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酒がまずくなるん

English translation: makes my drink taste bad

22:23 Jan 23, 2022
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Slang
Japanese term or phrase: 酒がまずくなるん
It seems to be an figurative language. It is informal, and has a negative meaning.

ったく、つまらん話をしてくれたもんだ。せっかくの酒がまずくなるんだよ。オメーらみたいなのと話してるとな。
Marcelo Santana
Brazil
Local time: 17:16
English translation:makes my drink taste bad
Explanation:
He is saying "talking with you even makes my drink taste bad"

まずい = tastes bad
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James Plastow
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:16
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4 +5makes my drink taste bad
James Plastow


  

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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
makes my drink taste bad


Explanation:
He is saying "talking with you even makes my drink taste bad"

まずい = tastes bad

James Plastow
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Daniel Brown: Yes, I agree. It seems to be the same as saying something like "you are putting me off my food" in English. The atmosphere/conversation is ruining the meal/drink.
2 hrs
agree  Nicholas Hallsworth: I agree. I think "ruin" is the key here, and "ruin the occasion" might also work.
7 hrs
agree  Elizabeth TILLY: I agree. I think Daniel has hit the nail on the head with "you are putting me off my food" as a nice idiomatic phrase to use - you could even play with words to say "putting me off my drink" if that fits the context better.
23 hrs
agree  Zoe Womack: I agree with James and Daniel. Basically the person is saying "Jeez, you guys are so boring it's ruining my drink!" You could also say something like "I can't even enjoy my drink because of how boring you're being!"
3 days 10 hrs
agree  Alexander Howell-Jackson: I agree with Daniel that the closing thing in English which is actually said in colloquial speech is: "you are putting me off my food". That being said, I can't see anyone in English saying that someone is so boring that they're ruining their drink...
4 days
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