jättää oman onnensa nojaan

Finnish

Etymology

Literally, “to leave somebody to the support of their own luck”

Verb

jättää oman onnensa nojaan

1. (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

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

Related terms

• jäädä oman onnensa nojaan