"Nick" - "The Nick" can refer to prison, while "to nick" also means to steal.

"On it like a car bonnet" - This colloquialism might be said by someone that has the situation under control.

Sette bukken til å passe havresekken - Have the billy goat looking after the bag of oats - Put someone in charge where they can exploit it for their own benefit, be it to enrich themselves or covering up their own wrongdoings.

Tomme tønner rumler mest - Empty barrels rumble the most - Those who shout the loudest have the least significant things to say

"On the pull" - Someone that's "on the pull" has gone out, usually on a night out, with the intention of attracting a sexual partner.

"Over-egg the pudding" - Means embellishing or over-doing something to the extent that it's detrimental to the finished product.

"Pear-shaped" - A situation which has quickly evolved into an accident waiting to happen might be described as "gone pear-shaped."

The phrase is reportedly old slang from the Royal Air Force and was used to described awry expeditions and flights.

Reading one of Platapus comment in one of my other threads made me remember another Saying in Denmark

the dot over the i
Means -that you more or less make the final details for the product.

Markus

While watching the live coverage from USA I once again recalled another saying

The train has left
Means - It's too late
E.g. For "politician" and their supporters the train has left.

Markus

"Pea-souper" - A "pea-souper" is a thick fog, often with a yellow or black tinge, caused by air pollution.

One of my late farthers old sayings was many a miccle makes a muckle


many small things can add up to make a big thing

"Pop your clogs" - To "pop your clogs" means to die.

what you lose on the swings you make up on the merry-go round---another way of saying "what comes around goes around"

"Poppycock" - Something that is nonsense, rubbish, or simply untrue might be described as "poppycock."