käydä ohraisesti

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Literally, to go in a barley way; this term has come to mean "unluckily" or "unfortunately", because barley was regarded as inferior to rye and thus it was used for baking bread only if rye wasn't available.[1]

Verb

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käydä ohraisesti

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) to end up unluckily or unfortunately, to be unlucky

Conjugation

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See käydä.

See also

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