"köyhtyä saa, muttei laihtua" meaning in Finnish

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Proverb

Head templates: {{head|fi|proverb|head=köyhtyä saa, muttei laihtua}} köyhtyä saa, muttei laihtua
  1. It's better to spend some money than to go hungry; it's better to go poor than to go hungry. Tags: literally
    Sense id: en-köyhtyä_saa,_muttei_laihtua-fi-proverb-BsGMt5uP Categories (other): Finnish entries with incorrect language header, Finnish proverbs, Pages with 1 entry
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  "msg": "unrecognized head form: “one's allowed to get poor but not lose weight”",
  "path": [
    "köyhtyä saa, muttei laihtua"
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