linguajar
Russian: извини́те за выраже́ние (izviníte za vyražénije), извини́те за мо́й францу́зский (izviníte za mój francúzskij)
Spanish: perdona mis garabatos
Swedish: ursäkta språket

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