Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Hungarian term or phrase:
Az ígéret szép szó, ha megtartják úgy jó
English translation:
A promise made is a debt unpaid.
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Az ígéret szép szó, ha megtartják úgy jó
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Proposed translations
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| 4 +6 | A promise made is a debt unpaid. |
Katalin Sandor
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| 4 | A promise made should be a promise There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept. Gaelic Proverb |
Meturgan
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A promise made is a debt unpaid.
Az alábbi linken csomó jópofa promise-os mondás van.
Néhány példa:
The best way to keep one's word is not to give it. ~Napoleon Bonaparte
Promises are like babies: easy to make, hard to deliver.
Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once. ~Norman Vincent Peale
The promises of yesterday are the taxes of today. ~William Lyon MacKenzie
Néhány példa:
The best way to keep one's word is not to give it. ~Napoleon Bonaparte
Promises are like babies: easy to make, hard to deliver.
Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once. ~Norman Vincent Peale
The promises of yesterday are the taxes of today. ~William Lyon MacKenzie
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A promise made should be a promise There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept. Gaelic Proverb
A promise made should be a promise kept.
There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept. Gaelic Proverb
"A promise made should be a promise kept. And as Mr. Harper pointed out, there is no greater fraud than a promise not kept," the ad states.
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