skingras som agnar för vinden

Swedish

Etymology

Literally, "scatter like chaff to [for] the wind," from Psalm 1:4.

Verb

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  1. (idiomatic) to scatter to the winds, to scatter to the four winds (spread out widely)
    Synonym: skingras för vinden
    Det gamla gänget hade skingrats som agnar för vinden
    The old gang had scattered to the (four) winds

References

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