See saken är biff on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Literally, \"the thing is beef steak\". Unknown origin.\nSome unproven hypothesis exists:\n* From the abbreviation bif., from bifalles (“second, approve”). Thus meaning \"the thing is approved\" or \"granted\".\n* Ultimately from klara skivan (literally “manage the [game/table] board”), whence skiva (“board; slice”) was turned into klara biffen (literally “manage the beef steak”), whence saken är biff (literally “the thing is beef steak”).",
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"ref": "1944 September 10, Aftonbladet, page 21:",
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"ref": "1956, Barbro Alving, Dagbok från Långholmen, page 68:",
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