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Swedish
Etymology
folk + och + fä
Literally; people and creature.
Phrase
folk och fä
- (literally) people and livestock; humans and animals; man and beast
1948, Linnar Linnarsson, Bygd, by och gård, page 281:Med en smula arsenik satte bonden hull och kurage på sin häst, och med lite arsenik kunde han pigga upp sig själv. Den användes alltså som medicin för både folk och fä.- With a touch of arsenic, the farmer bolstered his horse's strength and spirit, and with a little arsenic, he could invigorate himself as well. It was thus employed as medicine for both man and beast.
2023 October 17, Leif Holmkvist, “NASA ska försöka dämpa ljudbangen [NASA will try to mitigate the sonic boom]”, in Travel News:Problemet för överljudsplanen är ljudbangen som spräcker rutor, kan skada byggnader och skrämmer både folk och fä.- The problem for supersonic planes is the sonic boom that shatters windows, can damage buildings, and frightens both people and animals.
- (idiomatic) one and all, all and sundry (roughly the refined and the rabble)
1889, Andreas Hasselgren, Dagsländor, page 68:Pharaos här skulle inte ha jemmerligen drunknat i Röda hafvet, om högstdensamme och manskapet fått genomgå en fullständig simkurs hos hr Köhler. Ej heller skulle en liknande malheur i en senare tid händt kejsar Barbarossa. Hvaraf man bör inse simsportens nytta för både folk och fä.- Pharaoh's army would not have miserably drowned in the Red Sea, had His Excellency and his men undergone a thorough swimming course under Mr Köhler. Nor would a similar misfortune have befallen Emperor Barbarossa in later times. From this, one should recognise the benefit of the sport of swimming for both common folk and nobility alike.
- (polysemic) Incorporating both the literal and idiomatic sense; one and all and man and beast alike.
2012 September 8, Maria Sällberg, Martin Strandberg, Trelleborgs Allehanda:Hästjazz drog folk och fä till Anderslöv- Horse jazz attracted all and sundry/people and animals to Anderslöv.
2021 October 2, Marica Hildén, YLE:Regina Rehn gör smörgåstårtor för folk och fä – både utseendet och smaken är viktig- Regina Rehn makes sandwich cakes for one and all/man and beast, both appearance and taste are important.