Kdo si počká, ten se dočká

English translation: Good things come to those who wait

07:04 May 15, 2007
Czech to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Linguistics / přísloví
Czech term or phrase: Kdo si počká, ten se dočká
přísloví
Radomir
English translation:Good things come to those who wait
Explanation:
in English.
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vic voskuil
Netherlands
Local time: 09:58
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4Good things come to those who wait
vic voskuil
5Everything comes to him who waits
Veronika Hansova
5squiky wheel gets its oil
Dana Hollcroft
4All things come to him who waits
Igor Liba


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Everything comes to him who waits


Explanation:
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Veronika Hansova
Czech Republic
Local time: 09:58
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in CzechCzech
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Good things come to those who wait


Explanation:
in English.

vic voskuil
Netherlands
Local time: 09:58
Works in field
Native speaker of: Dutch
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Pavel Blann: most frequent, and no "him" in this answer
59 mins
  -> thank you Pavel

agree  Marek Buchtel
1 hr
  -> thank you Marek

agree  Lubosh Hanuska
2 hrs
  -> thanks guru :)

agree  Veronika Hansova: uznávám, zní to lépe :-)
7 hrs
  -> thanks Veronika ;-)
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
All things come to him who waits


Explanation:
see the bellow link to find lot of proverbs including English equivalent


    Reference: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Czech_proverbs
Igor Liba
Slovakia
Local time: 09:58
Native speaker of: Native in SlovakSlovak
PRO pts in category: 2
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
squiky wheel gets its oil


Explanation:
another possible expression

Dana Hollcroft
United States
Local time: 01:58
Native speaker of: Czech

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Veronika Hansova: jednak je to "squeaky" :-) a pak také mi to připadá spíše jako ekvivalent k "holá huba, holé neštěstí" (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=squeaky wheel...
36 mins
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