maksaa maltaita

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Literally "to cost malt(s)". Malted grains could once upon a time be used to pay taxes.

Verb

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maksaa maltaita

  1. (idiomatic) to cost an arm and a leg, to cost the earth (to be a huge expense)
    Kaupungin johdon tyhmyys maksaa meille maltaita.
    The dumbness of the city management costs us the earth.

Conjugation

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See maksaa. maltaita is in the plural number and in the partitive case, but is inflected in the genitive in action nouns: see Appendix:Finnish verb phrases.

Synonyms

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