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Aug 17, 2022 03:49
1 yr ago
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Swedish term

spår i vinden

Non-PRO Swedish to English Other Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
From a business performance presentation: Han återknöt till sina excelbilder och menade att mycket av framgångarna ligger i att koncernen och bolagen inte spår i vinden.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 engage in crystal gazing

Discussion

Christopher Schröder Aug 17, 2022:
I never let grammar or facts get in the way of a bad joke. And you can’t say that about MT.
Agneta Pallinder Aug 17, 2022:
@Chris You are always good for a laugh! But it is "tracks in the wind", I'm afraid.

But at any rate it is not spår - tracks but spår - divines the future.
Christopher Schröder Aug 17, 2022:
Tracks in the attic, innit. I imagine playing with toy trains would make them less productive.
SafeTex Aug 17, 2022:
get involved in hairbrained schemes? I feel it might be along these lines but I can't find any evidence and I'm not a native Swede

Proposed translations

+2
4 hrs
Selected

engage in crystal gazing

"spå i vinden" is one way of saying "predicting the future without any evidence". So one English equivalent could be "crystal gazing" but others would be possible of course.
Peer comment(s):
agree SafeTex : Oops,I wasn't so far off then
1 hr
Thanks Dave! Off with the fairies, perhaps!
agree Michele Fauble
10 hrs
Thanks Michele!
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