Idioms and Slang in Marathi

To be screwed

वाट लगाणं

Agreed (common amongst mumbaikars)

सव्वाल

An annoying person

खालीफुकट

Impossible (ambiguous)

अशक्य

When somebody is lying but you tell them to continue

दे ढील

Expression to show mild respect or pathos

राव

Yes (common in Nagpur)

हौ (pronounced haao)

To relax

फितियाल

Brilliant

नादखुळा

Response to something really crazy

काटाकीर

Something out of this world, Wow

लाय भारी

Shut up

डोक्याला ताप देऊ नको

Fantastic

झकास

Dad

तुझ्या आईचा घो

What rubbish

काही काय

Fight or a disturbance in public

राडा

Expression noting you can't be fooled

तुझ्या नानाची टांग

Take it and go

घेऊन टाक

Expression to denote extreme surprise

आईच्या गावात

Whats up?

कसा काय?

When you can't tolerate something, Losing one's sh*t

आत माझी सटकली

Someone who is useless

नालायक

Stupid or Nonesense

बावळट

A person who is roaming around

उडानटप्पू

Unfortunate

दळभद्री

Confused Person

बुचकळ्या

A very thin person

सुक्क्या

A very fat person

ठोल्या, मोट्या

South Indian (Derogatory term in Mumbai)

यंडू-गुंडू

Christian (Derogatory term in Mumbai)

पाव वाला

Parsi (Derogatory term in Mumbai)

बावा

To pay for one's own things

तुझा तू माझा मी

Used for someone you dislike or someone very annoying

डोक्याला शॉट

Used for something that is screwed up

गांडलं

Telling someone to stop annoying you

डोक्यात जाऊ नको

When everything goes wrong

काळाकांडी