pitkä kuin nälkävuosi

Finnish

Etymology

Literally "long like a year of famine", probably in reference to the Finnish famine of 1866–68. Compare French long comme un jour sans pain (“long like a day without bread”).

Adjective

pitkä kuin nälkävuosi

1. (simile) very long (e.g. of uninteresting, long and boring, texts or plays, etc.)

Usage notes

Despite the etymology, the phrase is not exclusively used of things that are long in duration.

Declension

See pitkä.