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Swedish
Etymology
From nu (“now”) + går (“goes”) + skam (“shame”) + på (“on”) + torra land (“dry land”), in this expression referring to flooding onto dry land. Attested since the 17th century.
Interjection
nu går skam på torra land
- (idiomatic) have you no shame?, things have gone too far
Gifte han sig med sekreteraren en vecka efter att frun dog? Nu går skam på torra land.- Did he marry his secretary a week after his wife died? Has he no shame?
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