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English rats and Swedish owls

I like the Swedish equivalent of the English saying 'I smell a rat' which is Jag anar ugglor i mossen, meaning 'I sense owls in the swamp'.

Sent by: Sonia

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Aal 2007-12-11

In Norwegian it is det er ugler i mosen, meaning "there are owls in the moss". Mose is one of those words that has a different meaning in Norwegian and Danish.

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Louise 2005-06-22

Funny how things translate. The sentence is very similar in Danish: Der er ugler i mosen, meaning "There are owls in the swamp".

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