ANOTHER SUNDAY....ANOTHER SWEDISH PROVERB

 

"Den enes bröd är den andres död.

Literal translation: One man’s bread is another’s death.

Some men prosper from the misfortune of others don't they?

ANOTHER SUNDAY....ANOTHER SWEDISH PROVERB

 

"Den som spar han har."

literal translation: Savers, keepers

 and losers, weepers?

ANOTHER SUNDAY....ANOTHER SWEDISH PROVERB

 

"Oro ger små saker en stor skugga."

Literal translation: Worry casts a big shadow over small things

 yes it does,

ANOTHER SUNDAY....ANOTHER SWEDISH PROVERB

 

"Rädsla mindre, hoppas mer; Ät mindre, tugga mer, Gnälla mindre, andas mer; Prata mindre, säg mer, Älska mer, och alla goda ting kommer att bli din"

Literal translation: Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; love more, and all good things are yours.

ANOTHER SUNDAY....ANOTHER SWEDISH PROVERB

 

"Den som köper det han inte behöver stjäl från sig själv"

Literal translation: He who buys what he does not need steals from himself.

Perhaps the accumulation of "stuff" is a uniquely American pastime?

ANOTHER SUNDAY....ANOTHER SWEDISH PROVERB

 

"Det finns inget dåligt väder, det finns bara dåliga kläder"

Literal translation: There is no bad weather, there are only bad clothes

This is widely used in the winter as Swedish winters are cold and dark.

ANOTHER SUNDAY....ANOTHER SWEDISH PROVERB

 

"Sitta med skägget i brevlådan"

Literal translation: To sit with your beard in the letterbox.

English equivalent: To be caught with your hands in the cookie jar.

   I never would have guessed this one,

ANOTHER SUNDAY....ANOTHER SWEDISH PROVERB

 

"Älska mig mest när jag förtjänar det minst 

för då behöver jag det bäst."

Literal translation: Love me when I least deserve it, because that is when I really need it.

  Well said,

ANOTHER SUNDAY....ANOTHER SWEDISH PROVERB

 

"Att ana ugglor i mossen"

Literal translation: To suspect there are owls in the bog

English equivalent: I think I smell a rat!

ANOTHER SUNDAY....ANOTHER SWEDISH PROVERB

 

"Delad glädje är dubbel glädje, delad sorg är halverad sorg."

Literal translation: Shared joy is a double joy, shared sorrow is half a sorrow.

   True, 

ANOTHER SUNDAY....ANOTHER SWEDISH PROVERB

 

"Dra inte alla över en kam"

Literal translation: Don't pull everyone over the same comb.

English equivalent: Don't judge a book by it's cover.

ANOTHER SUNDAY....ANOTHER SWEDISH PROVERB

 

"När den blinde bär den lame går båda framåt"

Literal translation: When the blind man carries the lame man, both go forward.

English equivalent: There is strength in unity.

"One for all and all for one"?

ANOTHER SUNDAY....ANOTHER SWEDISH PROVERB

 

"Allting pår igen"

What goes around comes around.

Yup, Karma,

"

ANOTHER SUNDAY....ANOTHER SWEDISH PROVERB

 "Betala med samma mynt."

literal meaning: Pay back with the same coin

Perhaps our saying to "Pay it forward" when a person does something nice for you but doesn't expect anything back personally but encourages you to be kind to another?

I really like this one,

 

ANOTHER SUNDAY....ANOTHER SWEDISH PROVERB

 

"De som önskar att sjunga hittar alltid en låt."

Literal translation: Those who wish to sing always find a song

  If you want something enough you will find a way to get it, I suppose.

ANOTHER SUNDAY....ANOTHER SWEDISH PROVERB

 

"Sitta med skägget i brevlådan"

Literal translation: To sit with your beard in the letterbox

English equivalent: Caught with your hand in the cookie jar

You were caught doing something dishonest,

ANOTHER SUNDAY....ANOTHER SWEDISH PROVERB

 

"Rädsla mindre, hoppas mer; Ät mindre, tugga mer; Gnälla mindre, andas mer; Prata mindre, säg mer, Älska mer, och alla goda ting kommer att bli din."

Literal Translation:  “Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; love more; and all good things are yours.”

Not always so easy to do,

ANOTHER SUNDAY....ANOTHER SWEDISH PROVERB

 

"Borta bra, men hemma bäst"

Literal: Away is good but home is best

English equivalent: Home Sweet Home

      I wholeheartedly agree,

ANOTHER SUNDAY....ANOTHER SWEDISH PROVERB

 

"Inte skottat ända fram"

Literal translation: "Not shoveled all the way"
English equivalent: "Not the sharpest tool in the shed"

 We all know a few folks like this  

  

ANOTHER SUNDAY....ANOTHER SWEDISH PROVERB

 

"Det ligger en hund begraven"

Literal: There is a dog buried
English: Something is not right, something smells fishy

And I would bet a dead dog smells as bad as a fish!