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? asked in Society & CultureLanguages · 8 years ago

how do you say these in English?

hi i am learning english. i am looking for equivalent for following situations in english. i mean the sentence or word that you use.

please native speakers answer my question and let me know where you are from

1- when you wanna tell someone that one who wants to find or reach something will get it finally

in persian we literaly say: seeker will be finder ) = this is a word by word translation.

2-suppose i am talking about my boss . and he is a cruel man. my friends starts saying good things about the directing manager for examplethat he is better than our boss, he's kind, etc. i want to say that he is the same as our boss . there is no difference between the both of them are not cruel.

in persian we have something that i translate word by word into english: the yellow dog is the brother of jackal.

please let me know the proverb or idiom for above situations

thank you very much in advance

Update:

i want equivalents that you use in an english conversation

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  • ?
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

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  • 8 years ago

    1. Don't worry you will find(who, What) your looking for.

    2. There is no difference between them they are both dogs.

    Or you can replace dog with any of the many cruel words there are lol

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