maalata pirua seinälle

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Finnish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably a calque of Swedish måla fan på väggen.

Verb[edit]

maalata pirua seinälle (literally "to paint a devil on the wall")

  1. (idiomatic) to expect a misfortune to happen by speaking about it and the chance of it happening

Conjugation[edit]

See maalata.

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