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stämma i bäcken

“stämma i bäcken” is a Swedish word. Its meaning in English:

verb

  1. nip in the bud, a stitch in time saves nine

Etymology

Ellipsis of bättre att stämma i bäcken än i ån (“better to stem [the flow] in the creek than in the river”).

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