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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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15 Funny Norwegian Idioms Illustrated And Explained

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Night Owl
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In German it's something similar: Bärendienst (Jemandem einen Bärendienst erweisen.)

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15 Funny Norwegian Idioms Illustrated And Explained

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John Laughlin
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My Grandmother always cautioned, "Don't ever get behind a driver wearing a hat. You know he's going to drive slowly."

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yup, that's me when going too early (which means before midnight...or before one or two in the morning) to bed and trying to fall asleep

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also commonly used in conjunction with not going to bed ie partying all night, you would use the term; he / she has sheet fright. 😁

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Ole Peder Amrud Hagen
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hm, I never heard it used in this sense. I've only heard, and used it, about people who don't really like going to bed and would rather stay up. I'm one of those.

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