Norvég | Angol |
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(Bokmål) slå inn åpne dører verb | preach to the choir(speaking to those who already believe) |
(Bokmål) slå løs på verb | belabour [belaboured, belabouring, belabours](To beat someone) |
(Bokmål) slå seg vrang verb | throw a tantrum(To have a temper tantrum) |
(Bokmål) slå til jorden verb | blow out of the water(to defeat) |
(Bokmål) slå to fluer i ett smekk (to hit two flies in one slap) verb | kill two birds with one stone(solve two problems at once) |
(Bokmål) slå tunnel på verb | nutmeg((soccer) to play the ball between the legs of an opponent) |
(Bokmål) slåss mot vindmøller, kjempe mot vindmøller verb | tilt at windmills(attack imaginary enemies) |
(Bokmål) slåsskamp noun {m} | fight [fights](occasion of fighting) |
(Bokmål) uslåelig adjective | unbeatable(that cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome) |
(Nynorsk) anslå, estimere verb | estimate [estimated, estimating, estimates](to calculate roughly) |
(Nynorsk) bak lås og slå preposition | behind bars(in jail or prison) |
(Nynorsk) dra-til-tryne, slå-til-tryne noun | fist magnet(annoying person that one might want to punch) |
(Nynorsk) foreslå, føreslå verb | suggest [suggested, suggesting, suggests](to ask for without demanding) |
(Nynorsk) omsetjingslån noun {n} | calque(word formed by word-for-word translation of a word in another language) |
(Nynorsk) slå to fluger i eit smekk (to hit two flies in one slap) verb | kill two birds with one stone(solve two problems at once) |
(Nynorsk) slå ut barnet med badevatnet verb | throw the baby out with the bathwater((idiomatic) to discard something valuable) |
(Nynorsk) uslåeleg adjective | unbeatable(that cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome) |
(Nynorsk) vasslås noun {m} | trap [traps](bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe to prevent the escape of noxious gases) |
avslå, avvise verb | decline [declined, declining, declines](refuse) reject [rejected, rejecting, rejects](to refuse to accept) |
fastslå verb | ascertain [ascertained, ascertaining, ascertains](find out; discover or establish) establish [established, establishing, establishes](To make stable or firm; to confirm) |
fike, slå verb | slap [slapped, slapping, slaps](to give a slap) |
foreslå verb | propose [proposed, proposing, proposes](to suggest a plan or course of action) |
hengslete, skabelonaktig, slåpen adjective | lanky [lankier, lankiest](tall, slim) |
lamslått adjective | thunderstruck(astonished, amazed or so suddenly surprised as to be unable to speak) |
sprosse (i vindu), slå (for dør) noun | rail [rails](horizontal piece of wood in a door or window) |
storslått adjective | epic(extraordinary) |
støte, slå, dunke verb | knock [knocked, knocking, knocks](to bump or impact) |
svimeslå, lamslå, lamme verb | stun [stunned, stunning, stuns](to incapacitate) |
underslå verb | embezzle [embezzled, embezzling, embezzles](to steal money that one has been trusted with) |