olla kiikarissa

Finnish

Etymology

Literally, “to have in a binocular”

Verb

olla kiikarissa

  1. (idiomatic, impersonal + adessive) to have one's eye on, seek, pursue, aim at
    Mitä sinulla oikein on kiikarissa?
    What are you really aiming at?

Conjugation

See olla. The grammatical subject of this verb phrase is what one is aiming at, even though that is the object in the English equivalents.

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