truth will out

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This phrase, which translates literally as “truth will become public”, appears as early as Lydgate’s late Middle English writings on the life of St. Alban. It is also famously found in William Shakespeare’s works, particularly in The Merchant of Venice.

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 水落石出 (shuǐluòshíchū) — truth will inevitably be discovered
• Finnish: totuus paljastuu aina — truth will inevitably be discovered
• Finnish: totuus tulee aina ilmi — truth will inevitably be discovered
• Hebrew: האמת תצא לאור — truth will inevitably be discovered
• Hebrew: האמת סופה להתגלות — truth will inevitably be discovered
• Hungarian: a hazug embert hamarabb utolérik, mint a sánta kutyát — truth will inevitably be discovered
• Italian: la verità viene sempre a galla — truth will inevitably be discovered
• Italian: il diavolo fa le pentole ma non i coperchi — truth will inevitably be discovered
• Yoruba: bí irọ́ bá lọ fún ogún ọdún, ọjọ́ kan ni òtítọ́ á bá a — truth will inevitably be discovered