Après bon vin bon cheval.Good wine makes the horse go.
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Il ne faut pas enseigner les poissons à nager.Don’t teach fishes to swim.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA chaque fou plaît sa marotte.Every fool likes his bauble.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesL’amour fait rage, mais l’argent fait mariage.Love does wonders, but money makes marriage.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDites toujours fanfare, vous ne mourrez jamais.Always talk big and you will never be forgotten.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesUne fois n’est pas coutume.Once is no custom.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLes morts sont bientôt oubliés.The dead are soon forgotten.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSelon le bras la saignée.According to the arm be the bleeding.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl faut amadouer la poule pour avoir les poussins.To get the chicks one must coax the hen.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDe la panse vient la danse.A full belly sets a man jigging.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesOn pêche bien en eau troublé.It is good fishing in troubled waters.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl n’y a que les honteux qui perdent.It is only the bashful that lose.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMère piteuse fait sa fille rogneuse.A tender-hearted mother makes a scabby daughter.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesOn ne doit pas à gras pourceau le cul oindre.There’s no need to grease the fat pig’s rump.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCelui qui est sur les épaules d’un géant voit plus loin que celui qui le porte.He who rides on the giant’s shoulders sees further than he who carries him.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl ne faut pas vendre la peau de l’ours avant de l’avoir mis par terre.Never sell the bearskin till you have killed the bear.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesN’a pas fait qui commence.He has not done who is beginning.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl n’y a qu’heur et malheur en ce monde.All is luck or ill luck in this world.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDonner de l’eau bénite de cour.To give court holy-water.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPetit chaudron, grandes oreilles.Little pitchers have long ears.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA bon cheval point d’éperon.Spur not a willing horse.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl cherche son âne et il est monté dessus.He looks for his ass and sits on its back.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesL’encens entête et tout le monde en veut.Incense intoxicates and every one wishes for it.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAutant chemine un homme en un jour qu’un limaçon en cent ans.A man travels as far in a day as a snail in a hundred years.
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