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"Cost a bomb" - Expensive.
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"Curtain twitcher" - A nosey neighbour, often caught peering out on their street's activities from a curtained window, might be referred to as a "curtain twitcher."
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"going out to press today's newspaper"
Here in Denmark a person can say to his friends if he need to go to the toilet. I have to go out to press today's newspaper. This saying has it's origin from the time when sailing ships was the only transportation at sea over a longer distance. it was only on the ships common toilet the sailor could share stories with each other. Markus |
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Drove off to Mother Nature - (Car) Veered off the road.
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Chief of the Boat
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"Doddle" - An easy task is a "doddle."
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Here are some more Danish saying directly translated.
Have a stick in the ear- This is when a person is really drunk Pouring water out of the ears-When a person talk rubbish Now that goat is shaved- When a person have solved a difficult task. It's blowing half a pelican-When it's very windy. Markus |
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"Dog's dinner" - A "dog's dinner" is a mess or fiasco -- sometimes also referred to as a "dog's breakfast."
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"Ins Fettnaepchen treten" (Ins or In's is an abbreviation for "In das")
Literally "To step into the fat cup/dish" Meaning ~ "To put one's foot in it" or coll. "to put one's foot in one's mouth" Comes from older german farm houses, those houses were also called "Rauchhaeuser" (~smoke houses, but you lived in it). The fireplace was open, there was no real chimney (only two openings at the roofs ends, called Eulenloch or Owl's hole), so heat but also smoke was gathering. Sausages and bacon were hung under a timber frame near the fireplace to be smoked, and since the meat lost water and fat there were cups or dishes placed under those meat chunks. If a visitor had only eyes for the sausages he would step into the dishes, what was considered as embarassing and a major 'fauxpas'.. which is french and means literally "wrong step", maybe or not coming from french farmhouses that .. ok i'll stop.
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"Full of beans" - Someone that's energetic, lively, or enthusiastic might be described as "full of beans."
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"Gaff" - "Gaff" is an informal word for "home."
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Can you cook more soup on the story.
An example CNN has the last three days talked about this famous phone call- a Danish person can then say-Can you cook more soup on that story Markus |
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"Gallivanting" - To "gallivant" means to roam, or to set off on an expedition, with the sole intention of having some light-hearted fun.
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"Give me a tinkle on the blower" - "Give me a call" or "ring me." The phrase is sometimes shortened to "give me a tinkle."
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