"long ways, long lies" meaning in English

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        "Someone who returns from a far-off region can tell lies without fear of being contradicted."
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          "word": "a lie has no legs"
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        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "someone who comes back from a far-off region can tell lies without fear of being contradicted",
          "word": "de llunyes terres, moltes mentides"
        },
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "someone who comes back from a far-off region can tell lies without fear of being contradicted",
          "word": "wie verre reizen doet, kan veel verhalen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "someone who comes back from a far-off region can tell lies without fear of being contradicted",
          "word": "syrjäisistä paikoista on helppo valehdella"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "someone who comes back from a far-off region can tell lies without fear of being contradicted",
          "word": "a beau mentir qui vient de loin"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "someone who comes back from a far-off region can tell lies without fear of being contradicted",
          "word": "wenn einer eine Reise tut, dann kann er was erzählen"
        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "someone who comes back from a far-off region can tell lies without fear of being contradicted",
          "word": "messziről jött ember azt mond, amit akar"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "someone who comes back from a far-off region can tell lies without fear of being contradicted",
          "word": "osoba z dalekiego miejsca może kłamać bezpiecznie"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "someone who comes back from a far-off region can tell lies without fear of being contradicted",
          "word": "de longas vias, longas mentiras"
        },
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          "roman": "dóbro tomú vratʹ, kto za mórem byvál",
          "sense": "someone who comes back from a far-off region can tell lies without fear of being contradicted",
          "word": "до́бро тому́ врать, кто за мо́рем быва́л"
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          "sense": "someone who comes back from a far-off region can tell lies without fear of being contradicted",
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  "word": "long ways, long lies"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "someone who comes back from a far-off region can tell lies without fear of being contradicted",
      "word": "de llunyes terres, moltes mentides"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "someone who comes back from a far-off region can tell lies without fear of being contradicted",
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    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "someone who comes back from a far-off region can tell lies without fear of being contradicted",
      "word": "syrjäisistä paikoista on helppo valehdella"
    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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      "sense": "someone who comes back from a far-off region can tell lies without fear of being contradicted",
      "word": "de longas vias, longas mentiras"
    },
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    },
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  "word": "long ways, long lies"
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