bättre fly än illa fäkta
Swedish
Etymology
Originally and literally, "better flee than fight poorly," though intuitively "better flee than fence poorly" with the modern meaning of fäkta.
Proverb
- it's sometimes wiser to back out of a fight rather than to risk a likely defeat
References
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