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Finnish
Phrase
tikkua ristiin
- (idiomatic, of work or effort, chiefly in the negative) not anything, nothing
Et ole pannut tikkua ristiin löytääksesi työtä.- You have done nothing to find a job.
Usage notes
- Chiefly used with the verbs laittaa and panna.
- The non-idiomatic equivalent of the above usage example would be:
- Et ole tehnyt mitään löytääksesi työtä.
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