sakta i backarna

Swedish

Etymology

Literally, "Slow on the slopes!"

Interjection

sakta i backarna

  1. (idiomatic) not so fast, slow down there, whoa (for example when someone brings up (and then moves on from) a contentious point)
    Sakta i backarna! Ingen har väl påstått att han är helt oskyldig?
    Slow down there! No one has claimed he's completely innocent, have they?

References

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