få sina fiskar varma

Swedish

Etymology

From få (“get”) ‎ sina (“one's”) ‎ fiskar (“fishes”) ‎ varma (“warm”), from an older trend of denoting beatings with various kinds of food.

Verb

få sina fiskar varma (present får sina fiskar varma, preterite fick sina fiskar varma, supine fått sina fiskar varma, imperative få sina fiskar varma)

1. (idiomatic) to get beat up or be strongly criticized or the like

   Han ska få sina fiskar varma!

   I'm going to give him hell!

References

• fisk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• fisk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)