lök på laxen

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Literally, "onion on the salmon".

Phrase[edit]

lök laxen

  1. even worse; an extra disadvantage

Usage notes[edit]

Usually in either of the constructions "[att] lägga lök på laxen" ([to] make things even worse, literally "[to] put onion on the salmon") or "som (extra) lök på laxen" (as something which makes things even worse, literally "as (extra) onion on the salmon")