* stepping into the spinach
Standard Phrase used often by Everyone
jokke i spinaten • When someone does something especially stupid which has a bad consequence. Like consistently getting to work late and then getting fired or forgetting to report your taxes on time and then getting a fine.
"Jeg har ikke fået klaret min skatterapport i tide, så jeg har fået en bøde" "Der trådte du virkelig i spinaten"
"I haven't gotten my tax report done in time, so I have gotten a fine" "You really stepped in the spinach there"
4 out of 5 Danish speakers have heard this