vie mennessäs, tuo tullessas

Finnish

Alternative forms

• vie mennessäs, tuo tullessas, tee siellä ollessas; vie mennessäsi, tuo tullessasi; tuo tullessas, vie mennessäs

Proverb

vie mennessäs, tuo tullessas (literally, “take [with you] as you go, bring as you come [back]”)

1. if you can do something at once without having to go somewhere else (first), just do it; if you happen to be near to a task, you might as well do it; a proverb about efficiency, of 'killing two birds with one stone'