a lie has no legs

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36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: gënjeshtra i ka këmbët të shkurtra — you can't get away with a lie
• Arabic: حَبْلُ ٱلْكَذِبِ قَصِيرٌ (ḥablu l-kaḏibi qaṣīrun) — you can't get away with a lie
• Arabic: الكدب مالوش رجلين (ik-kidb malúš riglén) — you can't get away with a lie
• Basque: gezurrak hanka motz — you can't get away with a lie
• Basque: gezurrak buztana labur — you can't get away with a lie
• Chinese Mandarin: 真相總會水落石出 /真相总会水落石出 (zhēnxiàng zǒng huì shuǐluòshíchū) — you can't get away with a lie
• Ngazidja Comorian: usiku wa mwamɓa-ndraɓo kohomo husha — you can't get away with a lie
• Czech: lež má krátké nohy — you can't get away with a lie
• Dutch: al is de leugen nog zo snel, de waarheid achterhaalt haar wel — you can't get away with a lie
• Estonian: valel on lühikesed jalad — you can't get away with a lie
• Finnish: valheella on lyhyet jäljet — you can't get away with a lie
• French: la vérité finit toujours par triompher — you can't get away with a lie
• Georgian: ტყუილს მოკლე ფეხები აქვს (ṭq̇uils moḳle pexebi akvs) — you can't get away with a lie
• German: Lügen haben kurze Beine — you can't get away with a lie
• Hebrew: לְשֶׁקֶר אֵין רַגְלַיִם (l'shéker eyn ragláyim) — you can't get away with a lie
• Hungarian: a hazug embert hamarabb utolérik, mint a sánta kutyát — you can't get away with a lie
• Hungarian: könnyebb utolérni a hazugot, mint a sánta kutyát — you can't get away with a lie
• Italian: le bugie hanno le gambe corte — you can't get away with a lie
• Korean: 꼬리가 길면 밟힌다 (kkori-ga gilmyeon balpinda) — you can't get away with a lie
• Lithuanian: melo kojos trumpos — you can't get away with a lie
• Macedonian: на лагата ѝ се кратки нозете (na lagata ì se kratki nozete) — you can't get away with a lie
• Macedonian: на лагата куси ѝ се нозете (na lagata kusi ì se nozete) — you can't get away with a lie
• Polish: kłamstwo ma krótkie nogi — you can't get away with a lie
• Portuguese: mentira tem perna curta — you can't get away with a lie
• Romanian: minciuna are picioare scurte — you can't get away with a lie
• Russian: на лжи́ далеко́ не уе́дешь (na lží dalekó ne ujédešʹ) — you can't get away with a lie
• Russian: у лжи́ коро́ткие но́ги (u lží korótkije nógi) — you can't get away with a lie
• Serbo-Croatian: у лажи су кратке ноге — you can't get away with a lie
• Serbo-Croatian: u laži su kratke noge — you can't get away with a lie
• Slovak: lož má krátke nohy — you can't get away with a lie
• Slovene: laž ima kratke noge — you can't get away with a lie
• Spanish: antes se coge al mentiroso que al cojo — you can't get away with a lie
• Spanish: la mentira tiene patas cortas — you can't get away with a lie
• Spanish: las mentiras tienen patas cortas — you can't get away with a lie
• Sranan Tongo: yu kan kibri yu granmama, ma yu no kan kibri en kosokoso — you can't get away with a lie
• Turkish: yalancının mumu yatsıya kadar yanar — you can't get away with a lie