haka upp sig
Swedish
editEtymology
edithaka (“hook”) + upp (“up”) + sig (“oneself”)
Verb
edithaka upp sig (present hakar upp sig, preterite hakade upp sig, supine hakat upp sig, imperative haka upp sig)
- (idiomatic, reflexive, with på) to get hung up (on something – focus on to an unreasonable degree)
- Haka inte upp dig på oväsentligheter
- Don't get hung up on things that aren't important
- (idiomatic, reflexive) to get stuck (of a mechanism or the like)