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Qui se sent morveux se mouche

English translation: If the cap/shoe fits, wear it.

11:47 May 20, 2019
French to English translations [PRO]
Poetry & Literature
French term or phrase: Qui se sent morveux se mouche
french expression in return to unpleasant comment,
meaning

it seems you feel guilty , feel free to confess
pingu
English translation:If the cap/shoe fits, wear it.
Explanation:
When someone makes a general comment, and a person feels it is pointed at them.
'If the cap fits' is the older version. 'If the shoes fits' is more modern.

http://raf-proverbes.blogspot.com/2007/11/qui-se-sent-morveu...

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/if-the-c...
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Rebecca Breekveldt
Austria
Grading comment
Merci infiniment à celles et ceux qui ont pris la peine de me répondre !
Pingu.
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4 +5If the cap/shoe fits, wear it.
Rebecca Breekveldt


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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
If the cap/shoe fits, wear it.


Explanation:
When someone makes a general comment, and a person feels it is pointed at them.
'If the cap fits' is the older version. 'If the shoes fits' is more modern.

http://raf-proverbes.blogspot.com/2007/11/qui-se-sent-morveu...

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/if-the-c...


    https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/qui-se-sent-morveux-se-mouche.556680/
Rebecca Breekveldt
Austria
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Merci infiniment à celles et ceux qui ont pris la peine de me répondre !
Pingu.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Pauline Teale: Yes, that's how Collins Robert translates it too
8 mins
agree  Mathieu Domec
1 hr
  -> Thank you!
agree  Conor Jarrett
4 hrs
  -> Thanks!
agree  Charles Davis: I find the shoe version online, but to me "if the cap fits" is still the expression, and is often said without the last bit. I must be old-fashioned, I suppose.
6 hrs
  -> I would normally only say the first part too... although I would tend to use the shoe ;)
agree  Verginia Ophof
14 hrs
  -> Thank you!
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