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"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "die appel val nie ver van die boom af nie"
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"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "som far, så søn"
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"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "zo vader, zo zoon"
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"code": "eo",
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"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "kia patro, tia filo"
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"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "käbi ei kuku kännust kaugele"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "isänsä poika"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "tel père, tel fils"
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"sense": "a son takes after his father",
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"sense": "a son takes after his father",
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "wie der Vater, so der Sohn"
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"roman": "katá mána katá kýri",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "κατά μάνα κατά κύρη"
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"code": "he",
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"roman": "hatapúakh lo nafál rakhók meha'étz",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "הַתַּפּוּחַ לֹא נָפַל רָחוֹק מֵהַעֵץ"
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"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "nem esik messze az alma a fájától"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
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"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "nézd meg az apját, menj hozzá a fiához"
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"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "cad é a dhéanfadh mac an chait ach luch a mharú"
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"sense": "a son takes after his father",
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"english": "literally: “a frog's child is a frog”",
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"sense": "a son takes after his father",
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"sense": "a son takes after his father",
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"roman": "geu abeoji-e geu adeul",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
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"roman": "kakov tatko, takov sin",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
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"sense": "a son takes after his father",
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"sense": "a son takes after his father",
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"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "som far, så sønn"
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"code": "fa",
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"roman": "pesar ko nadârad nešân az pedar",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "پسر کو ندارد نشان از پدر"
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"sense": "a son takes after his father",
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"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "jakie drzewo, taki klin, jaki ojciec, taki syn"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "tal pai, tal filho"
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"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "cum e tatăl, așa-i și fiul"
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"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "ce se naște din pisică, șoareci mănâncă"
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "așchia nu sare departe de trunchi"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "jábloko ot jábloni nedalekó pádajet",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "я́блоко от я́блони недалеко́ па́дает"
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "bu dual do dh'isean an ròin a dhol chun na mara"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
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"word": "какав отац, такав син"
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "a son takes after his father",
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"word": "kakav otac, takav sin"
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"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "jabolko ne pade daleč od drevesa"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "de tal padre, tal hijo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "de tal palo, tal astilla"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "sådan far, sådan son"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "cha nào con nấy"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "çou ki vént d' poye grete"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "çou ki vént d' tchén hagne"
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"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "sa heit, sa soan"
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"code": "af",
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"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "die appel val nie ver van die boom af nie"
},
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "al-waladu surr ʔabīhi",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "الْوَلَدُ سُرّ أَبِيهِ"
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"sense": "a son takes after his father",
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"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "虎父無犬子"
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"word": "虎父无犬子"
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"sense": "a son takes after his father",
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"sense": "a son takes after his father",
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"sense": "a son takes after his father",
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"english": "literally: “the son is like its father”",
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"roman": "zǐ xiāo qí fù",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "子肖其父"
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"roman": "yǒu qí fù bì yǒu qí zǐ",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "有其父必有其子"
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"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "som far, så søn"
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"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "zo vader, zo zoon"
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"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "kia patro, tia filo"
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"sense": "a son takes after his father",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "isänsä poika"
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"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "tel père, tel fils"
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"code": "ka",
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"roman": "deda naxe, mama naxe, švili ise gamonaxe",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "დედა ნახე, მამა ნახე, შვილი ისე გამონახე"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ḳvici gvarze xṭiso",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "კვიცი გვარზე ხტისო"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ara šeǯda mc̣q̇eri xesa, ara iq̇o gvari misi",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "არა შეჯდა მწყერი ხესა, არა იყო გვარი მისი"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "wie der Vater, so der Sohn"
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"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "katá mána katá kýri",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "κατά μάνα κατά κύρη"
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hatapúakh lo nafál rakhók meha'étz",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "הַתַּפּוּחַ לֹא נָפַל רָחוֹק מֵהַעֵץ"
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"code": "he",
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"roman": "k'mó ha'áv, kácha ha'bén",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "כְּמוֹ הַאָב, כָּכָה הַבֵּן"
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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "jaisā bāp, vaisā beṭā",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "जैसा बाप, वैसा बेटा"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "nem esik messze az alma a fájától"
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"code": "hu",
"english": "stating the similarity of a son to his father",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "apja fia"
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{
"code": "hu",
"english": "advice to one about to marry a young man",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "nézd meg az apját, menj hozzá a fiához"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "cad é a dhéanfadh mac an chait ach luch a mharú"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "tale padre, tale figlio"
},
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"code": "ja",
"english": "literally: “a frog's child is a frog”",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kaeru no ko wa kaeru",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "蛙の子は蛙"
},
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bujeonjajeon",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "부전자전"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "geu abeoji-e geu adeul",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "그 아버지에 그 아들"
},
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kakov tatko, takov sin",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "каков татко, таков син"
},
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"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "bapa borek, anak rintik"
},
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"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "skond il-missier, l-iben"
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"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "som far, så sønn"
},
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "pesar ko nadârad nešân az pedar",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "پسر کو ندارد نشان از پدر"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "jaki ojciec, taki syn"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "jakie drzewo, taki klin, jaki ojciec, taki syn"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "tal pai, tal filho"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "cum e tatăl, așa-i și fiul"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "ce se naște din pisică, șoareci mănâncă"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "așchia nu sare departe de trunchi"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "jábloko ot jábloni nedalekó pádajet",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "я́блоко от я́блони недалеко́ па́дает"
},
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "bu dual do dh'isean an ròin a dhol chun na mara"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
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],
"word": "какав отац, такав син"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "kakav otac, takav sin"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "jabolko ne pade daleč od drevesa"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "de tal padre, tal hijo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "de tal palo, tal astilla"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "sådan far, sådan son"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "cha nào con nấy"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "çou ki vént d' poye grete"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "çou ki vént d' tchén hagne"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "a son takes after his father",
"word": "sa heit, sa soan"
}
],
"word": "like father, like son"
}
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