kantapään kautta

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Finnish

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Etymology

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kantapään (“heel”) (in the genitive) kautta (“via, through”), "through the heel"

Phrase

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kantapään kautta

  1. (idiomatic) the hard way (from experience, sometimes tough)

Usage notes

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Often used in connection with the verb oppia (“to learn”): oppia kantapään kautta (“to learn the hard way”), but other verbs are also used.

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