gå åt skogen

== Swedish == === Etymology === gå (“go”) +‎ åt (“to(wards)”) +‎ skogen (“the forest”) === Verb === gå åt skogen (present går åt skogen, preterite gick åt skogen, supine gått åt skogen, imperative gå åt skogen) (idiomatic) to fail miserably, to go to pot Synonyms: gå åt pepparn, (stronger) gå åt helvete ==== Usage notes ==== The preposition åt might reflect older/dialectal usage and mean "to." The usual meaning is "towards." ==== See also ==== dra åt skogen === References === “skog”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “skog”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “skog”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)