pitkä kuin nälkävuosi

Etymology
Literally "long like a year of famine", probably in reference to the. Compare 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1)  very long e.g. of uninteresting, long and boring, texts or plays, etc.

Usage notes
Despite the etymology, the phrase is not exclusively used of things that are long in duration.

Declension
See.