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English	Norwegian
stand on one's own two feet (idiomatic: to be independent) verb	(Bokmål) stå på egne bein, stå på egne benverb (Nynorsk) stå på eigne føterverb
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	(Bokmål) ens ansikts svednoun
take one's hat off to (to remove one's hat as sign of respect) verb	(Bokmål) ta av seg hatten forverb
take one's leave (say goodbye) verb [UK: teɪk wʌnz liːv] [US: ˈteɪk wʌnz ˈliːv]	(Bokmål) anbefale segverb
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 (Nynorsk) graset er alltid grønare på den andre sidaphrase
try on (to test the look of) verb [UK: ˈtraɪ ɒn] [US: ˈtraɪ ɑːn]	(Bokmål) prøve påverb
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	tisse på seg, tisse seg ut, tisse i buksaverb
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 {n}, Skriften Plå veggen {m} (Nynorsk) mene tekelnoun {n}, Skrifta Plå veggen {f}

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