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Finnish ones (some sayings here too):
- “Ski into a spruce!” -> Get lost!
- “So the forest answers as one calls into it” -> what comes around goes around
- “If you reach for the spruce you’ll fall into the juniper” -> don’t bite more than you can chew
- “to be like hit on the head with a piece of wood” -> to be baffled
- “it went into the forest” -> something failed
- “to have own cow in the ditch” -> to have their own hidden agenda behind a request or actions
- “to throw the spoon into the corner” -> to die
I’m not 100% sure but I think it’s from a time when spoons were rarer and everyone had their own spoon. So, to discard your spoon meant you’re done with eating for good.