Meaning of vagel i ögat | Babel Free

Definitioner

1. A stye in the eye.
   common-gender, literally
2. A source of irritation, chagrin, vexation or annoyance.
   common-gender, idiomatic

Exempel

“Jag har en vagel i ögat.”

I have a stye in the eye.

“Det är tydligen en riktig vagel i ögat på andra som vill ha barn, att man själv bestämmer att man inte vill ha barn, säger hon.”

It is apparently a vexing question in the eye of others who want children, that you decide for yourself that you do not want children, she says.

“En vagel i ögat på den brasilianska högern har länge varit Arbetarpartiets reformer rörande borrning efter olja och skövling av Amazonas, vilka nu rivs upp.”

A source of irritation for the Brazilian right has long been the Labor Party's reforms on oil drilling and the devastation of the Amazon, which are now being torn.

“Att makten i Peking betraktar honom som en vagel i ögat tycks inte bekomma honom.”

That the power in Beijing regards him as an annoyance does not seem to bother him.

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