No. 12,362 in Swedish
självmål
An "own goal" in sports.
In a sentence
Han gjorde ett självmål i den viktiga matchen.
He scored an own goal in the important match.
The term 'självmål' is used in soccer context to describe an event where a player accidentally causes the ball to enter their team's goal.
Det var ett självmål att föreslå den idén under mötet.
It was a blunder to suggest that idea during the meeting.
Here 'självmål' metaphorically conveys 'a mistake or blunder that harms one's own interests'.
Att inte förbereda sig inför intervjun var ett stort självmål.
Not preparing for the interview was a big self-inflicted mistake.
In this sentence, the word 'självmål' figuratively means 'an action leading to a negative outcome for oneself.'
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