að vera heitt í hamstri
Icelandic
Phrase
- a mis-identification of the phrase að vera heitt í hamsi (to be angry about something). An example of folk etymology, as the term hamstur (hamster) is a common word while the correct term hams (skin) does not exist in modern speech.
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