kissan viikset
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
kissan (“cat's”) + viikset (“whiskers”)
Interjection[edit]
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see kissan viikset ("cat's whiskers").
- rubbish, nonsense (expresses that what was recently said is untruth or nonsense)
Usage notes[edit]
The idiomatic meaning of cat's whiskers in English is not the same as in Finnish, and translating the Finnish idiomatic meaning such is incorrect.