"kalla ekki allt ömmu sína" meaning in All languages combined

See kalla ekki allt ömmu sína on Wiktionary

Phrase [Icelandic]

Etymology: From the latter half of the 19th century; origins unclear but assumed to have originated as a joke making fun on someone who bragged about his family tree. Literally “doesn't refer to everything as his grandmother”. Head templates: {{head|is|phrase|head=kalla ekki allt ömmu sína}} kalla ekki allt ömmu sína
  1. (idiomatic) to be unafraid of tackling a difficult task Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: ráðast ekki á garðinn þar sem hann er lægstur, láta ekkert á sig fá, karl í krapinu, óhræddur, ófeiminn, hörkutól, harðjaxl, enginn veifiskati, láta sér fátt fyrir brjósti brenna Related terms: þar hitti skrattinn ömmu sína (english: to meet someone equally or more stubborn than oneself)
    Sense id: en-kalla_ekki_allt_ömmu_sína-is-phrase-Y1KQsC6o Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 74 26
  2. (idiomatic) not easily shocked; tough and resilient Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-kalla_ekki_allt_ömmu_sína-is-phrase-4LhBvFlw

Download JSON data for kalla ekki allt ömmu sína meaning in All languages combined (2.1kB)

{
  "etymology_text": "From the latter half of the 19th century; origins unclear but assumed to have originated as a joke making fun on someone who bragged about his family tree.\nLiterally “doesn't refer to everything as his grandmother”.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "phrase",
        "head": "kalla ekki allt ömmu sína"
      },
      "expansion": "kalla ekki allt ömmu sína",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "74 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He certainly doesn't flinch away from daunting tasks; he is planning on running a marathon this summer.",
          "text": "Hann kallar ekki allt ömmu sína en hann ætlar að hlaupa maraþon í sumar.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be unafraid of tackling a difficult task"
      ],
      "id": "en-kalla_ekki_allt_ömmu_sína-is-phrase-Y1KQsC6o",
      "links": [
        [
          "unafraid",
          "unafraid"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to be unafraid of tackling a difficult task"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "english": "to meet someone equally or more stubborn than oneself",
          "word": "þar hitti skrattinn ömmu sína"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "word": "ráðast ekki á garðinn þar sem hann er lægstur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "word": "láta ekkert á sig fá"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "word": "karl í krapinu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "word": "óhræddur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "word": "ófeiminn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "word": "hörkutól"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "word": "harðjaxl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "word": "enginn veifiskati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "word": "láta sér fátt fyrir brjósti brenna"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "not easily shocked; tough and resilient"
      ],
      "id": "en-kalla_ekki_allt_ömmu_sína-is-phrase-4LhBvFlw",
      "links": [
        [
          "shocked",
          "shocked"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) not easily shocked; tough and resilient"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kalla ekki allt ömmu sína"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Icelandic lemmas",
    "Icelandic multiword terms",
    "Icelandic phrases"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the latter half of the 19th century; origins unclear but assumed to have originated as a joke making fun on someone who bragged about his family tree.\nLiterally “doesn't refer to everything as his grandmother”.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "phrase",
        "head": "kalla ekki allt ömmu sína"
      },
      "expansion": "kalla ekki allt ömmu sína",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "to meet someone equally or more stubborn than oneself",
      "word": "þar hitti skrattinn ömmu sína"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Icelandic idioms",
        "Icelandic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He certainly doesn't flinch away from daunting tasks; he is planning on running a marathon this summer.",
          "text": "Hann kallar ekki allt ömmu sína en hann ætlar að hlaupa maraþon í sumar.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be unafraid of tackling a difficult task"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unafraid",
          "unafraid"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to be unafraid of tackling a difficult task"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Icelandic idioms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "not easily shocked; tough and resilient"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shocked",
          "shocked"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) not easily shocked; tough and resilient"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ráðast ekki á garðinn þar sem hann er lægstur"
    },
    {
      "word": "láta ekkert á sig fá"
    },
    {
      "word": "karl í krapinu"
    },
    {
      "word": "óhræddur"
    },
    {
      "word": "ófeiminn"
    },
    {
      "word": "hörkutól"
    },
    {
      "word": "harðjaxl"
    },
    {
      "word": "enginn veifiskati"
    },
    {
      "word": "láta sér fátt fyrir brjósti brenna"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kalla ekki allt ömmu sína"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.