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1 give a dog a bad name and hang him
syn: he that hath an ill name is half hangedill deemed, half hanged≅ хто хоче пса вдарити, камінь знайде fling dirt enough and some will stick a stick is quickly found to beat a dog withEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > give a dog a bad name and hang him
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2 he that hath an ill name is half hanged
English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > he that hath an ill name is half hanged
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3 fling dirt enough and some will stick
syn: give a dog a bad name and hang himнакидай достатньо бруду і частина його пристане give a dog a bad name and hang himEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > fling dirt enough and some will stick
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4 a stick is quickly found to beat a dog with
syn: if you want a pretence to whip a dog, it is enough to say he ate the frying-pan≅ аби шия, а ярмо найдеться аби болото, а жаби будуть аби було корито, а свині будуть аби мед, а мухи налізутьEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > a stick is quickly found to beat a dog with
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5 ill deemed, half hanged
English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > ill deemed, half hanged
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6 _лихослів'я; плітки; зловтіха; наклеп
curses like chickens come to roost the dogs bark, but the caravan goes on don't speak ill of yourself; others will do it for you fling dirt enough and some will stick give a dog a bad name and hang him gossip is the lifeblood of society gossiping and lying go hand in hand the greater the truth, the greater the libel slander flings stones at itself slander's sting is sharper than a sword the tale hearer is as bad as the tale bearer a tattler is worse than a thief towers are measured by their shadows and great men by their slanderers vanity backbites more than malice wherever there is a woman, there is gossip who chatters to you, will chatter of youEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _лихослів'я; плітки; зловтіха; наклеп
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