Karelian words - Expression and Sayings
Boabollas tiijusta - mind your own business - lit. ask your grandma
Dielot on šuapkas i šuapka konua vas - it's under control - lit. Things are in hat and hat is on the head
Ei merda rengil miärätä - don't judge book by it's cover - lit. the sea isn't measured with a bucket
Hibjuhiiri selgiä myö kävelöy - to get goosebumps - lit. skinmouse walks along the back
Hos ollou sijas sigua, on i aijas raguo - even best laid plans, there's no perfect plan - even though there are a lot of pigs in bed, there is also many holes on the fence
Hukan perzies - behind the god's back, in arse end of nowhere - lit. in a wolf's arse
Jallat kahes venehes seizou - for someone to be a cheater, someone who's cheated on their partner - lit. to stand one foot in each boat
(Karu) lerkkuu kui pieru helmas - hanging about like bad smell - lit. (devil) hangs around like fart in the hem
Kenen pahna sen i počit - not my circus not my monkeys, not my problem - lit. the pigs belong to the person with the pigsty
Kuni n'oakka heittäy laglatuksen (sit jougoni laulau) - when pigs fly - lit. when jackdaw ceases croaking (then the swan will sing)
Kuu kehällä taivas tähellä - all's well that ends well - lit. moon is round and sky is starry
Pahah sanah i paivu katkieu, a hyväh sanah i leppy lämbyy - you catch more flies with honey than vinegar - lit. bad words make even willow break, good words make even alder bend
Pierul lendelöy - to be butthurt, to overreact - lit. (they are) flying on a fart
Pimiel peäl. Täyves lentas - to be drunk as a skunk, arse over tits - lit. in dark head. In full braid
Se on seäksi i keviäl liha - every little bit helps - lit. Even mosquito is meat on spring
Siellä hyvä missä meidä ei - grass is always greener - lit. good is where we are not
Vačča on kobras - jumped out of (my) skin - lit. stomach is in hand
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