stå som spön i backen
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, "stand like rods in the ground", referring to how heavy rain at a distance can look like a mass of vertical lines.
Verb
[edit]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)
- (idiomatic) rain cats and dogs (rain very heavily)
- Regnet stod som spön i backen
- The rain stood like rods in the ground