Topic: Norwegian (Bokmål)

"Penger vokser ikke på trær."

Translation:Money does not grow on trees.

November 1, 2015

8 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Deukalion94

    The Sims disagrees

    August 1, 2016
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/YiRuiLim

      If money don't grow on trees, why do banks have branches?

      May 27, 2016
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Erik3481

        Is this an idiom in Norway as well?

        November 1, 2015
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Ingebj

          Yes, this is common to use in Norwegian, "et fast uttrykk" as we would put it.

          November 2, 2015
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Alexandros_SPQR

            Same in Greene

            January 28, 2018
            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Raviex

              I got bills to pay, I got mouths to feed

              There ain't nothing in this world for free!

              October 20, 2016
              https://www.duolingo.com/profile/m.g.doyle
              • 19

              There is a town not far from me in Iowa named Traer. I suspect I know its origin now. :-)

              June 20, 2017
              https://www.duolingo.com/profile/SuzieRobinson

                And how to pronounce it, methinks... :D

                May 23, 2018

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