Dec 6, 2016 18:17
7 yrs ago
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English term

to shoot the shit

English to Polish Social Sciences Slang
It is in "The twenty three" book by Linwood Barclay.
Police detective Duckworth goes to speak with Victor Rooney - a murder suspect.

"He looked at me as though I was slow - witted, and there were times when I thought I was. "You gotta be kidding me."
"I can understand why you might want to put this town behind you," I said. "but I`d have thought you`d have done it three years ago."
"Sometimes it takes a while to get your act together." He finished the toast, wiped his mouth with paper napkin, balled it up, and tossed it onto the porch. He leaned back, arms outstretched, palms on the porch boards."YOU JUST COME BY TO SHOOT THE SHIT?"

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Darius Saczuk Dec 6, 2016:
Shoot the breeze, shoot the bull etc are also commonly used.

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pieprzyć farmazony

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= TO CHAT IDLY
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agree Roman Kozierkiewicz : lub rozmawiać o niczym (Slang, idiomy i modne słowa w biznesie (Poltext)
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Shoot the shit is quite vulgar, so I opted for a stronger version. Dziękuję, panie Romanie.
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popaplać sobie o tym i o niczym/pogawędzić, pogwarzyć, uciąć sobie pogawędkę, pogadać sobie

A few options.

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iść na pogaduszki
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agree Arek Giemza
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Dziękuję Arku.
agree Michal Czarniecki
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Dziękuję Michale.
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gadać o (jakichś) bzdurach/pierdołach / opowiadać jakieś brednie/dyrdymały/pierdoły/banialuki

gadać o (jakichś) bzdurach/pierdołach
opowiadać jakieś brednie/dyrdymały/pierdoły/banialuki

"shoot the shit" is both idiomatic and vulgar

other similar idioms: shoot/bat the breeze / chew the fat/rag / shoot the bull / to chinwag

origin of shooting the shit
https://idiotidioms.wordpress.com/tag/origin-of-shooting-the...


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http://www.wordsense.eu/shoot_the_shit/
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=shoot the shi...
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pier**lić głupoty

cożeś przyszed tylko pier**lić głupoty?
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