Lägga rabarber på något

Meaning: To claim or grab something for yourself.

Language: Swedish

Literally: To lay rhubarb on something

Category: Food & Drink

Origin: A folk-etymological garbling of the Latin-derived 'embargo' into the homely Swedish garden word for rhubarb.

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