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ako laže koza, ne laže rog

English translation: Facts are stubborn things.

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Serbian term or phrase:	ako laže koza, ne laže rog
English translation:	Facts are stubborn things.
Entered by:	Biljana Veselinovic

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19:52 Sep 12, 2009

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Serbian term or phrase: ako laže koza, ne laže rog

Molim vas ako znate kako bi se ovo reklo na engleskom da mi pomognete. Unapred hvala!

Cedomir Pusica KudoZ activity Questions: 22 (none open) (4 closed without grading) Answers: 84 Serbia
Local time: 19:04

Facts are stubborn things.

Explanation:
http://www.famous-proverbs.com/18th_Century_Proverbs.htm
http://www.quotes.stevenredhead.com/Proverbs/
Z.Kovacevic
Srpsko-engleski frazeoloski recnik

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Biljana Veselinovic
Serbia

Grading comment

Ovo mi resenje najvise odgovara u kontekstu. Hvala!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +6

the proof is in the pudding

John Farebrother

4 +2

Facts are stubborn things.

Biljana Veselinovic

Answers

13 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

Facts are stubborn things.

Explanation:
http://www.famous-proverbs.com/18th_Century_Proverbs.htm
http://www.quotes.stevenredhead.com/Proverbs/
Z.Kovacevic
Srpsko-engleski frazeoloski recnik

Biljana Veselinovic
Serbia
Native speaker of:

Serbian
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Ovo mi resenje najvise odgovara u kontekstu. Hvala!

Notes to answerer

Asker: Hvala Biljana!

7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

the proof is in the pudding

Explanation:
ne poklapa baš, ali moglo bi poslužiti zavisno od konteksta

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Note added at 10 mins (2009-09-12 20:03:23 GMT)
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To se u stvari kaže 'the proof of the pudding is in the eating'

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Note added at 58 mins (2009-09-12 20:51:34 GMT)
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Ja bih to onda rekao, 'the proof is in the pudding: check the camera'. Poslovice se rijetko kad potpuno preklapaju u drugim jezicima, ali tako ima i poslovica i tačno značenje rečenice. Skratio bih poslovicu na 'the proof is in the pudding' zbog dodatka.

John Farebrother
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:04
Native speaker of: