English Explanatory Dictionary

he who smelt it dealt it

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. A person who calls attention to or complains about a flatus is likely trying to pretend it wasn't their own.
  2. A person calling attention to or complaining about a given problem may in fact be the source of the problem.

Word forms

he who smelt it dealt it whoever smelt it dealt it you smelt it, you dealt it

Synonyms

he who denied it supplied it

Related words

cut the cheese protest too much

Translations

Esperanto: kiu ĝin flaris, faris French: premier senteur, premier péteur German: wer den Furz zuerst gerochen, dem ist er aus dem Arsch gekrochen Italian: gallina che canta ha fatto l'uovo Japanese: 言い出しっ屁 Latvian: kas atzinās, tas nopirdās Lithuanian: vagie, kepurė dega Polish: kto pierwszy poczuje, temu się snuje Portuguese: quem cheirou que resolva Russian: кто признался тот и обосрался Sicilian: cinca la ntisa te culu na scisa Slovene: kdor ga zavoha, ta ga tudi spoha Spanish: el que lo huele, debajo lo tiene Swedish: den som nämnde det, han klämde det Swedish: den som nämnde't, han klämde't
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