"the early bird gets the worm" meaning in All languages combined

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Proverb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|proverb|head=the early bird gets the worm}} the early bird gets the worm
  1. Whoever arrives first has the best chance of success; some opportunities are available only to the first competitors. Synonyms: the early bird catches the worm Related terms: early to bed, early to rise, first come, first served Translations (whoever arrives first has the best chance of success): die oggendstond het goud in die mond (Afrikaans), مِنْ سَبَق أَكْل النَبْق (min sabaq ʔakl an-nabq) (Arabic), مِنْ سَبَقْ شَمْ الحَبْقْ (min sabaq šam al-ḥabq) (Arabic), من سبق لبق [Gulf-Arabic] (Arabic), хто ра́на ўстае́ таму́ Бог дае́, а хто спіць да со́нца, таму́ хлеб у като́мцы (xto rána ŭstajé tamú Boh dajé, a xto spicʹ da sónca, tamú xljeb u katómcy) (Belarusian), qui matina fa farina (Catalan), 早起的鳥兒有蟲吃 (Chinese Mandarin), 早起的鸟儿有虫吃 (zǎoqǐ de niǎor yǒu chóng chī) (Chinese Mandarin), 先下手為強 (Chinese Mandarin), 先下手为强 (xiān xiàshǒu wéi qiáng) (Chinese Mandarin), 捷足先登 (jiézúxiāndēng) (Chinese Mandarin), 近水樓台先得月 (jìnshuǐlóutái xiān dé yuè) (Chinese Mandarin), 先到先得 (xiāndàoxiāndé) (Chinese Mandarin), ranní ptáče dál doskáče (Czech), komu se nelení, tomu se zelení (Czech), morgenstund har guld i mund (Danish), morgenstond heeft goud in de mond (Dutch), aikainen lintu madon nappaa (Finnish), l’avenir appartient à ceux qui se lèvent tôt (French), le monde appartient à ceux qui se lèvent tôt (French), la vache la première au pré, lèche toute la rosée (French), der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm (German), Morgenstund hat Gold im Mund (German), הציפור המשכימה קום תופסת את התולעת (Hebrew), המשכים קום, אלוהים נותן לו שילום (Hebrew), כל הקודם זוכה (kol hakódem zókhe) (Hebrew), ki korán kel, aranyat lel (Hungarian), siapa cepat, dia dapat (Indonesian), is leis an mochóirí an lá (Irish), chi primo arriva meglio alloggia (Italian), chi dorme non piglia pesci (Italian), il mattino ha l'oro in bocca (Italian), 早起きの鳥は虫を捕らえる (hayaoki no tori wa mushi o toraeru) (Japanese), 早起きは三文の徳 (hayaoki wa sanmon no toku) (Japanese), 早いもの勝ち (hayai mono gachi) (Japanese), 일찍 일어나는 새가 벌레를 잡는다 (iljjik ireonaneun saega beollereul jamneunda) (Korean), кој рано рани, две среќи граби (koj rano rani, dve sreḱi grabi) (Macedonian), siapa cepat dia dapat (Malay), hashkééł ndaakaiígíí ayóo baa daʼneedééh (Navajo), l'heûsi n'a janmais ieu à emprunter du tardi (Norman), morgenstund har gull i munn (Norwegian Bokmål), morgonstund har gull i munn (Norwegian Nynorsk), kto rano wstaje, temu Pan Bóg daje (Polish), Deus ajuda quem cedo madruga (Portuguese), cine se trezește de dimineață, departe ajunge (Romanian), кто ра́но встаёт, тому́ бог подаёт (kto ráno vstajót, tomú box podajót) (Russian), ко рано рани две среће граби [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), птица раноранилица прва црва нађе [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), ko rano rani dve sreće grabi [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), ptica ranoranilica prva crva nađe [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), komu sa nelení, tomu sa zelení (Slovak), a quien madruga, Dios le ayuda (Spanish), morgonstund har guld i mund (Swedish), morgonstund har guld i mun (Swedish), erken kalkan yol alır (Turkish), erken kalktım işime, şeker kattım aşıma (Turkish), con chim đầu bắt sâu (Vietnamese), inyoni yokuqala ibamba isibungu (Zulu)
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Alternative forms

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          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "хто ра́на ўстае́ таму́ Бог дае́, а хто спіць да со́нца, таму́ хлеб у като́мцы"
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          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "早起的鳥兒有蟲吃"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zǎoqǐ de niǎor yǒu chóng chī",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "早起的鸟儿有虫吃"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "先下手為強"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xiān xiàshǒu wéi qiáng",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "先下手为强"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiézúxiāndēng",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "捷足先登"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jìnshuǐlóutái xiān dé yuè",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "近水樓台先得月"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xiāndàoxiāndé",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "先到先得"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "ranní ptáče dál doskáče"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "komu se nelení, tomu se zelení"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "morgenstund har guld i mund"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "morgenstond heeft goud in de mond"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "aikainen lintu madon nappaa"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "l’avenir appartient à ceux qui se lèvent tôt"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "le monde appartient à ceux qui se lèvent tôt"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "la vache la première au pré, lèche toute la rosée"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "Morgenstund hat Gold im Mund"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "הציפור המשכימה קום תופסת את התולעת"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "המשכים קום, אלוהים נותן לו שילום"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "kol hakódem zókhe",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "כל הקודם זוכה"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "ki korán kel, aranyat lel"
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "siapa cepat, dia dapat"
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        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "is leis an mochóirí an lá"
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        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "chi primo arriva meglio alloggia"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "chi dorme non piglia pesci"
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        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "il mattino ha l'oro in bocca"
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hayaoki no tori wa mushi o toraeru",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "早起きの鳥は虫を捕らえる"
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hayaoki wa sanmon no toku",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "早起きは三文の徳"
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        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hayai mono gachi",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "早いもの勝ち"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "iljjik ireonaneun saega beollereul jamneunda",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "일찍 일어나는 새가 벌레를 잡는다"
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "koj rano rani, dve sreḱi grabi",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "кој рано рани, две среќи граби"
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        {
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          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "siapa cepat dia dapat"
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          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "hashkééł ndaakaiígíí ayóo baa daʼneedééh"
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        {
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "l'heûsi n'a janmais ieu à emprunter du tardi"
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          "word": "morgenstund har gull i munn"
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          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "morgonstund har gull i munn"
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          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "kto rano wstaje, temu Pan Bóg daje"
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        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "Deus ajuda quem cedo madruga"
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        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "cine se trezește de dimineață, departe ajunge"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kto ráno vstajót, tomú box podajót",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "кто ра́но встаёт, тому́ бог подаёт"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "ко рано рани две среће граби"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "птица раноранилица прва црва нађе"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "ko rano rani dve sreće grabi"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "ptica ranoranilica prva crva nađe"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "komu sa nelení, tomu sa zelení"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "a quien madruga, Dios le ayuda"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "morgonstund har guld i mund"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "morgonstund har guld i mun"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "erken kalkan yol alır"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "erken kalktım işime, şeker kattım aşıma"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "con chim đầu bắt sâu"
        },
        {
          "code": "zu",
          "lang": "Zulu",
          "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
          "word": "inyoni yokuqala ibamba isibungu"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "the early bird gets the worm"
}
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "早起的鳥兒有蟲吃",
            "clq": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Chinese: 早起的鳥兒有蟲吃/早起的鸟儿有虫吃 (zǎoqǐ de niǎor yǒu chóng chī) (calque)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Chinese: 早起的鳥兒有蟲吃/早起的鸟儿有虫吃 (zǎoqǐ de niǎor yǒu chóng chī) (calque)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm",
            "clq": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm (calque)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm (calque)"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "proverb",
        "head": "the early bird gets the worm"
      },
      "expansion": "the early bird gets the worm",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "early to bed, early to rise"
    },
    {
      "word": "first come, first served"
    }
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    {
      "categories": [
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English proverbs",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Requests for review of Swedish translations",
        "Russian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Terms with Afrikaans translations",
        "Terms with Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Gulf Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Indonesian translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Malay translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Navajo translations",
        "Terms with Norman translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Slovak translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
        "Terms with Zulu translations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Whoever arrives first has the best chance of success; some opportunities are available only to the first competitors."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "arrive",
          "arrive"
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          "first",
          "first"
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          "success"
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "the early bird catches the worm"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "die oggendstond het goud in die mond"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "min sabaq ʔakl an-nabq",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "مِنْ سَبَق أَكْل النَبْق"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "min sabaq šam al-ḥabq",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "مِنْ سَبَقْ شَمْ الحَبْقْ"
    },
    {
      "code": "afb",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "tags": [
        "Gulf-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "من سبق لبق"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "xto rána ŭstajé tamú Boh dajé, a xto spicʹ da sónca, tamú xljeb u katómcy",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "хто ра́на ўстае́ таму́ Бог дае́, а хто спіць да со́нца, таму́ хлеб у като́мцы"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "qui matina fa farina"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "早起的鳥兒有蟲吃"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zǎoqǐ de niǎor yǒu chóng chī",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "早起的鸟儿有虫吃"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "先下手為強"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiān xiàshǒu wéi qiáng",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "先下手为强"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiézúxiāndēng",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "捷足先登"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jìnshuǐlóutái xiān dé yuè",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "近水樓台先得月"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiāndàoxiāndé",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "先到先得"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "ranní ptáče dál doskáče"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "komu se nelení, tomu se zelení"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "morgenstund har guld i mund"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "morgenstond heeft goud in de mond"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "aikainen lintu madon nappaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "l’avenir appartient à ceux qui se lèvent tôt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "le monde appartient à ceux qui se lèvent tôt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "la vache la première au pré, lèche toute la rosée"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "Morgenstund hat Gold im Mund"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "הציפור המשכימה קום תופסת את התולעת"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "המשכים קום, אלוהים נותן לו שילום"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kol hakódem zókhe",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "כל הקודם זוכה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "ki korán kel, aranyat lel"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "siapa cepat, dia dapat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "is leis an mochóirí an lá"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "chi primo arriva meglio alloggia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "chi dorme non piglia pesci"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "il mattino ha l'oro in bocca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hayaoki no tori wa mushi o toraeru",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "早起きの鳥は虫を捕らえる"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hayaoki wa sanmon no toku",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "早起きは三文の徳"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hayai mono gachi",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "早いもの勝ち"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "iljjik ireonaneun saega beollereul jamneunda",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "일찍 일어나는 새가 벌레를 잡는다"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "koj rano rani, dve sreḱi grabi",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "кој рано рани, две среќи граби"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "siapa cepat dia dapat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "hashkééł ndaakaiígíí ayóo baa daʼneedééh"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "l'heûsi n'a janmais ieu à emprunter du tardi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "morgenstund har gull i munn"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "morgonstund har gull i munn"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "kto rano wstaje, temu Pan Bóg daje"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "Deus ajuda quem cedo madruga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "cine se trezește de dimineață, departe ajunge"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kto ráno vstajót, tomú box podajót",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "кто ра́но встаёт, тому́ бог подаёт"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "ко рано рани две среће граби"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "птица раноранилица прва црва нађе"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "ko rano rani dve sreće grabi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "ptica ranoranilica prva crva nađe"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "komu sa nelení, tomu sa zelení"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "a quien madruga, Dios le ayuda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "morgonstund har guld i mund"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "morgonstund har guld i mun"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "erken kalkan yol alır"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "erken kalktım işime, şeker kattım aşıma"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "con chim đầu bắt sâu"
    },
    {
      "code": "zu",
      "lang": "Zulu",
      "sense": "whoever arrives first has the best chance of success",
      "word": "inyoni yokuqala ibamba isibungu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "the early bird gets the worm"
}

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