"quand on parle du loup, on en voit la queue" meaning in Français

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Phrase

IPA: \kɑ̃.t‿ɔ̃ paʁ.lə dy lu ɔ̃.n‿ɑ̃ vwa la kø\ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-quand on parle du loup, on en voit la queue.wav
  1. Se dit quand une personne mentionnée dans une conversation apparaît précisément à ce moment-là.
    Sense id: fr-quand_on_parle_du_loup,_on_en_voit_la_queue-fr-phrase-WvwAki2t
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: quand on parle du loup [ellipsis], quand on parle du loup, on en voit le bout de la queue, quand on parle du loup, il sort du bois Translations: wenn man vom Teufel spricht, kommt er gerannt (Allemand), speak of the devil and he appears (Anglais), speak of the devil and he shall appear (Anglais), اذكر الكلب ووجد العصا (Arabe), أذكر الكلب وأوجد العصا (Arabe), otsoa aipatu eta otsoa atean (Basque), 说曹操,曹操到 (shuō Cáo Cāo, Cáo Cāo dào) (Chinois), 호랑이도 제 말 하면 온다 (horangido je mal hamyeon onda) (Coréen), mi o vuku, a vuk na vrata (Croate), hablando del rey de Roma, por la puerta asoma (Espagnol), pri la lupo rakonto, kaj la lupo renkonte (Espéranto), siinä paha missä mainitaan (Finnois), caun nan contt du lou, nan an veit la cóe (Gallo), parli del diavolo e spuntano le corna (Italien), 噂をすれば影がさす (uwasa o sureba kage ga sasu) (Japonais), lupus in fabula. (Latin), Lupus in fabula (Latin), qui parle du leu end veit la keue (Normand), qui parle du leu end veit jà la keue (Normand), når man snakker om sola, så skinner den (Norvégien (bokmål)), als je het over de duivel hebt (Néerlandais), انگار موشو آتیش زدند (Persan), o wilku mowa, a wilk tu (Polonais), falas no lobo e vês-lhe a pele (Portugais), falai no Mendes, à porta o tendes (Portugais), falar do diabo e ele a aparecer (Portugais), vorbești de lup și lupu-i la ușă (Roumain), лёгок на помине (Russe), про серого речь, а серый навстречь (Russe), вспомнишь солнце — вот и лучик (Russe), när man talar om trollen så står de i farstun (Suédois), İyi adam lafının üstüne gelirmiş (Turc)
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      "word": "falas no lobo e vês-lhe a pele"
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      "word": "falai no Mendes, à porta o tendes"
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      "lang": "Portugais",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "falar do diabo e ele a aparecer"
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      "word": "vorbești de lup și lupu-i la ușă"
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      "word": "про серого речь, а серый навстречь"
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      "word": "вспомнишь солнце — вот и лучик"
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      "word": "när man talar om trollen så står de i farstun"
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