a lie has no legs

English

Proverb

a lie has no legs

1. You can't get away with a lie, the truth will always come out.

Translations

you can't get away with a lie

• Arabic:
• Basque: gezurrak hanka motz (eu), gezurrak buztana labur (eu)
• Czech: lež má krátké nohy (cs)
• Dutch: l is de leugen nog zo snel, de waarheid achterhaalt haar wel (nl)
• Egyptian Arabic: الكدب مالوش رجلين ik-kidb malúš riglén
• Estonian: valel on lühikesed jalad
• Finnish: valheella on lyhyet jäljet
• Georgian: ტყუილს მოკლე ფეხები აქვს (ka) (tquils mokle p’exebi ak’vs)
• German: Lügen haben kurze Beine (de)
• Hungarian: a hazug embert hamarabb utolérik, mint a sánta kutyát (hu)
• Italian: Le bugie hanno le gambe corte (it)
• Lithuanian: melo kojos trumpos (lt)

• Polish: kłamstwo ma krótkie nogi (pl)
• Portuguese: mentira tem perna curta (pt)
• Romanian: Minciuna are picioare scurte (ro)
• Russian: на лжи далеко не уедешь (ru) (na lží dalekó ne ujédeš'), у лжи короткие ноги (ru) (u lží korótkije nógi)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: у лажи су кратке ноге (sh)

  Latin: u laži su kratke noge (sh)

• Spanish: antes se coge al mentiroso que al cojo (es)
• Turkish: yalancının mumu yatsıya kadar yanar (tr)