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A person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Probably a truncation of Proverbs 16:18.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
驕兵必敗 /骄兵必败
(jiāobīngbìbài)
— a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure
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Czech:
pýcha předchází pád
— a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure
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Danish:
hovmod står for fald
— a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure
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Dutch:
hoogmoed komt voor de val
— a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure
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Finnish:
ylpeys käy lankeemuksen edellä
— a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure
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French:
qui fait le malin tombe dans le ravin
— a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure
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German:
Hochmut kommt vor dem Fall
— a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure
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German:
Übermut tut selten gut
— a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure
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Icelandic:
dramb er falli næst
— a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure
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Italian:
l'orgoglio precede la caduta
— a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure
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Japanese:
驕れる者久しからず
(ogoreru mono hisashikarazu)
— a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure
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Norwegian Bokmål:
hovmod står for fall
— a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure
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Polish:
pycha poprzedza upadek
— a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure
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Polish:
pycha kroczy przed upadkiem
— a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure
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Polish:
pycha przed upadkiem chodzi
— a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure
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Russian:
горды́ня до добра́ не доведёт
(gordýnja do dobrá ne dovedjót)
— a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure
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Slovene:
kdor visoko leta, nizko pade
— a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure
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Swedish:
högmod går före fall
— a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure
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Vietnamese:
trèo cao ngã đau
— a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure
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Vietnamese:
trèo cao té đau
— a person who is excessively proud will often suffer a setback or failure
