slå slint
Swedish edit
Verb edit
slå slint (present slår slint, preterite slog slint, supine slagit slint, imperative slå slint)
- (usually impersonal) to snap (lose one's composure, go crazy)
- Det slog slint när han upptäckte frugan till sängs med brevbäraren
- He lost it ("it snapped") when he discovered his wife in bed with the mailman
- to go wrong, to fail
- Planen slog slint
- The plan went wrong