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Neříkej, že prší, když mi chčiješ na záda

English translation: The Outlaw Josey Wales

05:09 Oct 1, 2014
Czech to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Proverbial phrase
Czech term or phrase: Neříkej, že prší, když mi chčiješ na záda
Hi,

I would be interested to know how other people would translate this from Czech to English, thanks :)

Please keep in mind that my client would like the English version tattooed on his back (seriously), so the translation needs to be considered from an aesthetic point of view. He has not yet decided whether the text will run in a single line.

I know a few versions of this phrase:

1) Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining.

2) Don't pee on my back and tell me it's raining.

Other versions avoid the reference to urine entirely. For example:

3) Don't spit on my back (or boot, shoe, leg, face...) and tell me it's raining.


Other examples:

You can't spit in my face and call it rain. You can't piss on me and tell me it's raining.
(from Honey, hush! An Anthology of African-American Women's Humor by Daryl Cumber Dance, 1998)

Are you trying to spit in my face and tell me it's raining (outside)?
(from Alias Big Cherry by Robert H. Adleman, 1973)

Pee on my back and tell me it's raining.
(from the play Five on the Black Hand Side by Charlie L. Russell, 1969)

Thank you for your help :)
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English translation:The Outlaw Josey Wales
Explanation:
Hello, it is a catchphrase from the film called The Outlaw Josey Wales with Clint Eastwood.
You could likely watch the original film to find out the real phrase :-)
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Hana Stosova
Czech Republic
Local time: 16:29
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3 +3The Outlaw Josey Wales
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The Outlaw Josey Wales


Explanation:
Hello, it is a catchphrase from the film called The Outlaw Josey Wales with Clint Eastwood.
You could likely watch the original film to find out the real phrase :-)

Hana Stosova
Czech Republic
Local time: 16:29
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Native speaker of: Czech
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gerry Vickers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfdpcrOgUp4
2 hrs
  -> Thx!
agree  Jitka Komarkova (Mgr.): I admire your search and combination skills! :) Thumb-up!
22 hrs
  -> Děkuji, Jitko! Takové výzvě se nedalo odolat :-) Hezký den!
agree  Václav Pinkava: Don't piss dahn mah back an' tell me it's rainin' ;)
1 day 4 hrs
  -> :-)
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