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{ "etymology_text": "First recorded in the epilogue to As you Like it by William Shakespeare: \"If it be true, that good wine needs no bush, ’tis true, that a good play needes no Epilogue.\" Here, the term bush denotes a branch or bunch of ivy formerly hung as a vintner’s sign in front of a tavern.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "proverb", "head": "" }, "expansion": "good wine needs no bush", "name": "head" }, { "args": {}, "expansion": "good wine needs no bush", "name": "en-proverb" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "proverb", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "English proverbs", "parents": [], "source": "w" } ], "glosses": [ "There is no need to boast or advertise about something of good quality." ], "id": "en-good_wine_needs_no_bush-en-proverb-FxPGxWPN", "links": [ [ "boast", "boast" ], [ "advertise", "advertise" ], [ "quality", "quality" ] ], "related": [ { "word": "old wine in a new bottle" } ], "translations": [ { "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "something good does not need to be advertised", "word": "dobré zboží se chválí samo" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "something good does not need to be advertised", "word": "goede wijn behoeft geen krans" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "something good does not need to be advertised", "word": "hyvää ei tarvitse mainostaa" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "something good does not need to be advertised", "word": "à bon vin point d’enseigne" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "something good does not need to be advertised", "word": "gute Ware lobt sich selbst" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "something good does not need to be advertised", "word": "jó bornak nem kell cégér" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "something good does not need to be advertised", "word": "dobry towar sam się chwali" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "xoróšij továr sam sebjá xválit", "sense": "something good does not need to be advertised", "word": "хоро́ший това́р сам себя́ хва́лит" }, { "code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "something good does not need to be advertised", "word": "dobro blago se samo hvali." }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "something good does not need to be advertised", "word": "el buen paño, en el arca se vende" } ] } ], "word": "good wine needs no bush" }
{ "etymology_text": "First recorded in the epilogue to As you Like it by William Shakespeare: \"If it be true, that good wine needs no bush, ’tis true, that a good play needes no Epilogue.\" Here, the term bush denotes a branch or bunch of ivy formerly hung as a vintner’s sign in front of a tavern.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "proverb", "head": "" }, "expansion": "good wine needs no bush", "name": "head" }, { "args": {}, "expansion": "good wine needs no bush", "name": "en-proverb" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "proverb", "related": [ { "word": "old wine in a new bottle" } ], "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English multiword terms", "English proverbs" ], "glosses": [ "There is no need to boast or advertise about something of good quality." ], "links": [ [ "boast", "boast" ], [ "advertise", "advertise" ], [ "quality", "quality" ] ] } ], "translations": [ { "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "something good does not need to be advertised", "word": "dobré zboží se chválí samo" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "something good does not need to be advertised", "word": "goede wijn behoeft geen krans" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "something good does not need to be advertised", "word": "hyvää ei tarvitse mainostaa" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "something good does not need to be advertised", "word": "à bon vin point d’enseigne" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "something good does not need to be advertised", "word": "gute Ware lobt sich selbst" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "something good does not need to be advertised", "word": "jó bornak nem kell cégér" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "something good does not need to be advertised", "word": "dobry towar sam się chwali" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "xoróšij továr sam sebjá xválit", "sense": "something good does not need to be advertised", "word": "хоро́ший това́р сам себя́ хва́лит" }, { "code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "something good does not need to be advertised", "word": "dobro blago se samo hvali." }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "something good does not need to be advertised", "word": "el buen paño, en el arca se vende" } ], "word": "good wine needs no bush" }
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