thanksIf you manage to accomplish something just the right way or just at the right time, hitting the sweet spot in the best possible way, the idiom is mennä nappiin, osua nappiin, onnistua nappiin, sujua nappiin, etc. – often accompanied by the intensifier ihan, aivan, or täysin.Fjord_Brewer wrote:What is the best way to say a phrase such as "that hit the spot", or "<insert food item here> hit the spot!>" ?
Much thanks! This synopsis really helped! So in my example with the chocolate, would you say something like (if using the advertisement's slogan)...Jukka Aho wrote:If you manage to accomplish something just the right way or just at the right time, hitting the sweet spot in the best possible way, the idiom is mennä nappiin, osua nappiin, onnistua nappiin, sujua nappiin, etc. – often accompanied by the intensifier ihan, aivan, or täysin.Fjord_Brewer wrote:What is the best way to say a phrase such as "that hit the spot", or "<insert food item here> hit the spot!>" ?
Ponnistuksen ajoitus osui ihan nappiin. Keihäs lensi komeassa kaaressa
80 metrin päähän.
Projekti meni ihan nappiin. Kaikki toimitukset saapuivat ajallaan ja budjetti
alitettiin reilusti. Tätä paremmin asiat eivät olisi voineet sujua!
Luulin, että en osaa paistaa piirakoita, mutta tämä mustikkapiirakka
onnistui ihan nappiin.
But that is not equivalent to the idiom “to hit the spot”. The idiom mennä nappiin refers to successfully accomplished goals where the success is particularly “spot-on” and meets or even exceeds your highest standards or expectations. The idiom “to hit the spot”, however, seems to describe the sudden sensation and rush of positive feelings you can get from a particularly tasty delicacy – as relayed to your brain by your taste-buds. I’m not sure if there’s any particular idiomatic equivalent for “hit the spot” in this sense, but there are many common ways to express your appreciation, with near-endless variations, such as:
Tämä mustikkapiirakka on todella hyvää! (often tosi hyvää in colloquial language)
Tämä mustikkapiirakka on aivan mahtavaa!
Tämä mustikkapiirakka on käsittämättömän hyvää!
Tämä mustikkapiirakka on sairaan hyvää! (teenspeak)
Tämä mustikkapiirakka on taivaallisen ihanaa!
Tämä mustikkapiirakka on erinomaista!
But if you insist on having an idiom, maybe this would do...
Tämä mustikkapiirakka vie kielen mennessään.
Then there’s this (once?) popular expression originating from an old ad campaign: Niin hyvää, ettei sanotuksi saa. (The campaign shows people in various situations where they’re enjoying a Kismet chocolate bar, made by Fazer. The ad then culminates into a situation where they’re being asked something and find themselves unable to speak because they’re so mesmerized by the taste of the chocolate: they can only smile and wave around the wrapper and gesture furiously and point to their mouth while they munch away. There were better ads in that campaign than the one linked above but it was the only sample I could find. Sometimes the slogan just appeared on screen, sometimes it was accompanied by a sung jingle.)
Tämä mustikkapiirakka on niin hyvää, ettei sanotuksi saa.
I guess the "right way" depends on the situation... but especially when it comes to full meals, you might say something like "se piiras tiesi paikkansa" (that pie hit the spot)... it's the closest equivalent of "hitting the spot" I can readily think ofFjord_Brewer wrote:What is the best way to say a phrase such as "that hit the spot", or "<insert food item here> hit the spot!>" ?
It's a bit awkward slogan and I'm not sure if it is even too recognizable today. Those big Kismet campaigns ran in the 1980s and 1990s. Consider it a curiosity which is tangentially related to the discussion topic, not something you'd want to use "for real"... except perhaps as some sort of a joke.Fjord_Brewer wrote:Much thanks! This synopsis really helped! So in my example with the chocolate, would you say something like (if using the advertisement's slogan)...Jukka Aho wrote: Tämä mustikkapiirakka on niin hyvää, ettei sanotuksi saa.
"tämä maitosuklaata ja piparmintturouhetta on niin hyvää, ettei sanotuksi saa!", or does that sound like the speaker is trying way too hard to use some sort of phrase for how good it tastes?
Jukka Aho wrote:It's a bit awkward slogan and I'm not sure if it is even too recognizable today. Those big Kismet campaigns ran in the 1980s and 1990s. Consider it a curiosity which is tangentially related to the discussion topic, not something you'd want to use "for real"... except perhaps as some sort of a joke.Fjord_Brewer wrote:Much thanks! This synopsis really helped! So in my example with the chocolate, would you say something like (if using the advertisement's slogan)...Jukka Aho wrote: Tämä mustikkapiirakka on niin hyvää, ettei sanotuksi saa.
"tämä maitosuklaata ja piparmintturouhetta on niin hyvää, ettei sanotuksi saa!", or does that sound like the speaker is trying way too hard to use some sort of phrase for how good it tastes?
As for grammar, in sentences such as "X on hyvää" the X should be in the nominative: "tämä maitosuklaa ja piparmintturouhe on niin hyvää, ettei..."
Ad campaigns and their slogans come and go. Sometimes people actually do start using them "for real", though. As a result, a piece of advertising copy may be adopted in everyday language. ("Where's the beef?")Fjord_Brewer wrote:yeah I figured that using that phrase was way too lame and very seldom EVER used. :)
