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CURSES:

  • "Maggots!"
  • "You can just rot for all I care!"
  • "To rot with it!"
  • "I'll rot first!"
  • "Couple":  A substitute for the universal adjective:
  • "Ah, go couple with a maggot."
  • "You'd couple with your own mother!"
  • "Yuzla's glow!"


GENERAL:

  • "As quiet as a gargoyle in a smithy." Refers to:  Someone who isn't very quiet.
  • "Fit only for a goblin." Refers to:  Food that is so rotten or terrible (including badly cooked food) that only a goblin would eat it. Can be used to refer to other equipment that most wouldn't use.


REGIONAL SAYINGS:

Moorva:

  • "Four eyes do not guarantee clear sight." Refers to:  Kiisic having four eyes but not being able to see very well.
  • "Poisonous snakes should be careful not to bite their own tongues." Refers to:  Aquaepurae being careful not to get caught in a lie.
  • "In too deep." Refers to:  Being caught in a lie, and/or being in a dangerous situation.


Edra:

  • "Better alive and damned than dead and saved." Refers to:  Sarcastic thoughts on a lack of afterlife.
  • "You can't teach ilysin to swim." Refers to:  Some things just can't be done.
  • "I've never been fond of vegetables." Refers to: I don't like rowans.
  • "I'll believe that when bugs stop eating plants." Refers to: I'll believe that when the kiisic and the rowans stop fighting (i.e., never). (Spiders aren't technically bugs, but kiisic aren't truly spiders, and humans are stupid.)
  • "Slower than a braman." Refers to: Someone who acts very slowly.


Shiwi:

  • "Give a human a fish and you feed him for a day.  Teach a human to fish and you give him something to do while starving to death." Refers to:  Knowledge isn't always as useful as food on the table.


Rowan Empire:

  • "May it never bear fruit!" or "Never may it prosper" Refers to:  A generic, formulaic curse that is adapted to many situations.
  • "Thrice curse the sun." Refers to:  An exclamation of frustration and anger. (This saying spread to mysrrae, halaks, humans, and atlasia as well)
  • "Not every dreamer wakes." Refers to:  Some things just can't be done.


Dalara:

  • "May my fur fall off." Refers to: As a promise that something will be done.
  • "I'd rather serve the rowans." Refers to: To indicate that you're totally and completely opposed to something.
  • "Like a Khashi in Dalara." Refers to: Something that is out of place or doesn't belong.


Other:

  • "He who is without duty is without life." Refers to:  Ilysin concepts of honor and death.
  • "Crazier than a mysrra in battle." Refers to: Atlasian observation of fanatical combatants. Means 'someone who's completely nuts.'
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