English-Finnish translations for crutch

kainalosauvaViittomakieli ei ole kainalosauva tai pyörätuoli. Sign language is not a crutch or a wheelchair. Tältä kannalta katsoen päätös, jonka tänään teemme, on sekin vain kainalosauva, jonka avulla parlamentti voi entistä paremmin osallistua aloitteisiin. To that extent the decision we are drawing up today, is also a crutch, helping Parliament to move towards enhanced involvement in initiatives. Saksan perustuslaillisten ongelmien takia perussopimuksen lisäys on vain poliittinen kainalosauva pelastuspaketin kehittämiselle edelleen, ei enempää eikä vähempää. Because of Germany's constitutional problems, the addition to the treaty is simply a political crutch for the further development of the rescue package, nothing more and nothing less.
tukiEn saanut mielipiteelleni tukea, joten päätin jättää asian silleen.Kelan tukien hakeminen ja maksaminen, maatalouden tuet

A device to assist in motion as a cane, especially one that provides support under the arm to reduce weight on a leg
Something that supports, often used negatively to indicate that it is not needed and causes an unhealthful dependency; a prop
A crotch; the area of body where the legs fork from the trunk
A knee, or piece of knee timber
A type of cross formed from two C-shapes joined back to back
To support on crutches; to prop up
To move on crutches
To stir with a crutch (in soap making

He walked on crutches for a month until the cast was removed from his leg.
Alcohol became a crutch to help him through the long nights; eventually it killed him.

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