"kuin palmun alta" meaning in Finnish

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Phrase

Etymology: Perhaps because palm trees are stereotypical of warm climates, and some cars and similar machines tend to have problems getting going when in cold weather. Head templates: {{head|fi|phrase|head=kuin palmun alta}} kuin palmun alta
  1. (idiomatic) very smoothly and/or quickly (in verb phrases describing starting up, especially in reference to vehicles or machines) Tags: idiomatic, literally
    Sense id: en-kuin_palmun_alta-fi-phrase-jC4xn7Cs Categories (other): Finnish entries with incorrect language header, Finnish terms with collocations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "text": "lähteä kuin palmun alta",
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Download raw JSONL data for kuin palmun alta meaning in Finnish (1.1kB)

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