om gud vill och byxorna håller

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Literally, "If God wants and the pants don't rip".

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ɔm ɡʉ̟ːd vɪl ɔ(k) ˈbʏk͡sʊɳa ˈhɔlːɛr]

Idiom[edit]

om gud vill och byxorna håller

  1. (humoristically) expresses the speaker’s wish for a given future event to occur.

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