så det står härliga till

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Roughly, "so that it is splendid" (closer to lovely with modern intuition), with archaic grammar. See stå till and härlig. Phrase taken from 1 Chronicles 16:27 in the 1703 Charles XII Bible ("Thet står härliga och kosteliga til för honom, och går krafteliga och gladeliga til i hans rum.")

Adverb

så det står härliga till (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic, colloquial) intensely, to a high degree (of something positive or negative)
    Det sprängs och skjuts så det står härliga till i den nya actionrullen
    There's blasting and shooting ("it is blown up and is shot") like it's going out of style in the new action flick

Usage notes

Usually a bit jocular.

References
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