Table 8 Examples of figures of speech from the film Missing Link and the series The Amazing World of Gumball.
Show | No. | Utterance | Translation | Back translation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Missing link | 6 | I give you my word |
| Of course, I promise, “I’ll give you my word.” |
7 | You can say that again |
| You can say that again “the statement is acceptable.” | |
Gumball | 8 | Get lost |
| I wish he’d get out of our lives |
9 | Needs to chill |
| Her nerves need to be cooled | |
10 | Get outa here |
| Get out of it | |
11 | Asked for a hand |
| Asked for a hand for help | |
12 | Let’s bounce |
| Let’s bounce |
