Glossary entry

Norwegian term or phrase:

det er til å få gåser under armene av

English translation:

goosebumps

Added to glossary by Tara Chace
May 17, 2009 04:17
15 yrs ago
Norwegian term

det er til å få gåser under armene av

Norwegian to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature
In a novel a psychiatric patient is attending a meeting about the course of her treatment. She sits at a table in a conference room with a bunch of doctors and psychiatrists and social workers, etc. wearing white coats. They ask her a question about whether she's going to be an active participant in her own treatment. She starts going on and on about something completely unrelated (racecars).

De ser rart og bekymret på hverandre over bordet, den hvite flokk, det er til å få gåser under armene av, det er til å få frokosten sprutende utover bordet av.

Proposed translations

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goosebumps

This is not a standing Norwegian expression, and it is up to the reader to guess what the writer means. One can get pillows sown under one's arms (sydd poser under armene), and one can get goosebumps (gåsehud). A case of burning last year's spilt milk on the other side of the fence, perhaps?
Peer comment(s):

agree Egil Presttun : It could make you goosey all over
4 mins
agree Bjørnar Magnussen : Et tilfelle av "det er like greit å hoppe i det sure eplet som å krype i det"
2 hrs
agree Suzanne Blangsted (X)
4 hrs
agree Αlban SHPΑTΑ
5 hrs
agree lingo_montreal : Definitely North American usage (e.g. - I get/ (or) It gives me goosebumps)
15 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Tusen takk!"
+2
6 hrs

which causes gooseflesh to rise under her arms

Another way of phrasing it.
Example sentence:

he said with an intensity which caused gooseflesh to rise on her arms

He felt gooseflesh rise on his arms.

Note from asker:
Tusen takk!
Peer comment(s):

agree Bjørnar Magnussen : den var festlig
31 mins
agree Egil Presttun
4 hrs
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