In Finnish we have “kissanristiäiset” (literally means a cat’s christening), which means some trivial and meaningless celebration/event.

  • silly goose meekah
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    51 year ago

    Some of these are very interesting to me because very similar ones exist in German! Especially “einen Korb geben” (to give a basket) has me intrigued. Does this phrase come from a social norm to give a basket of something to someone you reject?

    Thanks for sharing!

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      It’s very interesting indeed, I tried to research the origin of the idiom but was unsuccessful 🤔