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"ref": "1877, Julian Hawthorne, Garth, page 343",
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"ref": "1908, Armand Both, The Half-smart Set, Frederick A. Stokes Company, page 276",
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"ref": "1999, Bruce Northam, Brad Olsen, In Search of Adventure: A Wild Travel Anthology, page 21",
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"ref": "2005, Jennifer Rosen, Waiter, There’s A Horse In My Wine, page 253",
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
"word": "聽不聽由自己決定"
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"code": "cmn",
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"note": "听不听由自己决定 (tīng bù tīng yóu zìjǐ juédìng) (no equivalent exists: lit., \"it's up to you whether you take this advice\")",
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"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
"word": "mitä arvoa tällä onkaan"
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"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
"word": "pour ce que cela vaut"
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"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
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"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
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"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
"word": "nur nebenbei bemerkt"
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"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
"word": "falls es Sie interessiert"
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"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
"word": "ich möchte mich nicht aufdrängen, aber..."
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
"word": "Sie haben mich nicht nach meinem Rat gefragt, aber..."
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"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
"word": "es mag keine weitere Bewandtnis haben, aber..."
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"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
"word": "egyébként"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
"word": "ha netán ez segít (valamelyest)"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
"word": "nem tudom, segít-e bármit is"
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"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
"word": "(már) ha ez jelent/számít valamit"
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"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
"word": "valga quel che valga"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
"word": "varrà quel che varrà"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
"word": "valga quel che può valere"
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"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
"word": "jei ką"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
"word": "żeby nie było"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
"word": "valha o que valha"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
"word": "valha o que valer"
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"roman": "za što kupil, za to i prodaju",
"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
"word": "за что купил, за то и продаю"
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"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
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"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
"word": "por si sirve de algo"
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"word": "for what it's worth"
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"ref": "1877, Julian Hawthorne, Garth, page 343",
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"ref": "2005, Jennifer Rosen, Waiter, There’s A Horse In My Wine, page 253",
"text": "For what it’s worth, the same holds true for fish bowls: overfill and you’ll suffocate the guppies.",
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
"word": "聽不聽由自己決定"
},
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have"
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"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
"word": "mitä arvoa tällä onkaan"
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"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
"word": "pour ce que cela vaut"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
"word": "pour ce que ça vaut"
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"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
"word": "übrigens"
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"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
"word": "nur nebenbei bemerkt"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
"word": "falls es Sie interessiert"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
"word": "ich möchte mich nicht aufdrängen, aber..."
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
"word": "Sie haben mich nicht nach meinem Rat gefragt, aber..."
},
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"code": "de",
"english": "these are less common, but do express humility",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
"word": "es mag keine weitere Bewandtnis haben, aber..."
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
"word": "egyébként"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
"word": "ha netán ez segít (valamelyest)"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
"word": "nem tudom, segít-e bármit is"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
"word": "(már) ha ez jelent/számít valamit"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
"word": "valga quel che valga"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
"word": "varrà quel che varrà"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
"word": "valga quel che può valere"
},
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"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
"word": "jei ką"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
"word": "żeby nie było"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
"word": "valha o que valha"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
"word": "valha o que valer"
},
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"roman": "za što kupil, za to i prodaju",
"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
"word": "за что купил, за то и продаю"
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"roman": "kak by tam ni bylo",
"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
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"sense": "considering what limited worth this advice may have",
"word": "por si sirve de algo"
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"word": "for what it's worth"
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