ta sig för pannan

== Swedish == === Verb === ta sig för pannan (present tar sig för pannan, preterite tog sig för pannan, supine tagit sig för pannan, imperative ta sig för pannan) to facepalm (bring one's hand to one's face/forehead, to express frustrated disappointment and disbelief or the like) (by extension) to be frustrated and disappointed and in disbelief or the like (without the gesture) ==== Usage notes ==== Everyday-sounding. Not as slangy as facepalm. === References === “panna”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “panna”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)