selkä seinää vasten

Finnish

Etymology

selkä (“back”) + seinää (“a wall”) + vasten (“against”)

Phrase

selkä seinää vasten

  1. (idiomatic) back to the wall, back against the wall (very difficult situation with no beneficial options available for action)
    Kun hänet pantiin selkä seinää vasten, hänen oli pakko tunnustaa.
    When put back to the wall he had to confess.
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