This is bologna. Eat it and you'll be completely full of it.

[Arzhela]

Can someone tell me what "bologna" is ? It looks like a sort of bacon... And how to translate the following sentence then... Thanks in advance for your help!

 

[french4beth]

Hello Arzhela, & welcome to the forum!

Here is an explanation: http://ask.yahoo.com/20030707.html

cooked, smoked sausage made of cured beef, pork, or a mixture of the two

 

[ewhite]

Bologna is often spelled "baloney" which is how it is pronounced in AE.

Aside from a sometimes delicious and cheap sandwich meat, baloney also means preposterous lies or drivel.

"Full of it" is often a euphemism for "full of shit", which means full of preposterous lies or drivel. If we are speaking metaphorically, "eat it" could stand for "swallow it", which can mean "believe it".

So, my translation:

This is a preposterous lie. Believe it, and you'll be full of lies.

 

[Arzhela]

Hello,
Thank you very much. This is a sentence adressed to a con man, so I think that bologna is considered as a low-quality meat, and is compared to this man's speech.

 

[Brioche]

The original sentence may be a bit of a play on words.

Bologna is short for Bologna sausage, and is sometimes pronounced boloney.

Boloney [or baloney] means pretentious nonsense, and is used as a general expression of disagreement.

 

[Arzhela]

Hello,
I just wanted an explanation since I didn't know what was "bologna" but I think I understand now. Thank you for your interest.

 

[Arzhela]

Thanks everybody for your help.