kuin Ellun kanat

Finnish

kuin Ellun kanat (literally "like Ellu's chickens")

(simile) carefree, happy-go-lucky, nonchalant
- 1954, Väinö Linna, chapter 10, in Liesl Yamaguchi, transl., Tuntematon sotilas [Unknown Soldiers], published 2015 (translation), →ISBN:
  – (...) Asialliset hommat suoritetaan, muuten ollaan kun Ellun kanat. (...)
  (...) The things we have to do, we do – otherwise, we might as well be Lulu’s chickens on the loose. (...)