auta miestä mäessä, älä mäen alla

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Finnish[edit]

Proverb[edit]

auta miestä mäessä, älä mäen alla (literally, “help a man in (getting up) the hill, not under it”)

  1. help someone when they are in trouble or need, not when they don't need help