bättre fly än illa fäkta

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Originally and literally, "better flee than fight poorly," though intuitively "better flee than fence poorly" with the modern meaning of fäkta.

Proverb

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bättre fly än illa fäkta

  1. it's better to back out of a fight than to risk a likely defeat

References

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