a load of nonsense
Meaning: Something completely untrue or silly.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Example: “The article about the haunted bridge was a load of nonsense.”
Category: Daily Life
Origin: "A load of" as an intensifier for rubbish is common in English from the 19th century.
Equivalents in other languages
- Russian: чепуха на постном масле (chepukha na postnom masle) — literally: nonsense on lenten oil
More idioms — Daily Life
- all or nothing — With no middle way; everything is risked on one outcome.
- an accident waiting to happen — Someone or something very likely to cause trouble or harm.
- on a wing and a prayer — Only just managing, with luck rather than means.
- welcome to the club — Said to someone who has just joined you in a shared situation, usually an unwelcome one.
- tell me another one — Said to someone whose story is obviously untrue.
- go off the rails — To lose control of one's life or behavior.
More English idioms
- until one is blue in the face — For as long as one likes, with no result.
- there's nothing for it — There is no other choice.
- on the back of an envelope — Roughly worked out, without proper tools or care.
- a scapegoat — Someone blamed for others' faults.
- truth be told — To be honest about it.
- for the life of me — However hard I try.
From our compliments & insults
- Tu as une cervelle de moineau — You're scatterbrained and forgetful.
- Без царя в голове (Bez tsarya v golove) — Foolish and reckless — with no one in charge upstairs.
- Cabeça de alho chocho — A forgetful scatterbrain whose thoughts won't stay put.