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proverbs 12/5
French V AP-Siff
51
Language - French
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12/05/2005

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les absents ont toujours tort
Definition
the absent are always wrong
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les murs ont des oreilles
Definition
walls have ears
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l'habit ne fait pas le moine
Definition
don't judge a book by its cover
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l'habitude est une seconde nature
Definition
habit is a second nature
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petit a petit, l'oiseau fait son nid
Definition
Rome was not built in a day
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mieux vaut tard que jamais
Definition
better late than never
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loin des yeux, loin du coeur
Definition
out of sight, out of mind
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prudence est mere de surete
Definition
discretion is the better part of valor
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qui se ressemble s'assemble
Definition
birds of a feather flock together
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la nuit, tous les chats sont gris
Definition
by night all cats are grey
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il n'ya pas de fumee sans feu
Definition
there's no smoke without fire
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il faut battre le fer pendant qu'il est chaud
Definition
strike while the iron is hot
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a l'impossible nul n'est tenu
Definition
one can't do the impossible
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apres la pluie le beau temps
Definition
every cloud has a silver lining
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deux avis valent mieux qu'un
Definition
two heads are better than one
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dans le doute, abstiens-toi
Definition
when in doubt, don't
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c'est en forgeant qu'on devient forgeron
Definition
practice makes perfect
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comme on fait son lit on se couche
Definition
you made your bed, now lie in it
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un malheur n'arrive jamais seul
Definition
misfortunes never come singly
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une hirondelle ne fait pas le printemps
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one swallow doesn't make a summer
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tout ce qui brille n'est pas or
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al that's gold doesn't glisten
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en amour, la ruse est de bonne guerre
Definition
all's fair in love and war
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ne choisit pas qui emprunte
Definition
beggars can't be choosers
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un tiens vaut mieux que deux tu l'auras
Definition
a bird in the hand is orth two in the bush
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qui se sent morveux se mouche!
Definition
if the shoe fits, wear it!
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es premiers vont devant
Definition
first come, first served
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on ne peut pas avoir le drap et l'argent
Definition
you can't have your cake and eat it too
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trop de cuisineres gatent la sauce
Definition
too many cooks spoil the broth
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un verre de vin remplace une visite de medecin
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an apple a day keeps the doctor away
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quand les poules auront les dents
Definition
when pigs fly
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a bon entendeur salut
Definition
a word to the wise is sufficient
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a bon vin point d'enseigne
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good wine needs no label
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a cheval donne on ne regarde pas a la bride
Definition
never look a gift horse in the mouth
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au royaume des aveugles, les borgnes sont rois
Definition
in the country of the blind the one eyed is king
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autres temps, autres moeurs
Definition
customs change with times
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aux grandes maux les grandes remedes
Definition
desperate times call for desperate measures
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bien mal acquis ne profite jamais
Definition
ill-gotten gains neer prosper
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chien qui aboie no mord pas
Definition
barking dogs don't bite
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honni soit qui mal y pense
Definition
evil to him who evil thinks
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il n'est pire sourd que celui qui ne veut pas entendre
Definition
there is none so deaf as he who will not hear
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il n'ya pas de petit chez soi
Definition
there's no place like home
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il y a loin de la coup aux levres
Definition
there's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip
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ne reveillez pas la chat qui dort
Definition
let sleeping dogs lie
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nul n'est prophete en son pays
Definition
no man is prophet in his own country
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petite pluie abat grand vent
Definition
little strokes make mighty oaks
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plus fait douceur que violence
Definition
honey catches more flies than vinegar
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plus on est de fous, plus on rit
Definition
the more the merrier
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qui trop embrase mal etreint
Definition
grasp all lose all
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toute medaille a son revers
Definition
there are two sides to every story
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un homme averti en vaut deux
Definition
forewarned, forearmed
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un point fait a temps en epargne cent
Definition
a stich in time saves nine
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