behave as those around you do, especially when you are in a new and/or unfamiliar place
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I want to buy some clothes to wear when I go to India so I don't stand out as a tourist, but I don't know what to buy. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

Submitted on September 25, 2011

Modified by TriplePurple on August 21, 2024

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cuando fueres haz lo que vieres

ರೋಮ್‌ನಲ್ಲಿರುವಾಗ, ರೋಮನ್ನರು ಮಾಡುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡಿ

Wanneer je in Rome bent, doe dan zoals de Romeinen doen

quando em roma, faça como os romanos fazem

在罗马做到入乡随俗

在羅馬做到入鄉隨俗

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