få sina fiskar varma
Swedish
Etymology
From få (“get”) + sina (“one's”) + fiskar (“fishes”) + varma (“warm”), from an older trend of denoting beatings with various kinds of food.
Verb
få sina fiskar varma (present får sina fiskar varma, preterite fick sina fiskar varma, supine fått sina fiskar varma, imperative få sina fiskar varma)
- (idiomatic) to get beat up (or be strongly criticized or the like)
- Han ska få sina fiskar varma!
- I'm going to give him hell!
References
- fisk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- fisk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)