English: He’s only a bungalow. He has nothing on top.
Collected: Askeaton, Co. Limerick, Ireland (12-20-2018)
Origin: A way to say someone doesn’t have brains. You’d hear it used when you’d be “cutting up” somebody.
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122018-012
English: You’re as thick as two short planks.
Collected: Askeaton, Co. Limerick, Ireland (12-20-2018)
Origin: Common Irish saying/slagging
121618-006
English: You are one beer short of a six-pack
Collected: Amsterdam, Netherlands (12-16-2018)
Origin: Heard in Pittsburgh, PA (USA)
121618-005
English: You don’t have syrup between all of your pancakes
Collected: Amsterdam, Netherlands (12-16-2018)
Origin: Heard in Pittsburgh, PA (USA) at a local diner
122215002
Finnish: Se on kyllä vetänyt jotain muutakin kuin pulkkaa
English: He’s been pulling something other than a sled
collected: Vaasa, Finland (12-22-2015)
origin: common Finnish expression to say someone is a bit messed up. Double meaning with the word vetää – both pulling and taking.
122215001
Finnish: Sillä jätkällä ei ole kaikki natsit bunkkerissa sillä jätkällä
English: That guy doesn’t have all the Nazis in the bunker
collected: Vaasa, Finland (12-22-2015)
origin: common Finnish expression
122115013
Swedish: han har inte alla där hemma.
English: He doesn’t have them all at home.
collected: Vaasa, Finland (12-21-2015)
origin: common Swedish expression
122115012
Swedish: Det är inte plogat ända fram
English: It’s not plowed all the way.
collected: Vaasa, Finland (12-21-2015)
origin: common Swedish expression
122115011
Swedish: Du har inte alla indianer i kajaken.
English: You don’t have all the Indians in the kayak.
collected: Vaasa, Finland (12-21-2015)
origin: common Swedish expression (though probably meant to say “canoe”)
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Swedish: Hissen går inte ända upp.
English: The elevator doesn’t go all the way to the top.
collected: Vaasa, Finland (12-21-2015)
origin: common Swedish expression