kuin Iisakin kirkkoa
Finnish
Etymology
kuin (“like”) Iisakin (“Isaac's”) kirkkoa (“cathedral”); reference to the construction of Saint Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia, which took 40 years to build, from 1818 to 1858. Finland belonged to Russia as a grand duchy at that time, and many Finns either supplied materials for it or worked at site.
Phrase
kuin Iisakin kirkkoa
- (idiomatic) for ever and ever (Indicates that something takes a very long time to complete)
- Tätä tietojärjestelmää on rakennettu kuin Iisakin kirkkoa.
- This information system has taken for ever and ever to build.
- Tätä tietojärjestelmää on rakennettu kuin Iisakin kirkkoa.
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