"good wine needs no bush" meaning in English

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Proverb

Etymology: 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: {{en-proverb}} good wine needs no bush
  1. There is no need to boast or advertise about something of good quality. Related terms: old wine in a new bottle Translations (something good does not need to be advertised): 有麝自然香 (Chinese Mandarin), dobré zboží se chválí samo (Czech), goede wijn behoeft geen krans (Dutch), hyvää ei tarvitse mainostaa (Finnish), à bon vin point d’enseigne (French), gute Ware lobt sich selbst (German), jó bornak nem kell cégér (Hungarian), dobry towar sam się chwali (Polish), хоро́ший това́р сам себя́ хва́лит (xoróšij továr sam sebjá xválit) (Russian), dobro blago se samo hvali. (Slovene), el buen paño, en el arca se vende (Spanish), hữu xạ tự nhiên hương (Vietnamese)
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