les absents ont toujours tort

French

Etymology

Compare Italian gli assenti hanno sempre torto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /le.z‿ap.sɑ̃ ɔ̃ tu.ʒuʁ tɔʁ/
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Proverb

les absents ont toujours tort

  1. it is easy to accuse someone of wrongdoing when they are not there to defend themselves
  2. those who were absent cannot complain that they did not have a say in the decisions that were made
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