Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
un truc à vous coller deux siècles dans les gencives.
English translation:
it will make you look really ancient
Added to glossary by
Sarah Bessioud
Feb 16, 2011 22:49
13 yrs ago
French term
justin nash
un truc à vous coller deux siècles dans les gencives.
French to English
Other
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
ne pas savoir ce qu'est Twilight, c'est un peu comme dire "c'est curieux cette odeur, c'est de l'eucalyptus? " devant des jeunes gens qui fument des cigarettes qui font glousser : un truc à vous coller deux siècles dans les gencives.
Proposed translations
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Change log
Feb 17, 2011 08:55: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Field (specific)" from "Cinema, Film, TV, Drama" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"
Feb 21, 2011 10:12: Sarah Bessioud Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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11 hrs
Sarah Bessioud
Germany
Germany
Native in English
Works in field
Germany
A way with words
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK, US) 
Works in: German to English, French to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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38
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it will make you look really ancient
It doesn't make you look old, but really ancient.
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Note added at 11 hrs (2011-02-17 10:01:32 GMT)
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http://www.maidstone-i-remember-it-well.com/Maidstone-newboy...
Could anyone imagine in those days addressing any of the staff by their christian names? Unfortunately relaying these tales to our children and now grandchildren only goes to prove to them that we are really ancient!
http://www.expatwoman.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=96107
Yeah but they are really ancient there - 60 odd plus! Where do they come from????
Beats me!
I didn't think OAPs were even allowed in Dubai
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http://www.maidstone-i-remember-it-well.com/Maidstone-newboy...
Could anyone imagine in those days addressing any of the staff by their christian names? Unfortunately relaying these tales to our children and now grandchildren only goes to prove to them that we are really ancient!
http://www.expatwoman.com/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=96107
Yeah but they are really ancient there - 60 odd plus! Where do they come from????
Beats me!
I didn't think OAPs were even allowed in Dubai
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Great I added 'positively ancient'"
+1
2 hrs
Something that will make you seem (two centuries) older
This is about not being young and hip.
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Note added at 4 hrs (2011-02-17 03:18:43 GMT)
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....or how about: "it slaps two centuries in your face"?
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Note added at 4 hrs (2011-02-17 03:18:43 GMT)
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....or how about: "it slaps two centuries in your face"?
Peer comment(s):
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Catharine Cellier-Smart
24 mins
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bowse123 (X)
: sound too "polite"
1 hr
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8 hrs
Richard Nice
Germany
Germany
Native in English
Works in field
Germany
Translator of Distinction
Native in: English (Variants: British, New Zealand, UK, Australian, US, Canadian)
Works in: French to English
Related KudoZ points
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10
it rather dates you
an idiomatic understatement might run more more smoothly than an undiomatic literalism
+2
9 hrs
Mark Bossanyi
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Native in English
Specializes in field
Bulgaria
The original in all but the language
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Bulgarian to English, Esperanto to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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8
it will make you come across as an old fart
Excuse my French!
But a least it isn't too polite
But a least it isn't too polite
Peer comment(s):
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Helen Chauveau
1 hr
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Thanks!
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Clive Phillips
: Yes, in the same register.
3 hrs
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Thanks
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Catherine Gilsenan
: Maybe too "slangy"
4 hrs
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Near the stronger end of the permissible range, certainly
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Layla de Chabot
: Isn't it a little too derogatory?
5 hrs
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Near the stronger end of the permissible range, certainly
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B D Finch
7 hrs
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Thanks!
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12 hrs
Colin Rowe
Germany
Germany
Native in English
Works in field
Germany
Par Excellence Translations
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: German to English, French to English, Italian to English, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
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28
it makes you look positively antediluvian / like an old fogey
A couple more options!
Examples:
A few minutes later, out came a positively antediluvian couple. They were SO old, they couldn't even stand up straight.
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=show...
Hell, Joe-- since you're older than me, you're lucky he didn't say you were "positively antediluvian!"
http://www.tennisforum.com/showthread.php?t=80600
... and that fact makes me feel positively antediluvian. Look it up, it means really old. But, it was a formative year, for it was the year ...
http://www.gamerswithjobs.com/node/20662
They've installed all sorts of new technology, and it's making me feel like an old fogey. Not one piece of equipment has stayed the same ...
http://www.thefreefood.net/?p=101
Unlike groovy, fab or gear, which sound positively antediluvian, cool never seems to go out of style.
http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/when-its-cool-to-say-cool
Sorry if I sound like an old fogey, but I hate texting!
http://community.thenest.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/41398599.as...
All right, so I'm only 32, but I FEEL like an old fogey now -- I'm hopelessly behind the curve on computer technology
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/67698-28-system-fogey
Examples:
A few minutes later, out came a positively antediluvian couple. They were SO old, they couldn't even stand up straight.
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=show...
Hell, Joe-- since you're older than me, you're lucky he didn't say you were "positively antediluvian!"
http://www.tennisforum.com/showthread.php?t=80600
... and that fact makes me feel positively antediluvian. Look it up, it means really old. But, it was a formative year, for it was the year ...
http://www.gamerswithjobs.com/node/20662
They've installed all sorts of new technology, and it's making me feel like an old fogey. Not one piece of equipment has stayed the same ...
http://www.thefreefood.net/?p=101
Unlike groovy, fab or gear, which sound positively antediluvian, cool never seems to go out of style.
http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/when-its-cool-to-say-cool
Sorry if I sound like an old fogey, but I hate texting!
http://community.thenest.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/41398599.as...
All right, so I'm only 32, but I FEEL like an old fogey now -- I'm hopelessly behind the curve on computer technology
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/67698-28-system-fogey
13 hrs
Catherine Gilsenan
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Works in field
United Kingdom
A Professional Service Handled With Care
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English
will make you sound decrepit / like an old codger / like a grandad
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+1
1 day 1 hr
a rude awakening that you're no spring chicken
Hello,
That's the idea, I believe.
More literally, something that gives you a 2-century slap in the face
I hope this helps.
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Note added at 1 day1 hr (2011-02-18 00:28:12 GMT)
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I MEAN:
something that slaps "two centuries" in your face (in other words, you're old!)
That's the idea, I believe.
More literally, something that gives you a 2-century slap in the face
I hope this helps.
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Note added at 1 day1 hr (2011-02-18 00:28:12 GMT)
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I MEAN:
something that slaps "two centuries" in your face (in other words, you're old!)
Peer comment(s):
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Catherine Gilsenan
3 days 11 hrs
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Thank you, Catherine! The other translations are forgetting the "rude awakening" or "slap in the face" idea. It's just not realizing you're age, but in a sudden, harsh kind of way.
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