empty vessels make the most sound
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Contents
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English
1.1
Alternative forms
1.2
Proverb
1.2.1
Translations
English
Alternative forms
empty vessels make the most noise
Proverb
empty
vessels
make
the
most
sound
noisy
,
opinionated
people are often
ignorant
.
Translations
proverb
Afrikaans:
leë kanne maak die grootste geraas
Aramaic:
Hebrew:
אִסְתְּרָא בְּלָגֵינָא קִישׁ קִישׁ קָרְיָא
(
istra balagina qish qish qarya
)
Chinese:
Mandarin:
满瓶水不响,半瓶水晃荡
,
滿瓶水不響,半瓶水晃蕩
/
满瓶水不响,半瓶水晃荡
(
mǎn píng shuǐ bù xiǎng, bàn píng shuǐ huàng dàng
)
Czech:
prázdný sud nejvíce duní
Danish:
tomme tønder buldrer mest
Dutch:
holle vaten klinken het hardst
Finnish:
tyhjät tynnyrit kolisevat eniten
French:
c’est pas parce-qu’on n’a rien à dire qu’il faut fermer sa gueule
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deprecated template usage
)
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German:
leere Töpfe klappern am meisten
,
ein leerer Topf am meisten klappert
,
ein leerer Kopf am meisten plappert
Hindi:
अधजल गगरी छलकत जाए
(
adhjal gagrī chalkat jāe
)
Italian:
zucca vuota fa rumore
Korean:
빈 수레가 요란하다
(ko)
(
bin sure-ga yoran-hada
)
(
empty carts are noisy
)
Malay:
Jawi:
توڠ کوسوڠ ڽاريڠ بوڽيڽ
,
اءير برياق تندا تق دالم
,
برکوچق تندا تق ڤنوه
Rumi:
tong kosong nyaring bunyinya
,
air beriak tanda tak dalam
,
berkocak tanda tak penuh
Russian:
пуста́я бо́чка гро́мче греми́т
(
pustája bóčka grómče gremít
)
Swedish:
tomma tunnor skramlar mest
,
tomma tunnor bullrar mest
Tamil:
நிறை குடம் நீர் தளும்பாது குறை குடம் கூத்தாடும்
(
niṟai kuṭam nīr taḷumpātu kuṟai kuṭam kūttāṭum
)
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