rysän päältä

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Finnish

Etymology

Literally: "on top of a fyke-net", i.e. in the midst of an action; most likely a reference to being caught while stealing fish from somebody else's fyke-net.

Adverb

rysän päältä (not compared)

  1. (idiomatic) red-handed, with a smoking gun

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