Lithuanian: ilgas kaip kaminas, durnas kaip avinas
English: tall as a chimney, stupid as a ram
collected: Kaunas, Lithuania (01-10-2016)
origin: a childish joke she remembers from grade school
Tag Archives: stupid
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Lithuanian: Jis toks durnas, kad turbūt į jį trenkė žaibas arba iškrito iš tv bokšto
English: He’s so stupid, that probably he was hit by a lightning or fell from the TV tower
collected: Kaunas, Lithuania (01-10-2016)
origin: suburbs of Kaunas
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Lithuanian: atsigauk nuo pigių narkotikų
English: recover from cheap drugs
collected: Kaunas, Lithuania (01-10-2016)
origin: common Lithuanian saying, a way to call someone stupid
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Lithuanian: kasyk riešutus
English: scratch your nuts
collected: Kaunas, Lithuania (01-10-2016)
origin: common in Lithuania to invent comments like this, with puns, to call people stupid – meaning your are thinking with your nuts.
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Lithuanian: Krapštyk varškę
English: scratch (your) curd
collected: Kaunas, Lithuania (01-10-2016)
origin: common in Lithuania to invent comments like this, with puns (kurd = brains), to call people stupid
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Finnish: Älynlahjasi ovat täysin mitättömät
English: your intelligence is completely insignificant
collected: Vaasa, Finland (01-23-2016)
origin: from a scene in the Moomin animated TV series (circa early 1990s) in which the Moomins have to defeat a killer plant by insulting it over and over again.
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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.
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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
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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
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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