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beer goggles

Swedish translation: i spritlampans sken

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English term or phrase:beer goggles
Swedish translation:i spritlampans sken
Entered by: Richard Green

18:15 Aug 25, 2013
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English term or phrase: beer goggles
This is not for a commercial translation, rather just for my own vocabulary. How would you say "beer goggles" in Swedish? I.e. the supposed "goggles" which make everything seem great and everyone seem attractive after having drunk a few beers?

Thanks in advance!

Richard
Richard Green
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:02
I spritlampans sken
Explanation:
An old one that comes pretty close :-)
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Michael Larsson
Sweden
Local time: 01:02
Grading comment
Thank you! I REALLY like this solution - it creates a good image!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4I spritlampans sken
Michael Larsson
4NA
Emma Jansson
4Rosenfärgade glasögon
Jenny Tollet


Discussion entries: 1





  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
NA


Explanation:
There really isn't any corresponding term in Swedish. However, I might add that when I was a teenager during the 80's, a bottle of wine was often referred to as a "musfälla" among teenage boys. :-)

Emma Jansson
Sweden
Local time: 01:02
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
I spritlampans sken


Explanation:
An old one that comes pretty close :-)


Michael Larsson
Sweden
Local time: 01:02
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you! I REALLY like this solution - it creates a good image!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Emma Jansson: Never heard about that one before, but it's pretty neat. :-)
13 mins
  -> Thank you :-)
agree  Joakim Braun: Briljant!
4 hrs
  -> Thank you :-)
agree  Mario Marcolin
2 days 19 hrs
  -> Thank you :-)
agree  J.M. Hernegren
2 days 23 hrs
  -> Thank you :-)
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1 day 12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Rosenfärgade glasögon


Explanation:
The meaning of it is a little broader since it can be used for anything that looks better than it really is.




Example sentence(s):
  • Efter några öl såg han henne med rosenfärgade glasögon
  • Han var naiv och såg därför framtiden med rosenfärgade glasögon
Jenny Tollet
Sweden
Local time: 01:02
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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