moni kakku päältä kaunis, vaan on silkkoa sisältä
Finnish
Etymology
From the 33rd poem in Kalevala, Finland's national epic:
- Moni on kakku päältä kaunis, / kuorelta kovin sileä, / vaan on silkkoa sisässä, / akanoita alla kuoren.
- Many a cake is beutiful on surface, / smooth is its crust, / but there's only phloem inside, / husks under the crust.
Proverb
moni kakku päältä kaunis, vaan on silkkoa sisältä
- all that glitters is not gold (sometimes things, plans, promises etc. that look good on the first sight turn out to be wretched)
Derived terms
- moni kakku päältä kaunis