minä herra, sinä herra, kuka meistä kontin kantaa

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Finnish

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Proverb

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minä herra, sinä herra, kuka meistä kontin kantaa (literally, “I'm rich, you're rich, which one of us will carry the knapsack”)

  1. when Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman? (proverb about pride and humility, i.e. of people who refuse to do hard work because it is "beneath them")