At have rotter på loftet

Meaning: To be a little crazy.

Language: Danish

Literally: To have rats in the attic

Category: Animals

Origin: The head as a house with vermin scurrying around upstairs — a Scandinavian cousin of 'bats in the belfry'.

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• Päästä kuin koira veräjästä — To escape consequences entirely; to get off scot-free.
• Dělat z komára velblouda — To blow something tiny wildly out of proportion.
• Egyik kutya, másik eb — Two things are exactly the same; six of one, half a dozen of the other.
• Bagoly mondja verébnek, hogy nagyfejű — The pot calling the kettle black.
• A se uita ca pisica în calendar — To stare blankly, understanding nothing.
• A tăia frunză la câini — To do pointless work; to idle away the day.

More Danish idioms

• 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.
• At træde i spinaten — To put your foot in it; to blunder.

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