kissan viikset
Finnish
Etymology
kissan (“cat's”) + viikset (“whiskers”)
Interjection
kissan viikset
- Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: kissan viikset ("cat's whiskers").
- rubbish, nonsense (expresses that what was recently said is untruth or nonsense)
Usage notes
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
- höpö-höpö
- höpönpöpön
- katin kontit
- roskaa