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Az ígéret szép szó, ha megtartják úgy jó

English translation: A promise made is a debt unpaid.

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Hungarian term or phrase:Az ígéret szép szó, ha megtartják úgy jó
English translation:A promise made is a debt unpaid.
Entered by: Orsolya Mance

20:10 Apr 19, 2007
Hungarian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Hungarian term or phrase: Az ígéret szép szó, ha megtartják úgy jó
Erre keresek egy frappáns fordítást, ha valakinek van jó ötlete, az enyémek kicsit unalmasak... :)
Orsolya Mance
Hungary
Local time: 16:35
A promise made is a debt unpaid.
Explanation:
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
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Katalin Sandor
Hungary
Local time: 16:35
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Summary of answers provided
4 +6A promise made is a debt unpaid.
Katalin Sandor
4A promise made should be a promise There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept. Gaelic Proverb
Meturgan


  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
A promise made is a debt unpaid.


Explanation:
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



    Reference: http://www.quotegarden.com/promises.html
Katalin Sandor
Hungary
Local time: 16:35
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian
PRO pts in category: 8
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Köszönöm a segítséget!

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agree  Katalin Horváth McClure: Szerintem ez nagyon jó.
14 mins
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agree  Gizella Katalin Abrudan: Szerintem is nagyon jó.
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agree  Jim Tucker (X): nice one!
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agree  Eva Blanar: ez remek! és kösz a linket - a Napóleont ismertem, a többit sose hallottam
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
A promise made should be a promise There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept. Gaelic Proverb


Explanation:

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.




    www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2007/03/28/williams-ads.html -
Meturgan
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