få sina fiskar varma
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From få (“get”) + sina (“one's”) + fiskar (“fishes”) + varma (“warm”), from an older trend of denoting beatings with various kinds of food.
Verb edit
få sina fiskar varma (present får sina fiskar varma, preterite fick sina fiskar varma, supine fått sina fiskar varma, imperative få sina fiskar varma)
- (idiomatic) to get beat up or be strongly criticized or the like
- Han ska få sina fiskar varma!
- I'm going to give him hell!