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"A person who calls attention to or complains about a flatus is likely trying to pretend it wasn't their own."
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "a person calling attention to or complaining about a fart",
"word": "賊喊捉賊"
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"roman": "zéihǎnzhuōzéi",
"sense": "a person calling attention to or complaining about a fart",
"word": "贼喊捉贼"
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"sense": "a person calling attention to or complaining about a fart",
"word": "kiu ĝin flaris, faris"
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"sense": "a person calling attention to or complaining about a fart",
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"sense": "a person calling attention to or complaining about a fart",
"word": "Wer den Furz zuerst gerochen, dem ist er aus dem Arsch gekrochen."
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"sense": "a person calling attention to or complaining about a fart",
"word": "kas atzinās, tas nopirdās"
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"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "a person calling attention to or complaining about a fart",
"word": "vagie, kepurė dega"
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"_dis1": "46 54",
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"sense": "a person calling attention to or complaining about a fart",
"word": "kto pierwszy poczuje temu się snuje"
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"_dis1": "46 54",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a person calling attention to or complaining about a fart",
"word": "quem cheirou, que resolva"
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"_dis1": "46 54",
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"roman": "kto priznalsja tot i obosralsja",
"sense": "a person calling attention to or complaining about a fart",
"word": "кто признался тот и обосрался"
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"sense": "a person calling attention to or complaining about a fart",
"word": "cinca la ntisa te culu na scisa"
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"sense": "a person calling attention to or complaining about a fart",
"word": "kdor ga zavoha, ta ga tudi spoha"
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"sense": "a person calling attention to or complaining about a fart",
"word": "el que lo huele, debajo lo tiene"
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"sense": "a person calling attention to or complaining about a fart",
"word": "den som nämnde det, han klämde det"
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"word": "den som nämnde't, han klämde't"
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"word": "he who smelt it dealt it"
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"word": "whoever smelt it, dealt it"
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{
"word": "you smelt it, you dealt it"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "a person calling attention to or complaining about a fart",
"word": "賊喊捉賊"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zéihǎnzhuōzéi",
"sense": "a person calling attention to or complaining about a fart",
"word": "贼喊捉贼"
},
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"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "a person calling attention to or complaining about a fart",
"word": "kiu ĝin flaris, faris"
},
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "a person calling attention to or complaining about a fart",
"word": "premier senteur, premier péteur"
},
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "a person calling attention to or complaining about a fart",
"word": "Wer den Furz zuerst gerochen, dem ist er aus dem Arsch gekrochen."
},
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"alt": "いいだしっぺ",
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"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "iidashippe",
"sense": "a person calling attention to or complaining about a fart",
"word": "言い出しっ屁"
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"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "a person calling attention to or complaining about a fart",
"word": "kas atzinās, tas nopirdās"
},
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"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "a person calling attention to or complaining about a fart",
"word": "vagie, kepurė dega"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a person calling attention to or complaining about a fart",
"word": "kto pierwszy poczuje temu się snuje"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a person calling attention to or complaining about a fart",
"word": "quem cheirou, que resolva"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kto priznalsja tot i obosralsja",
"sense": "a person calling attention to or complaining about a fart",
"word": "кто признался тот и обосрался"
},
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"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "a person calling attention to or complaining about a fart",
"word": "cinca la ntisa te culu na scisa"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "a person calling attention to or complaining about a fart",
"word": "kdor ga zavoha, ta ga tudi spoha"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a person calling attention to or complaining about a fart",
"word": "el que lo huele, debajo lo tiene"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a person calling attention to or complaining about a fart",
"word": "den som nämnde det, han klämde det"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a person calling attention to or complaining about a fart",
"word": "den som nämnde't, han klämde't"
}
],
"word": "he who smelt it dealt it"
}
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