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korjata luunsa to pick up one's bones start learning		to finally get around to leaving
vetää nenästä to pull someone's nose start learning		to trick someone
mennä putkeen to go into the tube start learning		to succeed, to work according to the plan
heittää lusikka nurkkaan to throw the spoon into the corner start learning		to die or to give up
tehdä kärpäsestä härkänen to make an ox (diminutive) of a fly start learning		the English equivalent is "don't make a mountain out of a molehill"; to exaggerate a thing or a situation, to make too much of a minor issue
juosta kieli vyön alla to run tongue under the belt start learning		to be in a hurry
heittää hanskat tiskiin to throw gloves on the desk start learning		to give up

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