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  What it means

  Literally “miracles on a stick.” Used sarcastically to describe something presented as amazing or extraordinary but that is actually ordinary, disappointing, or absurd. Similar to “big deal” or “yeah, right.”

  Vocabulary

  • cuda — miracles, wonders (plural)
  • kij — stick, rod
  • na kiju — on a stick (locative)

  Grammar note

  'Na kiju' uses the locative case of 'kij'. The phrase is almost always ironic.

  Cultural context

  The image of 'miracles on a stick' is deliberately absurd, which is the source of the sarcasm.

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