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Old Fri Feb 27, 2009, 08:02am
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Who are you calling an idiom?

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Words move people, examples compel them. Deeds, not words, give the example.

It's hard enough translating mbyron English into plain English, now I have to deal with mbyron Latin?
A more idiomatic translation: "practice what you preach."
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Old Sat Feb 28, 2009, 10:56am
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A more idiomatic translation: "practice what you preach."
Now why couldn't you say that in the first place? Instead, I have eleven and three-quarter more months on my $49.99 subscription to an online Latin translator, although it did come in handy when I was responding to eg-italy's Italian posts.
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