parempi oja tukkia kuin joki

Finnish

Etymology

Attested in Henrik Florinus: Wanhain suomalaisten tawaliset ja suloiset sananlascut ("The Proper and Graceful Proverbs of the Old Finns", 1702): Pare oja tuckia cuin joki.

Proverb

parempi oja tukkia kuin joki (literally, “better to block a ditch than a river”)

  1. a stitch in time saves nine
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