下手な鉄砲も数撃てば当たる (Heta na teppō mo kazu uteba ataru)

Meaning: Try often enough and you'll succeed eventually, even without skill.

Literally: Even a poor shot will hit the mark if he fires enough times

Example: “とにかくたくさん応募してみよう。下手な鉄砲も数撃てば当たるさ。” — Let's just apply to lots of places: throw enough at the wall and something will stick.

Equivalents in English, French, Spanish, German, and Russian

English: Throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick
French: Calomniez, calomniez, il en restera toujours quelque chose (literally: Slander, slander, something of it will always remain)
Spanish: Calumnia, que algo queda (literally: Slander, and something will stick)
German: Es bleibt immer etwas hängen (literally: Something always sticks)
Russian: Клевета что уголь: не обожжёт, так замарает (Kleveta chto ugol': ne obozhzhyot, tak zamaraet) (literally: Slander is like coal: if it doesn't burn, it blackens)

Origin: A teppō is the old matchlock gun: even a bad shot hits something if he fires enough times.

Words that look familiar in another language but mean something else entirely.

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Vaso Actually means 'a drinking glass'. A vase (for flowers) is un jarrón or florero.
Pasta Actually means 'folder' or 'briefcase'. Pasta (the food) is massa.

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