Your travel phrase book can give you those essential “please” and “where is the bathroom” translations, but when you’re young, fun and single, let’s face it—you’ve got a whole other list of sayings you need to know. Since even the French seem to have omitted the tired “Voulez vous coucher avec moi, ce soir?” from their vocabularies, let Savvy Miss teach you all you need to know for the European bar circuit.

Italy
Would you like to buy me a drink?
Voi gradisce comprarlo un cocktail?

Take me for a ride, baby!
Portami a fare un giro, bello!

Greece
Want something sweet, my sweet?
Thelees Glykos, koukla mou?

Holland
(After throwing an ice cube on the floor in front of him) Well, the ice is already broken, so let's move on to stage two!
Zo, het ijs is gebroken, dus we kunnen meteen door naar Niveau twee!

Here’s a quarter to call your mother to say you're not coming home tonight!
Hier heb je een kwartje om je moeder te bellen dat je vanavond niet thuis slaapt!