money talks

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• UK: /ˈmʌn.i tɔːks/
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• US: /ˈmʌn.i tɔks/
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• cot-caught-merger: /ˈmʌn.i tɑks/
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19th century, from earlier forms such as gold speaks (1666, in full, “Man prates, but gold speaks.”), as translation from Italian by Giovanni Torriano, in Piazza Universale di Proverbi Italiani: or, A Common Place of Italian Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, 179.

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 錢可通神 /钱可通神 (qiánkě tōngshén) — it is easier to accomplish goals using money
• Chinese Mandarin: 錢能通神 /钱能通神 (qiánnéng tōngshén) — it is easier to accomplish goals using money
• Chinese Mandarin: 金錢萬能 /金钱万能 (jīnqián wànnéng) — it is easier to accomplish goals using money
• Chinese Mandarin: 有錢能使鬼推磨 /有钱能使鬼推磨 (yǒu qián néng shǐ guǐ tuīmò) — it is easier to accomplish goals using money
• Esperanto: mono parolas — it is easier to accomplish goals using money
• Finnish: raha ratkaisee — it is easier to accomplish goals using money
• French: l'argent parle — it is easier to accomplish goals using money
• German: Bargeld lacht — it is easier to accomplish goals using money
• German: Geld regiert die Welt — it is easier to accomplish goals using money
• Hebrew: הכסף מדבר (hakésef m'dabér) — it is easier to accomplish goals using money
• Hindi: पैसा बोलता है (paisā boltā hai) — it is easier to accomplish goals using money
• Hungarian: pénz beszél, kutya ugat — it is easier to accomplish goals using money
• Irish: bíonn urraim don airgead — it is easier to accomplish goals using money
• Japanese: 金が物を言う (kane ga mono o iu) — it is easier to accomplish goals using money
• Japanese: 地獄の沙汰も金次第 (jigoku no sata mo kane shidai) — it is easier to accomplish goals using money
• Japanese: 閻魔大王が下す地獄での判決も金次第では軽くもなる (Enma Daiō ga kudasu jigoku de no hanketsu mo kane shidai de wa karuku mo naru) — it is easier to accomplish goals using money
• Korean: 돈이 좌우한다 (doni jwauhanda) — it is easier to accomplish goals using money
• Russian: де́ньги реша́ют всё (dénʹgi rešájut vsjo) — it is easier to accomplish goals using money
• Russian: де́ньги пра́вят ми́ром (dénʹgi právjat mírom) — it is easier to accomplish goals using money
• Spanish: poderoso caballero es don dinero — it is easier to accomplish goals using money
• Spanish: por dinero baila el mono — it is easier to accomplish goals using money
• Spanish: la pela es la pela — it is easier to accomplish goals using money
• Spanish: el dinero manda — it is easier to accomplish goals using money
• Turkish: para konuşur — it is easier to accomplish goals using money