Se jeter dans l’eau de peur de la pluie.To jump into the water for fear of the rain.
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Rira bien qui rira le dernier.He’ll laugh well that laughs longest.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQui répond, paye.Who answers for another pays.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesService de grands n’est pas héritage.Service is no inheritance.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQui ne parle, n’erre.He who holds his tongue does not commit himself.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSi tu as la tête de beurre, ne te fais pas boulanger.If your head is made of butter, don’t be a baker.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl ne faut point se dépouiller avant de se coucher.Do not strip before bedtime.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesViande d’ami est bientôt prête.A friend’s meat is soon ready.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl ment comme un arracheur de dents.He lies like a toothdrawer.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDans la nuit tous chats sont gris.All cats are alike grey at night.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQui se marie à la hâte, se repent à loisir.Marry in haste and repent at leisure.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA tout seigneur tout honneur.To every lord every honour.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQui tôt donne, deux fois donne.He gives twice who gives in a trice.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl n’est si grand dépit que de pauvre orgueilleux.There is no spite like that of a proud beggar.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLa gourmandise a tué plus de gens que l’épée.Gluttony has killed more than the sword.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesFemme sotte se cognoit à la cotte.A foolish woman is known by her finery.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCent ans n’est guère, mais jamais c’est beaucoup.A hundred years is not much, but never is a long while.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLes grands clercs ne sont pas les plus fins.Great scholars are not the shrewdest men.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesL’occasion fait le larron.Opportunity makes the thief.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNe reprens ce que n’entens.Don’t find fault with what you don’t understand.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPlus on se hâte moins on avance.The more haste the worse speed.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMaints sont bons parce qu’ils ne peuvent nuire.Many a one is good because he can do no mischief.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLe premier coup en vaut deux.The first blow is as good as two.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl n’y a si petit buisson qui n’ait son ombre.There is no bush so small but casts its shadow.
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