link als een looien deur

Dutch

Etymology

Literally, “dangerous as a leaden door”. Compare gek als een deur (literally “crazy as a door”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adjective

link als een looien deur (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial, simile) very dangerous

Usage notes

  • While looien is a Hollandic colloquial variation of loden and not standard language, this is nonetheless the form generally encountered even in print. Versions with the standard spelling loden are vanishingly rare.
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