sienistäkään

Sienistäkään is a Finnish term that translates roughly to "even from mushrooms" or "not even from mushrooms." It is often used in a comparative or emphatic sense to highlight the scarcity or lack of something, even in a context where one might expect to find it. The phrase suggests that something is so rare or absent that it cannot be found even in a source that might be considered a good or expected place to look.

For example, if someone is searching for a specific type of mushroom and cannot find it anywhere, they might say "sienistäkään ei löytynyt" (it wasn't found even from mushrooms). This implies that the search was thorough and the desired item is extremely difficult to locate. The phrase can also be used more broadly to express disappointment or the unexpected absence of something. It conveys a sense of "if it's not here, it's nowhere." The literal meaning of searching for actual mushrooms is often secondary to the figurative meaning of an exhaustive and unsuccessful search or a surprising lack.