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English to Swedish Slang Translation Glossary

English term		Swedish translation
...has become the cheese in a dozen bait-and-switch operations.		A dishonest trick
are peeling back the layers on our first president		avslöjar mannen bakom masken
Captain, we want to charge him for manslaughter, but the DA won’t settle for any		Kommisarien, vi vill åtala honom för dråp, men allmänna åklagaren vill inte gå med på det
Everything was coming up roses, but at the end of the day we lost a packet		upp som en sol, ner som en pannkaka/det började så väl, men blev ändå så fel
He couldn’t face the future in the slammer, so he took the lam after the robbery		tog till flykten
I suppose you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.		Jag antar att man inte kan slipa en diamant av en gråsten
if you are wired, you are fired		tänder du på får du gå!
We were chewing the fat about the rat race		vi småpratade/kallpratade om livet i ekorrhjulet