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