lysa med lånta fjädrar

Swedish

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Etymology

See lånta fjädrar

Verb

lysa med lånta fjädrar (present lyser med lånta fjädrar, preterite lyste med lånta fjädrar, supine lyst med lånta fjädrar, imperative lys med lånta fjädrar)

  1. (idiomatic) to adorn oneself with borrowed plumes
    • 1941, Anna Bondestam, Bergtagen‎[1], Holger Schildts förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 27 May 2025, page 172:
      [D]e lyser med lånta fjädrar, när de gör sig visa [...] med stulna argument.
      They adorn themselves with borrowed plumes when they pretend to be wise, with stolen arguments.
    • 2007, Fredrika Charlotta Runeberg, Min pennas saga‎[2], Atlantis, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland, archived from the original on 27 May 2025, page 82:
      Att pryda mig med lånta fjädrar, har jag aldrig velat.
      To adorn myself with borrowed plumes has never been my intention.

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