Kind of up and down with the irons can buy in the supermarket.
Just answering myself- that bit of Chinese, for a matter of interest, I have just offered it up to a translator and it says it means the above, nothing like what it should be. Let this be a warning to all young sixty year old FT's who marry nice bits of Chinese stuff, and they both use google translator to communicate..wow, could be dangerous..'cut the price tag off on my new trousers for me please' could easily end up with her removing something else you still use...well...brewer's-droop permitting. hahaha guffaw guffaw.
Not saying i got it absolutely perfect because only a learner.
.Oh yeah, just say this to my translator
So sorry, there are some things you can't offer up(most things) to translators and be returned with what was meant- let me try and pop it into mandarin, because you sound quite smart hahaha
Those hissy things you buy in the supermarket that you use in a vertical plain. 在超市里可以买那种上下用的熨斗。
Phew-I don't know how to say hissy-sounding in Chinese- any help out there? Don't think it can be translated?
one of those hissy things from the supermarket that you use on a vertical plane.
Oh yeah, just say this to my translator.
-- No iron.
Jesus, you want jam on it! hahaha. What do you want an iron for?? If you really want some sort of clothes de-wrinkler, you can buy one of those hissy things from the supermarket that you use on a vertical plane. IRON- hahahaha.
When he sent me to Shangdong, it was even worse:
-- No fridge.
-- No microwave.
-- Chronic Internet problems.
-- Major computer installation problems.
-- Broken hot plate.
-- No dining room table.
-- No chair and lamp for the computer desk.
-- No iron.
-- No bathroom exhaust fan.
-- Broken bathroom door handle.
-- Broken kitchen cabinet door handles.
-- No bedroom curtain.
Etc.