{"id":7848,"date":"2017-07-19T17:12:04","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T17:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=7848"},"modified":"2017-07-18T18:22:28","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T18:22:28","slug":"swedish-expressions-to-put-the-icing-on-the-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/swedish-expressions-to-put-the-icing-on-the-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Swedish expressions: &#8220;to put the icing on the cake&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7849\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/07\/black-forest-cake-276804_640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/07\/black-forest-cake-276804_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/07\/black-forest-cake-276804_640-350x233.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Just like English and any other language, Swedish is full of fun expressions. One is, <em>Det \u00e4r ingen ko p\u00e5 isen!<\/em> &#8211; There&#8217;s no cow on the ice! This quirky expression means, &#8220;No worries! It&#8217;s no problem!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Not everyone says <em>ingen ko p\u00e5 isen<\/em>, but if you meet someone who does, that person will likely have a sweet Swedish charm.<\/p>\n<p>Another expression, albeit of a different type, is <strong><em>till r\u00e5ga p\u00e5 allt<\/em> &#8211; to put the icing on the cake<\/strong>. But what do we mean by this?<\/p>\n<p>We use <strong><em>till r\u00e5ga p\u00e5 allt<\/em> <\/strong>as a way of saying &#8220;in addition to everything we have already stated&#8221;. In summary, it&#8217;s pretty similar to how we say &#8220;And to put the icing on the cake, &#8230;&#8221; in English, after having listed some things that have happened. In most cases, it&#8217;s a way of expressing frustration with a number of inconvenient occurrences, but it can also be used positively.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an example of using the expression <strong>negatively<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>Elin \u00e4r p\u00e5 semester, s\u00e5 vi hade mycket mer att g\u00f6ra &#8211; och <strong>till r\u00e5ga p\u00e5 allt<\/strong> \u00e4r jag f\u00f6rkyld!<br \/>\n<\/em>Elin is on vacation, so we had a lot more to do &#8211; and <strong>to put the icing on the cake<\/strong>, I&#8217;ve got a cold!<\/p>\n<p>But you don&#8217;t have to use it negatively &#8211; the expression can even be used with a <strong>positive<\/strong> meaning, often in a situation where you expect a negative outcome:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>De tvingade mig inte att ha deras \u00e5sikter, de tvingade mig inte att l\u00e4sa deras broschyr &#8211; och <strong>till r\u00e5ga p\u00e5 allt<\/strong> var de trevliga m\u00e4nniskor.<br \/>\n<\/em>They didn&#8217;t force me to have their opinions, they didn&#8217;t make me read their brochure &#8211; and <strong>to put the icing on the cake<\/strong>, they were kind people.<\/p>\n<p>And now you know how to put the icing on the cake in Swedish. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/07\/black-forest-cake-276804_640-350x233.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/07\/black-forest-cake-276804_640-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/07\/black-forest-cake-276804_640.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Just like English and any other language, Swedish is full of fun expressions. One is, Det \u00e4r ingen ko p\u00e5 isen! &#8211; There&#8217;s no cow on the ice! This quirky expression means, &#8220;No worries! 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