What does 'My hovercraft is full of eels' mean?

Top definition. My hovercraft is full of eelsunknown. A quote from a Monty Python sketch. Used whenever someone is trying to speak a foreign language to you, but they're either doing it wrong or you don't understand. read more

"Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook" is a Monty Python sketch. It first aired in 1970 on Monty Python's Flying Circus as part of Episode 25. An inspiration for the sketch may be English As She Is Spoke, a 19th century Portuguese–English phrase book regarded as a classic source of unintentional humour, as the given English translations are generally completely incoherent. read more

My hovercraft is full of eels unknown A quote from a Monty Python sketch. Used whenever someone is trying to speak a foreign language to you, but they're either doing it wrong or you don't understand. read more

Saying"my hovercraft is full of eels" is more of a pop culture reference to a Monty Python sketch. It doesn't have either a literal or metaphorical meaning, it's just absurd; which is why it's funny in the sketch or when referring to the sketch. read more