Chacun le sien, ce n’est pas trop.Every one his own, is but fair.
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Fais-moi la barbe et je te ferai le toupet.Trim my beard and I will trim your topknot.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA raconter ses maux souvent on les soulage.By telling our woes we often assuage them.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesL’homme est bien heureux qui a une belle femme auprès d’une abbaye.Happy is the man who has a handsome wife close to an abbey.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMal soupe qui tout dîne.He sups ill who eats up all at dinner.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl vaut mieux plier que rompre.It is better to bend than break.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesL’amour apprend aux ânes à danser.Love teaches asses to dance.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBouche serrée, mouche n’y entre.No flies get into a shut mouth.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLa borne sied très bien entre les champs de deux frères.A landmark is very well placed between the fields of two brothers.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQui prête à l’ami, perd au double.Who lends to a friend loses doubly.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQui menace, a peur.He who threatens is afraid.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLa fortune est une femme; si vous la manquez aujourd’hui, ne vous attendez pas à la retrouver demain.Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her to-day, expect not to regain her to-morrow.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDécouvrir saint Pierre pour couvrir saint Paul.To strip St. Peter to clothe St. Paul.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQui a de l’argent a des pirouettes.He who has money has capers.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesC’est le valet du diable, il fait plus qu’on ne lui commande.He is the devil’s valet, he does more than he is ordered.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQui n’a rien, ne craint rien.He who has nothing fears nothing.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA mauvais chien l’on ne peut montrer le loup.There’s no showing the wolf to a bad dog.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGoutte à goutte la pierre se creuse.Drop by drop wears away the stone.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQui veut prendre un oiseau, qu’il ne l’effarouche.To scare a bird is not the way to catch it.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNe prêtez point votre argent à un grand seigneur.Do not lend your money to a great man.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesUn tiens vaut mieux que deux tu l’auras.One take-this is better than two thou-shalt-haves.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesArgent est rond, il faut qu’il roule.Money is round, it must roll.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesJamais chapon n’aima géline.Never did capon love a hen.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLes Italiens pleurent, les Allemands crient, et les Français chantent.The Italians cry, the Germans bawl, and the French sing.
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