Nu har du satt din sista potatis
Meaning: You've done your last misdeed; you're finished.
Language: Swedish
Literally: Now you've planted your last potato
Category: Food & Drink
Origin: A staple-crop warning from Sweden's farming past: plant your final potato and your time is well and truly up.
More idioms — Food & Drink
- Bułka z masłem — Something very easy; a piece of cake.
- Se faire rouler dans la farine — To be conned or deceived.
- Avoir le melon — To be bigheaded and conceited.
- To have egg on your face — To look foolish or embarrassed.
- Da haben wir den Salat — Now we've got a fine mess.
- Den Löffel abgeben — To die.
More Swedish idioms
- Att göra en pudel — To make a public, groveling apology.
- Att ha tummen mitt i handen — To be hopelessly clumsy; all thumbs.
- Nu är det kokta fläsket stekt — Now we're really in trouble.
- Att kasta yxan i sjön — To give up completely.
- Att ha en räv bakom örat — To be cunning and sly.
- Att smita från notan — To dodge paying or shirk responsibility.
From our tongue twisters
- Chi è Ciccio Capece? Ciccio Capece è un capocaccia che caccia con la cacciaballa. — A 'c/ci/ccia' onslaught — Italian's hard and soft c in the same sentence, non-stop.
- O rato roeu a roupa do rei de Roma; a rainha com raiva roeu o resto. — An unstoppable 'r' trill drill — every key word begins or ends with the Portuguese r.
- Um tigre, dois tigres, três tigres tristes triscam trigo num trigal. — A 'tr' cluster drill that adds a sad adjective to make the alliteration worse.