"if the shoe fits, wear it" meaning in Anglais

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Phrase

IPA: \ˌɪf ðə ˌʃuː ˈfɪts ˈwɛə.ɹ‿ɪt\ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-if the shoe fits, wear it.wav Forms: if the shoe fits, if the shoe fits wear it
  1. Si ça ressemble à un canard, si ça nage comme un canard et si ça cancane comme un canard, c’est qu’il s’agit sans doute d’un canard. Tags: figuratively, idiomatic, proverb
    Sense id: fr-if_the_shoe_fits,_wear_it-en-phrase-rRzMLp4r Categories (other): Métaphores en anglais, Proverbes en anglais, Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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