äimän käki
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally äimän (“astonished”) käki (“cuckoo”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- (idiomatic) An astonished or stunned person.
- olla äimän käkenä ― to be astonished
Usage notes
[edit]Usually only used in the essive singular or in similes with kuin.
Synonyms
[edit]- H. Moilanen (colloquial)