soutaa ja huovata
Finnish
editVerb
editsoutaa ja huovata (literally, “to row and back the oars”)
- (intransitive, idiomatic) to shilly-shally, tergiversate, procrastinate, vacillate, hem and haw, hum and haw
Conjugation
editBoth verbs are conjugated in the same person and tense, see soutaa and huovata.