ett kok stryk

Swedish

Etymology

By surface analysis, ett (“an”) +‎ kok (“amount of food boiled”) +‎ stryk (“beating”), approx. "a serving of beating." Likely originally from kåkstryk (“flagellation at the pillory”), misinterpreted over time.

Noun

ett kok stryk n

(idiomatic, colloquial) a beating
Någon borde ge honom ett kok stryk
Someone should give him a beating

References

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