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Sentence #275311

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 Scott Scott December 21, 2011 December 21, 2011 at 7:42:13 AM UTC link Permalink

French English don't really match, but Japanese and English are closer.

Scott Scott December 21, 2011 December 21, 2011 at 4:58:00 PM UTC link Permalink

Actually, that's not quite accurate. From the Oxford dictionary of proverbs: "Commonly used as an assertion that an unfavourable situation will eventually change for the better."

That meaning matches the French and the Japanese. The Japanese doesn't just mean that everything comes to those who wait. It's actually a very similar image to the French. I think you relied on one translation or one explanation of the proverbs and that's not always enough.

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It is a long road that has no turning. [Proverb]

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➜ #129140Après une tempête vient le calme.

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It is a long road that has no turning.

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➜ #36583It is a long lane that has no turning.

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➜ #10818905Dogon hanya ne wanda ba za a koma baya ba.

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