French term
Avoir le charisme d'un gant de toilette
3 +6 | have all the charisma of / have about as much charisma as a wet dishcloth | Tony M |
3 +3 | have the charisma of a wet blanket | Charlotte Revill |
3 | have the charisma of a damp rag | Thomas T. Frost |
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Proposed translations
have all the charisma of / have about as much charisma as a wet dishcloth
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Philippa Smith
: Or "wet mop".
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Thanks, Philippa!
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Jennifer White
: nice one!
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Thanks, Jennifer!
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writeaway
: or a wet rag/US-UK divide?? https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/wet rag
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Thanks, W/A! Personally, I'm less keen on 'rag', seems somehow dated — or maybe it's just my schoolboy humour kicking in ;-)
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B D Finch
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Thanks, B!
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Victoria Britten
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Thanks, Victoria!
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Stephanie Benoist
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Merci, Stephanie !
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have the charisma of a damp rag
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writeaway
: wet rag is more idiomatic. and I personally don't trust a single word uttered by Farage. /in any case, I don't agree with damp.
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What we think of Farage is unrelated to this. I only posted it as a real-life example./Indeed, a search for this expression only gives NF results. But this is what the man said, idiomatic or not.
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have the charisma of a wet blanket
Also "wet lettuce" but I think that's quite a north of England thing, I'm not sure people elsewhere will get it!
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writeaway
: nounINFORMAL a person who spoils other people's fun by failing to join in with or by disapproving of their activities. "don't be a wet blanket"
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Tony M
: Agree with W/A: this introduces a different idiom, which rather clouds the issue here.
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SafeTex
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Jennifer White
: Agree with Tony and W/A. Not suitable here.
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Yolanda Broad
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GILLES MEUNIER
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Stephanie Benoist
: It's the first term I thought of, it's such a parallel image, but I also agree with Tony and WA..
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