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köyhtyä saa, muttei laihtua

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Finnish

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Proverb

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köyhtyä saa, muttei laihtua (literally, “one's allowed to get poor but not lose weight”)

  1. It's better to spend some money than to go hungry; it's better to go poor than to go hungry.