National sayings and phrases - directly translated

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Originally Posted by Von Due

Ta Det Piano - Take it piano! - Calm down!
Fullstendig Texas - Completely Texas - Completely and utterly chaotic and crazy
Bite I Det Sure Eplet -Bite The Sour Apple - Resign, give up
Det Er Ugler I Mosen - There Are Owls In The Moss - Something suspicious/sinister is going down

The last one is absurd even in Norwegian, but its origins are in the Danish Der Er Uller I Mosen - There Are Wolves In The Marsh/bog which does sound a tad more ominous.

Have to correct you
"Der Er Uller I Mosen" in Danish it's "Det er ugler i mosen" directly translated There are owls in the bog

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