proverb
Meaning 1
One must keep one's promises.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
a promise is a promise
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Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: обещаното си е обещано (obeštanoto si e obeštano) — one must keep one's promises
- Czech: slib je slib — one must keep one's promises
- French: chose promise, chose due — one must keep one's promises
- German: ein Mann, ein Wort — one must keep one's promises
- German: versprochen ist versprochen — one must keep one's promises
- German: versprochen ist versprochen und wird nicht gebrochen — one must keep one's promises
- Portuguese: promessa é dívida — one must keep one's promises
- Russian: угово́р доро́же де́нег (ugovór doróže déneg) — one must keep one's promises
- Spanish: lo prometido es deuda — one must keep one's promises