the enemy of my enemy is my friend

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• Arabic: عَدُوُّ عَدُوِّي صَدِيقِي (ʕaduwwu ʕaduwwī ṣadīqī) — it is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat
• Armenian: իմ թշնամու թշնամին իմ ընկերն է (im tʻšnamu tʻšnamin im ənkern ē) — it is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat
• Azerbaijani: düşmənimin düşməni mənim dostumdur — it is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat
• Chinese Cantonese: 敵人的敵人就是朋友 /敌人的敌人就是朋友 (dik6 jan4 dik1 dik6 jan4 zau6 si6 pang4 jau5) — it is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat
• Chinese Mandarin: 敵人的敵人就是朋友 /敌人的敌人就是朋友 (dírén dì dírén jiùshì péngyǒu) — it is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat
• Dutch: de vijand van mijn vijand is mijn vriend — it is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat
• Esperanto: la malamiko de mia malamiko estas mia amiko — it is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat
• French: l’ennemi de mon ennemi est mon ami — it is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat
• Georgian: ჩემი მტრის მტერი ჩემი მეგობარია (čemi mṭris mṭeri čemi megobaria) — it is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat
• Georgian: ჩემი მტრის მტერი ჩემი მეგობარიაო (čemi mṭris mṭeri čemi megobariao) — it is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat
• German: der Feind meines Feindes ist mein Freund — it is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat
• Italian: il nemico del mio nemico è mio amico — it is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat
• Korean: 내 원수의 적이 내 친구 야 (nae wonsuui jeogi nae chin'gu ya) — it is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat
• Polish: wróg mojego wroga jest moim przyjacielem — it is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat
• Portuguese: o inimigo do meu inimigo é meu amigo — it is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat
• Romanian: dușmanul dușmanului meu este prietenul meu — it is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat
• Spanish: el enemigo de mi enemigo es mi amigo — it is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat
• Tamil: எதிரிக்கு எதிரி நண்பன் (etirikku etiri naṇpaṉ) — it is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat
• Turkish: düşmanımın düşmanı dostumdur — it is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat
• Vietnamese: kẻ thù của kẻ thù của tôi là bạn của tôi — it is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat