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qui donne tôt donne deux foisC’est ajouter au prix d’une grâce que de l’accorder promptement.Rate it:

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qui donne tôt donne deux foisHe gives twice who gives in a trice.Rate it:

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John HancockOne's signature.Rate it:

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John Q. PublicA generic individual; some hypothetical average or ordinary citizen.Rate it:

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John DoeAny unknown or anonymous male person.Rate it:

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John DoeA fictitious name used in the legal documents for an unknown or anonymous male person.Rate it:

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John HenryOne's signature.Rate it:

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John ThomasThe penisRate it:

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Master John GoodfellowPenis.Rate it:

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tu m'étonnes, JohnTu m’étonnes.Rate it:

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who shot johnA long and involved explanation; a thing of which an explanation would be long and involved.Rate it:

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dans le siècle où nous sommes, on ne donne rien pour rienAt the present day people give nothing for nothing, and precious little for sixpence.Rate it:

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à cheval donné on ne regarde pas à la brideOne does not look a gift-horse in the mouth.Rate it:

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à cheval donné on ne regarde pas à la bride (or, à la dent)One does not look a gift-horse in the mouth.Rate it:

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à cheval donné on ne regarde pas la dentureSi l’on vous fait un cadeau, prenez le tel qu’il est.Rate it:

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à cheval donné on ne regarde pas les dentsIl ne faut pas critiquer ce qui est offert en cadeau, ce qu’on a eu gratuitement.Rate it:

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à cheval donné, on ne regarde pas la brideIl faut se contenter de ce qu’on reçoit, ne pas critiquer ce qui est offert en cadeau.Rate it:

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aux petits des oiseaux il donne leur pâtureHe that sends mouths sends meat.Rate it:

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caresse de chien donne des pucesFlatterie hypocrite n'apporte rien de bon à celui qui la reçoit.Rate it:

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cela donne furieusement à penserThat is very suggestive.Rate it:

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comme un nigaud, j'ai donné dedansLike a goose, I fell into the trap.Rate it:

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il a donné tête baissée dans le piège (panneau)He ran headlong into the trap.Rate it:

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il faut toujours qu'elle donne son coup de patteShe always makes sarcastic (or, unpleasant) remarks.Rate it:

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il s'en donne les gantsHe takes the credit of it.Rate it:

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il s'est donné un tour de reinsHe sprained his back.Rate it:

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il se donne du bon tempsHe does not work too hard; He enjoys himself; He has a good time of it.Rate it:

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ils lui en ont donné tout du long de l'auneThey beat him black and blue.Rate it:

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ils se sont donné le motThey have passed the word round; They have agreed before-hand what to say.Rate it:

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j'ai passé quinze jours à paris et je m'en suis donnéI spent a fortnight in Paris, and I thoroughly enjoyed myself.Rate it:

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je leur ai donné prise sur moiI gave them a handle on me.Rate it:

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je lui ai donné la pièceI gave him a trifle, tip.Rate it:

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je lui ai donné sa besogne toute mâchéeI gave him his work all ready cut out; I made his work as easy as possible for him.Rate it:

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je lui ai donné son paquetI gave him the sack.Rate it:

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je lui ai donné sur les doigtsI rapped his knuckles (lit. and fig.).Rate it:

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je vous donne beau jeu(lit.) I give you good cards; (fig.) I give you a good opportunity; I play into your hands.Rate it:

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je vous le donne en centI bet you 100 to 1 you will not guess it.Rate it:

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je vous le donne en dixI bet you ten to one you will not guess it.Rate it:

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l'amour donne des ailesLe fait d’être amoureux décuple son énergie.Rate it:

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la main qui donne est au-dessus de celle qui reçoitCelui qui donne a le pouvoir sur celui qui reçoit.Rate it:

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la peur donne des ailesLa peur nous rend capables de choses que nous serions incapables de faire sans elle.Rate it:

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le régiment a donnéThe regiment has engaged.Rate it:

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maintenant qu'il est riche, il s'en donne de la bonne façonNow he is rich, he refuses himself nothing.Rate it:

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on lui a donné du balaiThey gave him the sack (i.e. dismissed him).Rate it:

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on m'a donné cela à titre gratuit (or, gracieux)They gave me that for nothing.Rate it:

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on ne donne rien pour rienExprime que l’on ne veut donner une chose qu’en recevant une autre chose.Rate it:

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qui donne aux pauvres prête à DieuQuiconque fait la charité sera récompensé par Dieu dans le futur.Rate it:

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a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go downAn otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant when a pleasant aspect is deliberately introduced.1999, Eli Yassif, The Hebrew Folktale: History, Genre, Meaning, Indiana University Press, ISBN 0253335833, page 372,One is known as the "sweetening parable," that is to say a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Thus, when the aim is to preach to the people, to guide them along the "bitter," arduous path of upholding burdensome precepts and prohibitions, a tale can lighten the load, make the "medicine" easier "to swallow."2001, Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter: A Memoir, Little, Brown, ISBN 0316736368, page 319,It put some fun into the tedious business of preparing for a presidential debate. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, right?2004, John Hoover, How to Work for an Idiot: Survive & Thrive... Without Killing Your Boss, Career Press, ISBN 1564147045, page 11,If a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, a barrel of laughs can wash down the big pills you might need to swallow.Rate it:

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throw dirt enough, and some will stickIf enough allegations are made about someone or something, then even if they are all untrue, people's opinion of the person or thing will be diminished.1759, John Wesley, letter to John Downes, Rector of St. Michael's, Wood Street, read at Wesley Center Online at on 14 Oct 06.I hope...that you are ignorant of the whole affair, and are so bold only because you are blind...And blind enough; so that you blunder on through thick and thin, bespattering all that come in your way, according to the old, laudable maxim, 'Throw dirt enough, and some will stick.'1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's Schooldays, read at fullbooks.com on 14 Oct 06,But whatever harm a spiteful tongue could do them, he took care should be done. Only throw dirt enough, and some will stick.1864, John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua, Penguin Classics (1994), p. 10,Archbishop Whately used to say Rate it:

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catch-as-catch-canA. 1681, John Fryer, Richard Chiswell, Robert Roberts, Robert White, A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters, Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672 and Finished 1681.Rate it:

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Jane DoeFemale equivalent of John Doe.Rate it:

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