"τον αράπη κι αν τον πλένεις, το σαπούνι σου χαλάς" meaning in All languages combined

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Proverb [język nowogrecki]

IPA: to.na.ˈra.pi.can.don.ˈble.nis.to.sa.ˈpu.ni.su.xa.ˈlas
  1. i w Paryżu nie zrobią z owsa ryżu; choćbyś mył czarnoskórego, mydło swoje marnujesz Tags: literally
    Sense id: pl-τον_αράπη_κι_αν_τον_πλένεις,_το_σαπούνι_σου_χαλάς-el-proverb-h22Kvf4T
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: σαπουνίζοντας γουρούνι χάνεις κόπο και σαπούνι
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Nowogreckie przysłowia",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Nowogrecki (indeks)",
      "orig": "nowogrecki (indeks)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "język nowogrecki",
  "lang_code": "el",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "pos_text": "przysłowie nowogreckie",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "i w Paryżu nie zrobią z owsa ryżu; choćbyś mył czarnoskórego, mydło swoje marnujesz"
      ],
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "to.na.ˈra.pi.can.don.ˈble.nis.to.sa.ˈpu.ni.su.xa.ˈlas"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "sense_index": "1.1",
      "word": "σαπουνίζοντας γουρούνι χάνεις κόπο και σαπούνι"
    }
  ],
  "word": "τον αράπη κι αν τον πλένεις, το σαπούνι σου χαλάς"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Nowogreckie przysłowia",
    "nowogrecki (indeks)"
  ],
  "lang": "język nowogrecki",
  "lang_code": "el",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "pos_text": "przysłowie nowogreckie",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "i w Paryżu nie zrobią z owsa ryżu; choćbyś mył czarnoskórego, mydło swoje marnujesz"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1.1",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "to.na.ˈra.pi.can.don.ˈble.nis.to.sa.ˈpu.ni.su.xa.ˈlas"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "1.1",
      "word": "σαπουνίζοντας γουρούνι χάνεις κόπο και σαπούνι"
    }
  ],
  "word": "τον αράπη κι αν τον πλένεις, το σαπούνι σου χαλάς"
}

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