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.