-an bedeutet auf Swedisch
| Englisch | Swedisch |
|---|---|
| belt and suspenders (redundant system) noun | bälte och hängslensubstantiv |
| between a rock and a hard place (having the choice between two unpleasant options) preposition | i valet och kvaletpreposition mellan pest och kolerapreposition mellan två eldarpreposition |
| between Scylla and Charybdis (idiomatic) preposition | mellan Skylla och Karybdispreposition |
| between the hammer and the anvil (with the choice between two unpleasant or distasteful options) preposition | mellan hammaren och städetpreposition |
| birds and bees (euphemistic: sexual activity) noun | blommor och binsubstantiv |
| black and blue (covered in bruises) adjective [UK: blæk ənd bluː] [US: ˈblæk ænd ˈbluː] | gul och blåadjektiv |
| black-and-white (using shades of grey/gray) adjective [UK: blæk ənd waɪt] [US: ˈblæk ænd ˈwaɪt] | svartvit [~t ~a]adjektiv |
| black garden ant (Lasius niger) noun | svartmyra [~n ~myror]substantiv |
| block and tackle (system of several pulleys) noun [UK: ˈblɒk ənd ˈtæk.l̩] [US: ˈblɑːk ænd ˈtæk.l̩] | taljasubstantiv |
| blood, sweat and tears (person's determination and hard work) noun | blod [~et]substantiv svett och tårarsubstantiv |
| body and soul adverb [UK: ˈbɒ.di ənd səʊl] [US: ˈbɑː.di ænd soʊl] | kropp och själadverb |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina (country on the Balkan peninsula) proper noun [UK: ˈbɑːz.niə ənd ˌhert.səɡo.ˈviː.nə] [US: ˈbɑːz.niə ænd ˌhert.səɡo.ˈviː.nə] | Bosnien och Hercegovinaproper noun |
| both … and conjunction | både … ochsubjunktion såväl … somsubjunktion |
| bow and arrow (weapon) noun [UK: baʊ ənd ˈæ.rəʊ] [US: ˈbaʊ ænd ˈæro.ʊ] | pil och bågesubstantiv |
| bread and circuses (food and entertainment provided by the state) noun | bröd och skådespelsubstantiv |
| by and large (mostly, generally; with few exceptions) adverb [UK: baɪ ənd lɑːdʒ] [US: baɪ ænd ˈlɑːrdʒ] | i allmänhetadverb i det stora helaadverb i stort settadverb mestadelsadverb på det hela tagetadverb |
| call an ambulance (request to call an ambulance) phrase | ring en ambulansphrase |
| carbonic anhydrase (enzyme) noun | karbanhydrassubstantiv |
| carrot and stick (simultaneous rewards for good behavior and punishments for bad behavior) noun | morot och piskasubstantiv |
| Castile and León (autonomous community of Spain) proper noun | Kastilien och Leónproper noun |
| cease and desist (stop and not resume an action) verb | upphöra [~hörde, ~hört, pres. ~hör]verb |
| classical antiquity (the Greco-Roman period of history) proper noun | antikenproper noun |
| clean and jerk (in weightlifting) noun | stöt [~en ~ar]substantiv |
| companion animal (pet) noun | sällskapsdjur [~et ~]substantiv |
| cor anglais [cors anglais] (woodwind instrument) noun [UK: kɔː(r)] [US: ˈkɔːr] | engelskt hornsubstantiv |
| day and night (all the time) adverb [UK: deɪ ənd naɪt] [US: ˈdeɪ ænd ˈnaɪt] | dag och nattadverb |
| destroying angel (deadly mushroom) noun | vit flugsvampsubstantiv |
| dine and dash (leaving a restaurant without paying after eating) noun | springnota [~n ~notor]substantiv |
| dipole antenna (antenna with single, linear element, so energized that the RF current has a node only at each end) noun | dipolantennsubstantiv |
| discourse analysis [discourse analyses] (number of approaches to analyzing discourse) noun | diskursanalys [~en ~er]substantiv |
| divide and conquer (Divide and conquer) verb [UK: dɪ.ˈvaɪd ənd ˈkɒŋkə(r)] [US: dɪ.ˈvaɪd ænd ˈkɑːŋkər] | |
| do you have any brothers or sisters (do you have any siblings?) phrase |
