olla homma hanskassa

Finnish

Verb

olla homma hanskassa (literally, “to have the job in the glove”) (informal)

1. (idiomatic, impersonal + adessive) to have something covered or taken care of, have a handle on, have something under control (particularly some kind of problem)

   Ei hätää, meillä on homma hanskassa.

   Don't worry, we've got it covered / got it under control.

Usage notes

Can also be used without a 'subject', then often in the form homma on hanskassa (“it's under control, it's covered, it's fine”) or even just homma hanskassa.

Conjugation

This impersonal verb is always used in the third person singular, but may be inflected in tense (such as present or past) and mood (such as indicative or conditional). The 'subject' of the verb is inflected in the adessive case. To see the conjugated forms of the verb, see olla.

Derived terms

• olla homma hanskassa ja hanskat hukassa