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Sentence #23739

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 blay_paul blay_paul August 7, 2010 August 7, 2010 at 8:57:53 PM UTC link Permalink

Allegedly a proverb.
http://www.geocities.jp/nomonom...rbs/Pr0503.htm

I've never heard it.

mookeee mookeee August 7, 2011 August 7, 2011 at 10:09:57 PM UTC link Permalink

According to the following page, it's a Danish proverb.
http://www.bookrags.com/tandf/bread-10-tf/

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➜ #186603花より団子。

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Bread is better than the songs of birds. [Proverb]

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Bread is better than the songs of birds.

edited by Pharamp, June 20, 2010
➜ #429642Un « tiens » vaut mieux que deux « tu l'auras ».

linked by LowMemory, July 18, 2010
➜ #806749麵包比鳥的鳴唱好。

linked by Martha, March 23, 2011
➜ #1781517Aɣrum yif ccna n yegḍaḍ.

linked by Amastan, August 17, 2012
➜ #1855693לחם עדיף על זמרת ציפורים.

linked by fekundulo, September 21, 2012
A loaf of bread is better than the songs of birds.

edited by Mrew2Vier, June 11, 2015
➜ #4770853Буханка хлеба лучше пения птиц.

linked by odexed, December 16, 2015
➜ #7544924یک قرص نان بهتر از آواز پرندگان است.

linked by cojiluc, November 30, 2018