National sayings and phrases - directly translated - Page 11

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

"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

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Originally Posted by August

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

"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 " merchant"... 'specially in the political threads!

ET2SN · 02-13-21, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

"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.

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"

02-09-21, 02:08 PM	#154
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,175 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	"Whinge" - To "whinge" means to moan, groan, and complain in an irritating or whiney fashion. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

02-11-21, 12:25 PM	#155
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,175 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	"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." __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

02-13-21, 02:03 PM	#158
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,175 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	"Wind-up merchant" - Someone that makes comments just to spark controversy or argument might be labelled a "wind-up merchant." __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

02-14-21, 05:55 AM	#161
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,175 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I could add that title to a few on here, believe you me __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

02-14-21, 01:15 PM	#162
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,175 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	"Zonked" - Exhausted; tired. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

02-09-21, 09:45 AM	#151
Von Due Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 1,660 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	Bak mål - behind the goal - utterly clueless På bærtur - out picking berries - utterly clueless

02-09-21, 09:53 AM	#152
Von Due Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 1,660 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	Ligner ikke grisen - Doesn't look like the pig - Looks like a complete mess/disaster or someone being really ugly to look at

02-09-21, 09:57 AM	#153
Von Due Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 1,660 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	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.

02-15-21, 10:27 AM	#163
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,175 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	‘Ace’ – a British slang term that means something that is brilliant or excellent. Can also mean to pass something with flying colours. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

02-16-21, 01:31 PM	#164
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,175 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	'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’. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

02-17-21, 08:16 AM	#165
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,897 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	"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" __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.