rysän päältä
Finnish
Etymology
Literally: "on top of a fyke-net", i.e. in the midst of an action; most likely a reference to being caught while stealing fish from somebody else's fyke-net.
Adverb
rysän päältä (not compared)
- (idiomatic) red-handed, with a smoking gun
Derived terms
- jäädä rysän päältä kiinni