English
Proverb
a lie has no legs
- One cannot get away with a lie; the truth will always come out.
Translations
you can't get away with a lie
- Albanian: gënjeshtra i ka këmbët të shkurtra
- Arabic: حَبْلُ ٱلْكَذِبِ قَصِيرٌ (ḥablu l-kaḏibi qaṣīrun)
- Egyptian Arabic: الكدب مالوش رجلين (ik-kidb malúš riglén)
- Basque: gezurrak hanka motz, gezurrak buztana labur (eu)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 真相總會水落石出 / 真相总会水落石出 (zhēnxiàng zǒng huì shuǐluòshíchū)
- Comorian:
- Ngazidja Comorian: usiku wa mwamɓa-ndraɓo kohomo husha
- Czech: lež má krátké nohy
- Dutch: al is de leugen nog zo snel, de waarheid achterhaalt haar wel (nl)
- Estonian: valel on lühikesed jalad
- Finnish: valheella on lyhyet jäljet
- French: la vérité finit toujours par triompher (fr)
- Georgian: ტყუილს მოკლე ფეხები აქვს (ṭq̇uils moḳle pexebi akvs)
- German: Lügen haben kurze Beine (de)
- Hebrew: לְשֶׁקֶר אֵין רַגְלַיִם (l'shéker eyn ragláyim)
- Hungarian: a hazug embert hamarabb utolérik, mint a sánta kutyát (hu), könnyebb utolérni a hazugot, mint a sánta kutyát (hu)
- Italian: le bugie hanno le gambe corte
- Japanese: please add this translation if you can
- Korean: 꼬리가 길면 밟힌다 (ko) (kkori-ga gilmyeon balpinda)
- Lithuanian: melo kojos trumpos
- Macedonian: на лагата ѝ се кратки нозете (na lagata ì se kratki nozete), на лагата куси ѝ се нозете (na lagata kusi ì se nozete)
- Polish: kłamstwo ma krótkie nogi (pl)
- Portuguese: mentira tem perna curta (pt)
- Romanian: minciuna are picioare scurte
- Russian: на лжи́ далеко́ не уе́дешь (na lží dalekó ne ujédešʹ), у лжи́ коро́ткие но́ги (u lží korótkije nógi)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: у лажи су кратке ноге
- Latin: u laži su kratke noge
- Slovak: lož má krátke nohy (sk)
- Slovene: laž ima kratke noge
- Spanish: antes se coge al mentiroso que al cojo, la mentira tiene patas cortas (Argentina), las mentiras tienen patas cortas
- Sranan Tongo: yu kan kibri yu granmama, ma yu no kan kibri en kosokoso
- Turkish: yalancının mumu yatsıya kadar yanar (tr)
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