WotD: to the nines

[muckefuck]

1. in Schale (geschmissen/geworfen), piekfein
2. in gala (gestoken)
3. de punta en blanco, de pipa y guante
4. de vint-i-un botó
5. à quatre épingles, sur le rimpinpin/un ratata
8. wystrojony
9. 끝내주게 입었다
10. (梳妝) 打扮 (shūzhuāng) dǎbàn

Notes: 1. Lit. "thrown in shell" 3. Lit. "of point in white", "of pipe and glove" 4. Lit. "of twenty-one buttons" 5. Lit. "at four pins"

Comments

[pne.livejournal.com]

I've always interpreted it as "thrown into shell" (as in "Eierschale" = egg shell, or even "Bananenschale" = banana peel) rather than "thrown into bowl". (I wonder whether "shell" and "Schale" are cognates?)

Looking at LEO, it may be significant that "Schale" is also glossed as "jacket [tech.]" - i.e., something that covers something else.

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

You're right, that does sound more plausible.

[gorkabear.livejournal.com]

CAT: De vint-i-un botons

It's a very common error here using the singular when the number ends in 1, both in Catalan and Spanish.

1 botó
>1 --> Botons

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

So common it's even infected the GDLC!

3 anar de vint-i-un botó Anar mudat, molt ben vestit.

[gorkabear.livejournal.com]

That's an error!

I can't tell you how many times we were "matxacats" by our teachers for doing so...

I will look for evidence, though (although I pressume it will turn out that this phrase is correct and other uses would be banned)