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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread favour honour and some others #101610 04/25/03 12:05 PM Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 122 Poland, Cracow R rav OP member OP rav member R Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 122 Poland, Cracow when i want to say in sarcastic way that one did me a bad turn i say (in free translation) "what a favour/honous has kicked me!" is there something like that in english? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: favour honour and some others #101611 04/25/03 12:14 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 We might say something like (assuming this bad turn was done by a friend), "With friends like you, who needs enemies?" Or, sometimes, again sarcastically, "Thanks a lot. I love you, too." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: favour honour and some others #101612 04/25/03 12:54 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear rav: There are fair weather friends who shun you when you need help. "We asked for bread, they gave us stones." Incidentally, honours are not be be had for the asking. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: favour honour and some others #101613 04/25/03 01:46 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... Or: "Thanks for nothing!" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: favour honour and some others #101614 04/25/03 02:28 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok I rather like "F*ck you very much!" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Stone Bread #101615 04/26/03 08:07 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Possible sources for the quotation offered by WWH: "Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?" Matthew 7:9 (AV) "If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone?" Luke 11:11a (AV) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Lack of sources #101616 04/26/03 08:08 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA There IS no biblical citation which might be the source of the quotation offered by Capfka. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Lack of sources #101617 04/26/03 09:58 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park Yes, Father, but as we irish alway say, there no sin in a bit of cursing, sure, even God himself told the devil to go to hell! my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Lack of sources #101618 04/27/03 07:29 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok There IS no biblical citation which might be the source of the quotation offered by Capfka. I have to agree with you, padre, but I'm willing to bet a lot of money that there were similar expressions (in meaning, if not form) in Aramaic and Hebrew ... 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