gå i stöpet
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]gå (“go”) + i (“in”) + stöpet (“the slush”)
Verb
[edit]gå i stöpet (present går i stöpet, preterite gick i stöpet, supine gått i stöpet, imperative gå i stöpet)
- (idiomatic) to fail (most commonly of something planned); to fall through, to fall apart, to come to nothing, etc.
- Planerna gick i stöpet när sponsorerna drog sig ur
- The plans fell through when the sponsors pulled out
- en bagare vars karriär gick i stöpet när han utvecklade allergi mot mjöldamm
- a baker whose career fell apart when he developed an allergy to flour dust