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In Piedmontese (northern Italian dialect):
"To be mounted over squared ball bearing" = to be really strange, not as other people
"Horse brand" = a product of an unknown low quality brand
"To beat the goat" = throw a tantrum
Italian here (Veneto) How do you say it in your dialect? The ball bearing one. I really can't translate it myself into something that could make sense to me.
"esse montà 'n sle bije quadre", and the literal translation in italian is "essere montato sulle biglie (cuscinetti a sfera) quadre"
Also from Piemonte I've never heard the horse brand one but "three hens brand" was used regularly when I was a kid.
My favourite though is "Coma na barca ant el bòsch", like a boat in the woods
Sorry for the necro, but i need to contribute:
In Southern Sardinian, su schiron'e linna in sa domu 'e ferreri(the wooden skewer in the smith's house): something completely out of place.