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50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: اَلْجِدْرَانُ لَهَا آذَانٌ (al-jidrānu lahā ʔāḏānun) — be careful about what you say
• Arabic: لِلْحِيطَانِ آذَانٌ (li-l-ḥīṭāni ʔāḏānun) — be careful about what you say
• Belarusian: і сце́ны ма́юць ву́шы (i scjény májucʹ vúšy) — be careful about what you say
• Bengali: দেয়ালের কান আছে (deẏaler kan ache) — be careful about what you say
• Burmese: နံရံတိုင်းမှာ နားတွေရှိတယ် (nam-ramtuing:hma na:twehri.tai) — be careful about what you say
• Cebuano: walay aso makumkom — be careful about what you say
• Chinese Mandarin: 隔牆有耳 /隔墙有耳 (géqiáng yǒu ěr) — be careful about what you say
• Czech: stěny mají uši — be careful about what you say
• Danish: væggene har ører — be careful about what you say
• Dutch: de muren hebben oren — be careful about what you say
• Esperanto: la muroj havas orelojn — be careful about what you say
• Finnish: seinilläkin on korvat — be careful about what you say
• French: les murs ont des oreilles — be careful about what you say
• Georgian: კელდებსაც ყურები აქვს (ḳeldebsac q̇urebi akvs) — be careful about what you say
• German: die Wände haben Ohren — be careful about what you say
• Greek: και οι τοίχοι έχουν αυτιά (kai oi toíchoi échoun aftiá) — be careful about what you say
• Hindi: दीवारों के भी कान होते हैं (dīvārõ ke bhī kān hote ha͠i) — be careful about what you say
• Hungarian: a falnak is füle van — be careful about what you say
• Irish: bíonn cluasa ar na claíocha — be careful about what you say
• Irish: bíonn cluasa ar an gcoill — be careful about what you say
• Italian: i muri hanno le orecchie — be careful about what you say
• Japanese: 壁に耳あり、 障子に目あり — be careful about what you say
• Japanese: 壁に耳あり (kabe ni mimi ari) — be careful about what you say
• Korean: 낮말은 새가 듣고 밤말은 쥐가 듣는다 (nanmareun saega deutgo bammareun jwiga deunneunda) — be careful about what you say
• Korean: 밤말은 쥐가 듣고 낮말은 새가 듣는다 (bammareun jwiga deutgo nanmareun saega deunneunda) — be careful about what you say
• Latin: parietes habent aures — be careful about what you say
• Latvian: sienām ir ausis — be careful about what you say
• Lithuanian: ir sienos girdi — be careful about what you say
• Lithuanian: ir sienos turi ausis — be careful about what you say
• Macedonian: и ѕидовите имаат уши (i dzidovite imaat uši) — be careful about what you say
• Macedonian: и ѕидот има уши (i dzidot ima uši) — be careful about what you say
• Manchu: ᡶᡠ ᡩᡝ ᠵᠠᡴᠠ ᠪᡳ (fu de jaka bi) — be careful about what you say
• Polish: ściany mają uszy — be careful about what you say
• Portuguese: as paredes têm ouvidos — be careful about what you say
• Romanian: pereții au urechi — be careful about what you say
• Russian: и у стен есть у́ши (i u sten jestʹ úši) — be careful about what you say
• Scottish Gaelic: cluasan anns gach ceàrn — be careful about what you say
• Serbo-Croatian: и зидови имају уши — be careful about what you say
• Serbo-Croatian: i zidovi imaju uši — be careful about what you say
• Slovak: aj steny majú uši — be careful about what you say
• Spanish: las paredes oyen — be careful about what you say
• Swedish: väggarna har öron — be careful about what you say
• Tagalog: may tainga ang lupa, may pakpak ang balita — be careful about what you say
• Telugu: గోడకు చెవులుంటాయి (gōḍaku cevuluṇṭāyi) — be careful about what you say
• Thai: กําแพงมีหู ประตูมีช่อง — be careful about what you say
• Thai: กําแพงมีหู ประตูมีตา — be careful about what you say
• Turkish: yerin kulağı vardır — be careful about what you say
• Ukrainian: і у стін є ву́ха (i u stin je vúxa) — be careful about what you say
• Ukrainian: і сті́ни ма́ють ву́ха (i stíny májutʹ vúxa) — be careful about what you say
• Vietnamese: tai vách mạch dừng — be careful about what you say