National sayings and phrases - directly translated - Page 8

Jimbuna · 01-15-21, 11:22 AM

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

Jimbuna · 01-16-21, 02:30 PM

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

Von Due · 01-17-21, 09:52 AM

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.

Von Due · 01-17-21, 09:55 AM

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

Jimbuna · 01-17-21, 10:57 AM

"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.

Jimbuna · 01-19-21, 02:29 PM

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

Jimbuna · 01-20-21, 10:35 AM

"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.

mapuc · 01-20-21, 10:56 AM

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

Aktungbby · 01-20-21, 11:41 AM

...and cross yer 'T's too!

mapuc · 01-20-21, 11:45 AM

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

Jimbuna · 01-21-21, 07:43 AM

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

blackswan40 · 01-21-21, 08:41 AM

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

Jimbuna · 01-24-21, 02:00 PM

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

stoppro · 01-24-21, 05:09 PM

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

Jimbuna · 01-25-21, 11:42 AM

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

01-15-21, 11:22 AM	#106
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,876 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	"Nick" - "The Nick" can refer to prison, while "to nick" also means to steal. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-16-21, 02:30 PM	#107
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,876 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	"On it like a car bonnet" - This colloquialism might be said by someone that has the situation under control. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-17-21, 10:57 AM	#110
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,876 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	"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. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-19-21, 02:29 PM	#111
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,876 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	"Over-egg the pudding" - Means embellishing or over-doing something to the extent that it's detrimental to the finished product. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-20-21, 10:35 AM	#112
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,876 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	"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. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-17-21, 09:52 AM	#108
Von Due Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 1,690 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	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.

01-17-21, 09:55 AM	#109
Von Due Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 1,690 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	Tomme tønner rumler mest - Empty barrels rumble the most - Those who shout the loudest have the least significant things to say

01-20-21, 10:56 AM	#113
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,553 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	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

01-20-21, 11:41 AM	#114
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,065 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	...and cross yer 'T's too! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

01-20-21, 11:45 AM	#115
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,553 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	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

01-21-21, 07:43 AM	#116
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,876 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	"Pea-souper" - A "pea-souper" is a thick fog, often with a yellow or black tinge, caused by air pollution. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-21-21, 08:41 AM	#117
blackswan40 GWX - KC Crash Test Dummy Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: IN THE STEEL SHARKS VIRTUAL OCEAN Posts: 2,784 Downloads: 612 Uploads: 31	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 __________________ Someone Had to Make the Tea

01-24-21, 02:00 PM	#118
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,876 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	"Pop your clogs" - To "pop your clogs" means to die. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-24-21, 05:09 PM	#119
stoppro Sonar Guy Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: vero beach fl Posts: 380 Downloads: 495 Uploads: 0	what you lose on the swings you make up on the merry-go round---another way of saying "what comes around goes around" __________________ win 10 64-msi-32gig cosair ddr4-ryzen9-5600evga gtx3060-corsair850watt-2-ssd 500 gig drives 1m2 1tig

01-25-21, 11:42 AM	#120
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,876 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	"Poppycock" - Something that is nonsense, rubbish, or simply untrue might be described as "poppycock." __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!