onda ögat
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]onda (“evil (definite)”) + ögat (“the eye”)
Noun
[edit]- the evil eye
Usage notes
[edit]Usually as "ge någon onda ögat" (give someone the evil eye) and "få onda ögat av något" (get the evil eye from someone), where it is treated as a proper noun in the sense that "det onda ögat" would be expected grammatically.