Significado
To know the correct solution already
Contexto cultural
The phrase is a staple in 'Debatten' on NRK, Norway's flagship political talk show. It is the ultimate 'get out of jail free' card for politicians under fire. The 'fasit' culture is strong in Scandinavia. Students are often encouraged to check their own work using the fasit, promoting independence but also making the 'fasit' a symbol of absolute truth. This phrase helps enforce the cultural norm that you shouldn't think you are better than others. By saying someone 'sits with the fasit', you are knocking them down a peg. In Norwegian 'post-mortem' meetings, using this phrase can help lower tension and prevent a blame culture.
Use it to win arguments
If someone is criticizing your past choices, this phrase is the most polite way to tell them to shut up because they didn't know better at the time.
Don't say 'hånden'
While 'hånden' is correct Norwegian, saying 'fasiten i hånden' makes you sound like a student literally holding a book, not a sophisticated speaker using an idiom.
Significado
To know the correct solution already
Use it to win arguments
If someone is criticizing your past choices, this phrase is the most polite way to tell them to shut up because they didn't know better at the time.
Don't say 'hånden'
While 'hånden' is correct Norwegian, saying 'fasiten i hånden' makes you sound like a student literally holding a book, not a sophisticated speaker using an idiom.
Teste-se
Fyll inn det manglende ordet i uttrykket.
Det er lett å kritisere når man sitter med ______ i hånd.
Selv om 'svaret' betyr det samme, er det faste uttrykket 'fasiten'.
Hvilken situasjon passer best for dette uttrykket?
Når bør du si 'Du sitter med fasiten i hånd'?
Uttrykket brukes for å påpeke at det er lett å være klok i ettertid.
Fullfør dialogen med riktig form av uttrykket.
A: 'Vi burde ha investert i det firmaet i fjor.' B: 'Ja, men ingen ______ da.'
Vi bruker preteritum 'satt' fordi vi snakker om i fjor.
🎉 Pontuação: /3
Recursos visuais
Banco de exercicios
3 exerciciosDet er lett å kritisere når man sitter med ______ i hånd.
Selv om 'svaret' betyr det samme, er det faste uttrykket 'fasiten'.
Når bør du si 'Du sitter med fasiten i hånd'?
Uttrykket brukes for å påpeke at det er lett å være klok i ettertid.
A: 'Vi burde ha investert i det firmaet i fjor.' B: 'Ja, men ingen ______ da.'
Vi bruker preteritum 'satt' fordi vi snakker om i fjor.
🎉 Pontuação: /3
Perguntas frequentes
4 perguntasIt can be slightly confrontational as it calls out someone's hindsight bias, but it is generally considered acceptable in professional and public debate.
Rarely. It's almost always used to point out that a critique is unfair or too easy.
The idiom is almost never used in plural. We don't say 'å sitte med fasitene'.
Yes, in Nynorsk it would be 'å sitje med fasiten i hand'.
Frases relacionadas
etterpåklok
similarBeing wise after the fact.
å ha svaret på alt
similarTo have the answer to everything.
ingen fasit
contrastNo set answer key/no single right way.
å sitte på gjerdet
contrastTo sit on the fence/be undecided.
