101 sats \ 7 replies \ @carlosfandango 12 Jan freebie \ parent \ on: Stacker Saloon
It is a compliment!
I’m sure she meant to say ‘built like a brick shithouse’ (one of the finest compliments you can receive from an elderly relative) but was probably being polite :D
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Well my Italian is very ropey (only been learning for a year) but something like;
‘Grande come un gabinetto di mattoni!’
And I think you should be grateful - if she thought you were underweight you would have been fed pasta 24/7
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I us the following all the time;
Non parlo bene, ma ci provo.
(I don’t speak well… but I try)