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"etymology_text": "Came into prominence around 1982 through the American actress Jane Fonda's aerobic workout videos.",
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"langcode": "en",
"name": "Pain",
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"One must be willing to endure some inconvenience or discomfort in order to achieve worthwhile goals."
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"related": [
{
"word": "there's no such thing as a free lunch"
},
{
"word": "you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs"
},
{
"word": "you don't get something for nothing"
},
{
"word": "no tickee, no washee"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "one must endure inconvenience",
"word": "nothing ventured, nothing gained"
},
{
"sense": "one must endure inconvenience",
"word": "no guts, no glory"
},
{
"word": "no pains, no gains"
},
{
"word": "no gain without pain"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"note": "مَنْ طَلَبَ الْعُلَى سَهِرَ اللَّيَالِي (man ṭalaba l-ʕulā sahira l-layālī, literally “who wants to reach the heights, stays awake at nights”)",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "man jadda wajada waman zaraʕa ḥaṣada",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "مَنْ جَدَّ وَجَدَ وَمَنْ زَرَعَ حَصَدَ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"note": "مَنْ جَدَّ وَجَدَ وَمَنْ زَرَعَ حَصَدَ وَمَنْ سَارَ عَلَى ٱلدَّرْبِ وَصَلَ",
"roman": "man jadda wajada waman zaraʕa ḥaṣada waman sāra ʕalā d-darbi waṣala",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"note": "কষ্ট না করলে কেষ্ট মিলে না (kośṭo na korle keśṭo mile na, literally “if one doesn’t go through trials, he/she cannot meet his/her Lord (Krishna)”)",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"note": "без мъка няма сполука (bez mǎka njama spoluka, literally “without effort there is no success”)",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "a.nahkamhma. a.sacam-ra.",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "အနာခံမှ အသာစံရ"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"note": "不入虎穴，焉得虎子 (bú rù hǔxué, yāndé hǔzǐ, literally “if you don't enter the tiger's den, how will you get the tiger's cub?”)",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "bez práce nejsou koláče"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "hvo intet vover, intet vinder"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "man skal yde før man kan nyde"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "voor iets hoort iets"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "wie niet waagt, die niet wint"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "niet geschoten is altijd mis"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "de kost gaat voor de baat uit"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "kiu ne riskas, tiu ne gajnas"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "kes kannatab, see kaua elab"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "vaikeuksien kautta voittoon"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "yrittänyttä ei laiteta"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "qui ne risque rien n’a rien"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "qui ne tente rien n’a rien"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "on n’a rien sans rien"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "ohne Schweiß kein Preis"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "ohne Fleiß kein Preis"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "von nichts kommt nichts"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "wer nicht wagt, der nicht gewinnt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "Schmerz vergeht, die Ehre bleibt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "Schmerz vergeht, der Stolz bleibt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "Qualität kommt von Qual"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"note": "τα αγαθά κόποις κτώνται (ta agathá kópois któntai, literally “good things come after works”)",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"note": "τα καλά κόποις κτώνται (ta kalá kópois któntai, literally “good things come after works”)",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "הזורעים בדמעה, ברינה יקצורו"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "mindenért meg kell szenvedni"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "aki nem dolgozik, ne is egyék"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "aki mer, az nyer"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "enginn verður óbarinn biskup"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "berakit-rakit ke hulu, berenang-renang ke tepian"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "per apparire bisogna soffrire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "chi non risica non rosica"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"note": "苦は楽の種 (くはらくのたね, ku wa raku no tane, literally “cares are the seeds of ease”)",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"note": "虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず (こけつにいらずんばこじをえず, koketsu ni irazunba koji o ezu, literally “if you don't enter the tiger's den, how will you get the tiger's cub?”)",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals"
},
{
"code": "ki",
"lang": "Kikuyu",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "gũota mwaki nĩ kũhuria"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"note": "불입호혈 부득호자 (buriphohyeol budeukhoja, literally “if you don't enter the tiger's den, how will you get the tiger's cub?”)",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"note": "호혈호자 (hohyeolhoja, literally “if you don't enter the tiger's den, how will you get the tiger's cub?”)",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gojin'gamnae",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "고진감래"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "quī arat olīvētum, rogat fructum"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "quī stercorat, exōrat"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "quī caedit, cōgit"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "sine labōre nōn erit pānis in ōre"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "sine labōre nōn est pānis in ōre"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "tchi s'tcheint à la preunmié broque né tchèrra janmais d'bein haut"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "den som intet våger, intet vinner"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"note": "هر که طاووس خواهد جور هندوستان کشد (har ke tâvus xâhad jowr-e hendustân kešad, literally “Whoever wants a peacock shall suffer the torments of India”)",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "نابرده رنج گنج میسر نمی شود"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "bez pracy nie ma kołaczy"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "bez zachodu nie ma miodu"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "bez pracy nie ma macy"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "pieczone gołąbki nie lecą same do gąbki"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "kto ma ręce do pracy, ten się naje kołaczy"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "żeby mieć kołaczy, trzeba użyć pracy"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "kto nie ryzykuje, ten nie pije szampana"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "sem esforço não dá"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "ter que ralar pra conseguir"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "sem dor, sem ganho"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "quem não arrisca não petisca"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "без труда́ не вы́тащишь и ры́бку из пруда́ (bez trudá ne výtaščišʹ i rýbku iz prudá, literally “without effort you cannot even pull a fish from the pond”)",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "терпи́ каза́к, атама́ном бу́дешь (terpí kazák, atamánom búdešʹ, literally “bear this, Cossack, and you’ll be an ataman”)",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "кто не риску́ет, тот не пьёт шампа́нское (kto ne riskújet, tot ne pʹjot šampánskoje, literally “who doesn't risk, doesn't drink champagne”) лес ру́бят — ще́пки летя́т (les rúbjat — ščépki letját, literally “once the wood is cut, the chips fly”)",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "без труда́ не вы́тянешь и ры́бку из пруда́ (bez trudá ne výtjanešʹ i rýbku iz prudá, literally “you will not catch a fish out of pond without labor”)",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "без труда́ не вы́ловишь и ры́бку из пруда́ (bez trudá ne výlovišʹ i rýbku iz prudá, literally “you will not catch a fish out of pond without labor”)",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "нет бо́ли, нет побе́д (net bóli, net pobéd, literally “no pain, no gain”)",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "кто не се́ет, тот не жнёт (kto ne séjet, tot ne žnjot, literally “who doesn't seed, doesn't reap”)",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "любишь кататься, люби и саночки возить (ljubišʹ katatʹsja, ljubi i sanočki vozitʹ, literally “if you like to ride, you like to pull a sled”)",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "am fear nach dèan cur rè latha fuar, cha dèan e buain rè latha teth"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"note": "gheibh cearc an sgrìobain rudeigin, chan fhaigh cearc a' chrùbain dad idir",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "bonnach air bois, cha bhruich e is cha loisg"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "без муке нема науке"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "bez muke nema nauke"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "bez práce nie sú koláče"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "kto nič nerobí, nič nepokazí"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "brez muje se še čevelj ne obuje"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "sin dolor no hay ganancia"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "el que no arriesga no gana"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "no hay atajo sin trabajo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "perro que no camina, no encuentra hueso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "quien algo quiere, algo le cuesta"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "quien no se arriesga no pasa la mar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "el que quiera peces, que se moje el culo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "para presumir, hay que sufrir"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "man måste satsa för att vinna"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "vill man vara fin, får man lida pin"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "stekta sparvar flyger ej i munnen"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "friskt vågat, hälften vunnet"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "emeksiz yemek olmaz"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "korkak bezirgân ne kâr eder ne ziyan"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "emek olmadan yemek olmaz"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pid ležačyj kaminʹ voda ne teče",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "під лежачий камінь вода не тече"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "không vào hang cọp sao bắt được cọp con"
},
{
"code": "wym",
"lang": "Vilamovian",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "wor ny at, gejt under dy ad"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Jane Fonda",
"no pain, no gain"
]
}
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"tags": [
"Australia"
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],
"word": "no pain, no gain"
}
{
"etymology_text": "Came into prominence around 1982 through the American actress Jane Fonda's aerobic workout videos.",
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "proverb",
"related": [
{
"word": "there's no such thing as a free lunch"
},
{
"word": "you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs"
},
{
"word": "you don't get something for nothing"
},
{
"word": "no tickee, no washee"
}
],
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{
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"English proverbs",
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"Serbo-Croatian terms with redundant script codes",
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],
"glosses": [
"One must be willing to endure some inconvenience or discomfort in order to achieve worthwhile goals."
],
"links": [
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[
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[
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"wikipedia": [
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"tags": [
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],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "one must endure inconvenience",
"word": "nothing ventured, nothing gained"
},
{
"sense": "one must endure inconvenience",
"word": "no guts, no glory"
},
{
"word": "no pains, no gains"
},
{
"word": "no gain without pain"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"note": "مَنْ طَلَبَ الْعُلَى سَهِرَ اللَّيَالِي (man ṭalaba l-ʕulā sahira l-layālī, literally “who wants to reach the heights, stays awake at nights”)",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "man jadda wajada waman zaraʕa ḥaṣada",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "مَنْ جَدَّ وَجَدَ وَمَنْ زَرَعَ حَصَدَ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"note": "مَنْ جَدَّ وَجَدَ وَمَنْ زَرَعَ حَصَدَ وَمَنْ سَارَ عَلَى ٱلدَّرْبِ وَصَلَ",
"roman": "man jadda wajada waman zaraʕa ḥaṣada waman sāra ʕalā d-darbi waṣala",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"note": "কষ্ট না করলে কেষ্ট মিলে না (kośṭo na korle keśṭo mile na, literally “if one doesn’t go through trials, he/she cannot meet his/her Lord (Krishna)”)",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"note": "без мъка няма сполука (bez mǎka njama spoluka, literally “without effort there is no success”)",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "a.nahkamhma. a.sacam-ra.",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "အနာခံမှ အသာစံရ"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"note": "不入虎穴，焉得虎子 (bú rù hǔxué, yāndé hǔzǐ, literally “if you don't enter the tiger's den, how will you get the tiger's cub?”)",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "bez práce nejsou koláče"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "hvo intet vover, intet vinder"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "man skal yde før man kan nyde"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "voor iets hoort iets"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "wie niet waagt, die niet wint"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "niet geschoten is altijd mis"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "de kost gaat voor de baat uit"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "kiu ne riskas, tiu ne gajnas"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "kes kannatab, see kaua elab"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "vaikeuksien kautta voittoon"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "yrittänyttä ei laiteta"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "qui ne risque rien n’a rien"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "qui ne tente rien n’a rien"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "on n’a rien sans rien"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "ohne Schweiß kein Preis"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "ohne Fleiß kein Preis"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "von nichts kommt nichts"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "wer nicht wagt, der nicht gewinnt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "Schmerz vergeht, die Ehre bleibt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "Schmerz vergeht, der Stolz bleibt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "Qualität kommt von Qual"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"note": "τα αγαθά κόποις κτώνται (ta agathá kópois któntai, literally “good things come after works”)",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"note": "τα καλά κόποις κτώνται (ta kalá kópois któntai, literally “good things come after works”)",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "הזורעים בדמעה, ברינה יקצורו"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "mindenért meg kell szenvedni"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "aki nem dolgozik, ne is egyék"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "aki mer, az nyer"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "enginn verður óbarinn biskup"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "berakit-rakit ke hulu, berenang-renang ke tepian"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "per apparire bisogna soffrire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "chi non risica non rosica"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"note": "苦は楽の種 (くはらくのたね, ku wa raku no tane, literally “cares are the seeds of ease”)",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"note": "虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず (こけつにいらずんばこじをえず, koketsu ni irazunba koji o ezu, literally “if you don't enter the tiger's den, how will you get the tiger's cub?”)",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals"
},
{
"code": "ki",
"lang": "Kikuyu",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "gũota mwaki nĩ kũhuria"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"note": "불입호혈 부득호자 (buriphohyeol budeukhoja, literally “if you don't enter the tiger's den, how will you get the tiger's cub?”)",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"note": "호혈호자 (hohyeolhoja, literally “if you don't enter the tiger's den, how will you get the tiger's cub?”)",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gojin'gamnae",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "고진감래"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "quī arat olīvētum, rogat fructum"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "quī stercorat, exōrat"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "quī caedit, cōgit"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "sine labōre nōn erit pānis in ōre"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "sine labōre nōn est pānis in ōre"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "tchi s'tcheint à la preunmié broque né tchèrra janmais d'bein haut"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "den som intet våger, intet vinner"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"note": "هر که طاووس خواهد جور هندوستان کشد (har ke tâvus xâhad jowr-e hendustân kešad, literally “Whoever wants a peacock shall suffer the torments of India”)",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "نابرده رنج گنج میسر نمی شود"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "bez pracy nie ma kołaczy"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "bez zachodu nie ma miodu"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "bez pracy nie ma macy"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "pieczone gołąbki nie lecą same do gąbki"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "kto ma ręce do pracy, ten się naje kołaczy"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "żeby mieć kołaczy, trzeba użyć pracy"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "kto nie ryzykuje, ten nie pije szampana"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "sem esforço não dá"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "ter que ralar pra conseguir"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "sem dor, sem ganho"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "quem não arrisca não petisca"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "без труда́ не вы́тащишь и ры́бку из пруда́ (bez trudá ne výtaščišʹ i rýbku iz prudá, literally “without effort you cannot even pull a fish from the pond”)",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "терпи́ каза́к, атама́ном бу́дешь (terpí kazák, atamánom búdešʹ, literally “bear this, Cossack, and you’ll be an ataman”)",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "кто не риску́ет, тот не пьёт шампа́нское (kto ne riskújet, tot ne pʹjot šampánskoje, literally “who doesn't risk, doesn't drink champagne”) лес ру́бят — ще́пки летя́т (les rúbjat — ščépki letját, literally “once the wood is cut, the chips fly”)",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "без труда́ не вы́тянешь и ры́бку из пруда́ (bez trudá ne výtjanešʹ i rýbku iz prudá, literally “you will not catch a fish out of pond without labor”)",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "без труда́ не вы́ловишь и ры́бку из пруда́ (bez trudá ne výlovišʹ i rýbku iz prudá, literally “you will not catch a fish out of pond without labor”)",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "нет бо́ли, нет побе́д (net bóli, net pobéd, literally “no pain, no gain”)",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "кто не се́ет, тот не жнёт (kto ne séjet, tot ne žnjot, literally “who doesn't seed, doesn't reap”)",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "любишь кататься, люби и саночки возить (ljubišʹ katatʹsja, ljubi i sanočki vozitʹ, literally “if you like to ride, you like to pull a sled”)",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "am fear nach dèan cur rè latha fuar, cha dèan e buain rè latha teth"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"note": "gheibh cearc an sgrìobain rudeigin, chan fhaigh cearc a' chrùbain dad idir",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "bonnach air bois, cha bhruich e is cha loisg"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "без муке нема науке"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "bez muke nema nauke"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "bez práce nie sú koláče"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "kto nič nerobí, nič nepokazí"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "brez muje se še čevelj ne obuje"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "sin dolor no hay ganancia"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "el que no arriesga no gana"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "no hay atajo sin trabajo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "perro que no camina, no encuentra hueso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "quien algo quiere, algo le cuesta"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "quien no se arriesga no pasa la mar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "el que quiera peces, que se moje el culo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "para presumir, hay que sufrir"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "man måste satsa för att vinna"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "vill man vara fin, får man lida pin"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "stekta sparvar flyger ej i munnen"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "friskt vågat, hälften vunnet"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "emeksiz yemek olmaz"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "korkak bezirgân ne kâr eder ne ziyan"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "emek olmadan yemek olmaz"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pid ležačyj kaminʹ voda ne teče",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "під лежачий камінь вода не тече"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "không vào hang cọp sao bắt được cọp con"
},
{
"code": "wym",
"lang": "Vilamovian",
"sense": "discomfort is necessary to achieve goals",
"word": "wor ny at, gejt under dy ad"
}
],
"word": "no pain, no gain"
}
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