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Sex is enjoyable regardless of the physical attractiveness or social station of one's partner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, offensive, sometimes, vulgar
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Under some circumstances, individual distinctions are not relevant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncommon
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Calque of French la nuit, tous les chats sont gris (“at night, all cats are grey”), sometimes understood with vulgar reference to secondary senses of cat and pussy.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
през нощта всички котки са сиви
(prez noštta vsički kotki sa sivi)
— proverb
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Catalan:
de nit tots els gats són negres
— proverb
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Chinese Mandarin:
貓在黑暗中都是灰色的 /猫在黑暗中都是灰色的
(māo zài hēi'àn zhōng dōu shì huīsè de)
— proverb
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Czech:
potmě každá kráva černá
— proverb
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Dutch:
bij nacht zijn alle katten grauw
— proverb
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Finnish:
kaikki kissat ovat pimeässä harmaita
— proverb
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French:
la nuit, tous les chats sont gris
— proverb
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French:
dans la nuit, tous les chats sont gris (Cajun)
— proverb
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Galician:
de noite todos os gatos son pardos
— proverb
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German:
nachts sind alle Katzen grau
— proverb
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Hungarian:
sötétben minden tehén fekete
— proverb
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Icelandic:
í myrkri eru allir kettir gráir
— proverb
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Italian:
di notte tutti i gatti sono bigi
— proverb
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Italian:
di notte tutti i gatti sono grigi
— proverb
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Luxembourgish:
nuets sinn all Kaze gro
— proverb
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Norwegian:
i mørket er alle katter grå
— proverb
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Polish:
w nocy wszystkie koty są czarne
— proverb
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Portuguese:
à noite todo gato é pardo
— proverb
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Russian:
но́чью все ко́шки се́ры
(nóčʹju vse kóški séry)
— proverb
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Slovak:
potme je každá mačka čierna
— proverb
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Slovene:
ponoči je vsaka krava črna
— proverb
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Spanish:
de noche todos los gatos son pardos
— proverb
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Spanish:
a la luz de la vela, no hay mujer fea
— proverb
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Spanish:
en tiempos de guerra cualquier agujero es trinchera
— proverb
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Swedish:
i mörkret är alla katter grå
— proverb
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Ukrainian:
вно́чі всі ко́ти сі́рі
(vnóči vsi kóty síri)
— proverb
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Vietnamese:
tắt đèn nhà ngói cũng như nhà tranh
— proverb
