Talk:Swedish proverbs

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yes, "Bättre en tia i handen än en tjuga i foten" is mostly a joke and a variation on the one above.

[edit] Mund

Ni skriver: "Morgonstund har guld i mund."

Translation: "Morning hour has gold in its mouth."

Notes: The strange spelling of mouth ("mund", in modern speech spelled "mun") is an old way of spelling it. "Mund" has been used since 1523 according to the Swedish Academy's dictionary.

På islänska: Morgunstund gefur gull í mund. - Mund här betyder: hand. Och jag slår vad om att mund inte har meningin mun i gamall svenska - som i sina unga dar var nog ganska nära islenska. --85.220.24.178 06:17, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

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what about: "ont ska med ont förgås" roughly: "kill evil with evil"

[edit] "Det är tanken som räknas."

isnt this used more for when a gift isnt fancy but what counts is that you gave (for like a birthday or christmas) and mostly on tv?