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a creaking door hangs longest

proverb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

proverb

Meaning 1

Someone who is apparently in poor health may well outlive the ostensibly-stronger.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

proverb

Meaning 2

Something annoying or bothersome lasts the longest.

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Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: bichu malu nunca muerre — something annoying or bothersome lasts the longest
  • Asturian: al gochu más ruin la mayor castaña — something annoying or bothersome lasts the longest
  • Basque: belar gaiztoa beti bizi — something annoying or bothersome lasts the longest
  • Catalan: mala herba mai mor — something annoying or bothersome lasts the longest
  • Catalan: la mala herba sempre creix — something annoying or bothersome lasts the longest
  • Catalan: la mala herba pertot arreu creix — something annoying or bothersome lasts the longest
  • French: mauvaise herbe croît toujours — something annoying or bothersome lasts the longest
  • Galician: becho malo nunca morre — something annoying or bothersome lasts the longest
  • Galician: a mala herba logo crece — something annoying or bothersome lasts the longest
  • Galician: a mala herba non a come a xeada — something annoying or bothersome lasts the longest
  • Galician: cousa ruín non perece — something annoying or bothersome lasts the longest
  • Galician: ao boi malo relócelle o pelo — something annoying or bothersome lasts the longest
  • German: Unkraut vergeht nicht — something annoying or bothersome lasts the longest
  • Greek: κακό σκυλί ψόφο δεν έχει (kakó skylí psófo den échei) — something annoying or bothersome lasts the longest
  • Hungarian: rossz pénz nem vész el — something annoying or bothersome lasts the longest
  • Italian: mala erba non muore mai — something annoying or bothersome lasts the longest
  • Korean: 욕 많이 먹는 사람이 오래 산다. (yok mani meongneun sarami orae sanda.) — something annoying or bothersome lasts the longest
  • Polish: chwast nie ginie — something annoying or bothersome lasts the longest
  • Portuguese: vaso ruim não quebra — something annoying or bothersome lasts the longest
  • Portuguese: erva ruim cresce muito — something annoying or bothersome lasts the longest
  • Portuguese: erva ruim não a queima o sol — something annoying or bothersome lasts the longest
  • Portuguese: bicho ruim não morre — something annoying or bothersome lasts the longest
  • Portuguese: erva daninha depressa cresce — something annoying or bothersome lasts the longest
  • Romanian: iarba rea nu piere — something annoying or bothersome lasts the longest
  • Romanian: strachina rea nu se sparge repede — something annoying or bothersome lasts the longest
  • Russian: лихое споро не умрёт скоро (lixoje sporo ne umrjót skoro) — something annoying or bothersome lasts the longest
  • Spanish: bicho malo nunca muere — something annoying or bothersome lasts the longest
  • Spanish: mala hierba nunca muere — something annoying or bothersome lasts the longest
  • Spanish: hierba mala nunca muere — something annoying or bothersome lasts the longest