the game is not worth the candle in Anglais

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      "name": "Calques en anglais issus d’un mot en français",
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  "etymology_texts": [
    "Calque du français le jeu n’en vaut pas la chandelle."
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  "lang": "Anglais",
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  "pos": "phrase",
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      "glosses": [
        "Le jeu n’en vaut pas la chandelle."
      ],
      "id": "fr-the_game_is_not_worth_the_candle-en-phrase-X4usjFBz",
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  "word": "the game is not worth the candle"
}

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{
  "categories": [
    "Calques en anglais issus d’un mot en français",
    "Expressions en anglais",
    "Locutions-phrases en anglais",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Calque du français le jeu n’en vaut pas la chandelle."
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "Locution-phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Métaphores en anglais",
        "Proverbes en anglais"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Le jeu n’en vaut pas la chandelle."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "proverb"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "the game is not worth the candle"
}

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"the game is not worth the candle" meaning in Anglais

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