"Det finns inget dåligt väder, bara dåliga kläder."
Translation:There is no bad weather, just bad clothes.
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Hey, isn't this a swedish phrase or something? I remember seeing this somewhere.....
I think everybody has to tell themselves this sometimes.....I do have a tendency to blame things on the weather....
Ah, I see. That's why it is so common for Scandinavians to travel to warmer countries. ;)
Newcomers usually moved to what was then the frontier where you could get a plot of land of your own. At the time of Swedish emigration to the US, Minnesota offered what many of the Swedes emigrated for.
We say this quite a bit in Seattle, too. Everyone who moves to the city should be issued a standard raincoat.
Since you are also learning German, it also perhaps also good to know for you that we have the same thing in German: "Es gibt kein schlechtes Wetter, nur schlechte Kleidung."
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Und ungekehrt: "Es gibt keine schlechte Kleidung, nur schlechtes Wetter". ^^
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I don't want to insist, but the Germans (especially the Northern Germans) say: Es gibt kein schlechtes Wetter, nur falsche Kleidung. Frequently used by German mothers whose children refuse to go to school by bike on a rainy day, but want to be driven to school by their moms. Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F71yv7fPslY Enjoy!
actually, it is to our loss (a Southerner here)... many complaints I hear throughout the winter are because people are not properly dressed...
I have suffered way less in the winter with a Swedish mentality.. even though I still miss the central heating that kept houses at 20 degrees there...
Heard this in Ylvis' "The Cabin". I finally get the joke! (even though they are Norwegian) https://youtu.be/ua1FAlHt_Ys?t=3m51s
I was told this once by a German man. He told me that's what his grandmother would say. Is this a pan-Northern European saying or was he secretly Scandinavian? :O
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I can confirm that we have a variant of this saying in German: 'Es gibt kein schlechtes Wetter, nur unpassende Kleidung' (There is no bad weather, just unsuitable/inappropriate clothing.)
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Pretty sure it's a Nordic saying originally since it only rhymes in our languages.
Finland has this too, but there are several variants and none of them rhymes.
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It rhymes in French too! But I'm pretty sure it was borrowed as well from what I can tell.
Il n’y a pas de mauvais temps, juste de mauvais vêtements
It may be beside the point, but this same saying exists in Ukrainian and Russian as well. It might be a comparatively recent loan though.
My first saying! Jag hoppas att jag får lära mera 'sayings' på svenska! :)
This might be a question which is hard to answer, but how common is this saying? Also, what is 'saying' in Swedish?
First time I ever heard this (In English) was by a Canadian standing in 2 degree Celsius weather in shorts, flip flops, and a singlet (I'm an Aussie, not so used to the cold).
There is a similar quite common phrase in english. "There is no such thing as bad weather. Only poor/unsuitable clothes". I did try it but was not surprised to find it was not accepted.
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In following some swedish friends on facebook, someone used the word oväder. A storm, yes?
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You can go out and be comfortable in the cold/wind if you dress heavily enough.
Does not apply to the heat and humidity. Only so much they will let you take off.
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So true. That's why this isn't a saying in the Middle East, where it's even hotter and you're allowed to take off even less clothes. :'(
I'm struggling with learning the endings of adjective. Dåligt väder, but dåliga kläder?
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Whahaha! That song about Swedish Cabin is just epic! :D Thanks for sharing...
