quelques_proverbes Flashcards

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à quelque chose malheur est bon

chaque nuage est doublé d’argent

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every cloud has a silver lining

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ne vendez pas la peau de l’ours avant de l’avoir tué

ne comptez pas vos poussins avant qu’ils ne soient couvés

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don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched

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un tiens vaut mieux que deux tu l’auras

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a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

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on ne peut pas avoir le beurre et l’argent

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you cannot have your cake and eat it

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Q

chat échaudé craint l’eau froide

une fois mordu on est deux fois plus peureux

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once bitten, twice shy

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deux précautions en valent mieux qu’une

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better safe than sorry

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qui veut, peut (allemand: wer will der kann)

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where there’s a will there’s a way

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mieux vaut prévenir que guérir

un point à temps en vaut cent

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a stitch in time saves nine

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9
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birds of a feather flock together

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qui se ressemble s’assemble

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il faut savoir accepter l’inévitable

ce qui ne peut être guéri doit être enduré

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what can’t be cured must be endured

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le remède est pire que le mal

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the cure can be worse than the disease

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