maalata pirua seinälle

Finnish

Alternative forms

• maalata piruja seinille

Etymology

Probably a calque of Swedish måla fan på väggen.

Verb

maalata pirua seinälle (literally "to paint a devil on the wall")

1. (idiomatic) to expect a misfortune to happen by speaking about it and the chance of it happening

Conjugation

See maalata.