akka tieltä kääntyköön

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Finnish[edit]

Proverb[edit]

akka tieltä kääntyköön (literally, “the old woman can go turn back on the road”)

  1. (literally) a woman may give up, but I will not
  2. (figuratively) a generic expression of defiance in face of trouble