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Some of the proverbs in our proverb translation database include:
Still waters run deep
French Translation: Il faut se méfier de l'eau qui dort.Take the bull by the horns
French Translation: Prendre le taureau par les cornes.The cobbler's children go barefoot
French Translation: Les cordonniers sont les plus mal chaussés.Time and tide wait for no man
French Translation: Le temps perdu ne se rattrape pas.When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the window
French Translation: Quand le foin manque, les chevaux se battent.Youth is wasted on the young
French Translation: Si jeunesse savait et si vieillesse pouvait.Don't judge the book by its cover
French Translation: L'habit ne fait pas le moine.Empty vessels make most noise
French Translation: Ce sont les tonneaux vides qui font le
plus de bruit.Every man is the architect of his own fate
French Translation: Chacun est maître de son destin.Fields have eyes, and woods have ears
French Translation: Les murs ont des oreilles.Fortune favours the bold
French Translation: La fortune sourit aux audacieux.Grasp all, lose all
French Translation: Qui trop embrasse, mal étreint.He who laughs last laughs longest
French Translation: Rira bien qui rira le dernier.If the shoe fits, wear it
French Translation: Qui se sent morveux, se mouche.If you want a thing done well, do it yourself
French Translation: On est jamais si bien servi que par soi même.In time of prosperity, friends are plenty
French Translation: Tant que l'or luit, force d'amis.It's six of one and half dozen of the other
French Translation: C'est bonnet blanc et blanc bonnet.Kill two birds with one stone
French Translation: Faire d'une pierre deux coups.Let the world say what it will
French Translation: Les chiens aboient et la caravane passe.
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