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"A person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure."
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"word": "pride goes before a fall"
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"word": "pride goeth before a fall"
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"word": "pride wenteth before a fall"
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"word": "pride cometh before a fall"
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"word": "pride comes before the fall"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure",
"word": "pýcha předchází pád"
},
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure",
"word": "hovmod står for fald"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure",
"word": "hoogmoed komt voor de val"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure",
"word": "ylpeys käy lankeemuksen edellä"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure",
"word": "qui fait le malin tombe dans le ravin"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure",
"word": "Hochmut kommt vor dem Fall"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure",
"word": "Übermut tut selten gut"
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"code": "is",
"english": "haughtiness is closest to failure",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure",
"word": "dramb er falli næst"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure",
"word": "l'orgoglio precede la caduta"
},
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure",
"word": "hovmod står for fall"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure",
"word": "pycha poprzedza upadek"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure",
"word": "pycha kroczy przed upadkiem"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure",
"word": "pycha przed upadkiem chodzi"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gordýnja do dobrá ne dovedjót",
"sense": "a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure",
"word": "горды́ня до добра́ не доведёт"
},
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"code": "ru",
"english": "Satan was proud and fell from heaven; the pharaoh was proud but sank in the sea; and when we are proud, what are we worth?",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "Сатана гордился, с неба свалился; фараон гордился, в море утопился; а мы гордимся - куда годимся?",
"roman": "Satana gordilsja, s neba svalilsja; faraon gordilsja, v more utopilsja; a my gordimsja - kuda godimsja?",
"sense": "a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure",
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"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure",
"word": "kdor visoko leta, nizko pade"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure",
"word": "högmod går före fall"
},
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"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure",
"word": "trèo cao ngã đau"
}
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"word": "pride comes before a fall"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure",
"word": "pýcha předchází pád"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure",
"word": "hovmod står for fald"
},
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure",
"word": "hoogmoed komt voor de val"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure",
"word": "ylpeys käy lankeemuksen edellä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure",
"word": "qui fait le malin tombe dans le ravin"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure",
"word": "Hochmut kommt vor dem Fall"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure",
"word": "Übermut tut selten gut"
},
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"code": "is",
"english": "haughtiness is closest to failure",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure",
"word": "dramb er falli næst"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure",
"word": "l'orgoglio precede la caduta"
},
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure",
"word": "hovmod står for fall"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure",
"word": "pycha poprzedza upadek"
},
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"sense": "a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure",
"word": "pycha kroczy przed upadkiem"
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"sense": "a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure",
"word": "pycha przed upadkiem chodzi"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gordýnja do dobrá ne dovedjót",
"sense": "a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure",
"word": "горды́ня до добра́ не доведёт"
},
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"code": "ru",
"english": "Satan was proud and fell from heaven; the pharaoh was proud but sank in the sea; and when we are proud, what are we worth?",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "Сатана гордился, с неба свалился; фараон гордился, в море утопился; а мы гордимся - куда годимся?",
"roman": "Satana gordilsja, s neba svalilsja; faraon gordilsja, v more utopilsja; a my gordimsja - kuda godimsja?",
"sense": "a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure",
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"code": "sl",
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"sense": "a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure",
"word": "kdor visoko leta, nizko pade"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure",
"word": "högmod går före fall"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure",
"word": "trèo cao ngã đau"
}
],
"word": "pride comes before a fall"
}
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