kuin kuppa Töölöstä
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
kuin (“like”) kuppa (“syphilis”) Töölöstä ("from Töölö, a neighbourhood in downtown Helsinki"); coined in 1910's, allegedly refers to the removal of a venereal hospital from Töölö to another part of town [1]
Phrase[edit]
kuin kuppa Töölöstä (colloquial)
- (simile) swiftly and irrevocably; used especially with the verb lähteä (“to leave”) of a quick, forced departure or removal of something or someone