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Meaning of a creaking door hangs longest | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C2

Definitions

Someone who is apparently in poor health may well outlive the ostensibly-stronger.
Something annoying or bothersome lasts the longest.

Equivalents

Ελληνικά κακό σκυλί ψόφο δεν έχει

Español bicho malo nunca muere mala hierba nunca muere

한국어 욕 많이 먹는 사람이 오래 산다.

Português vaso ruim não quebra

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

a danger foreseen is half avoided a deal is a deal a drowning man will clutch at a straw a dumb priest never got a parish a fair booty makes many a thief a fault confessed is half redressed