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раз солгал, навек лгуном сталstresses
gen. one lie calls for many (igisheva); one lie needs seven lies to wait upon it (igisheva)
amer. a lie begets a lie until they become a generation (igisheva); hе that tells a lie must invent twenty more to maintain it (igisheva); one falsehood leads to another (igisheva); one seldom meets a lonely lie (igisheva)
brit. a lie begets a lie (igisheva); lies hunt in packs (igisheva); nothing stands in need of lying but a lie (igisheva); one lie makes many (igisheva)
proverb one lie leads to another (igisheva); when you start lying, you cannot stop (igisheva)
раз солгал – навек лгуном стал
proverb he that once deceives is ever suspected; liar is not believed when he speaks the truth; a liar is not believed when he speaks the truth (Yeldar Azanbayev)
раз солгал-навек лгуном стал
proverb a liar is not believed when he speaks the truth (дословно: Лжецу не верят, даже когда он правду говорит); he that once deceives is ever suspected (дословно: Кто раз обманёт, того век подозревают)
Раз солгал – навек лгуном стал
proverb once liar, always liar