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Icelandic
Etymology
From eins og (“like”) + alþjóð (“the whole population of a nation”) + veit (“knows”), the third person singular of vita (“to know”). Literally meaning "like the whole country knows".
Adverb
eins og alþjóð veit
- (simile) as everybody knows, as is common knowledge, a hyperbolic statement insinuating the prominence or obviousness of a specific fact
En þú ert, eins og alþjóð veit, feitur og heimskur.- But you are as everybody knows, fat and stupid.
Eins og alþjóð veit er ég alltaf svangur um hádegi, enda borða ég aldrei morgunmat.- It's common knowledge that I'm always hungry around noon since I never eat breakfast.
- Icelandic Web of Science: Er mjólk holl? (“Is milk good for you?”)
- Einnig innihalda margar mjólkurvörur viðbættan sykur, en eins og alþjóð veit er sá bragðgóði orkugjafi óæskilegur.
- Many dairy products also include added sugar but as everybody knows, that tasty source of energy is undesirable.
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