empty vessels make the most sound

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32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: leë kanne maak die grootste geraas — proverb
• Aramaic: אִסְתְּרָא בְּלָגֵינָא קִישׁ קִישׁ קָרְיָא (istra balagina qish qish qarya) — proverb
• Chinese Mandarin: 滿瓶水不響,半瓶水晃蕩 /满瓶水不响 — proverb
• Chinese Mandarin: 半瓶水晃荡 (mǎn píng shuǐ bù xiǎng, bàn píng shuǐ huàng dàng) — proverb
• Czech: prázdný sud nejvíce duní — proverb
• Danish: tomme tønder buldrer mest — proverb
• Dutch: holle vaten klinken het hardst — proverb
• Finnish: tyhjät tynnyrit kolisevat eniten — proverb
• French: c'est pas parce qu'on n'a rien à dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule — proverb
• French: la culture c'est comme la confiture : moins on en a plus on l'étale — proverb
• German: leere Töpfe klappern am meisten — proverb
• German: ein leerer Topf am meisten klappert — proverb
• German: ein leerer Kopf am meisten plappert — proverb
• Hindi: अधजल गगरी छलकत जाय (adhjal gagrī chalkat jāy) — proverb
• Indonesian: tong kosong nyaring bunyinya — proverb
• Italian: zucca vuota fa rumore — proverb
• Japanese: 空樽は音が高い (akidaru wa oto ga takai) — proverb
• Korean: 빈 수레가 요란하다 (bin sure-ga yoran-hada) — proverb
• Malay: توڠ کوسوڠ ڽاريڠ بوڽيڽ — proverb
• Malay: اءير برياق تندا تق دالم — proverb
• Malay: برکوچق تندا تق ڤنوه — proverb
• Malay: tong kosong nyaring bunyinya — proverb
• Malay: air beriak tanda tak dalam — proverb
• Malay: berkocak tanda tak penuh — proverb
• Polish: najgłośniej krzyczy ten, co najmniej wie — proverb
• Russian: пуста́я бо́чка гро́мче греми́т (pustája bóčka grómče gremít) — proverb
• Sundanese: lodong kosong ngelentrung — proverb
• Swedish: tomma tunnor skramlar mest — proverb
• Swedish: tomma tunnor bullrar mest — proverb
• Tamil: நிறை குடம் நீர் தளும்பாது குறை குடம் கூத்தாடும் (niṟai kuṭam nīr taḷumpātu kuṟai kuṭam kūttāṭum) — proverb
• Tamil: குறை குடம் கூத்தாடும் (kuṟai kuṭam kūttāṭum) — proverb
• Vietnamese: thùng rỗng kêu to — proverb