“The truth will out”in other languages
The truth can't stay hidden forever.
Dutch
French
Hungarian
Same idea, different pictures
English states it as a rule; Shakespeare has it in The Merchant of Venice.
The others catch the secret coming into view. In Dutch the monkey comes out of the sleeve, nu komt de aap uit de mouw, and in Hungarian the nail pokes out of the sack, kibújik a szög a zsákból. French discovers the pot of roses, découvrir le pot aux roses, a phrase whose origin is still debated.
More sayings in other languages
- Turn a blind eye
- Blow hot and cold
- Twiddle one's thumbs
- Put in one's two cents
- Until the cows come home
- Up the creek without a paddle
- All hell breaks loose
- Have friends in high places
- Wet behind the ears