ottaa ohraleipä

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Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Literally, barley bread takes. Bread made of barley was historically a famine food (barley was instead, whenever possible, used to make porridge or gruel, or to feed animals, rather than used to make bread).

Verb[edit]

ottaa ohraleipä

  1. (idiomatic, impersonal) to be in trouble, to go through hard times
    Nyt otti ohraleipä!
    Now we're in trouble!

Conjugation[edit]

See ottaa; ohraleipä is not inflected. Some forms are not used.