kissan viikset

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Finnish

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Etymology

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kissan (cat's) + viikset (whiskers)

Interjection

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kissan viikset

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see kissan viikset ("cat's whiskers").
  2. rubbish, nonsense (expresses that what was recently said is untruth or nonsense)

Usage notes

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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.

Synonyms

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