"ler och långhalm" meaning in Swedish

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Phrase

Etymology: Literally meaning "clay and long straw", using the shortened "ler" for "lera" (clay). The term comes from older times' manufacture of bricks when clay and straw were worked together, which would then be tightly joined together and difficult to distinguish. Head templates: {{head|sv|idiom}} ler och långhalm
  1. (idiomatic) The expression means that two things (people, etc) are strongly related. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-ler_och_långhalm-sv-phrase-JphzrJUx Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header

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  "etymology_text": "Literally meaning \"clay and long straw\", using the shortened \"ler\" for \"lera\" (clay). The term comes from older times' manufacture of bricks when clay and straw were worked together, which would then be tightly joined together and difficult to distinguish.",
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        "The expression means that two things (people, etc) are strongly related."
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