ei makaavan kissan suuhun hiiri juokse

Finnish

Alternative forms

  • ei makaavan kissan suuhun hiiri tule

Etymology

A variant (with puhkaista instead of nokkia) can be found in Henrik Florinus: Wanhain suomalaisten tawaliset ja suloiset sananlascut ("The Proper and Graceful Proverbs of the Old Finns", 1702): eikaͤ uneljan kiſſan ſuuhun hijri ſamo.

Proverb

ei makaavan kissan suuhun hiiri juokse (literally, “a mouse won't run into a sleeping cat's mouth”)

  1. you don't get something for nothing, nothing comes from doing nothing
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