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English
Pronunciation
Proverb
walls have ears
- There is always a risk of being overheard, so one should be careful about what one says.
1915, William MacLeod Raine, chapter 20, in Steve Yeager:"But it is well to remember that walls have ears, and therefore to whisper."
Translations
be careful about what you say
- Arabic: اَلْجِدْرَان لَهَا آذَان (al-jidrān lahā ʔāḏān), لِلْحِيطَان آذَان (li-l-ḥīṭān ʔāḏān)
- Belarusian: і сце́ны ма́юць ву́шы (i scjény májucʹ vúšy)
- Bengali: দেয়ালের কান আছে (deẏaler kan ache)
- Burmese: နံရံတိုင်းမှာ နားတွေရှိတယ် (nam-ramtuing:hma na:twehri.tai)
- Cebuano: walay aso makumkom (literally “there is no smoke that can be held”)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 隔牆有耳 / 隔墙有耳 (zh) (géqiáng yǒu ěr)
- Czech: stěny mají uši (cs)
- Danish: væggene har ører
- Dutch: de muren hebben oren
- Esperanto: la muroj havas orelojn
- Finnish: seinilläkin on korvat
- French: les murs ont des oreilles (fr)
- Georgian: კელდებსაც ყურები აქვს sg (ḳeldebsac q̇urebi akvs)
- German: die Wände haben Ohren (de)
- Greek: και οι τοίχοι έχουν αυτιά (kai oi toíchoi échoun aftiá)
- Hungarian: a falnak is füle van (hu)
- Irish: bíonn cluasa ar na claíocha, bíonn cluasa ar an gcoill
- Italian: i muri hanno le orecchie
- Japanese: 壁に耳あり、 障子に目あり (かべにみみあり、 しょうじにめあり, kabe ni mimi ari, shōji ni me ari), 壁に耳あり (かべにみみあり, kabe ni mimi ari), 障子に目あり (しょうじにめあり, shōji ni me ari, literally “sliding doors have eyes”)
- Korean: 낮말은 새가 듣고 밤말은 쥐가 듣는다 (ko) (nanmareun saega deutgo bammareun jwiga deunneunda)
- Latin: parietes habent aures
- Latvian: sienām ir ausis
- Lithuanian: ir sienos girdi, ir sienos turi ausis
- Macedonian: и ѕидовите имаат уши (i dzidovite imaat uši), и ѕидот има уши (i dzidot ima uši)
- Polish: ściany mają uszy (pl)
- Portuguese: as paredes têm ouvidos
- Romanian: pereții au urechi
- Russian: и у стен есть у́ши (i u sten jestʹ úši)
- Scottish Gaelic: cluasan anns gach ceàrn
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: и зидови имају уши
- Roman: i zidovi imaju uši
- Slovak: aj steny majú uši
- Spanish: las paredes oyen
- Swedish: väggarna har öron
- Tagalog: may tainga ang lupa, may pakpak ang balita (literally “the earth has ears, the news have wings”)
- Telugu: గోడకు చెవులుంటాయి (gōḍaku cevuluṇṭāyi)
- Thai: กำแพงมีหู ประตูมีช่อง (th), กำแพงมีหู ประตูมีตา (th)
- Turkish: yerin kulağı vardır
- Ukrainian: і у стін є ву́ха (i u stin je vúxa), і сті́ни ма́ють ву́ха (i stíny májutʹ vúxa)
- Vietnamese: tai vách mạch dừng (vi)
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