See curiosity killed the cat on Wiktionary
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"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌkjɔːɹiˈɒs.ɪ.ti-/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌkjɝ.iˈɑ.sə.ti-/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kjʊɹ.iˈɑ.sɪ.ti-/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kjɝ.iˈɑ.sɪ.ti-/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
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],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"roman": "al-fuḍūlu qatala l-qiṭṭa",
"sense": "undue curiosity is dangerous",
"word": "الْفُضُولُ قَتَلَ الْقِطَّ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"lang_code": "hy",
"roman": "hetakʻrkʻrasirutʻyunə spanecʻ katvin",
"sense": "undue curiosity is dangerous",
"word": "հետաքրքրասիրությունը սպանեց կատվին"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "undue curiosity is dangerous",
"word": "la curiositat va matar el gat"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "hàoqí hàisǐ māo",
"sense": "undue curiosity is dangerous",
"word": "好奇害死貓 /好奇害死猫"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "undue curiosity is dangerous",
"word": "nebuď zvědavej, budeš brzo starej"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"lang_code": "da",
"sense": "undue curiosity is dangerous",
"word": "nysgerrighed slog smedens kat ihjel"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "undue curiosity is dangerous",
"tags": [
"calque"
],
"word": "nieuwsgierigheid doodde de kat"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "undue curiosity is dangerous",
"word": "de duivel heeft het vragen uitgevonden"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"lang_code": "et",
"sense": "undue curiosity is dangerous",
"word": "uudishimu tappis kassi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "undue curiosity is dangerous",
"word": "uteliaisuus tappoi kissan"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "undue curiosity is dangerous",
"word": "la curiosité est un vilain défaut"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "undue curiosity is dangerous",
"word": "Neugier ist der Katze Tod"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "i periérgeia skótose ti gáta",
"sense": "undue curiosity is dangerous",
"word": "η περιέργεια σκότωσε τη γάτα"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"roman": "ha-sakranút hargá et he-khatúl",
"sense": "undue curiosity is dangerous",
"word": "הַסַּקְרָנוּת הָרְגָה אֶת הֶחָתוּל"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "undue curiosity is dangerous",
"word": "aki kíváncsi, hamar megöregszik"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "undue curiosity is dangerous",
"word": "fios a mharaigh an cat"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "undue curiosity is dangerous",
"word": "tanto va la gatta al lardo, che ci lascia lo zampino"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "undue curiosity is dangerous",
"word": "la curiosità uccise il gatto"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "undue curiosity is dangerous",
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "la troppa curiosità spinge l'uccello nella rete"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"lang_code": "mk",
"roman": "ljubopitnosta ja ubila mačkata",
"sense": "undue curiosity is dangerous",
"word": "љубопитноста ја убила мачката"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"sense": "undue curiosity is dangerous",
"word": "nysgjerrighet drepte katten"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"sense": "undue curiosity is dangerous",
"word": "nysgjerrig høne får enten korn eller knuff"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "undue curiosity is dangerous",
"word": "ciekawy kot do studni wpadł"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "undue curiosity is dangerous",
"word": "ciekawość to pierwszy stopień do piekła"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "undue curiosity is dangerous",
"word": "a curiosidade matou o gato"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "undue curiosity is dangerous",
"word": "curioșii mor repede"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "ljubopýtnoj Várvare na bazáre nos otorváli",
"sense": "undue curiosity is dangerous",
"word": "любопы́тной Ва́рваре на база́ре нос оторва́ли"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"note": "мно́го бу́дешь знать — ско́ро соста́ришься (mnógo búdešʹ znatʹ — skóro sostárišʹsja)",
"sense": "undue curiosity is dangerous"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"note": "ме́ньше зна́ешь — кре́пче спишь (ménʹše znáješʹ — krépče spišʹ)",
"sense": "undue curiosity is dangerous"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "ot ljubopýtstva kóška sdóxla",
"sense": "undue curiosity is dangerous",
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "от любопы́тства ко́шка сдо́хла"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "ljubopýtstvo kóšku sgubílo",
"sense": "undue curiosity is dangerous",
"word": "любопы́тство ко́шку сгуби́ло"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "undue curiosity is dangerous",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "радо̀знало̄ст је убила мачку"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "undue curiosity is dangerous",
"tags": [
"Latin"
],
"word": "radòznalōst je ubila mačku"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "undue curiosity is dangerous",
"word": "la curiosidad mató al gato"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "undue curiosity is dangerous",
"word": "nyfiken i en strut"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"lang_code": "tl",
"sense": "undue curiosity is dangerous",
"word": "ang sobra-sobrang pag-usisa ay delikado"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "undue curiosity is dangerous",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
],
"word": "fazla merak göte yarak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "undue curiosity is dangerous",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
],
"word": "ya meraktan, ya yaraktan"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"sense": "undue curiosity is dangerous",
"word": "busnesa a laddodd y gath"
}
],
"word": "curiosity killed the cat"
}
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