achter het behang kunnen plakken

Dutch

Etymology

Literally, “to be able to glue [someone] behind the wallpaper”.

Verb

achter het behang kunnen plakken

  1. (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
Conjugation of achter het behang kunnen plakken: see plakken.
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