The back has to pay for what the ears didn’t hear.
More Finnish Proverbs:
If a man knew where he would fall, he would spread straw there first.Finnish
No one can climb a tree with no branches.
Finnish
If you borrow some chaff from the rich man you have to repay him with wheat.
Finnish
With a walking-stick you reach many lands; you reach many more with words.
Finnish
The walking-stick reaches many lands, the word many more.
Finnish
As we grow older our bad qualities make us younger.
Finnish