hyvää päivää kirvesvartta
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom hyvää (“good”) päivää (“day”) kirvesvartta (“axe stale”) < from a Norwegian folk tale named God dag, mann! – Økseskaft! (“Good day, man! – Axe stale!”.
Phrase
edit- Describes a conversation in which the participants either realize they cannot understand what the others are trying to say but still try to keep on or each of them erroneously supposes to catch the idea of the others answering in one's own way.