käydä ohraisesti
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- (idiomatic, intransitive) to end up unluckily or unfortunately, to be unlucky
Conjugation
[edit]See käydä.