parempi virsta väärää kuin vaaksa vaaraa in Finnish

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Etymology: Literally, “better a virsta of a crooked (path) than a vaaksa of a dangerous (path)”, or more loosely translated as “it is better to take one virsta (“around a kilometre”) of detour than take a vaaksa (“about 20 centimetres”) of dangerous shortcut”. Etymology templates: {{m|fi|virsta}} virsta, {{m|fi|vaaksa}} vaaksa, {{m|fi|virsta||around a kilometre}} virsta (“around a kilometre”), {{m|fi|vaaksa||about 20 centimetres}} vaaksa (“about 20 centimetres”), {{m-g|better a virsta of a crooked (path) than a vaaksa of a dangerous (path)}} “better a virsta of a crooked (path) than a vaaksa of a dangerous (path)”, {{m-g|it is better to take one virsta (“around a kilometre”) of detour than take a vaaksa (“about 20 centimetres”) of dangerous shortcut}} “it is better to take one virsta (“around a kilometre”) of detour than take a vaaksa (“about 20 centimetres”) of dangerous shortcut”, {{lit|better a virsta of a crooked (path) than a vaaksa of a dangerous (path)|it is better to take one virsta (“around a kilometre”) of detour than take a vaaksa (“about 20 centimetres”) of dangerous shortcut}} Literally, “better a virsta of a crooked (path) than a vaaksa of a dangerous (path)”, or more loosely translated as “it is better to take one virsta (“around a kilometre”) of detour than take a vaaksa (“about 20 centimetres”) of dangerous shortcut” Head templates: {{head|fi|proverb|head=parempi virsta väärää kuin vaaksa vaaraa}} parempi virsta väärää kuin vaaksa vaaraa

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"parempi virsta väärää kuin vaaksa vaaraa" meaning in Finnish

Proverb