{"id":856,"date":"2010-04-29T21:18:38","date_gmt":"2010-04-29T21:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=856"},"modified":"2010-04-29T22:30:49","modified_gmt":"2010-04-29T22:30:49","slug":"swedish-proverbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/swedish-proverbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Swedish proverbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New times call for new proverbs. I have collected some evergreen Swedish proverbs. You may recognize some of them or similar\u00a0from your own language. Please do share it with everyone if you have some funny sayings.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0As we are used to it: <strong>Som man b\u00e4ddar f\u00e5r man ligga. As you make your bad you will lie on it.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/strong>Disorted: <strong>Den man ligger med f\u00e5r b\u00e4dda. The one you sleep with\u00a0shall make your bed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As we are used to it: <strong>Den som spar, han har. The one who saves he\u00b4s got.<br \/>\n<\/strong>Disorted: <strong>Den som tar, han har. The one who takes he\u00b4s got.\u00a0<\/strong>or<strong> Den som spar han har.. men inte roligt.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<strong>The one who saves has&#8230; but not fun.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As we are used to it: <strong>Det man inte vet har man inte ont av. What you don\u00b4t know won\u00b4t hurt.<br \/>\n<\/strong>Disported:<strong> Det man inte minns, har inte h\u00e4nt.<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>What you can\u00b4t remember, never happened. <\/strong>eller<strong> Det man inte vet, har man ingen aning om.<\/strong> <strong>What you don\u00b4t know, you have no idea about.<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nAs we are used to it: <strong>Gammal k\u00e4rlek rostar aldrig. Old love never gets rusty.<br \/>\n<\/strong>Disported:<strong> Gammal k\u00e4rlek kostar alltid. Old love costs always. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As we are used to it:\u00a0<strong> Man m\u00e5ste kyssa m\u00e5nga grodor innan man hittar sin prins. You have to kiss\u00a0a lot of\u00a0frogs before you\u00a0find your prince.<br \/>\n<\/strong>Disported:<strong> Man m\u00e5ste kyssa m\u00e5nga grodor innan man hittar sitt svin. You have to kiss many frogs before you find your swine (jerk).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As we are used to it:\u00a0<strong>\u00a0 Det var b\u00e4ttre f\u00f6rr. It was better before.<br \/>\n<\/strong>Disported:<strong> The future was better before.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As we are used to it:\u00a0<strong>\u00a0 Ju fler kockar desto s\u00e4mre soppa. The more cooks the worse soup.<br \/>\n<\/strong>Disported:<strong> Ju fler kockar desto st\u00f6rre fackf\u00f6rening. The more cooks the bigger union.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As we are used to it:\u00a0<strong> \u00c4lska din n\u00e4sta s\u00e5som dig sj\u00e4lv. Love your next one as you love yourself.<br \/>\n<\/strong>Disported:<strong> \u00c4lska din n\u00e4sta, men var diskret. Love your next one but be discrete.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As we are used to it:\u00a0<strong>I de lugnaste vatten\u00a0simmar de fulaste fiskarna. In the calmest water swim the ugliest fishes.\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/strong>Disported:<strong> \u00c4ven i de lugnaste vatten drunknar man. Even in the calmest water you can drown.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As we are used to it:\u00a0<strong>Den som gr\u00e4ver en grop \u00e5t andra faller sj\u00e4lv l\u00e4tt i. The one who digs a hole for others falls\u00a0easily in to it\u00a0him\/herself.<br \/>\n<\/strong>Disported:<strong> Den som gr\u00e4ver en grop \u00e5t andra jobbar som d\u00f6dgr\u00e4vare. The one who digs a hole for others works as a gravedigger.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New times call for new proverbs. I have collected some evergreen Swedish proverbs. You may recognize some of them or similar\u00a0from your own language. Please do share it with everyone if you have some funny sayings. \u00a0As we are used to it: Som man b\u00e4ddar f\u00e5r man ligga. 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