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Swedish
Etymology
Disputed. By surface analysis, ta (“take”) + bladet (“the blade, the sheet”) + från (“from”) + munnen (“one's mouth”).
Verb
ta bladet från munnen (present tar bladet från munnen, preterite tog bladet från munnen, supine tagit bladet från munnen, imperative ta bladet från munnen)
- (idiomatic) to frankly share one's opinion or what one knows (after earlier silence or evasiveness)
När han inte längre var bunden av kontraktet tog han bladet från munnen och berättade precis vad han tyckte om företaget- When he was no longer bound by the contract, he untied his tongue and told everyone exactly what he thought of the company
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