See in wine, there is truth on Wiktionary
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"roman": "chwidam jung'e jindami itda",
"sense": "one tells the truth under the influence of alcohol",
"word": "취담 중에 진담이 있다"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "one tells the truth under the influence of alcohol",
"word": "in vino veritas"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "one tells the truth under the influence of alcohol",
"word": "w winie prawda"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "one tells the truth under the influence of alcohol",
"word": "no vinho a verdade"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ístina v viné",
"sense": "one tells the truth under the influence of alcohol",
"word": "и́стина в вине́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "právda v viné",
"sense": "one tells the truth under the influence of alcohol",
"word": "пра́вда в вине́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "что у тре́звого на уме́, то у пья́ного на языке́ (što u trézvovo na umé, to u pʹjánovo na jazyké, literally “what a sober man has on his mind, a drunk man has on his tongue”)",
"sense": "one tells the truth under the influence of alcohol"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one tells the truth under the influence of alcohol",
"word": "en el vino está la verdad"
}
],
"word": "in wine, there is truth"
}
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"path": [
"in wine, there is truth"
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"title": "in wine, there is truth",
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