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?<\/p>\n
Bita i det sura \u00e4pplet<\/strong> Att visa var sk\u00e5pet ska st\u00e5<\/strong> Hon\/Han spottar inte i glaset<\/strong> Klockrent!<\/strong> Att l\u00e4gga n\u00e5gonting p\u00e5 hyllan<\/strong> Ute och cyklar<\/strong> (Read Swedish odd expressions part I here<\/a> and part II here<\/a>, and as soon as I have conquered the brilliant Byki, I will gather them all in one big – and weird – idiom list, I promise! It was n\u00e4ra \u00f6gat<\/strong> I got the hang of it today, but I decided to l\u00e4gga det p\u00e5 hyllan<\/strong> until tomorrow…)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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 \u00e4pplet Meaning: When you have…<\/p>\n
\nMeaning:<\/strong> When you have to do something you really don’t want to, but there’s no way out of it.
\nLiterally meaning:<\/strong> To bite into the sour apple
\nExample:<\/strong> Jag ville inte g\u00f6ra provet, men det var bara att bita i det sura \u00e4pplet. (I didn’t want to do the test, but I just had to do it, there was no way I couldn’t.)<\/p>\n
\nMeaning:<\/strong> To take control and show how things should be done.
\nLiterally meaning:<\/strong> To show where to put the cabinet
\nExample:<\/strong> Sverige l\u00e5g under, men s\u00e5 visade \u00e4ntligen Zlatan var sk\u00e5pet ska st\u00e5. (Sweden was losing, but finally Zlatan showed them how things shall be done.)
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\nDet var n\u00e4ra \u00f6gat<\/strong>
\nMeaning<\/strong>: When something almost happens, when it’s really really close
\nLiterally meaning:<\/strong> It was close to the eye
\nExample:<\/strong> Vi krockade inte, men det var n\u00e4ra \u00f6gat (We didn’t crash, but it was really close.)<\/p>\n
\nMeaning:<\/strong> Someone who likes to drink
\nLiterally meaning:<\/strong> She\/he doesn’t spit in the glass
\nExample:<\/strong> Jennie drack sex \u00f6l, hon spottar inte i glaset direkt. (Jennie drank six beers, she obviously likes to drink.)<\/p>\n
\nMeaning:<\/strong> Brilliant! Correct! Perfect!
\nLiterally meaning:<\/strong> As clear\/clean as a bell (referring to the sound of a church bell)
\nExample:<\/strong> Tack f\u00f6r tr\u00f6jan, den var klockren! (Thank’s for the shirt, it was perfect!)<\/p>\n
\nMeaning:<\/strong> To postpone something, take a break from something
\nLiterally meaning:<\/strong> To put something on the shelf
\nExample:<\/strong> Jag hann inte med att spela fotboll s\u00e5 jag fick l\u00e4gga den p\u00e5 hyllan ett tag (I didn’t have time to play football, so I had to take a break from it for a while.<\/p>\n
\nMeaning:<\/strong> To be completely wrong about something
\nLiterally meaning:<\/strong> To be out cycling
\nExample:<\/strong> G\u00f6teborg \u00e4r inte Sveriges huvudstad, nu \u00e4r du ute och cyklar. (Gothenburg is not the capital of Sweden, you are completely wrong.<\/p>\n