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Von Due 02-09-21 09:45 AM

Bak mål - behind the goal - utterly clueless
På bærtur - out picking berries - utterly clueless

Von Due 02-09-21 09:53 AM

Ligner ikke grisen - Doesn't look like the pig - Looks like a complete mess/disaster or someone being really ugly to look at

Von Due 02-09-21 09:57 AM

Hvor David kjøpte ølet - (tell someone) Where David bought the beer - Give someone a few choise words, threaten to (verbally) slap someone for being untolerable, or to tell someone how to properly do something.

Jimbuna 02-09-21 02:08 PM

"Whinge" - To "whinge" means to moan, groan, and complain in an irritating or whiney fashion.

Jimbuna 02-11-21 12:25 PM

"Wind your neck in" - If you want to tell someone to not concern themselves with issues that don't directly affect them, you might tell them to "wind their neck in."

August 02-11-21 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna (Post 2729281)
"Wind your neck in" - If you want to tell someone to not concern themselves with issues that don't directly affect them, you might tell them to "wind their neck in."


Wouldn't that be the obvious rejoinder to "Stick your neck out"? :)

Jimbuna 02-12-21 09:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by August (Post 2729379)
Wouldn't that be the obvious rejoinder to "Stick your neck out"? :)

Yeah, come to think of it, yes :)

Jimbuna 02-13-21 02:03 PM

"Wind-up merchant" - Someone that makes comments just to spark controversy or argument might be labelled a "wind-up merchant."

Aktungbby 02-13-21 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna (Post 2729822)
"Wind-up merchant" - Someone that makes comments just to spark controversy or argument might be labelled a "wind-up merchant."

Egad! I thought that would be ":subsim: merchant"... 'specially in the political threads!:O:

ET2SN 02-13-21 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna (Post 2729822)
"Wind-up merchant" - Someone that makes comments just to spark controversy or argument might be labelled a "wind-up merchant."

That could be a spiffy title under our names. :haha:

Jimbuna 02-14-21 05:55 AM

I could add that title to a few on here, believe you me :)

Jimbuna 02-14-21 01:15 PM

"Zonked" - Exhausted; tired.

Jimbuna 02-15-21 10:27 AM

‘Ace’ – a British slang term that means something that is brilliant or excellent. Can also mean to pass something with flying colours.

Jimbuna 02-16-21 01:31 PM

'Brass Monkeys' - A more obscure British term, ‘brass monkeys’ is used to refer to extremely cold weather. The phrase comes from the expression, ‘it’s cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey’.

Catfish 02-17-21 08:16 AM

"Jemandem auf den Leim gehen"
Literally "to get on someone's glue"

~To fall on someone's line / to believe something untrue

e.g. "Er ist Trump auf den Leim gegangen" :03:


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