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It's archaic but I love "raclure de bidet". Comparing someone to the stuff you would scrape off of a bidet where all sorts of people have washed their taint. Short and loaded with contempt.
"Gibier de potence" is great too. Means "game for the gallow", with the term "game" using in the hunting sense. Basically someone you think should be executed.
Also "chien sale", dirty/unclean dog, which for a reason is a stand-in for "asshole".
C'est pas le pogo le plus dégelé de la boite.
It kind of translate to: He/she is not the most unfrozen pogo in the box.
It implies that someone is not the smartest person around, actually the opposite.
Intent wise, this has a lot of similar English phrases.
"Not the sharpest tool in the shed."
"Not the brightest crayon in the box."
"About as sharp as a marble."
"A few fries short of a Happy Meal."
some context: "pogo" is a brand of frozen corn dogs which is for some reason also a cultural staple
Not my native language but I don't think you can translate Québécois insults to any other language and still make sense:
TABARNAK! = Tabarnacle
CÂLICE!!! = Chalice
and many more
I reserve my right to dislike those guys but I respect that none of that stuff is sexist or racist.
Those in my native language are quite horrible and I won't list them here.
"No me friegues, cara de tostada" don't fuck with me, tostada face. Much worse if the target is a spanish speaker.
Australia:
"Fuck off ya fuckin gronk!"
Or Ya fuckin mutt cunt!!"
In Dutch: 'graftak' is a beautiful way to indicate an annoying/terrible person. Literally: 'grave-branch', which sounds nowhere near as satisfying.
"live fast and get fucked or whatever"
Not really an insult but it kinda sounds like one.
Despite being half Cypriot, I don't speak much Greek. Apologies to actual Greeks who realize how badly I'm butchering my transliterations here; my ancestors would be ashamed. (Most of them would probably just laugh at me though.)
That said, one of the funnier ones that used to go around in my family works like this: You yell for me from across the house. I respond "Di?" ("What?") And you yell again, usually meaning I should come over to wherever you are. Again, I say, "Di?" ("What?") And in exasperation, you respond, "Si kephali su tribidi!" (Your head is full of holes!) with emphasis on the last, matching, syllable as if to say "that's what!"
Hebrew has a non-insult that sounds like an insult - "In your mother". It's not a polite phrase, mind you, but it's not usually used directly as an insult. It has many varied uses. it can be a shorthand for "Swear on your mother's life", mainly to express doubt (ex. "Dude, I won first prize in the lottery!" "really? In you mother!?") or a plea ("I really need a ride right now. In you mother, could you come pick me up?"). It can also be a modifier to "leave me alone", where "leave me in your mother" has about the same meaning as "leave me the fuck alone"/"fuck off".
Swedish Skitstövel - shit boot, basically means asshole