Thread: Strange translation of a phrase

I’ve got a phrase and its translation that puzzles me completely. There isn’t any context. Here it is.

That's a pretty thing to say. – Постыдился бы!


(Постыдился бы = You should be ashamed of yourself)
But why on Earth it should be translated like that?!! I would say that “a pretty thing” is something positive not negative

Originally Posted by Vadim84

I’ve got a phrase and its translation that puzzles me completely. There isn’t any context. Here it is.

That's a pretty thing to say. – Постыдился бы!


(Постыдился бы = You should be ashamed of yourself)
But why on Earth it should be translated like that?!! I would say that “a pretty thing” is something positive not negative

It's sarcastic:

She is fat and smells like piss.
That's a pretty thing to say. - You should be ashamed of yourself.

She is fat and smells like piss.

Кто же?

Originally Posted by basurero

She is fat and smells like piss.

Кто же?

Yo mamma :P

Originally Posted by TATY

Originally Posted by basurero

She is fat and smells like piss.

Кто же?

Yo mamma :P

My mum's your dad.

Моя мать - твой отец!

Originally Posted by basurero

My mum's your dad.

Моя мать - твой отец!

She's a mother-father.

Bob's your uncle.

It's sarcastic

Oh shiт, why didn't I realize it myself?! It proved to be simplicity itself!

How your Himer... or Homer Simpson rather says:
D'oh!

And someone's reply will be: duh!