finders, keepers

English

Pronunciation

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Proverb

finders, keepers

1. Whoever finds something is allowed to keep it.

Usage notes

• Often "finders, keepers; losers, weepers"

Translations

whoever finds something is allowed to keep it

• Arabic: من سبق لبق
• Cimbrian: bèar binnet haltet
• Esperanto: getrovantoj, gegardantoj
• Finnish: löytäjä saa pitää
• French: trouver, c’est garder, qui trouve garde
• German: Wer’s findet, darf’s behalten!
• Hebrew: כָּל הַקּוֹדֵם זוֹכֶה (he) (kol haqodém zoché)
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• Icelandic: sá á fund sem finnur (is)
• Irish: an té a fuair is dó is cóir (é)
• Italian: ogni lasciata è persa, chi lo trova se lo tiene chi lo perde lo rimpiange
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: finner'n er vinner'n (finneren er vinneren)

  Nynorsk: finnaren er vinnaren

• Portuguese: achado não é roubado

Related terms

Similar phrases using elliptical causation ("if/then"):

• another day, another dollar
• fall seven times, stand up eight
• first come, first served
• in for a dime, in for a dollar
• in for an inch, in for a mile
• in for a penny, in for a pound
• laugh before breakfast, cry before supper
• least said, soonest mended
• mo' money, mo' problems
• no body, no crime
• no cross, no crown
• no fears, no tears
• no guts, no glory
• no harm, no foul
• no hero, no villain
• no losers, no winners
• no pain, no gain
• nothing ventured, nothing gained
• once bitten, twice shy
• out of sight, out of mind
• waste not, want not