Angol | Norvég |
---|---|
stand on one's own two feet (idiomatic: to be independent) verb | |
stumble on (to come across by accident; to discover by accident) verb | snuble oververb |
sweat of one's brow (effort extended in labour, and the value created thereby) noun | |
take one's hat off to (to remove one's hat as sign of respect) verb | |
take one's leave (say goodbye) verb [UK: teɪk wʌnz liːv] [US: ˈteɪk wʌnz ˈliːv] | |
the grass is always greener on the other side (others' circumstances seem more desirable than one's own but in reality often are not.) phrase [UK: ðə ɡrɑːs ɪz ˈɔːl.weɪz ˈɡriː.nə(r) ɒn ðə ˈʌð.ə(r) saɪd] [US: ðə ˈɡræs ˈɪz ˈɔːl.weɪz ˈɡriː.nər ɑːn ðə ˈʌð.r̩ ˈsaɪd] | (Bokmål) gresset er alltid grønnere på den andre sidenphrase |
try on (to test the look of) verb [UK: ˈtraɪ ɒn] [US: ˈtraɪ ɑːn] | |
turn on ((transitive) to activate an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.) verb [UK: tɜːn ɒn] [US: ˈtɝːn ɑːn] | slå på, skru påverb |
twenty-one (cardinal number) numeral [UK: ˈtwen.ti wʌn] [US: ˈtwen.ti wʌn] | (Bokmål) tjueen, tjueénnumeral (Nynorsk) tjueeinnumeral |
walk-on (actor with a small part) noun [UK: ˈwɒˈk.ɑːn] [US: ˈwɒˈk.ɑːn] | statistnoun |
walk-on noun [UK: ˈwɒˈk.ɑːn] [US: ˈwɒˈk.ɑːn] | ekstranoun |
wet oneself (lose control of one's bladder) verb | |
what's on your mind (what is bothering you?) phrase | hva har du på hjertet?phrase |
writing on the wall (ominous warning) noun | (Bokmål) mene tekelnoun (Nynorsk) mene tekelnoun |