"My hovercraft is full of eels" in many languages

[beschizza]

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/05/09/my-hovercraft-is-full-of-eel.html

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[philipstorry]

Perhaps most important is the list of derived idioms at the bottom of the page.

I don’t know about you, but I’m itching to use “a few eels short of a hovercraft” and “easy as filling a hovercraft with eels” in everyday conversation…

(Actually, I think it should be “a few eels short of a full hovercraft”. That works better…)

[Dug_Rusin]

Them: How you doing today? You look out of sorts.
Me: Yeah, I’m a few eels short of a full hovercraft.

[KathyPartdeux]

Thanks- this saves me a bundle on buying Rosetta Stone!

[Jorpho]

Colorless green eels sleep furiously in a hovercraft.

[SenorSchaffer]

I am no longer infected.

[GoatCheezInfrno]

I think they had to cheat a bit for the Quenya translation, though.

[curgoth]

This reminds me of the venerable Oh My God, there’s an axe in my head! list, originally from USENET.

[Gutierrez]