maalata pirua seinälle

== Finnish == === Alternative forms === maalata piruja seinille === Etymology === Probably a calque of Swedish måla fan på väggen. === Verb === maalata pirua seinälle (literally "to paint a devil on the wall") (idiomatic) to expect a misfortune to happen by speaking about it and the chance of it happening ==== Conjugation ==== See maalata.