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When English idioms are translated to other languages it's often cringe-inducing. I can't imagine someone seriously saying "ut ur lådan" or something in Swedish.



At some point you tend to forget what idioms belong to which language and you can greatly confuse people. But Holla the wood fairy.


Yeah, no danger on the roof, eh?




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