French · 17 phrases

Frustration

The strikes, the traffic, the bureaucracy, the rain. French has a magnificently deep bench for being fed up — from the clean "j'en ai marre" and "quelle galère" to the coarse "ça me fait chier." The whole "chier" family lives here; deploy by audience.

C'est nul ! say NOOL That sucks / That's lame J'en ai marre ! zhahn ay MAR I'm fed up / I've had it Quelle galère ! kel ga-LEHR What a hassle / What an ordeal Ras-le-bol ! rah luh BOL Fed up / I've had it up to here Avoir les boules gesture To be fed up / furious / freaked out (gesture + phrase) Bordel ! bor-DEL What a mess! / Chaos! — also 'what the hell' as an intensifier

C'est chiant ! say SHYAHN It's a pain / annoying as hell Ça craint ! sa KRAN That's sketchy / That sucks / This is bad news C'est chaud / Elle est chaude say SHOH Dicey/risky — or, of a person, up-for-it (careful) Gerber zhehr-BAY To puke / barf Nom de Dieu ! nohn duh DYUH Goddammit! / For God's sake! C'est la merde ! say la MEHRD It's a disaster / We're screwed / What a mess Ça me fait chier ! sa muh fay SHYAY This pisses me off / What a pain in the ass J'en ai ras-le-cul ! zhahn ay rah luh KOO I'm f***ing sick of this Putain ! poo-TAN Damn! / F***! / The all-purpose intensifier — punctuation, really Putain de bordel de merde ! poo-TAN duh bor-DEL duh MEHRD For f***'s holy sake! — the full three-word combo Putain de merde ! poo-TAN duh MEHRD For f***'s sake! / Goddammit!