kissan viikset
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]kissan (“cat's”) + viikset (“whiskers”)
Interjection
[edit]- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see kissan viikset ("cat's whiskers").
- rubbish, nonsense (expresses that what was recently said is untruth or nonsense)
Usage notes
[edit]The idiomatic meaning of cat's whiskers in English is not the same as in Finnish, and translating the Finnish idiomatic meaning such is incorrect.