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Old 07-Jul-2006, 07:43
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Are there any idioms or sayings like this in english that people say when they delight in other people's misfortunes.
It's usually used jokingly and not in very harmful cases.
If you spill a cup of coffee and your trousers get wet your friend may laugh at you.Even the victim might say this in this case
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Hmmm,

Do you mean like when you are walking along and someone trips over their shoe lace and you say...

"Enjoy your trip?"

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The term we use for this is a German loan word: Schadenfreude
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OK thanks guys
"enjoy your trip" in that case sounds fine/terrible
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