{"id":3658,"date":"2011-05-26T17:20:17","date_gmt":"2011-05-26T17:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=3658"},"modified":"2011-05-26T17:20:17","modified_gmt":"2011-05-26T17:20:17","slug":"there-is-a-dog-buried-here-somewhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/there-is-a-dog-buried-here-somewhere\/","title":{"rendered":"There is a dog buried here somewhere"},"content":{"rendered":"

As said many times before; direct translations of idioms\u00a0can cause major confusion and most definitely a few laughs. Do you remember the dog’s head?<\/a> \u00a0Well, I tried another dog the other day.\u00a0 The buried dog, this time. Det ligger en hund begraven h\u00e4r\u00a0\u00a0= There is a dog buried here<\/strong> – is used when something isn’t quite right, when you have a sneaky suspicion that someone is trying to hide something. That’s when we use the buried dog. The english equivalent would be “I smell rat” or “Something smells fishy”. Another Swedish idiom used in the same way is\u00a0 Ana ugglor i mossen – Suspect owls in the bog. <\/strong><\/p>\n

“Jag tror inte att han \u00e4r m\u00f6rdaren. Det ligger en hund begraven h\u00e4r.”<\/em>
\n“Jag tror inte att hon var otrogen. Jag anar ugglor i mossen.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Do you have any animals buried or smelling in your language?<\/p>\n

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Some other idioms and their equivalent in English:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Det d\u00e4r var n\u00e4ra \u00f6gat = That’s a close shave<\/strong>
\n(Direct translation: That was close to the eye)<\/p>\n

Det var en annan femma = That’s another cup of tea<\/strong>
\n(Direct translation: That’s another fiver)<\/p>\n

Du ser ut som om du s\u00e5lt sm\u00f6ret och tappat pengarna = You look like a dying duck in a thunderstorm<\/strong>
\n(Direct translation: You look like you have sold the butter and dropped the money)<\/p>\n

Friskt v\u00e5gat h\u00e4lften vunnet = Nothing ventured nothing gained<\/strong>
\n(Direct translation: Dare brave win half)<\/p>\n

G\u00f6ra en h\u00f6na av en fj\u00e4der = Make a mountain out of a molehill<\/strong>
\n(Direct translation: To make a hen out of one feather)<\/p>\n

Ha ett finger med i spelet = Have a finger in the pie<\/strong>
\n(Direct translation: To have a finger in the game)<\/p>\n

Hellre fria \u00e4n f\u00e4lla = Give somebody the benefit of a doubt<\/strong>
\n(Rather acquit than convict)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

As said many times before; direct translations of idioms\u00a0can cause major confusion and most definitely a few laughs. Do you remember the dog’s head? \u00a0Well, I tried another dog the other day.\u00a0 The buried dog, this time. Det ligger en hund begraven h\u00e4r\u00a0\u00a0= There is a dog buried here – is used when something isn’t…<\/p>\n

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