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stå/være som en vegg

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

see:Se: veggwall · side (of a container or a shaft) · face (of a mountain)
  1. være til hinder;
    stenge, hindre
    to be an obstacle;
    to block, to bar the way
    • bølgene stod som en vegg foran oss the waves stood like a wall in front of us
    • tåken var som en vegg the fog was like a wall
  2. om målvakt: ikke slippe inn mål;
    stenge buretto keep a clean sheet
    of a goalkeeper: to let in no goals;
    to keep a clean sheetstenge buret
    Eng. phraseto be a brick wall
    • hun stod som en vegg hele kampen she was like a wall the entire match
    • han var en vegg og slapp ikke inn et eneste mål hele sesongen he was a wall and did not concede a single goal all season