Phrasing! #1
22. apríl 2019
Seems everyone has to have odd Icelandic phrases translated into English.
- Ice in a bread (is-IS = ís í brauði), n. Soft-serve (autodog) ice cream in a cone.
- There is many an odd thing in the cow’s head (is-IS = Það er margt skrýtið í kýrhausnum) There are many weird and strange things going on in the world.
- To fall on one’s butt with something (is-IS = að renna á rassinn með eitthvað), v. To end something (a task) with a failure.
- To speak with somebody with two ram’s horns (is-IS = að tala við e:n með tveim hrútshornum), v. To offer someone fistfuls of violence.
- Post card weather (is-IS = póstkortaveður), n. The kind of weather you normally see only on post cards.
- Hookerable (is-IS = mellufær), adj. Knows the bare basics of something, say, a language; just enough to pick up a hooker.
- Boathooker (is-IS = bátamella), n. A seaman that moves between several boats, like when relieving others.
- Radio clock (is-IS = útvarpsklukka), n. 24-hour clock; military clock.
- Slaughter (is-IS = slátur), n. Blood pudding and/or liver sausage. The latter resembles haggis if seen from far enough away.
- Beak oil (is-IS = goggolía), n. Gin.
- Thundercart (is-IS = skruggukerra), n. A powerful automobile.
- To pour from one’s bowls of wrath over sby (is-IS = að hella úr skálum reiði sinnar yfir e:n), v. To chew out some poor s.o.b.
