fiddlesticks

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• UK: /ˈfɪdl̩.stɪks/
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Circa 1600, England. From fiddlestick, from the late Middle English fidillstyk (“violin bow”).

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: flauwekul — Expression of disbelief or disdain
• French: des clous — Expression of disbelief or disdain
• Portuguese: histórias! — Expression of disbelief or disdain
• Portuguese: disparate! — Expression of disbelief or disdain
• French: zut — expression of mild dismay or annoyance
• French: flute — expression of mild dismay or annoyance
• French: saperlipopette — expression of mild dismay or annoyance
• Portuguese: ai — expression of mild dismay or annoyance
• Portuguese: bolas — expression of mild dismay or annoyance
• Portuguese: apre — expression of mild dismay or annoyance
• Portuguese: fosca-se — expression of mild dismay or annoyance
• Punjabi: ਫ਼ਿੱਟੇ ਮੂੰਹ (fiṭṭe mū̃h) — expression of mild dismay or annoyance
• Punjabi: ਦੁੱਰ ਫ਼ਿੱਟੇ ਮੂੰਹ (durra fiṭṭe mū̃h) — expression of mild dismay or annoyance
• Punjabi: ਫ਼ਿੱਟੇ ਮੂੰਹ ਤੇਰਾ (fiṭṭe mū̃h terā) — expression of mild dismay or annoyance
• Punjabi: فِٹّے مُونھ (fiṭṭe mūnh) — expression of mild dismay or annoyance
• Punjabi: دُرّ فِٹّے مُونھ (durr fiṭṭe mūnh) — expression of mild dismay or annoyance
• Punjabi: فِٹّے مُونھ تیرا (fiṭṭe mūnh terā) — expression of mild dismay or annoyance
• Russian: ёлки-палки (jólki-palki) — expression of mild dismay or annoyance
• Spanish: jolín — expression of mild dismay or annoyance
• Spanish: jolines — expression of mild dismay or annoyance
• Spanish: ostras — expression of mild dismay or annoyance