What doesn't kill me, makes me stronger.

00:23 Mar 4, 2002
English to Latin translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary
English term or phrase: What doesn't kill me, makes me stronger.
I cannot find this anywhere. Please translate so I can put it in my paper.=)
Amanda


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4 -2Se non ammazza ingrassa
Luca Tutino


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -2
Se non ammazza ingrassa


Explanation:
This is the old Italian say, but is quite playful, and normally reffered to something eaten.

I am not sure if you meant it as a more serious or dramatic concept...

Luca Tutino
Italy
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
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i am only declining because I wanted it more dramatic.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Antoinette Verburg: As you say, this is Italian, not Latin.
5 hrs

disagree  Flavio Ferri-Benedetti: Si richiedeva il latino... e in Emilia-Romagna si dice "quel che non strozza ingrassa" :)
7 hrs
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Comment: i am only declining because I wanted it more dramatic.



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