jättää oman onnensa nojaan
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Literally, “to leave somebody to the support of their own luck”
Verb edit
- (transitive) to hang out to dry, to leave to one's own devices
- Minut jätettiin oman onneni nojaan.
- I was hung out to dry.
Conjugation edit
See jättää. oman and nojaan are not inflected. onnensa takes the appropriate possessive suffix:
| possessor | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | onneni | onnemme |
| 2nd person | onnesi | onnenne |
| 3rd person | onnensa | |