haukata liian iso pala

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Finnish

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Verb

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haukata liian iso pala

  1. (idiomatic) to bite off more than one can chew

Conjugation

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  • For the verb, see haukata.
  • iso pala is normally in the accusative case (which appears as either the nominative or genitive case depending on the context), but is inflected in the partitive case to express an ongoing or incomplete action or if used in the negative.