Keep your words sweet – you never know when you may have to eat them
French translation: Gardez-vous des propos acides, on ne sait jamais quand il faudra les ravaler.
| 12:58 Mar 7, 2009 |
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|  Selected response from: Christophe G. Ireland Local time: 18:07 | ||||||
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| keep your words sweet – you never know when you may have to eat them Don't speak to others in a way that you may regret later. Explanation: That is one way of paraphrasing of your idiom. |
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10 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1| keep your words sweet – you never know when you may have to eat them ne tenez jamais de paroles trop dures - on pourrait vous les faire ravaler Explanation: bof ! -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 11 mins (2009-03-07 13:09:18 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- ravalées elles pourraient s'avérer indigestes |
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28 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +4
peer agreement (net): +4| keep your words sweet – you never know when you may have to eat them Gardez-vous des propos acides, on ne sait jamais quand il faudra les ravaler. Explanation: Une possibilité... Ou "paroles" en effet. Ou "amers". Bon courage! |
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