Subject | English | Russian |
slang | diddly squat | фига с маслом (otlichnica_po_jizni) |
slang | diddly squat | ровным счётом ничего (otlichnica_po_jizni) |
slang | diddly squat | дырка от бублика (otlichnica_po_jizni) |
slang | diddly squat | ни хрена (Lucky those boys don't know diddly-squat about fighting. Liv Bliss) |
gen. | diddly-squat | дуля с маком (Taras) |
amer. | diddly-squat | дуля с маком (Maggie) |
inf. | diddly-squat | ноль (Taras) |
amer. | diddly-squat | ничего (academic.ru Andrey Truhachev) |
slang | diddly-squat | абсолютно ничего (Am. Andrey Truhachev) |
slang | diddly-squat | совсем ничего (anything • that doesn't mean diddly-squat Val_Ships) |
slang | diddly-squat | совершенно ничего (Am.; US Colloquial absolutely nothing: Andrey Truhachev) |
amer. | diddly-squat | ни шиша (slang Val_Ships) |
inf. | diddly-squat | что-нибудь стоящее (Val_Ships) |
gen. | diddly-squat | совсем ничего (the term "diddly-squat" has an interesting and somewhat humorous origin. It dates back to the 1930s and is believed to be derived from the American slang "doodle," which means "excrement," combined with "squat," referring to the act of defecating. The original form of the term was "doodly-squat," which was more common until the early 1980s when "diddly-squat" became the preferred version. The phrase is used to emphasize the idea of "nothing at all" or "something insignificant". Over time, it has become a colorful way to express that something is of no value or importance Taras) |
slang | diddly-squat | ни шиша (I didn't tell the cop diddly-squat Val_Ships) |
gen. | diddly-squat | ни черта (Taras) |
gen. | he didn't know diddly-squat about it | он не имел об этом ни малейшего представления |
amer. | I didn't do diddly-squat | я ничего не делал (lop20) |
amer. | not to know diddly-squat | ни черта не знать (lop20) |