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le dicton |
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| saying, dicton, expression (m) | |
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C'est un très vieux dicton.
That's a very old saying. |
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Qui ne connaît un dicton aussi commun ?
Who doesn't know such a common saying? |
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Nous avons un dicton qui dit qu'un bon voisin est préférable à un parent éloigné.
We have a saying to the effect that a good neighbor is better than a faraway relative. |
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« Tout ce qui est accompli commence par sa projection » est un dicton dont nous connaissons tous la vérité.
"Everything accomplished starts with the dream of it," is a saying we all know to be true. |
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| Examples sourced from tatoeba.org |

