harva se päivä

Finnish

Etymology

harva (“rare”) se (“that”) päivä (“day”), originally used with negation of the event that happens often, as in harva se päivä, kun hän ei.. (literally “rare is the day when he doesn't...”)

Phrase

harva se päivä

  1. (idiomatic) almost daily, quite often
    Hän käy harva se päivä katsomassa äitiään.
    He visits her mother almost daily.
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