Päästä kuin koira veräjästä
Meaning: To escape consequences entirely; to get off scot-free.
Language: Finnish
Literally: To get off like a dog through the gate
Category: Animals
Origin: A dog slips through a farm gate before anyone can stop it — a Finnish image of slick, unpunished escape.
Equivalents in other languages
- Dutch: De dans ontspringen — literally: To leap out of the dance
More idioms — Animals
- Dělat z komára velblouda — To blow something tiny wildly out of proportion.
- Egyik kutya, másik eb — Two things are exactly the same; six of one, half a dozen of the other.
- Bagoly mondja verébnek, hogy nagyfejű — The pot calling the kettle black.
- A se uita ca pisica în calendar — To stare blankly, understanding nothing.
- A tăia frunză la câini — To do pointless work; to idle away the day.
- ขี่ช้างจับตั๊กแตน — To use enormous means for a trivial result.
More Finnish idioms
- Olla kuin Ellun kanat — To live a carefree, comfortable life.
- Vetää lonkalta — To improvise; to wing it.
- Mennä metsään — To go completely wrong.
- Olla pinna kireällä — To be on edge and short-tempered.
- Lyödä rahoiksi — To cash in; to profit handsomely.
- Ei ole kaikki muumit laaksossa — Someone isn't quite all there.