Translation for "bird of passage" to finnish
Bird of passage
noun
Translation examples
The number of retired people - the so-called birds of passage - in the Algarve is now several thousand.
Eläkeläisten - niin sanottujen muuttolintujen - lukumäärä Algarvessa lienee nykyisin useita tuhansia.
A bird of passage, really, but his parents have taught him that one _can_ spend a winter in the north; and now he will teach his children that the north’s the only place to spend the winter in at all.
Pieni soma sirkku! Oikeastaan se kai on muuttolintu, mutta sen vanhemmat ovat sille opettaneet että käy päinsä viettää talvi Pohjolassakin; nyt se tahtoi opettaa lapsilleen, että talvea sopii olla vain Pohjolassa.
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