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Is that how americans say it? Sounds funny and like a direct translation from German: Einem geschenkten Gaul schaut man nicht ins Maul.
by kayoone 14y ago
Is that how americans say it?
Sounds funny and like a direct translation from German:
Einem geschenkten Gaul schaut man nicht ins Maul.
- X-Istence 14y agoMen moet een gegeven paard niet in de bek kijken. Is Dutch. German rhymes much better though!
- icot 14y agoA caballo regalado no le mires el dentado (Spanish)
- alex_stoddard 14y agoEarliest known version of the saying is Latin "Noli equi dentes inspicere donati" from Saint Jerome around 400 CE/AD. Most European languages are going to have a version. I agree the modern English is peculiar, it likely derives from Middle English. Would that be closer to the German?