kenen lehmä suossa, sen käsi alinna

Finnish

Alternative forms

• jonka lehmä suossa, sen käsi alinna; kenen hepo suossa, sen käsi alinna

Proverb

kenen lehmä suossa, sen käsi alinna (literally, “he who has a cow in the swamp has his hands in the deepest”)

1. the person who works the hardest out of a group of people is the one who most benefits from the work being done

See also

• oma lehmä ojassa