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Source text in English

There were 13 entries submitted in this pair during the submission phase.

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Source text segment #13

- Mrs. Lindsay: "You certainly look cool." Yogi Berra: "Thanks, you don't look so hot yourself."
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+16 | -2
Maybe we could add another play on words with "hot" meaning "sexy"...
+14 | -1
Simple play on words
Cool = (literal) not hot = compliment
Don't look so hot = (figurative) look like crap = insult.
+14 | -2
Well, in this form it's a really nice play on words. "You don't look so hot" could so easily be a compliment (as Mrs. Lindsay's remark was), if it didn't mean that the person looked awful! I wonder if she took it as one at first?
+10 | -1
Based on an actual event. Mrs Lindsay (the mayor's wife) commented on Mr Berra's new uniform, and it was also a hot day. Different sources quote them differently, and not all sources contain the play on words.
+14 | -5
This form is definitely not about looking good or bad only. Here comes the word play of cool versus hot meaning temperature. Yogi Berra's comment, therefore, can have two meanings "you look bad" or "you look cool too."
+7 | -1
I think it's a play on words. "Cool" has taken on the meaning of "neat" or "good" from my days. "You look cool" would mean "you look good" (but also "cool" in the sense of not overheated). Whereas "not looking hot" definitely meant "looking poorly" (or, a
+7 | -4
hot=sexy here! 100%
-4
Yinyang philosophy at play, where Yin is darkness and Yang is brightness, and we can shift the domain to temperature from a light metaphor. But of course, gender must be taken into consideration in the dialog.
+3 | -7
This is like when two old "friends" accidentally meet and falsely compliment each other while their real opinion is totally oposite. The woman is being false and Yogi is saying the truth.
+2 | -9
Clearly, Yogi took cool for "you seem unhurried, serene" as the double meaning from "fresh or cold" and made a pun with the double meaning of "hot" for sexy instead of "more than warm". He told me!

Translations of this segment (13 total; 13 unique)

Dna Lindsay: “Aratati foarte bine” Yogi Berra: “Multumesc, nici dumneavoastra nu aratati prea stralucit
Dna. Lindsay: "Arătaţi extraordinar." Yogi Berra: "Mulţumesc, nici dumneavoastră nu arătaţi prea grozav
Doamna Lindsay: "În mod categoric arăţi grozav." Yogi Berra: "Mulţumesc, nici dumneavoastră nu arătaţi chiar admirabil
Dna Lindsay: "Arăți cu siguranță tare". Yoggi Bear: "Mersi, nici tu nu arăți prea moale
Dna Lindsay: Chiar că arăţi şmecher. Yogi Berra: Mulţumesc, nici dvs. nu arătaţi prea bine
Dna Lindsay: „Fără îndoială, arăți grozav.” Yogi Berra: „Mulțumesc, nu arăți prea bine la rândul tău
D-na Lindsay: "Da' știu că arăți bine." Yogi Berra: "Mulțam, nici tu nu arăți prea grozav
D-na Lindsay: "Arăţi chiar bestial." Yogi Berra: "Mersi, nici dumneata n-arăţi chiar omeneşte
Dna Lindsay zice: ,,Cu singuranta arati tranznet." Yogi Berra: ,,Multam, nici nu tu arati prea bine, sa stii
D-na Lindsay: "Nu arătați deloc rău." Yogi Berra: "Mulțumesc, nici dumneavoastră nu arătați foarte bine
Dra. Lindsay: “Arăți grozav“. Yogi Berra: “Mulțumesc, și tu arăți groaznic
Mrs. Lindsay: "Arăţi grozav de relaxat." Yogi Berra: "Mulţumesc, nici tu nu pari prea încordată
D-na Lindsay: "Cu siguranță arătați excelent. "Yogi Berra: "Mersi, și dvs. nu arătați mai rău

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