I Illustrate Norwegian-To-English Idiom Translations To Show How Weird They Can Be To Non-Native Speakers (16 Pics)

What is a “Slow Cheese,” an “Environmental Pig,” or a “Cardboard Skull,” you might ask?

Well, if you read on, I will tell you!

A little while back, I posted some illustrations of bad, but funny, translations of Norwegian words here on Bored Panda.

You people seemed to like it, so I decided to make yet another post with weird Norwegian idioms as well.

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Night Owl1 week ago

In German it’s something similar: Bärendienst (Jemandem einen Bärendienst erweisen.)10ReplyView more comments#2 

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Bacony Cakes1 week ago

man the internet is mossy in some places13ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#3 

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Bacony Cakes1 week ago

Thanks, Norway. I am now using this.26ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#4 

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Arlo Danielson1 week ago

Ha, pathetic, I read 97 books since June of 202010ReplyView More Replies…View more commentshttps://76b0c48133fb6715d6050ae05f00af81.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-37/html/container.html#5 

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Brandy Grote1 week ago

But in the US, we say “Florida Man”28ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#6 

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John Laughlin1 week ago

My Grandmother always cautioned, “Don’t ever get behind a driver wearing a hat. You know he’s going to drive slowly.”16ReplyView more comments#7 

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SassyUnicornGirl3171 week ago

BOOTIFUL6ReplyView more comments#8 

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Bacony Cakes1 week ago

He’s hogging the couch.27ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#9 

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Night Owl1 week ago

In German: das Blaue vom Himmel (the blue from the sky)8ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#10 

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Bacony Cakes1 week ago

[LARGE CORPORATION]? Is that you?12ReplyView more comments#11 

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Why?1 week ago

Looks like she’s scared sheetless!29ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#12 

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Benjamin Richmond1 week ago

equivalent to ‘too many cooks spoil the broth’, then22ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#13 

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Cynthia Bonville1 week ago

American English: pussy-whipped.6ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#14 

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N G1 week ago

In the uk, it’s ‘tell tale tit’, snitch or grass4ReplyView More Replies…View more comments#15 

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Mewton’s Third Paw1 week ago

Really a theme with the stupid cardboard in Norwegian.3ReplyView More Replies…View more commentshttps://76b0c48133fb6715d6050ae05f00af81.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-37/html/container.html#16 

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Aragorn II Elessar1 week ago

So that one guy who always goes “That’s what she said”?22ReplyView More Replies…View more comments

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