sataa äkäisiä ämmiä äkeet selässä

Finnish

Etymology

Literally, “to rain angry hags with harrows on their back”. The point is probably in the funny sounding alliteration.

Verb

sataa äkäisiä ämmiä äkeet selässä

  1. (simile) to rain cats and dogs (to rain very heavily)

Conjugation

See sataa.

Synonyms

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