ummet ja lammet

Finnish

Etymology

ummet (“fields of deep snow”) + ja (“and”) + lammet (“ponds”)

Phrase

ummet ja lammet

  1. (idiomatic) this and that; used especially with verbs puhua (“to speak”), luvata (“to promise”) etc. to indicate that someone is trying to deceive or distract the listener by speaking a lot, but leaving essential facts untold
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