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he who smelt it dealt it

(colloquial, originally) A person who calls attention to or complains about a fart is likely trying to pretend it wasn't his or her own.(colloquial, by extension) Used to suggest that a person calling attention to or complaining about a given problem may in fact be the source of the problem.
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Submitted on September 25, 2011

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wer es roch, handelte es

αυτός που το μύρισε το μοίρασε

celui qui le sentait le traitait

Qui fecit eam redoluit

han som luktet det, greide det

aquele que cheirou tratou

тот, кто это почувствовал, сделал это

den som luktade det hanterade det

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