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you swan, he frog

a Chinese phrase whose full version is "you pretty, he ugly. you swan, he frog." The phrase is used to comfort a girl who broke up with her boyfriend. The phrase is originally expressed as "she swan, you frog", which is formally translated as "the toad on the ground wants to eat the swan in the sky", referring to a man's impratical ideal of dating or marring a woman. "Swan" is usually considered as a metaphor for beautiful women, while "frog" is an informal substitution for toad, which is usually considered as a metaphor for ugly men. The phrase is usually used ironicly to critize one's dream of falling in a romantic relationship with others.
"I broke up with my bf!"
-"Come on! you swan, he frog."
"I want to marry Zhou huimin!"
-"You idoit. she swan, you frog."
by lyccccc June 17, 2025
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Swan

A hater.
Someone who hates on others.

Anyone who is more worried about other persons actions than their own.
A man or woman who stares at you while judging you.
"What are you looking at swan?" Adam Sandler in Billy Madison.
by Lee Lee B January 20, 2018
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Grey Swan

A large scale impactful event that, with first order second order effects, impacts over a billion people in surprising ways. Though the event is surprising, it has actually been predicted or was likely to happen based on people that call themselves futurists and economists arguing both sides of every argument. Gray swans by default tend to be negative. Covid-19 was a graceful event has defined by the The Grey Swan Guild, a global think tank that studies these types of occurrences along with Grey Rhinos, Green Swans, White Alligator, and Black Jellyfish.
ROB: I'M PRETTY SURE THAT WAS A "GREY SWAN". NO ONE EXPECTED THAT ROCKET TO CRASH INTO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.

SEAN: Stop shouting and think. According to my quick research on perplexity and our website Prediction Market.. there was a 5% chance that one of the rockets or shuttles would crash into the ISS it's just a matter of gravity. Those are actually pretty good odds I can't believe it wasn't more defense on the ISS!
by robtyrie March 29, 2024
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Pink Swan

A "Pink Swan" is a term used in the ROBLOX game "Feather Family"

It means someone who is around 2-6 and is some stupid colourful bird with a username like "uhqcnwcuw" or "xXKittyCatGamingYtXx"
Fucking Pink Swans are everywhere in a public server!
by sigmaboyskibidifart February 21, 2025
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Swan

A big beautiful bird. But also, a word to describe a beautiful smart woman. But dont make her mad, she will cut you.
Oh she's a swan, don't mess with her unless you want to die.
by Tröuble May 21, 2019
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restraining the swan

Masturbating whilst black out drunk under your friends new fuzzy blanket
Matt got Black out Drunk and was caught restraining the swan after having a few too many bottles...Vanessa was not happy in the morning.
by jfire the willy wanker January 10, 2017
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Swans

a shitty experimental rock band band that hipsters pretend to like to be different from people with a normal taste in music
you like swans? no you don't, you just pretend to like them to be "different"
by oet___ October 14, 2018
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