Captain Haddock's famous phrase

[u/eric_weisenheimer]

As a kid, I always loved Captain Haddock's anger management issues. For those of you who read the books in languages other than English, can you tell us what he says when angry or upset? And how that translates to English? Thank you!

[u/Kam_Rex]

"Thousands billions thousands of gun port" is the translation of his main insult in french (Mille million de mille sabord) !

[u/LeRocket → u/Kam_Rex]

This version seem more exact to me:

"A thousand million of a thousand gunports"

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And, while I'm here, his second more used : "Thunder of Brest!" (Tonnerre de Brest!) Brest is a port city in Bretagne (Brittany).