Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Swedish term or phrase:
Fröken Duktig
English translation:
Miss Know-It-All
Added to glossary by
Tara Chace
Aug 16, 2006 03:23
17 yrs ago
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Swedish term
United States
Reliable quality, attention to detail
Native in: English
Works in: Swedish to English, Danish to English, Norwegian to English
Fröken Duktig
Swedish to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
young adult novel
A 50-year-old recovering alcoholic is being challenged by his son's girlfriend. She's calling him on what a terrible father he was. He's mad. Called her "lilla Fröken Arg och Duktig Feminist" earlier. Now he asks her:
"Hur gammal är du?" frågar jag utan att ens försöka dölja hatet i min röst.
"Sjutton," svarer hon. "Lika gammal som din son."
Sjutton år och tror sig veta allt, tror sig ha alla svar. Lilla Fröken Duktig. Det är så typiskt.
"Hur gammal är du?" frågar jag utan att ens försöka dölja hatet i min röst.
"Sjutton," svarer hon. "Lika gammal som din son."
Sjutton år och tror sig veta allt, tror sig ha alla svar. Lilla Fröken Duktig. Det är så typiskt.
Proposed translations
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Proposed translations
+3
14 mins
Eva-Marie Adams
Native in Swedish
Works in field
professional- proof reading included!
Native in: Swedish 
Works in: English to Swedish, Swedish to English
Related KudoZ points
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8
Selected
miss know-it-all
Another well known way of saying it is "little miss know it all.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you!"
2 hrs
Larry Abramson
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Use the Asian advantage (US lawyer&team)
Native in: English
Works in: Swedish to English, Danish to English, Norwegian to English, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
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8
a manhater in training, angry young woman
The phrase context here is NOT Fröken Dutig, but rather Fröken Arg och duktig feminist. My first suggestion specifically relates the that phrase, while the second is an allusion to the Angry Young Men who populated British post-war literature.
3 hrs
Miss Clever
One of the other answers, or Clever Miss.
+1
3 hrs
Anders Östberg
Sweden
Sweden
Native in Swedish
Sweden
Opera singer with a love of language
Native in: Swedish
Works in: Swedish to English, English to Swedish
Related KudoZ points
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4
Little Miss Goodie Two Shoes
Possibly a bit dated by I like the expression
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Clare Barnes
: Not to do with knowing it all, but trying to do everything as she's supposed to.
1 hr
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| agree |
Charlesp
8 hrs
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| neutral |
Eva-Marie Adams
: I don't know that this is what they are trying to say in the text (trying to do what you are supposed to). It seems to me that he is angry because she thinks "she knows it all" even if she is only 17.
12 hrs
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| disagree |
Thor Truelson
: No. That's not really what's implied.
22 hrs
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+2
3 hrs
Michele Fauble
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Native English
Native in: English
Works in: Norwegian to English, Danish to English, Swedish to English
Related KudoZ points
:
12
(Little) Miss Smarty Pants
"Might as well call her 'Little Miss Smarty Pants.'"
life.familyeducation.com/behavioral-problems/parenting/36010.html
Little miss smarty-pants, ... You always think you know best. ...
www.tattoohighway.org/2000/lovesong.html
life.familyeducation.com/behavioral-problems/parenting/36010.html
Little miss smarty-pants, ... You always think you know best. ...
www.tattoohighway.org/2000/lovesong.html
6 hrs
A proper Pollyanna
if you remember that character?
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