achter het behang kunnen plakken
Dutch
editEtymology
editLiterally, “to be able to glue [someone] behind the wallpaper”.
Verb
editachter het behang kunnen plakken
- (transitive, idiomatic, said of people) To be fed up with, to be annoyed with.
- Synonym: niet kunnen luchten
- Mijn zusje doet vandaag zo irritant, ik zou haar wel achter het behang kunnen plakken.
- My little sister is being so annoying today, I am totally fed up with her.
- (literally, “My little sister is being so annoying today, I could glue her behind the wallpaper.”)
Inflection
editConjugation of achter het behang kunnen plakken: see plakken.