stå som spön i backen

Swedish

Etymology

Literally, "stand like rods in the ground", referring to how heavy rain at a distance can look like a mass of vertical lines.

Verb

stå som spön i backen (present står som spön i backen, preterite stod som spön i backen, supine stått som spön i backen, imperative stå som spön i backen)

  1. (idiomatic) rain cats and dogs (rain very heavily)
    Regnet stod som spön i backen
    The rain stood like rods in the ground

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