Idioms

The Norwegian language is similar to English in many ways. We learned some idioms in class the other day, and I was surprised by how close they were to English expressions. For example, if someone is good at gardening, instead of having a green thumb, they have green fingers (grønn fingere). And if someone is clumsy, they aren't all thumbs, they have ten thumbs (ti tomler). Instead of saying that an industrious sort is as busy as a bee, Norwegians say that person is hardworking like an ant (flittig som en maur). I was starting to feel pretty confident in my abilities to understand Norwegian idioms...until I did a quick google search. I found a couple that just don't translate directly. Instead of being as healthy as a horse, a robust Norwegian is as healthy as a fish (frisk som en fisk). And Norwegians don't beat around the bush--when they hem and haw, they pace around hot porridge like a cat (å gå som katta rundt den varme grauten). I really like that last one--does anyone know of any more fun Norwegian expressions? I would love to build up a colorful repertoire!