"at tabe både næse og mund"

danish idiom: "to drop both the nose and the mouth" which means to be very surprised.

"du må da ha' spist søm!"

danish idiom: "you must've been eating nails!" which - in a way - is another way of saying "are you completely mental?!" maybe not as strong.. but in that direction.

"at lægge sidste hånd på noget"

danish idiom: "to put the last hand on something" - which means to finish something.

i like shadows. they are fun.

"at se rødt"

today i did 7 idiom drawings, and this danish idiom is "to see red" - which means to be madly furious.

"at kende sine lus på gangen"

danish idiom. "to recognise your lice by their walk" or "to recognise your lice in the corridor" - the word "gang" means both walk and corridor. it means that you know someone really well and know what to expect from them. "hi lice, good to see you!"

i love idioms.

and this is not my natural choice of colours. i'm not that fond of using muddy colours, but i just decided to throw some colours on and change them later (because i seem to always choose turquoise, pink, purple or light orange) - turns out this combination is the one i like the best, after all. so there you go - drude goes muddy!

"at have et øre på hver finger"

danish idiom. i think the correct phrase is to have an EYE on each finger, but the first version i heard was "to have an ear on each finger" and i thought that was more fun to draw. this is my favourite of those 4 i've done today.

"at købe en nihalet kat"

another danish idiom: "to buy a nine-tailed cat" - apparently a "nine-tailed cat" is a punishment tool, a whip with nine ends, each end with a knot. 

"at flette næbbet"

i decided to spend the day drawing more danish idioms. This one "at flette næbbet" means "to braid the beak" and it means not saying anything. Actually i did this one first, completely different, but i didnt like it, so after i did the other 3, i decided to give it another go, but i stil dont like it that much.. maybe i should've left her dress without the dots. hmm...

no. maybe it's the colours. i dont know.. maybe it's the carpet.

Dagens mand i skysovs.

another danish expression: the man of the day in gravy. but skysovs could mean two things: gravy OR sauce made of clouds. to be the man of the day in gravy means that one has done something that qualifies for a tribute.

skidne grønne grise.

"at skide grønne grise" - it's an expression in danish. "to be shitting green pigs" - i think it means that you are really scared, but i'm not a 100% sure. i've just been thinking it could be fun to illustrate some of those strange expressions. tried to colour it in a different way than usual.