English-Finnish translations for lame duck

• rampa ankka
  Saitte meidät valitsemaan puheenjohtaja Barroson sanomalla, että se oli kiireellistä, ja nyt teillä tulee olemaan komissio, joka on rampa ankka ja joka vain jatkaa, kunnes päätös voidaan tehdä. You made us elect Mr Barroso by saying that it was urgent and now you are going to have a 'lame duck' Commission which will just keep going until a decision can be taken.
• siipirikko

Definition of lame duck

• Webster 1913--

Examples

• Congressman Jones was a lame duck and did not vote on many issues that were important to his constituents

Related words

• lame
• lamé
• blame
• flame
• lament
• lamer
• filament
• lamenting
• lamentation
• lamella