τὰ σῦκα σῦκα, τὴν σκάφην σκάφην λέγει
From LSJ
εἰ γάρ κεν καὶ σμικρὸν ἐπὶ σμικρῷ καταθεῖο καὶ θαμὰ τοῦτ᾽ ἔρδοις, τάχα κεν μέγα καὶ τὸ γένοιτο → for if you add only a little to a little and do this often, soon that little will become great (Hesiod W&D, 361-362)
Translations
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Albanian | i them bukës bukë dhe ujës ujë / i quaj gjërat me emrin e vet / flas shkoqur / e them të vërtetën në sy / i them gjërat hapur |
| Arabic | سَمَّى الْأَشْياءَ بِمُسَمَّياتِهَا |
| Armenian | խոսքը սար ու ձոր չգցել, սար ու ձոր չընկնել |
| Basque | kontuak garbi, adiskideak zahar / kontuak garbi, adiskideak zar |
| Chinese Mandarin | 實話實說, 实话实说, 直言不諱, 直言不讳 |
| Czech | nazvat věc pravým jménem |
| Danish | kalde en spade for en spade |
| Dutch | zeggen zoals het is, de dingen bij hun naam noemen, man en paard noemen, een kat een kat noemen |
| English | call a spade a spade / speak the truth / speak straight from the shoulder / give it straight from the shoulder / give the straight goods / not to mince matters / not to mince words / not mince words / call things by their right names / call a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel / call a shovel a shovel / call a spade a spade, not a big spoon |
| Finnish | suomeksi sanottuna, totta puhuen, kutsua asioita niiden oikeilla nimillä, puhua asioista niiden oikeilla nimillä, mainitakseen asian oikealla nimellään, olla suorasanainen, olla suorasukainen, olla suorapuheinen |
| French | appeler un chat un chat |
| Galician | ao pan, pan e ao viño, viño |
| German | das Kind beim Namen nennen / die Dinge beim Namen nennen / Man muss das Ding bei seinem Namen nennen / kein Blatt vor den Mund nehmen / es auf gut Deutsch sagen |
| Greek | λέω τα σύκα σύκα και τη σκάφη σκάφη |
| Ancient Greek | τὰ σῦκα σῦκα, τὴν σκάφην δὲ σκάφην ὀνομάζειν / τὰ σῦκα σῦκα, τὴν σκάφην δὲ σκάφην ὀνομάσων / τὰ σῦκα σῦκα, τὴν σκάφην σκάφην λέγει |
| Hungarian | nevén nevezi a gyereket / reći popu pop, a bobu bob / nevén nevezi a dolgot |
| Latin | scapham scapham dicere |
| Irish | ná baintear an t-ainm den bhairín, den bhlonag |
| Italian | dire pane al pane e vino al vino |
| Japanese | ありのまま言う, 歯に衣着せぬ |
| Norwegian Bokmål | kalle en spade for en spade |
| Nynorsk | kalle ein spade for ein spade |
| Polish | nazywać rzeczy po imieniu |
| Portuguese | pão, pão, queijo, queijo |
| Russian | называть вещи своими именами |
| Slovenian | reči kmetu kmet |
| Spanish | llamar al pan, pan, y al vino, vino / llama a los higos higos, y al cuenco cuenco / llamar a las cosas por su nombre |
| Swedish | en spade är en spade |
