Swedish: Har du tomtar på loftet?
English: Do you have gnomes in the attic?
collected: Vaasa, Finland (12-21-2015)
origin: common saying in Swedish. Perhaps he heard it on the radio.
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Finnish: Ei taida mennä hissi ylös asti
English: The elevator doesn’t seem to go to the top floor.
collected: Vaasa, Finland (12-21-2015)
origin: common Finnish expression
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Swedish: Du har inte plogat riktigt ända fram
English: You haven’t plowed quite all the way
collected: Vaasa, Finland (12-21-2015)
origin: common Swedish expression to say you are a bit dim-witted.
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Swedish: Du har en lite skruttig matta.
English: Your carpet is a bit wrinkled
collected: Vaasa, Finland (12-21-2015)
origin: Swedish expression to say you are a bit dim-witted. Heard it somewhere around Vaasa, but quite common in Finland.
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Swedish: Du har inte alla hästar i stallet.
English: You don’t have all the horses in your stable
collected: Vaasa, Finland (12-21-2015)
origin: common expression in Swedish, in a dialect from Northern Finland. Likely heard this used in school.
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Swedish: Din pappa gjorde det då han lagade dig.
English: Your father did that when he made you
collected: Vaasa, Finland (12-21-2015)
origin: common expression in Swedish, from north of Finland
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Swedish: “Det slirar i skåpet”
English: “It’s spinning in your cabinet”
collected: Vaasa, Finland (12-21-2015)
origin: common expression meaning your not that smart. In Swedish, from north of Finland
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Finnish: Onko sinulla aivot narikassa?
English: Did you check your brains with your jacket?
collected: Vaasa, Finland (12-20-2015)
origin: common Finnish expression used when someone has done something really stupid or funny
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Finnish: Tuo oli juosten kustu.
English: That was like running while pissing
collected: Vaasa, Finland (12-20-2015)
origin: common Finnish expression said to someone after they’ve done a sloppy job at something
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Finnish: Oletko Oulusta? Juotko piimää pillillä?
English: Are you from Oulu? Do you drink buttermilk with a straw?
collected: Vaasa, Finland (12-20-2015)
origin: insult originating about Oulu, now used all around Finland to say someone is a bit stupid. In Finnish Ostrobothnian dialect. Meaning “do you think you’re fancy?”