Swedish expressions make no sense (feat. Stefan Thyron)

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Meagan After Dark

Meagan After Dark

Күн бұрын

Don't put your fingers in the chickpeas!
Make sure to check out the other video we made on Stefan's channel!
• Two Americans Discuss ...
‪@StefanThyron‬
Stefan and I took a quiz about Swedish idioms. We did okay... 😅
Idioms mentioned in this video:
1. smälta som vax
2. sakta i backarna
3. som träffas av blixten
4. bli eld och lågor
5. ha gröna fingrar
6. kronan på verket
7. ha något i kikaren
8. ha näsa för något
9. ge betalt för gammal ost
10. skörda offer
11. ana ugglor i mossen
12. trångt om saligheten
Honorable mention: att glida in på en räkmacka
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På svenska
Stefan Thyron och jag både kom ifrån USA och bor i Sverige. I dagens video tog vi en quiz om svenska uttryck. Det gick sådär lol.
Extra tagord: sweden, americans in sweden, swedish idioms, svenska idiom, svenska idiomer, amerikaner i sverige, swedish expressions, slide in on a shrimp sandwich

Пікірлер: 248
@StefanThyron
@StefanThyron 3 жыл бұрын
Wow such a fun video to record and fun to watch again with your amazing editing skills! 🙌🏼
@mikaelkarlsson635
@mikaelkarlsson635 3 жыл бұрын
Very entertaining for me too! Thanks.👍
@woolyshambler7571
@woolyshambler7571 3 жыл бұрын
Actually, to be "eld and lågor" about something is getting excited. You can be eld och lågor about something that thrills you, not just angers you.
@gnarbeljo8980
@gnarbeljo8980 3 жыл бұрын
It’s ONLY about being fired uo in the positive sense. The problem is young Swedes these days constantly get their own idioms confused and mix up their metaphores 🤣
@Idaho1989
@Idaho1989 3 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@kjejon1
@kjejon1 3 жыл бұрын
@@gnarbeljo8980 yep
@CreRay
@CreRay 3 жыл бұрын
After the video I was gonna say that this expression has a different meaning in dutch, but now I know that even this one is exactly the same in dutch:)
@Achmesu
@Achmesu 3 жыл бұрын
Its definitely not being angry. It is getting excited. Lot of Swedish kids sadly don't understand the idioms nowadays as pointed out by Gnarbl.
@gnarbeljo8980
@gnarbeljo8980 3 жыл бұрын
Equivalents: Sakta i backarna =hold your horses, eld och lågor-over the moon, ha något i kikaren- got something up your sleeve
@mellertid
@mellertid 3 жыл бұрын
I disagree on the last one, it's related but to have sth up your sleeve is closer to "ha något i bakfickan" while "att ha något i kikaren" is to be up to something, have a secret plan.
@aliciabergman1252
@aliciabergman1252 3 жыл бұрын
Bli eld och lågor means you are really enthusiastic
@revan6727
@revan6727 3 жыл бұрын
yeah, its not being angry.
@sofieo4851
@sofieo4851 3 жыл бұрын
I came here to say this.
@MeaganAfterDark
@MeaganAfterDark 3 жыл бұрын
Oh no! If only I had made a free account, I would’ve known 🥲
@aliciabergman1252
@aliciabergman1252 3 жыл бұрын
@@MeaganAfterDark No worries 😉 and you’ve got us so no need for a free acount
@aliciabergman1252
@aliciabergman1252 3 жыл бұрын
@@MeaganAfterDark btw not sure if you’ve done this but i’d love to hear your opinion of some swedish music and other media💕
@gee530
@gee530 3 жыл бұрын
”Glida på en räkmacka” = Getting served on a silver platter. You got something/somewhere by someone elses work/doings. And "Att vara i eld och lågor" is not to be angry, but to be very excited. I guess the english version is "To be fired up" or "Inflamed with enthusiasm".
@DisaFeiffFaith
@DisaFeiffFaith 3 жыл бұрын
If you get some position by dumb luck or without merits you can use the variation "Glida in på ett bananskal"
@Nekotaku_TV
@Nekotaku_TV 3 жыл бұрын
It's not only because of someone else, it's just to make progress by no effort.
@Erotomania89
@Erotomania89 3 жыл бұрын
"Bli eld och lågor" is not getting angry! It's more like being super excited about something. Or being very passionate about something.
@popauloline
@popauloline 3 жыл бұрын
Precis, ”jag blev eld och lågor när jag fick veta att jag vann budgivningen” t.ex.
@ela83a
@ela83a 3 жыл бұрын
Ja den fick de helt om bakfoten 🤣
@christinesalomonsson1082
@christinesalomonsson1082 3 жыл бұрын
@@ela83a japp - vi var flera som reagerade 😃
@KasperochSiri
@KasperochSiri Жыл бұрын
Jag tror att det är lite som "grina" det betyder olika på olika ställen i landet för där jag är ifrån betyder det att bli arg :D
@stoferb876
@stoferb876 8 ай бұрын
@@KasperochSiri Mera att man kan bli passionerat arg också, så det kan innebära ilska. Om någon blir "eld och lågor" så kan det vara att de blir arga eller har ett hett temperament. Men det är själva det plötsliga uppblossandet eller utbrottet som som är själva meningen inte om det är på grund av ilska eller ångest eller förälskelse eller rättspatos eller nåt annat. Men om någon helt plötsligt blir väldigt utåtagerande och aktiv så är det ju för det mesta ilska, så att det tolkas så är ju inte konstigt.
@fetlix
@fetlix 3 жыл бұрын
Ooooh Stefan AND Maegan? now that's a flawless collab
@Asa...S
@Asa...S 3 жыл бұрын
The "skörda offer" probably comes from "liemannen", the grim reaper, having a scythe and he's harvesting human lives, for instance in an accident. Usually used about some incident that caused a lot of deaths.
@suntiger745
@suntiger745 3 жыл бұрын
Correct, although there is also a positive use of it, in ‘skördar stora framgångar’, usually referring to sports events, like “Pernilla Wigren skördar stora framgångar i slalomligan ute i europa och är nu uppe på en andraplats totalt efter segern in Val d’isere i helgen’. Both are harvest-related, and like many countries with a historically large rural/farming population the ties between the harvest and the reaper is strong, depending if it was bountiful or scarce (or lost due to weather).
@KasperochSiri
@KasperochSiri Жыл бұрын
To me "skörda offer" can also be to be "hänsynslös" = ruthless.
@Korine85
@Korine85 3 жыл бұрын
I don’t know why, but “Anna has owls in the mosque” made me laugh so hard. Such a fun video. I love how you edit.
@mrcorner1216
@mrcorner1216 3 жыл бұрын
Man, the quiz didn't even include most of my favorite idioms. You should have a swedish friend pick out some weird swedish sayings and do this again! It's a fun video idea :)
@anders630
@anders630 3 жыл бұрын
"Skörda offer" is commonly used in news reports talking about traffic accidents, smoking, drugs, cancer and similar things that takes a number of lives each year. Edit: I think the english equivalent would be that "something have taken its toll".
@swedishmetalbear
@swedishmetalbear 3 жыл бұрын
Reaping victims.
@DisaFeiffFaith
@DisaFeiffFaith 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, like for example: "Pandemin har redan skördat miljontals offer"
@MikaelMurstam
@MikaelMurstam 3 жыл бұрын
"Att glida på en räkmacka" means to have everything arranged/paid for you. A shrimp sandwich is a bit expensive and exclusive. To glide on it just means that you have everything paid for basically.
@fredriklarsson9415
@fredriklarsson9415 3 жыл бұрын
I would say that "eld och lågor" actully is to be very excited about something. So excited you're getting all "fire and flames" about it.
@suntiger745
@suntiger745 3 жыл бұрын
Att “glida in på en räkmacka” means someone is getting promoted or rewarded without earning it. Either bypassing the regular promotion routines through contacts/nepotism, or taking credit for someone else’s work. Or less work related, showing up to a gathering or event once it is ready to start and all the work to set it up has been done, when you were supposed to have helped with the setting up. The reason ‘räkmacka’ is used in this idiom is because shrimp and shrimp sandwhiches used to be a delicacy that cost more than other condiments, so it was something regular people/medelsvensson only ate at special occasions. The upper class on the other hand could eat shrimps whenever they wanted, because money. (So could fishermen, but since they do the work of actually catching the shrimp it’s not the same. Lots of old class structures/resentment in this one.)
@mstenberg8288
@mstenberg8288 3 жыл бұрын
"Att skörda offer" is most commonly used when talking about natural disasters like tsunamis or hurricanes.
@hannavictoriamorck5313
@hannavictoriamorck5313 3 жыл бұрын
Exakt. Typ som: ”Pandemin har skördat många offer.”
@johanhalvarsson2148
@johanhalvarsson2148 3 жыл бұрын
Or just someone doing careerchoices that, while benefitting them, has a negative impact on others. Or a sportsteam that are on a roll beating other teams left and right.
@Majtzy
@Majtzy 3 жыл бұрын
What an amazing duo, so much fun!
@bengtsoderman
@bengtsoderman 3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful video. A good laugh in the middle of my workday. Here are some more. "Slå huvudet på spiken" "Kasta sten i glashus" "Finns sig tillrätta" "Dra det längsta strået" "Smida medan järnet är varmt" "Prata i nattmössan" Keep going with your channel. SO NICE to watch.
@alexandermckay8065
@alexandermckay8065 3 жыл бұрын
I have to say. You two have great "camera chemistry" together in all areas on this video. You kept my attention from not hitting the fast forward button. I was totally listening to both of you in detail discuss some of the culture and social quirkiness of Swedish household items, which I have been wondering myself too!? Thank you both for the content and looking forward to seeing you again discuss your like minded or opposite views at everyday cultural and social life in Sweden as two Americans with different backgrounds living in Sweden.
@samnilsson2732
@samnilsson2732 3 жыл бұрын
My favorite Swedish idiom is easily “to poo in the blue cabinet”
@CreRay
@CreRay 3 жыл бұрын
"Som träffas av blixten", "Bli eld och lågor", "Ha gröna fingrar", "Kronan på verket", "Ha näsa för något", "Skörda offer" ALL of these expressions are *exactly* the same in dutch which I find amazing! I could never have guessed there would be so much similarities. Fun and lärorik video, please do more of these! My swedish is honestly at about the same level as you guys so I hope I find my dream job in Sweden soon:)
@katam6471
@katam6471 3 жыл бұрын
Sweden was highly influenced by 'plattyska' (Low German in English, I think) during the days of the Hanseatic League. So I'm not surprised to learn a lot of idioms are the same in Swedish and Dutch. :-)
@CreRay
@CreRay 3 жыл бұрын
@Krister L Inte vad jag vet, men tack för att lära mig ett nytt uttryck:)
@CreRay
@CreRay 3 жыл бұрын
@@katam6471 I didn’t know this, thanks for the explanation. Luckily the Swedish grammar is so much simpler than both dutch and german:)
@katam6471
@katam6471 3 жыл бұрын
@@CreRay I know. I studied German in high school and never got on good terms with the grammar. Now, 30 years later I've decided to learn Latin. I dont know if I'm brave or just plain stupid. ;-)
@mallearoundtheworld6932
@mallearoundtheworld6932 3 жыл бұрын
I LOVE Stefans response when you tried to throw the shoe horn under the buss. Just face it. Shoe horns are briliant!
@ErikWidlund
@ErikWidlund 3 жыл бұрын
haha love this "Honorable mention: att glida in på en räkmacka" ^^
@anderslavas4101
@anderslavas4101 3 жыл бұрын
Meagan, you pronounce ö very well! Most people with foreign language backgrounds tend to pronounce it like å.
@HeyItsMelinax
@HeyItsMelinax 3 жыл бұрын
The collab we all needed😍
@petra9923
@petra9923 3 жыл бұрын
If you make a painting, or some other type of art that can also be called ”ett verk”. Like ”hantverk” is handycraft.
@najtrows
@najtrows 3 жыл бұрын
yeah, verk can just be used for a product but usually a product you really like or adore.
@Asa...S
@Asa...S 3 жыл бұрын
Basically it´s "work", but not in the job sense, but more like "Collected work of Shakespeare", Shakespears samlade verk. Konstverk is artwork and so on.
@robhobsweden
@robhobsweden 3 жыл бұрын
Or one's creation.
@fornamnefternamn1532
@fornamnefternamn1532 3 жыл бұрын
@@Asa...S I agree, nowadays we say "jobba" or "arbeta", I am pretty sure we only said "verka" before English and German affected our language. "Bo och verka" means "live and work".
@Angelica_Weber
@Angelica_Weber 3 жыл бұрын
No! “Bli eld och lågor” is being over excited 😆
@fornamnefternamn1532
@fornamnefternamn1532 3 жыл бұрын
I am pretty sure "verka" is the original word and that "work" is derived from it, but that's just extrapolating how Old Norse affected English. Nowadays we say "jobba" or "arbeta", but I guess we only said "verka" before English and German affected our language. "Bo och verka" means "live and work".
@JessieArvid93
@JessieArvid93 3 жыл бұрын
This was great! Please do a video with both of you watching classic swedish clips like "vem vare som kasta", "ring åklagarn" och "du har en fågel" etc.😂
@emanuelkihl
@emanuelkihl 3 жыл бұрын
wait, this is the ultimate swedish crossover. I love both of you
@kalas-kurt
@kalas-kurt 3 жыл бұрын
Haha my god. Just lovely. Would be interesting if the off camera guy helped describe why some of the things meant what it did though
@kaiserkarl2
@kaiserkarl2 3 жыл бұрын
Aldrig hört NÅGON amerikan har ett så fint uttal som du! Du har helt uppenbart en stor fallenhet för språk! :)
@comedyriff5231
@comedyriff5231 3 жыл бұрын
Fun video! I´d say for the idiom "kronan på verket", verket refers to a creation, a piece. Like an art piece (for example konstverk in Swedish). Verket just like Stefan said also refers to like a government agency, but in this saying it refers to a more of an art piece, so "kronan på verket" is like the crown on something already beautiful or great. The last little thing you you add that makes it perfect.
@fornamnefternamn1532
@fornamnefternamn1532 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, I guess it also means "arbete". Nowadays we say "jobba" or "arbeta", I am pretty sure we only said "verka" before English and German affected our language. "Bo och verka" means "live and work".
@digitsandfidgets
@digitsandfidgets 3 жыл бұрын
Love this collab!
@lindaallgen7651
@lindaallgen7651 3 жыл бұрын
Glömde nu har du skitit i det blåskåpet och lätt som en plätt. 😅👌😂
@MarcusPalle
@MarcusPalle 3 жыл бұрын
This is the best crossover episode i have ever seen
@simonbernsdorffwallstedt7452
@simonbernsdorffwallstedt7452 3 жыл бұрын
The collab we been waiting for!
@tedyboy3932
@tedyboy3932 3 жыл бұрын
must say i really like your videos, and i´m really impressed about your swedish especially if you concider the "short" time too, and also it´s great to hear so much positive things about sweden, bc many swedes nag about many of the things tha you LOOVE :) and it´s sad that we don´t get how great things really is :) but i guess it´s like that when you grow up with everything and take it for granted :)
@Merecir
@Merecir 3 жыл бұрын
Nu har du skitit i det blå skåpet 😄
@christinesalomonsson1082
@christinesalomonsson1082 3 жыл бұрын
No, eld och lågor . If you gave me a fantastic idea, i get very excited - I am very eld och lågor about it!
@christinesalomonsson1082
@christinesalomonsson1082 3 жыл бұрын
Not angry, alltså
@Niinsa62
@Niinsa62 3 жыл бұрын
I think some of the idioms were presented in a weird way by that quiz app you were using. Like "smälta som vax", which really nobody would say on its own like that. You would say it more in context, like "hon smälte som vax i mina händer". Which means that she was like putty in my hands, or whatever. I've never heard it out of that context, with a person mentioned, and the hands. Also, "sakta i backarna" is something you tell someone as an order: "Hallå där, sakta i backarna!" Like "Hey there, take it slow!" The way the quiz presented it made is sound like you could use it otherwise, like "I was chilling last night, you know, I took it sakta i backarna." That would just be plain wrong, you don't use it that way. So the quiz really didn't present the idioms in the proper context. Which made at least some of them sound weirdly off even to me as a Swedish person. Still, fun video to watch!
@saibot1221
@saibot1221 3 жыл бұрын
The collab we never expected but needed.
@TheJonasbz
@TheJonasbz 3 жыл бұрын
As the giant in Twin Peaks said to agent Cooper: "The owls are not what they seam"
@ollebrandt
@ollebrandt 3 жыл бұрын
So Fun! Now I must check Stefans channel! Räkmackan alludes effortlessness, and in a sense just casually.... So like being helped either by faith or luck into the situation....
@satanihelvetet
@satanihelvetet 3 жыл бұрын
I liked this alot! You're both very good in what you do on your own way, but you are great also together.
@najtrows
@najtrows 3 жыл бұрын
you could do more of these. if you need any help creating a quiz we could send some suggestions! btw "skörda offer" seemed the most out of place of them all :P
@najtrows
@najtrows 3 жыл бұрын
also "glida på en räkmacka" means you have been "born with a silver spoon in your mouth" pretty much. räkmacka is a summer delight when on vacation to the coast pretty much, a bit pricey but for a swede it is a great treat and you can buy a "räkmacka" most places when it's the season and still a lot of places when it is not the season for it. I think as usual it is a bit regional and personal exactly what it means, for me it seems like some people uses this phrase about people randomly getting through life easily and not just because they had rich parents or anything like that. but sometimes it seems like people only mean that you had rich parents or something like that too. also "born with a silver spoon in your mouth" exists as a phrase in swedish too.
@Youtube_Globetrotter
@Youtube_Globetrotter 3 жыл бұрын
This was very funny, thank you!
@tefteulf
@tefteulf 3 жыл бұрын
I must say that both Megan and Stefan "har alla hästar hemma!"
@thomasjonsson2766
@thomasjonsson2766 2 жыл бұрын
There's a sayng that says: "ont krut fårgås inte så lätt". It sounds odd in Swedish too (evil gunpowder is not easy to get rid off). It comes from an old misspelling of the German word unkraut meaning weed, and weed can be difficult to get rid off.
@thedude4795
@thedude4795 2 жыл бұрын
you have really good pronunciation. Like really, you can feel proud of yourself :) /dude from stockholm
@peolindstrom8570
@peolindstrom8570 3 жыл бұрын
That was fun to watch😂
@Frendh
@Frendh 3 жыл бұрын
Haha, "When you got your hand in the hummus seeds." I am keeping that one. My english speaking mates are going to be so confused when I throw that out there.
@reineh3477
@reineh3477 3 жыл бұрын
"Ana ugglor i mossen." Har inget med ugglor att göra utan troligen ulv (gammalt ord för varg) men då det kunde betyda otur att prata om vargen så sade man uggla.
@Shadowthevampire
@Shadowthevampire 3 жыл бұрын
Im dissipointed that you didn't get "Duu har skitit i det blå skåpet" "You have taken a shit in the blue cupboard"
@sofiesweden
@sofiesweden 3 жыл бұрын
Yes! Me too! It's one of the best! 😁👍
@Tavic1
@Tavic1 3 жыл бұрын
I have left Stefans channel, but he was OK here! Good job
@anna-karinwikstrom4410
@anna-karinwikstrom4410 3 жыл бұрын
Bli eld och lågor betyder inte att bli arg. Nej fel av facit
@agent_o_range
@agent_o_range 3 жыл бұрын
The ana ugglor i mossen that would sort of translate to sensing there are owls in(on?) the moor is actually a faulty translation from (originally I believe) a danish idiom that is along the lines of “ana ulvar I mossen”. Ulv being wolf (in both Swedish and Danish though varg is the more commonly used word in Swedish) it’s a reasonable idiom but with the (from a Swedish perspective) bit of slurry nature of Danish it got misinterpreted at some point. Ugglor - ulvar…it’s not worlds apart. This kind of explains the weirdness of it because as it is it doesn’t really make sense to Swedish people either.
@Frendh
@Frendh 3 жыл бұрын
ulv --> uv --> uggla
@Nekotaku_TV
@Nekotaku_TV 3 жыл бұрын
Haha yeah I've always thought it was so weird. Thank you.
@lars-gunnarastrom4535
@lars-gunnarastrom4535 3 жыл бұрын
Ana ugglor i mossen "There is something as is not right""
@agent_o_range
@agent_o_range 3 жыл бұрын
@@KurtFrederiksen then I guess we just imported it that way and the switch happened before that.
@jonashansson2320
@jonashansson2320 3 жыл бұрын
@@KurtFrederiksen So, it's because danes don't understanding danish? Yeah, seems legit. :)
@indraallian6371
@indraallian6371 3 жыл бұрын
Here is a few more for you. " Ha huvudet under armen" "Sitta på två stolar" " Hamna mellan stolarna" "Gå som katten kring het gröt" GL.😎
@jan-akesteen2126
@jan-akesteen2126 3 жыл бұрын
Riding THE gravy train-glida på en räkmacka
@vilmamakinen5657
@vilmamakinen5657 3 жыл бұрын
Stefan has a sweater with my school emblem on! Hahahaha
@hannavictoriamorck5313
@hannavictoriamorck5313 3 жыл бұрын
Jättekul att ni gör samarbetet! (Innan jag ens lyssnat är jag glad).
@athena12373
@athena12373 3 жыл бұрын
Fun collaboration
@johanjacobsen393
@johanjacobsen393 3 жыл бұрын
“Att glida på en räkmacka” basically means that you complete something without any effort. For example: you could say that people with famous parents sometimes goes through life on a “räkmacka” since they’ve got advantages. Although to my knowledge theres not really any logic behind why you say shrimp sandwich..
@najtrows
@najtrows 3 жыл бұрын
I think räkmacka is used just because we Swedes mostly see it as a nice treat you only get once in a while. But someone is using the goodness of that treat everyday and gliding through life on it. Like.. you can afford to eat one everyday because your life is so nice.
@johanjacobsen393
@johanjacobsen393 3 жыл бұрын
@@najtrows gillar hur du tänker ;)
@christinesalomonsson1082
@christinesalomonsson1082 3 жыл бұрын
Glida frAm på en räkmacka. Någon har krattat manegen 🥴
@johanjacobsen393
@johanjacobsen393 3 жыл бұрын
@@christinesalomonsson1082 näej nu har du skitit i det blå skåpet
@suntiger745
@suntiger745 3 жыл бұрын
Not quite. ‘Glida in på en räkmacka’ does have class structure roots, but is usually used about adults. People born to rich and/or famous parents are said to be “född med silversked i mun”. (Born with a silver spoon in their mouth, implying an easier start in life), though there can be some overlap.
@betong3449
@betong3449 3 жыл бұрын
"Att glida på en räkmacka" means that you're getting things served on a silver platter, or you have an easy way in life, pretty much.
@essp3688
@essp3688 3 жыл бұрын
Jaaa, äntligen gör ni ett samarbete. 😍
@dennisjohansson4609
@dennisjohansson4609 3 жыл бұрын
More of this please😄😄
@herrbonk3635
@herrbonk3635 3 жыл бұрын
5:10 Verket could be an establishment, but also something you built, did, or accomplished. You could also compare the word _verk_ with english _work._ They are near cognates, with similar etymologies.
@jonkup1
@jonkup1 3 жыл бұрын
Att bli eld och lågor = to be very enthusiastic about something, to be in awe
@kristinajohansson1351
@kristinajohansson1351 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome collab!
@charliekoohler4774
@charliekoohler4774 3 жыл бұрын
Some words you didn't quite figure out: Verk: creation of any kind, usually artistic Ana: have an incling/to think something (is going to happen) Salighet: holiness/sacredness Backarna: the hills Yw, this was an awesome video, I had not heard of the last one!
@gnarbeljo8980
@gnarbeljo8980 3 жыл бұрын
Other fun ones: han har tomtar på loftet=he’s a bit wacko (not all there as in delusional), Hon var inte med på noterna- she wasn’t playing along or wasn’t in on it, wasn’t having it, Ingen ko på isen-no big deal (or disaster), tjall på linjen-bad connection (phone line), Tror du jag var född i farstun, eller?- Do I honestly look that stupid (as to believe that, who’s leg do you think your pulling?), Är du tappad bakom en vagn?-are you a complete moron? (Someone drop you on your head?) Nu har du allt målat in dig i ett hörn (lit. Painted yourself into a corner) put yourself between a rock and a hard place, or talked yourself into a losing battle, lost your argument by your own fault, Nu har du allt satt din sista potatis- You just planted your last potato buddy, (selfexplanatory works well in English too! Lol, you’re gonna get it!) Another idiom with same definition as Ugglor i mossen is Här ligger en död hund begraven. (jag) anar oråd. Ros eller ris- (lit.Rose or spanking) good or bad critique, (the ris isn’t rice or spank but the little brush/twigs children were spanked with back in the days of yore) Halka in på ett bananskal-adding quite late to a conversation (often budding into an overheard one) ”ursäkta om jag halkar in på ett bananskal men…” Gräddfil-not just as the literal food but fil as in lane-cream lane, lane of privilege, fast lane VIP section etc, Tårta på tårta-overdoing it to the point of anticlimax, too much of the same, also :gaudy, Grädden på moset, lök på laxen, pricken över i-et-the cherry on top. Att gilla läget- be content with the statis quo or make do with what you got. Du ser ut som du sålt smöret och tappat pengarna- the look of a loser ie baffled and disappointed but none the wizer (can also be used in milder terms, like you look totally lost man) Dra timmerstockar-snore loudly (lit dragging whole timber) Det där har du fått om bakfoten-you got that all backwards, misunderstood something essential. Entertaining isn’t it? 😆
@mariastrandving3158
@mariastrandving3158 3 жыл бұрын
You have to be a couple, if your not already are. You seem to be a perfect match.
@toastisimo
@toastisimo 2 жыл бұрын
"Jag anar Ugglor i Mossen här" lol
@astral7080
@astral7080 3 жыл бұрын
Galet roligt!!
@blobfishrescue
@blobfishrescue 3 жыл бұрын
Hummus… kikaren… kikärtor…. 😂👏🏻
@ESPirits87
@ESPirits87 3 жыл бұрын
The idiom "It's raining cats and dogs" makes no sense either. :>
@mrcold9164
@mrcold9164 3 жыл бұрын
Or Moms the word
@dinkitoyare2485
@dinkitoyare2485 3 жыл бұрын
None wants to pay for old cheese, clearly he have never been to a a danish cheese shop!
@matsbluckert
@matsbluckert 3 жыл бұрын
My fave swedish idiom is "skita i det blå skåpet"
@carl-fredrikidestrom2788
@carl-fredrikidestrom2788 Жыл бұрын
Ingen ko på isen…. That is a good Swedish Idiom…😊
@fatimah8961
@fatimah8961 3 жыл бұрын
Omg love the collab😍
@LucaK
@LucaK 3 жыл бұрын
omg sick collab :D
@rickardelimaa
@rickardelimaa 3 жыл бұрын
Skönt tema, särskilt som ni kom på det på fem min. :)
@electrictofumuffins6384
@electrictofumuffins6384 2 жыл бұрын
Those lights! Sit not facing the window and use a white board to reflect the window light on subject?
@Kratatch
@Kratatch 3 жыл бұрын
Nice google translate questions lol. "Som träffaD av blixten" is the right expression.
@silversurfer8818
@silversurfer8818 3 жыл бұрын
Nästa gång borde ni två bara prata Svenska!
@thehoogard
@thehoogard 3 жыл бұрын
"Att ha något i kikaren". I guess "to have your eyes set on something" would be the equivalent.
@SoberbioNumeroUno
@SoberbioNumeroUno 3 жыл бұрын
Be up to something
@Asa...S
@Asa...S 3 жыл бұрын
Be up to no good.
@linusfotograf
@linusfotograf 3 жыл бұрын
@@Asa...S There's nothing bad or conspiratorial about this idiom. It just means you have something planned.
@mgntstr
@mgntstr 3 жыл бұрын
@@linusfotograf Nein. not something planet. Something in mind. Very different.
@mrborgeusborg1541
@mrborgeusborg1541 3 жыл бұрын
Was really interesting, and even as a swede some of these expressions where hard(but I am overall very bad at expressions I don't know). The shrimp one: glida på en räkmacka. I dunno if I really should explain to much of it, because I really think it could be a fun video seeing you figure it out. :) I would argue that many people in sweden are affected by a culture phenomenon called law of Jante. In some areas of sweden law of Jante has had a huge impact on the society. Both where my parents grew up Jante was something very very real and it has affected me. It can be positive but also very very negative. And I think when you read about Jante, you can figure out what glida på en räkmacka is.
@Nekotaku_TV
@Nekotaku_TV 3 жыл бұрын
4:35 This is why you need the quiz to tell you what's right and wrong. Maybe people have use it in several ways but I've only ever known it to be excited. I was like what!? But also, you can sometimes tell what the answer is using logic and process of elimination. I never heard most of these.
@christian5941-e4o
@christian5941-e4o 3 жыл бұрын
Ni borde göra en om svenska ordspråk som t ex: "Förd bakom ljuset", "Lägga benen på ryggen" osv :)
@Krubbe
@Krubbe 3 жыл бұрын
this was so good!
@xagemox
@xagemox 3 жыл бұрын
Super fun!
@Nubbe999
@Nubbe999 3 жыл бұрын
Ge betalt för gammal ost. It was a person in a milk/ cheese farm that had sold bad cheese to someone that then came back and argue with the salesperson. In that shop/ farm there where also another customer that saw everything and right before the person with the old cheese gave the salesperson a beating, he said "du ska få betalt för gammal ost" The other customer found it funny and the tale has lived on for generations and become a saying. You can sell me old cheese but I will pay you the price its worth.... a fist in your face
@scarlett8146
@scarlett8146 3 жыл бұрын
My gosh I laughed so hard lol
@AnWe79
@AnWe79 3 жыл бұрын
You should watch the old Nilecity skit about "ordstäv", it's hilarious. Jag anar ugglor som får kläder...
@EattinThurs61
@EattinThurs61 2 жыл бұрын
"Ana ugglor i mossen" is a faux amie from Danish. Its original mening is wolves at the bog but the word for Wolf in Danish "ulv" (pronounced by a Dane) sounds more like the word uv= owl for a Swede (uv, uggla the later more common =owl whilst uv are the biggest owls). "Ont krut förgås inte så lätt" is from German" umkraut=weeds ie weeds do not die easily ie bad persons are hard to get rid off, the evil ones persists, the good die young whilst the bad lives on.
@FlaxArne
@FlaxArne 3 жыл бұрын
uhm "eld och lågor" means förtjust" right? so was incorrect answer no?
@FlaxArne
@FlaxArne 3 жыл бұрын
oh already commented ofc oops :)
@ingvartorma9789
@ingvartorma9789 3 жыл бұрын
The term "slip into a shrimp sandwich" began to be used in the 1970s and refers to someone having it easy or riding a free ride on someone else.
@eaakerman8829
@eaakerman8829 3 жыл бұрын
Fun folket!😀
@mknknutsson3114
@mknknutsson3114 3 жыл бұрын
Idk what to say more than this video made me really happy💁🏻‍♀️✨✨
@nickgray123
@nickgray123 3 жыл бұрын
Green fingers in English (trad. O.G. etc etc) - Green Thumb in American English. Nice video though, some idioms which are not the usual quoted ones you get on the internet (ko på isen, skit i blåskapet etc) and I can keep up roughly with the level of Swedish attempt to decode them 🙂
@ivvesthlm9056
@ivvesthlm9056 3 жыл бұрын
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