In Norway, the idiom pling i bollen, or literally, “a pinging sound in a bowl,” describes someone “empty-headed” or “stupid.” This is part of a complete episode.
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Here’s a Norwegian idiom I quite like, and it sounds something like “o veri pling i bollen.”
Which literally means to be a ping in a bowl, and it means to be empty-headed or stupid, and you can just hear that, that pling in a metal bowl.
What is that saying we talked about?
Empty tea kettles make the most noise.
Yeah, we have a couple different expressions like that about nothing in his head but an echo.
Oh, yeah, right.
You know, I can just picture this metal bowl and a pling and that’s all you are.
