"pitkä kuin nälkävuosi" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Finnish]

Etymology: Literally "long like a year of famine", probably in reference to the Finnish famine of 1866–68. Compare French long comme un jour sans pain (“long like a day without bread”). Etymology templates: {{cog|fr|long comme un jour sans pain||long like a day without bread}} French long comme un jour sans pain (“long like a day without bread”) Head templates: {{fi-adj|head=pitkä kuin nälkävuosi}} pitkä kuin nälkävuosi
  1. (simile) very long (e.g. of uninteresting, long and boring, texts or plays, etc.) Wikipedia link: Finnish famine of 1866–68
    Sense id: en-pitkä_kuin_nälkävuosi-fi-adj-~XV4M0HU Categories (other): Finnish entries with incorrect language header, Finnish similes

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