zo link als een looien deur
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “as dangerous as a leaden door”. Compare zo gek als een deur (literally “as crazy as as a door”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Adjective
[edit]zo link als een looien deur (not comparable)
- (colloquial, simile) very dangerous
Usage notes
[edit]- While looien is a Hollandic colloquial variation of loden and not standard language, this is nonetheless the form generally encountered even in print. Versions with the standard spelling loden are vanishingly rare.