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Re: Expressions that don't exist in English
« Reply #15 on: January 27, 2018, 04:56:53 AM »
the dutch words miesellen/motregen (IDK if miesellen is dutch or just the dutch dialect in my province) meaning a light rain
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Re: Expressions that don't exist in English
« Reply #16 on: January 27, 2018, 10:01:13 AM »
Slappfisk = "limp fish" = A lazy person


Frisk som en fisk = "healthy as a fish" = Perfectly healthy (no flu, cold, broken limbs and so on)
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Re: Expressions that don't exist in English
« Reply #17 on: January 27, 2018, 11:19:12 AM »
Kwiebus = <No English translation> = Someone who did something really weird. Mostly said when the weird thing is funny but doesn't harm anyone (not even the one who did the weird thing).
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Re: Expressions that don't exist in English
« Reply #18 on: January 29, 2018, 01:03:10 AM »
Oh I've come across articles on this topic before and there were some very thought provoking ones.
One example I like is Komorebi which is like sunshine passing through the trees.


Also a little off topic but an interesting site I know of is a tumblr blog with completely made up words http://www.dictionaryofobscuresorrows.com/
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