Proverbs Flashcards

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Les chiens ne font pas des chats

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The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree

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Tout ce qui brille n’est pas de l’or

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All that glitters is not gold

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Prend ce que l’on te donne et ne te plaint pas

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Beggars can’t be choosers

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Mieux vaux prévenir que guérir

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Better safe than sorry

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Ne vend pas la peau de l’ours avant de l’avoir tuer

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Don’t count your chickens before they hatch

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Il y a toujours de l’espoir

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Every cloud has a silver lining

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Des effets sont nécessairement due à une cause

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When there’s smoke, there’s fire

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On ne peut pas avoir le beurre et l’argent du beurre

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You can’t have you cake and eat it too.

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Expression à mettre avant un proverbe

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As popular wisdom has it

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