casser les couilles

verb

Syllable Decomposition

casser les couilles

from casser (to break), les (the), and couille (testicle). The expression evokes a painful sensation. Attested in 1925 in the Cahiers du Sud ('they are breaking our balls with these scientific terms of underdevelopment, progress.').

Definition

Synonyms

agacerfaire chieremmerderbriser les couillespéter les couillescasser les piedsenquiquinerles casserles briserles briser menuescourir sur le haricotcourir sur le systèmeennuyerimportunerénerver

Translations

  • germangerman:auf den Sack gehen
  • englishenglish:piss off
  • spanishspanish:romper los huevos
  • italianitalian:rompere i coglioni
  • portugueseportuguese:pé no saco