täynnä kuin Turusen pyssy

Finnish

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Etymology

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According to a story, named after a real soldier with the surname Turunen who, returning from a pillage some time in the 1700s, got so much loot that he even stuck some coins into his gun which then failed to fire.

Adverb

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täynnä kuin Turusen pyssy (literally: "full like Turunen's gun") (informal)

  1. (simile) chock full, completely full