a lie has no legs

English

Proverb

a lie has no legs

1. One cannot get away with a lie; the truth will always come out.

Translations

you can't get away with a lie

• Albanian: gënjeshtra i ka këmbët të shkurtra
• Arabic: حَبْلُ ٱلْكَذِبِ قَصِيرٌ (ḥablu l-kaḏibi qaṣīrun)

  Egyptian Arabic: الكدب مالوش رجلين (ik-kidb malúš riglén)

• Basque: gezurrak hanka motz, gezurrak buztana labur (eu)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 真相總會水落石出／真相总会水落石出 (zhēnxiàng zǒng huì shuǐluòshíchū)

• Czech: lež má krátké nohy
• Dutch: al is de leugen nog zo snel, de waarheid achterhaalt haar wel (nl)
• Estonian: valel on lühikesed jalad
• Finnish: valheella on lyhyet jäljet
• French: la vérité finit toujours par triompher (fr)
• Georgian: ტყუილს მოკლე ფეხები აქვს (ṭq̇uils moḳle pexebi akvs)
• German: Lügen haben kurze Beine (de)
• Hebrew: לְשֶׁקֶר אֵין רַגְלַיִם (l'shéker eyn ragláyim)
• Hungarian: a hazug embert hamarabb utolérik, mint a sánta kutyát (hu), könnyebb utolérni a hazugot, mint a sánta kutyát (hu)
• Italian: le bugie hanno le gambe corte
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: melo kojos trumpos
• Macedonian: на лагата ѝ се кратки нозете (na lagata ì se kratki nozete), на лагата куси ѝ се нозете (na lagata kusi ì se nozete)
• Ngazidja Comorian: usiku wa mwamɓa-ndraɓo kohomo husha
• Polish: kłamstwo ma krótkie nogi (pl)
• Portuguese: mentira tem perna curta (pt)
• Romanian: minciuna are picioare scurte
• Russian: на лжи́ далеко́ не уе́дешь (na lží dalekó ne ujédešʹ), у лжи́ коро́ткие но́ги (u lží korótkije nógi)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: у лажи су кратке ноге

  Latin: u laži su kratke noge

• Slovene: laž ima kratke noge
• Spanish: antes se coge al mentiroso que al cojo, la mentira tiene patas cortas (Argentina)
• Sranan Tongo: yu kan kibri yu granmama, ma yu no kan kibri en kosokoso
• Turkish: yalancının mumu yatsıya kadar yanar

See also

• have legs
• long ways, long lies
• old sins have long shadows