pelata upporikasta ja rutiköyhää
Finnish
editEtymology
editpelata (“to play”) upporikasta (“filthy rich”) ja (“and”) rutiköyhää (“penniless”)
Verb
editpelata upporikasta ja rutiköyhää
- (idiomatic) to take a flyer, roll the dice, take a gamble, take a risk, take a chance (to invest against odds; to make a choice with an uncertain outcome)
Conjugation
editSee pelata. upporikasta ja rutiköyhää is in the partitive case, but is inflected in the genitive in action nouns: see Appendix:Finnish verb phrases.