mauri on tehnyt tehtävänsä, mauri saa mennä
Finnish
Alternative forms
- mauri on työnsä tehnyt, mauri saa mennä
Etymology
Calque of German der Mohr hat seine Schuldigkeit getan, der Mohr kann gehen, a line from Fiesco by Friedrich Schiller.
Proverb
mauri on tehnyt tehtävänsä, mauri saa mennä
- When a person who has done a favor or been helpful (or by extension a thing that has been useful) but whose services are no longer needed is ungratefully replaced, dismissed or let go.