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"sense": "easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss",
"word": "ti nalaka ti pannakasapulna, nalaka met ti pannakapukawna"
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"word": "an rud a fhaightear go bog caitear go bog é"
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"word": "hvad der kommer let, går let"
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"sense": "easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss",
"word": "mikä laulaen tulee, se viheltäen menee"
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"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "karis moṭanils karive c̣aiɣebso",
"sense": "easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss",
"word": "ქარის მოტანილს ქარივე წაიღებსო"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss",
"word": "wie gewonnen, so zerronnen"
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"roman": "anemomazómata diavoloskorpísmata",
"sense": "easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss",
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"sense": "easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss",
"word": "בא בקלות, הולך בקלות"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss",
"word": "könnyen jött, könnyen ment"
},
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"code": "ilo",
"lang": "Ilocano",
"sense": "easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss",
"word": "ti nalaka ti pannakasapulna, nalaka met ti pannakapukawna"
},
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss",
"word": "an rud a fhaightear go bog caitear go bog é"
},
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"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss",
"word": "悪銭身に付かず"
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"sense": "easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss",
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"word": "سنڠ داڤت, سنڠ هابيس"
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"word": "senang dapat, senang habis"
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"sense": "easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss",
"word": "łatwo przyszło, łatwo poszło"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss",
"word": "assim como vem, vai"
},
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss",
"word": "cum a venit, așa a plecat"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kak nážito, tak i próžito",
"sense": "easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss",
"word": "как на́жито, так и про́жито"
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"roman": "lexkó prišló, lexkó ušló",
"sense": "easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss",
"word": "легко́ пришло́, легко́ ушло́"
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"word": "како дошло тако отишло"
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"word": "kako došlo tako otišlo"
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"sense": "easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss",
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"word": "lo que el agua trae, el agua lleva"
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"sense": "easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss",
"word": "lätt fånget, lätt förgånget"
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"sense": "easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss",
"word": "ang kita sa bula, sa bula rin mawawala"
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"sense": "easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss",
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"word": "easy come, easy go"
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