At gå agurk
Meaning: To go crazy or berserk.
Language: Danish
Literally: To go cucumber
Category: Food & Drink
Origin: Playful modern Danish slang; the cool, mild cucumber is comic precisely because it's the opposite of frenzy.
Equivalents in other languages
- Spanish: Estar como una cabra — literally: To be like a goat
- English: mad as a box of frogs — literally: mad as a box of frogs
- Afrikaans: Hy is van sy trollie af — literally: He's off his trolley
More idioms — Food & Drink
- Maksaa maltaita — To cost a fortune.
- Mít máslo na hlavě — To have a guilty conscience or something to hide.
- Nem fenékig tejföl — It's not all rosy; things aren't as good as they seem.
- Передати куті меду (Peredaty kuti medu) — To overdo something well past the right measure.
- نمکگیر شدن (namakgir shodan) — To feel bound by gratitude after sharing someone's food or hospitality.
- Ăn cháo đá bát — To be ungrateful and turn on those who helped you.
More Danish idioms
- At have rotter på loftet — To be a little crazy.
- Det blæser en halv pelikan — It is extremely windy.
- At tisse i bukserne for at holde varmen — A quick fix that makes the problem worse soon after.
- At save den gren over man selv sidder på — To undermine your own position.
- At gå over åen efter vand — To do something in a needlessly roundabout way.
- At trække det store læs — To do the heavy lifting and carry the work.
From our proverbs
- No bucks, no Buck Rogers — Without money or resources, you cannot afford luxuries or escape difficult circumstances…
- No guts, no glory — Without risk and courage, achievement remains impossible; safety guarantees nothing remar…
- No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public — Mass audiences reward simplicity over substance, making mediocrity perpetually profitable.