Phrase guide

the customer is always right

proverb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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proverb

Meaning 1

Service staff should give high priority to customer satisfaction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: العَمِيلُ دَائِمًا عَلَى حَقٍّ (al-ʕamīlu dāʔiman ʕalā ḥaqqin) — proverb
  • Catalan: el client sempre té la raó — proverb
  • Chinese Mandarin: 顧客永遠是對的 /顾客永远是对的 (gùkè yǒngyuǎn shì duì de) — proverb
  • Chinese Mandarin: 顧客就是上帝 /顾客就是上帝 (gùkè jiùshì shàngdì) — proverb
  • Danish: kunden har altid ret — proverb
  • Dutch: de klant is koning — proverb
  • Finnish: asiakas on aina oikeassa — proverb
  • French: le client est roi — proverb
  • French: le client a toujours raison — proverb
  • German: der Kunde ist König — proverb
  • Italian: il cliente ha sempre ragione — proverb
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kunden har alltid rett — proverb
  • Polish: klient ma zawsze rację — proverb
  • Portuguese: o freguês tem sempre razão — proverb
  • Portuguese: o cliente tem sempre razão — proverb
  • Russian: клиент всегда прав (klijent vsegda prav) — proverb
  • Russian: покупатель всегда прав (pokupatelʹ vsegda prav) — proverb
  • Spanish: el cliente siempre tiene la razón — proverb
  • Swedish: kunden har alltid rätt — proverb
  • Thai: ลูกค้าคือพระเจ้า (lûuk-káa-kʉʉ-prá-jâao) — proverb
  • Vietnamese: khách hàng luôn đúng — proverb