sanasta miestä, sarvesta härkää

Finnish

Etymology

Attested in Henrik Florinus: Wanhain suomalaisten tawaliset ja suloiset sananlascut ("The Proper and Graceful Proverbs of the Old Finns", 1702): Mieſtaͤ ſanaſta, haͤrkaͤ ſarweſta.

Proverb

sanasta miestä, sarvesta härkää (literally, “[grab] a man by his words, an ox by its horns”)

  1. one must be as good as one's word; one must keep the promises one has made
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