"niin kuin märkä palaa" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [Finnish]

Etymology: niin kuin (“as, like”) + märkä (“wet”) + palaa (“burns”) Etymology templates: {{m|fi|niin kuin||as, like}} niin kuin (“as, like”), {{m|fi|märkä||wet}} märkä (“wet”), {{m|fi|palaa||burns}} palaa (“burns”) Head templates: {{head|fi|phrase|head=niin kuin märkä palaa}} niin kuin märkä palaa
  1. (simile) badly, not very well Synonyms: kuin jäitä polttelisi, niinkuin märkä palaa [colloquial]
    Sense id: en-niin_kuin_märkä_palaa-fi-phrase-uK9FQ74g Categories (other): Finnish entries with incorrect language header, Finnish similes

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for niin kuin märkä palaa meaning in All languages combined (1.6kB)

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