itselleen porsas kiusaa tekee, kun kaukalonsa kaataa

Finnish

Alternative forms

• itselleen sika kiusaa tekee, kun kaukalonsa kaataa

Proverb

itselleen porsas kiusaa tekee, kun kaukalonsa kaataa (literally, “the piglet only bothers itself by tipping its trough over”)

1. a person who sets out to do something out of spite often ends up hurting themselves more than the one they are trying to hurt