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UNA FR 202 Ch 28 f

UNA, FR 202, The Ultimate French, Chapter 28, Proverbs

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À bon vin, point d'enseigne. The reputation of a good thing precedes it.
Après la pluie, le beau temps. Every cloud has a silver lining.
Aux grands maux, les grands remèdes. Big problems require big solutions.
Les beaux esprits se rencontrent. Great minds think alike.
Les bons comptes font les bons amis. Don't let money squabbles ruin a friendship.
Charbonnier est maître chez soi. Every man's home is his castle.
Le chat parti, les souris dansent. When the cat's away, the mice will play.
Comme on fait son lit, on se couche. As you make your bed, so you shall lie in it.
Deux avis valent mieux qu'un. Two heads are better than one.
L'enfer est pavé de bonnes intentions The road to hell in paved with good intentions.
C'est en forgeant qu'on devient forgeron. Practice makes perfect.
Des goûts et des couleurs il ne faut pas discuter. There's no accounting for taste.
La goutte d'eau qui fait déborder le vase. The straw that breaks the camel's back.
L'habit ne fait pas le moine. Clothes don't make the man.
Une hirondelle ne fait pas le printemps. One swallow doesn't make a spring.
Il faut battre le fer pendant qu'il est chaud. Strike while the iron is hot.
Il n'est pire eau que l'eau qui dort. Still water runs deep.
Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu. There's no smoke without fire.
Il y a loin de la coupe aux lèvres. There's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip.
Ce n'est pas la mer à boire. It's not very difficult to do.
Mieux vaut tard que jamais. Better late than never.
Paris ne s'est pas fait en un jour. Rome wasn't built in a day.
Petit à petit, l'oiseau fait son nid. Slow and steady wins the race.
Pierre qui roule n'amasse pas mousse. A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Plus on est de fous, plus on rit. The more the merrier.
Point de nouvelles, bonnes nouvelles. No news is good news.
Qui se ressemble, s'assemble. Birds of a feather flock together.
Santé passe richesse. Health is better than riches.
Tel père, tel fils. Like father, like son.
Un(e) de perdu(e), dix de retrouvé(e)s. There are plenty more like him/her out there.
Vouloir, c'est pouvoir. Where there's a will, there's a way.
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