korpi kaapu köyhän miehen

Finnish

Etymology

Attested in Henrik Florinus: Wanhain suomalaisten tawaliset ja suloiset sananlascut ("The Proper and Graceful Proverbs of the Old Finns", 1702): Corpi caapu koͤyhaͤn miehen.

Proverb

korpi kaapu köyhän miehen

  1. the forest is the poor man's overcoat
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