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ampua tykillä kärpästä

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Finnish

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɑmpuɑ ˈtykilːæ ˈkærpæstæˣ/, [ˈɑ̝mpuɑ̝ ˈt̪yk̟ilːæ ˈk̟ærpæs̠tæ(ʔ)]

Verb

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ampua tykillä kärpästä (literally, “to shoot at a fly with a cannon”)

  1. (idiomatic) to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut (to use disproportionate or significantly excessive force to carry out an action)

Conjugation

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See ampua; tykillä kärpästä is not inflected.