sätta i vrångstrupen
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]sätta (“put”) + i (“in”) + vrångstrupen (“"the wrong-throat"”)
Verb
[edit]sätta i vrångstrupen (present sätter i vrångstrupen, preterite satte i vrångstrupen, supine satt i vrångstrupen, imperative sätt i vrångstrupen)
- (idiomatic) to have (food or drink) go down the wrong way
- Synonym: sätta i halsen
- Han satte kaffet i vrångstrupen
- He had his coffee go down the wrong way
- Varför hostar du? Satte du i vrångstrupen?
- Why are you coughing? Did something go down the wrong way?