hellre än bra

Swedish

Etymology

From hellre (“rather”) +‎ än (“than”) +‎ bra (“well”), as in rather doing than being good at. Deliberately ungrammatical in Swedish as well.

Adverb

hellre än bra (not comparable)

  1. (humorous) with pleasure, but without much skill
    Jag sjunger hellre än bra
    I sing rather than well
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