Il est né dimanche, il aime besogne faite.He was born on a Sunday, he likes work ready done.
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Après la mort le médecin.After death the doctor.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNage toujours et ne t’y fie.Swim on and don’t trust.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNul n’est prophète dans son pays.No man is a prophet in his own country.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl n’y a sauce que d’appétit.No sauce like appetite.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAutant de trous, autant de chevilles.A peg for every hole.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDe court plaisir long repentir.From short pleasure long repentance.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQui sème des chardons, recueille des épines.He who sows thistles reaps thorns.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLa mauvaise garde paît souvent le loup.Bad watch often feeds the wolf.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCrier famine sur un tas de bled.To cry famine on a heap of corn.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQui ne sait bien parler de son métier, il ne le sait pas.He who cannot speak well of his trade does not understand it.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA paroles lourdes oreilles sourdes.To rude words deaf ears.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLe miel est doux, mais l’abeille pique.Honey is sweet, but the bee stings.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl n’y a si bel acquêt que le don.No purchase like a gift.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQui juge entre deux amis, perdra l’un ou l’autre.He who judges between two friends loses one of them.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGrand parleur grand menteur.A great talker is a great liar.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesOn prend son bien où on le trouve.A man takes his own wherever he finds it.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMieux vaut être tête de chien que queue de lion.Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSe faire d’évêque meunier.From bishop to turn miller.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTel cuide venger sa honte qui l’accroît.Some thinking to avenge their shame increase it.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTricherie revient à son maître.Trickery comes back to its master.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPeu de levain aigrit grand’pâte.A little leaven leavens a great mass.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQui mange la vache du roi maigre, la paie grasse.He who eats the king’s cow lean, pays for it fat.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBon sang ne peut mentir.Good blood will never lie.
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