"ei enää käkeä kukuta" meaning in All languages combined

See ei enää käkeä kukuta on Wiktionary

Verb [Finnish]

Etymology: By the implication that a person who is about to die won't make it to the next time the cuckoos will sing (i.e. late spring to summer). Head templates: {{head|fi|verb|cat2=|cat3=|head=ei enää käkeä kukuta|sort=}} ei enää käkeä kukuta, {{fi-verb|head=ei enää käkeä kukuta}} ei enää käkeä kukuta
  1. (idiomatic, euphemistic) to be close to dying, be in very poor health Tags: euphemistic, idiomatic, literally
    Sense id: en-ei_enää_käkeä_kukuta-fi-verb-Zt71g96X Categories (other): Finnish entries with incorrect language header, Finnish entries with language name categories using raw markup, Finnish euphemisms

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