Tag Archives: Swedish idioms
Today’s expression: Att bära hundhuvudet Posted by jennie on Apr 5, 2011
Sometimes it works absolutely fine to directly translate Swedish expressions and idioms into English. But other times… well, let’s just say it doesn’t work at all. Att bära hundhuvet – to carry the dog’s head – is one who didn’t work, I tried it the other day and got a few raised eyebrows in response… Anyway…
Swedish Idioms Posted by Tibor on Dec 20, 2010
Guys note that the idioms are seldom direct translations. But of course there are common idioms in every language. If you have better suggestions for idioms in English language, please do not hesitate to share it with us. Jag anade ugglor i mossen när telefonen ringde tidigt på morgonen. Maria var tvungen att stanna hemma…