tulla hullua hurskaammaksi

Finnish

Verb

tulla hullua hurskaammaksi (literally, “to become wiser than a crazy one”)

  1. (intransitive, idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) to become any wiser, get any wiser
    En tullut tästä selostuksesta yhtään hullua hurskaammaksi.
    I got none the wiser hearing this explanation.

Conjugation

  • See tulla.
  • The phrase utilises the archaic sense of hurskas, "wise". In general language, hurskas means "pious".
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