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Meaning: To act without appropriate restraint, especially to make inappropriate advances or impose oneself on another.
Language: Swedish
Literally: to take oneself freedoms
Category: Daily Life
Origin: The image is of appropriating multiple liberties or privileges without invitation, crossing boundaries.
More idioms — Daily Life
- sjunga på sista versen — To be near the end of one's life or near the end of something's existence.
- bära eller brista — To succeed or fail; to endure the test or collapse under it.
- ciągnie swój do swego — People naturally gravitate toward and associate with those similar to themselves.
- podbijać bębenka — To flatter someone in an attempt to win their favor.
- na kolanie — Done quickly, crudely, or without proper care; improvised and shoddy.
- papierek lakmusowy — A decisive test that reveals the true nature or quality of something.
More Swedish idioms
- surt sa räven — To claim that something undesirable was not worth having anyway, as a way of masking disa…
- slåss mot väderkvarnar — To engage in a futile struggle against imaginary or trivial enemies.
- ha is i magen — To remain calm and composed under pressure, resisting the urge to act rashly.
- mitt på ljusan dag — In broad daylight; openly and obviously, not in secret.
- Att glida in på en räkmacka — To have things handed to you without effort.
- Att ha rent mjöl i påsen — To have a clean conscience; nothing to hide.
From our tongue twisters
- Tigre contro tigre, tigre contro un'altra tigre. — Pure 't/ig/re' drill — short and merciless; the double-g demands a crisp Italian stop.
- Apelle figlio di Apollo fece una palla di pelle di pollo e tutti i principi della città di Capua la palpeggiarono. — A wall of 'p/ll/l/a' that seems to grow longer as you speak it faster.
- Se la serpe si avvicina alla siepe del serpente, il serpente scappa dalla siepe. — A sibilant 's/se/si/sci' minefield; both words (serpe and serpente) slither through the s…