"stå som spön i backen" meaning in Swedish

{
  "etymology_text": "Literally, \"stand like rods in the ground\", referring to how heavy rain at a distance can look like a mass of vertical lines.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "står som spön i backen",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stod som spön i backen",
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stått som spön i backen",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stå som spön i backen",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "10": "stå som spön i backen",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "present",
        "4": "står som spön i backen",
        "5": "preterite",
        "6": "stod som spön i backen",
        "7": "supine",
        "8": "stått som spön i backen",
        "9": "imperative",
        "head": "stå som spön i backen"
      },
      "expansion": "stå som spön i backen (present står som spön i backen, preterite stod som spön i backen, supine stått som spön i backen, imperative stå som spön i backen)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the rain stood like rods in the ground",
          "text": "regnet stod som spön i backen",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "rain cats and dogs (rain very heavily)"
      ],
      "id": "en-stå_som_spön_i_backen-sv-verb-wwP1r2wZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "rain cats and dogs",
          "rain cats and dogs"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ösregna"
        },
        {
          "word": "spöregna"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "stå som spön i backen"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Literally, \"stand like rods in the ground\", referring to how heavy rain at a distance can look like a mass of vertical lines.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "står som spön i backen",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stod som spön i backen",
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stått som spön i backen",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stå som spön i backen",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "10": "stå som spön i backen",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "present",
        "4": "står som spön i backen",
        "5": "preterite",
        "6": "stod som spön i backen",
        "7": "supine",
        "8": "stått som spön i backen",
        "9": "imperative",
        "head": "stå som spön i backen"
      },
      "expansion": "stå som spön i backen (present står som spön i backen, preterite stod som spön i backen, supine stått som spön i backen, imperative stå som spön i backen)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swedish entries with language name categories using raw markup",
        "Swedish idioms",
        "Swedish lemmas",
        "Swedish multiword terms",
        "Swedish terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Swedish terms with redundant head parameter",
        "Swedish terms with usage examples",
        "Swedish verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the rain stood like rods in the ground",
          "text": "regnet stod som spön i backen",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "rain cats and dogs (rain very heavily)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rain cats and dogs",
          "rain cats and dogs"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ösregna"
    },
    {
      "word": "spöregna"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stå som spön i backen"
}