Finnish: Syö sika syö, jouluna sinut tapetaan.
English: Eat pig! Eat! You will be killed at Christmas.
collected: Vaasa, Finland (12-20-2015)
origin: heard it from their respective grandparents. Commonly used by elderly towards children who eat too much.
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Don’t let the door hit ya where the Good Lord split ya
collected: Vaasa, Finland (12-19-2015)
origin: old expression. Heard it in her hometown of Mansfield, Ohio, maybe from her mother.
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Finnish: Silmäsi ovat niinkuin tähdet, eivät yhtä kirkkaat mutta yhtä kaukana toisista
English: Your eyes are like stars. Not as bright but as far apart from each other.
collected: Vaasa, Finland (12-19-2015)
origin: she thinks she heard it from a television show, maybe “How I Met Your Mother”
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Finnish: Hiuksesi ovat niinkuin metsä, eivät yhtä tiheät mutta yhtä täynnä elämää.
English: Your hair is like a forest. Not as thick but as full of life.
collected: Vaasa, Finland (12-19-2015)
origin: told to him by his father when he was a child
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Finnish: Silmäsi ovat niinkuin tähdet, eivät yhtä kirkkaat mutta yhtä kaukana toisista
English: Your eyes are like stars. Not as bright but as far apart from each other.
collected: Vaasa, Finland (12-19-2015)
origin: told to him by his father when he was a child
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Finnish: Hartiasi ovat niinkuin ladon ovet. Eivät yhtä leveät mutta yhtä lahot.
English: Your shoulders are like barn doors. Not as wide, but as rotten.
collected: Vaasa, Finland (12-19-2015)
origin: told to him by his father when he was a child
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Finnish: Sinä et ole penaalin terävin kynä
English: You are not the sharpest pencil in the case
collected: Vaasa, Finland (12-19-2015)
origin: common Finnish expression
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Swedish: “Hör du nu tror jag hör du nog du är lite klumpigt vaggad”
English: “You know what, I think you were clumsily rocked”
collected: Vaasa, Finland (12-19-2015)
origin: Meaning that someone was clumsily rocked as a child and is therefore stupid. Heard it in the countryside near Vaasa, in a Swedish dialect.
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Swedish: Du är dum som en stövel
English: You’re as smart as a boot
collected: Vaasa, Finland (12-19-2015)
origin: common Swedish expression
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Swedish: Jag är fet, du är ful, jag kan banta, vad kan du?
English: I am fat, you are ugly. I can lose weight, what can you do?
collected: Vaasa, Finland (12-19-2015)
origin: common comeback joke used in upper secondary school in Northwest Finland (Swedish speaking)