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BALD-FACED LIES ARE LESS BALD-FACED IN LATIN
The check is in the mail.
Perscriptio in manibus tabellariorum est.
I have nothing to declare.
Nihil declaro.
I don't know what you're talking about.
Nescio quid dicas.
It was that way when I got here.
Ita erat quando hic adveni.
There's no one here by that name.
Nemo hic adest illius nominis.
Don't call me, I'll call you.
Noli me vocare, ego te vocabo.
LATTERY SOUNDS MORE SINCERE IN LATIN
Have you lost weight?
Nonne macescis?
You haven't aged a bit!
Minime senuisti!
It looks great on you!
Id tibi praebet speciem lepidissimam!
A wig? I never would have guessed!
Capillamentum? Haudquaquam conieci esse!
INTIMATE SUBJECTS ARE EASIER TO BROACH IN LATIN
Your fly is open.
Braccae tuae aperiuntur.
Your slip is showing.
Subucula tua apparet.
You have a big piece of spinach on your front teeth.
In dentibus anticis frustum magnum spiniciae habes.
You've been misusing the subjunctive.
Abutebaris modo subjunctivo.
SELF-ASSERTIVENESS IS SIMPLER IN LATIN
Hey, we're all in line here!
Heus, hic nos omnes in agmine sunt!
No cutting in!
Noli inferre se in agmen!
No, excuse me, I believe I'm next.
Non, mihi ignosce, credo me insequentem esse.
You're from New York, aren't you?
Nonne de Novo Eboraco venis
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