på syt og mas

English translation: to the whining/complaining

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Norwegian term or phrase:på syt og mas
English translation:to the whining/complaining
Entered by: Katarzyna Lewandowska, PhD

12:29 Dec 3, 2015
Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / expressions
Norwegian term or phrase: på syt og mas
"Det var ikke måte på syt og mas blant folk i dalen."

I don't understand this sentence at all. The doctor is supposed to visit all his patients, regardless of where they leave, because they live on two sides of the river. And the next sentence is: "Det var ikke måte på syt og mas blant folk i dalen."
What does it mean?
Katarzyna Lewandowska, PhD
Poland
Local time: 17:11
to the whining/complaining
Explanation:
There was no end to the whining and complaining of the people in the valley.
"Syt og mas" is an expression that as a whole means whining/complaining, but "mas" on its own normally means "trouble, bother, difficulty, fuss, hassle" or "nagging, fussing, importunity" (word selections taken from Ordnett)
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Elisabeth Maurland
United States
Local time: 11:11
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4 +1to the whining/complaining
Elisabeth Maurland
4(to the) whinging and whining
Norskpro


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
to the whining/complaining


Explanation:
There was no end to the whining and complaining of the people in the valley.
"Syt og mas" is an expression that as a whole means whining/complaining, but "mas" on its own normally means "trouble, bother, difficulty, fuss, hassle" or "nagging, fussing, importunity" (word selections taken from Ordnett)

Elisabeth Maurland
United States
Local time: 11:11
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian
PRO pts in category: 16

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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
(to the) whinging and whining


Explanation:
...no end to the whinging and whining

Norskpro
Norway
Local time: 17:11
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian
PRO pts in category: 4
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