At score kassen
Meaning: To make a big, easy profit.
Language: Danish
Literally: To score the cash box
Category: Daily Life
Origin: Danish slang for raking in the whole till at once — a sudden windfall.
Equivalents in other languages
- Finnish: Lyödä rahoiksi — literally: To strike it into money
More idioms — Daily Life
- Přijít s křížkem po funuse — To arrive uselessly too late.
- Nem enged a negyvennyolcból — To stubbornly refuse to compromise.
- Pole pole ndio mwendo — Slow and steady gets you there.
- Sortir de ses gonds — To fly into a rage; to lose one's temper suddenly and violently.
- Jeter le bébé avec l'eau du bain — To discard something valuable while getting rid of what's unwanted.
- pull back the curtain — To expose a hidden truth or reality behind an appearance.
More Danish idioms
- At slå koldt vand i blodet — To calm down and keep a cool head.
- At gå agurk — To go crazy or berserk.
- 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.
From our proverbs
- England is the Paradise of women. — Women historically enjoyed greater legal protections, property rights, and social freedom…
- Enough is as good as a feast. — Contentment with sufficiency brings the same satisfaction as abundance without the excess.
- Enough and to spare is too much. — Abundance beyond necessity breeds excess and waste, inviting trouble rather than security.