ottaa ohraleipä
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Literally, “barley bread takes”. Bread made of barley was historically a famine food (barley was instead, whenever possible, used to make porridge or gruel, or to feed animals, rather than used to make bread).
Verb edit
- (idiomatic, impersonal) to be in trouble, to go through hard times
- Nyt otti ohraleipä!
- Now we're in trouble!
Conjugation edit
See ottaa; ohraleipä is not inflected. Some forms are not used.