selkä seinää vasten in Finnish

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Etymology: selkä (“back”) + seinää (“a wall”) + vasten (“against”) Etymology templates: {{m|fi|selkä||back}} selkä (“back”), {{m|fi|seinä|seinää|a wall}} seinää (“a wall”), {{m|fi|vasten||against}} vasten (“against”) Head templates: {{head|fi|phrase|head=selkä seinää vasten}} selkä seinää vasten

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      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "selkä",
        "3": "",
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      },
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        "3": "",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "selkä (“back”) + seinää (“a wall”) + vasten (“against”)",
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        "1": "fi",
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        "head": "selkä seinää vasten"
      },
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    }
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  "lang_code": "fi",
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        {
          "english": "When put back to the wall he had to confess.",
          "text": "Kun hänet pantiin selkä seinää vasten, hänen oli pakko tunnustaa.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "back to the wall, back against the wall (very difficult situation with no beneficial options available for action)"
      ],
      "id": "en-selkä_seinää_vasten-fi-phrase-KP-ZyvFk",
      "links": [
        [
          "back to the wall",
          "back to the wall"
        ],
        [
          "back against the wall",
          "back against the wall"
        ]
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) back to the wall, back against the wall (very difficult situation with no beneficial options available for action)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "selkä seinää vasten"
}

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{
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "selkä",
        "3": "",
        "4": "back"
      },
      "expansion": "selkä (“back”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "seinä",
        "3": "seinää",
        "4": "a wall"
      },
      "expansion": "seinää (“a wall”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "vasten",
        "3": "",
        "4": "against"
      },
      "expansion": "vasten (“against”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "selkä (“back”) + seinää (“a wall”) + vasten (“against”)",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "phrase",
        "head": "selkä seinää vasten"
      },
      "expansion": "selkä seinää vasten",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fi",
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        "Finnish lemmas",
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "When put back to the wall he had to confess.",
          "text": "Kun hänet pantiin selkä seinää vasten, hänen oli pakko tunnustaa.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "back to the wall, back against the wall (very difficult situation with no beneficial options available for action)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "back to the wall",
          "back to the wall"
        ],
        [
          "back against the wall",
          "back against the wall"
        ]
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) back to the wall, back against the wall (very difficult situation with no beneficial options available for action)"
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "selkä seinää vasten"
}

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"selkä seinää vasten" meaning in Finnish

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