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Pernese Sayings
Topic Started: Jan 6 2010, 12:39 AM (1,520 Views)
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Pernese Expletives/ Insults
Generally reference imperfect/broken eggs, the Red Star, and Threadfall

Begreened: A reference to the Red Star
Bend a tail: to defecate; Go bend a tail = ‘go shit yourself.’
Benighted: A reference to the Red Star
Blast the shell and sear the skin
Bitran/Son of a Bitran: could be loosely translated to bitch; Bitrans are infamous for cheating and greed
Crackdust: an expletive indicating annoyance or disbelief; used similarly to bullshit
Eggshells
Deadglow – a really foolish/ idiotic person
Dimglow – an idiot
Fardles: indicates annoyance
Fardling: stupid, idiotic, imbecilic; adjective form of fardles
Great Faranth: similar to “Good God”; references the first Weyrleading queen
Great shells and stars – annoyance or disbelief
Jays – “Jesus”; they no longer know what it means but they still use it
Scorch it: indicates annoyance, surprise or disbelief; ‘shove it’
Shaffit: Dammit
Shards/ Shells: an expletive indicating annoyance or surprise; used similarly to shit or damn; refers to broken eggs
Smokeless weyrling: useless
Thrice scored: inept; works well coupled with “smokeless weyrling”
Wherry teeth: bullshit (wherries don’t have teeth)

Pernese Oaths and Sayings

A dragon among the wherries: a cat among the pigeons
A hunk of firestone/ all gas and ash: a blowhard
A hard roll to eat: a hard pill to swallow; hard to accept
A smile wins more than a frown
[verb] like a sun-crazed Wherry
By the Egg: expression of amazement or suprise
By the Egg of Faranth: can be used as an oath or an expression of amazement
By the First Egg: can be used as an oath or an expression of amazement
By the Shell: usually an oath; a dragonrider may refer to the shell of his own dragon's egg to intensify it
Cracking your shell over... : getting extremely upset; 'getting your pants in a twist'
Chew it raw and swallow: accept the inevitable
Each egg hatches a different way (but a crack at the right time speeds things up)
Faceted as dragon eyes: something (or someone) that has many sides to it, like a difficult case or someone's character. (fan created)
Flying winglight: at a disadvantage; literally refers to flying against Thread without a full roster (usually) due to illness or injury
For the Egg's sake: for pete's sake
For the love of little dragons/apples: for the love of pete or for pete’s sake
Free-marked: free of any charge
Giving Bitran odds: extremely unlikely
Gone between in thought: lost in thought, zoned out
Gracious goodness: an exclamation made out of surprise or disbelief
Harper tale(s): tall tale(s), used mostly during an Interval when the dragonriders (and thus the Harpers telling tales of dragonriders) go out of favor
Harper's winter tale: a fairy tale, an untrue story
Has a dragon's two stomachs: said of someone who has an endless appetite
Hidebound: Pernese slang for a person who is set his ways
Holdbound: Pernese slang for a person who is set his ways.
I have been begging the Egg for…
It will be a warm day between before…
It [or expression] won't matter a grain of sand in Igen
If the skies fell, we'd not be bothered by Thread: "suck it up and deal with it'
In the image of all shells:
In the name of the egg:
Left out for Thread: being left out, fending for your own in a bad way. Said when someone needs help (very badly) but does not or did not get it. Hung out to dry
Like trying to draw an inside straight in Bitra: impossible
Live to tell the Harper
Long in the eye: to be long in the eye means that the mentioned beast or person has extremely good eyesight.
Making every mistake in the Record: analogous to the Terran saying "Making every mistake in the book" (mistake could probably be easily substituted for ‘trick’)
May it be a warm night between before [expression]
Maybes seldom are
Smooth as Benden (wine)
Sounding like a wherry: sound like an idiot
Starting to chew firestone: said of weyrlings that have completed their basic training
Tail fork first: backwards
Take a long hop Between: Go away! Scram! Take a hike!
Taking a short dragonride: a euphemism for abortion. To end an unwanted pregnancy a woman could go between on a dragon, resulting in losing the baby
Thank the Shell:
That's well dusted: said of something that is nasty or unpleasant [DLG1/104].
The hindmost falls between
The lady breaks bread first: a Pernese custom and saying
There is nothing new under the sun
Thread-lost: a Pernese expression, meaning being out in the open while Thread is falling.
Thread will come and get you: said to urge stubborn children to cooperate
What affects the dragon affects its rider: a truth
When the moons turn green: meaning never
Wherry hunt: wild goose chase
Why, in the name of the egg?:
Why under the double moons?
Ugly as a (watch)wher

Proverbs

Acting like a green in heat: meaning acting randy, horny or very explicit in a sensually/sexually way (literally) and maybe also said of someone who overreacts badly.
Blood will tell: meaning that one's true nature eventually will always show or prevail
Catch two fish on one hook: kill two birds with one stone
If you are hungry enough, even tunnel snake tastes good: meaning that under dire circumstances people will do things they normally wouldn't.
If push comes to shove
Like dragon, like rider
More than one way to skin a wherry: Pernese proverb meaning there are more ways than one to get the result you want
New brooms sweep clean: usually refers to the cleaning a new spouse will do on taking Hold
Preaching to the dedicated: preaching to the choir (those already convinced)
Solve one problem and five more appear from between
Solution breeds necessity
Surrender the mark
The more to look the quicker to find
The sea breeds stern souls
Through Fall, Fog and Fire: meaning under any circumstance, always
Who watches the watchwher?


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