en vacker dag
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]en (“one”) + vacker (“beautiful”) + dag (“day”)
Phrase
[edit]- (idiomatic) one day, someday, one of these days (just like that)
- En vacker dag när du minst anar det kommer jag ta hämnd
- One day, when you least expect it, I will take my revenge
- En vacker dag lär han blanda fel där ute i kemilabbet och spränga sig själv i luften
- One day, he's bound to accidentally mix the wrong stuff [mix wrong] out there in the chemistry lab and blow himself up [in the air] [not implying it's a good thing]
- En vacker dag kom Nisse på besök
- One day, Nisse came to visit [adds a bit of a "out of the blue" tone compared to "en dag"]
Usage notes
[edit]Not necessarily of positive things.