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
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Swedish: “Man har inte dom vassaste knivarna i lådan”
English: “You don’t have the sharpest knives in the drawer”
collected: Vaasa, Finland (12-21-2015)
origin: common Swedish expression
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Finnish: Eikö lanttu leikkaa?
English: Is your turnip being cut?
collected: Vaasa, Finland (12-21-2015)
origin: common Finnish expression
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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: “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