bära svarta strumpor
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “to wear black stockings”. Uncertain semantic origin, but cf. dialectal Norwegian Nynorsk svarthososjuke (“black stockings sickness”) and English wear yellow stockings.
Verb
[edit]bära svarta strumpor (present bär svarta strumpor, preterite bar svarta strumpor, supine burit svarta strumpor, imperative bär svarta strumpor)
- (idiomatic) To be jealous, green with envy.
Further reading
[edit]- svartsjuk in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)