hyvää päivää kirvesvartta

== Finnish == === Etymology === From hyvää (“good”) päivää (“day”) kirvesvartta (“axe stale”) < from a Norwegian folk tale named God dag, mann! – Økseskaft! (“Good day, man! – Axe stale!”. === Phrase === hyvää päivää kirvesvartta Describes a conversation in which the participants either realize they cannot understand what the others are trying to say, but still try to keep on, or each of them erroneously supposes to catch the idea of the others answering in one's own way.