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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 odd expressions part III Posted by jennie on May 5, 2010
The more you start digging into the endless world of idioms and expressions, the more confusing many of them seem. Or what do you make of today’s collection og shelves, eyes, apples and churchbells? Make perfect sense or totally confusing? Any similar expressions in your language? Bita i det sura äpplet Meaning: When you have…