kerjätä verta nenästä

Finnish

Etymology

Literally "to ask/beg for blood from one's nose", due to a bloody nose being a common consequence of being punched in the face.

Verb

kerjätä verta nenästä

  1. (idiomatic) to ask or beg for a knuckle sandwich
  2. (idiomatic, by extension) to ask for it, to ask for trouble

Conjugation

See kerjätä; verta or nenästä is not inflected, but the latter often receives a possessive suffix:

    • nenästäni (1st person sg.)
    • nenästäsi (2nd person sg.)
    • nenästään, nenästänsä (3rd person sg.)
    • nenästämme (1st person pl.)
    • nenästänne (2nd person pl.)
    • nenästään, nenästänsä (3rd person pl.)
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