mauri on tehnyt tehtävänsä, mauri saa mennä

Finnish

Alternative forms

• mauri on työnsä tehnyt, mauri saa mennä

Etymology

Calque of German der Mohr hat seine Schuldigkeit getan, der Mohr kann gehen, a line from Fiesco by Friedrich Schiller.

Proverb

mauri on tehnyt tehtävänsä, mauri saa mennä

1. When a person who has done a favor or been helpful (or by extension a thing that has been useful) but whose services are no longer needed is ungratefully replaced, dismissed or let go.