ord och inga visor

Swedish

Etymology

ord (“words”) +‎ och (“and”) +‎ inga (“no”) +‎ visor (“songs”)

Noun

ord och inga visor n

  1. (idiomatic) blunt, sharp words
    Det var ord och inga visor när den avgående styrelseledamoten berättade vad han tyckte om sina tidigare kollegor
    It was words and no songs when the resigning board member told [his former colleagues, journalists, or the like – a plain "told" is idiomatic-sounding in Swedish] what he thought of his former colleagues

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