niin monta mieltä kuin miestä

Finnish

Etymology

A variant can be found in Henrik Florinus: Wanhain suomalaisten tawaliset ja suloiset sananlascut ("The Proper and Graceful Proverbs of the Old Finns", 1702): Nijn monda mieldaͤ, cuin paͤaͤtaͤ.

Proverb

niin monta mieltä kuin miestä (literally, “as many opinions as men”)

  1. opinions are like noses (everyone has an opinion)
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