a lie has no legs

Proverb

 * 1) One cannot get away with a lie; the truth will always come out.

Translations

 * Albanian: gënjeshtra i ka këmbët të shkurtra
 * Arabic: حَبْلُ ٱلْكَذِبِ قَصِيرٌ
 * Egyptian Arabic: الكدب مالوش رجلين
 * Basque: gezurrak hanka motz,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 真相總會水落石出
 * Czech: lež má krátké nohy
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: valel on lühikesed jalad
 * Finnish: valheella on lyhyet jäljet
 * French:
 * Georgian: ტყუილს მოკლე ფეხები აქვს
 * German:
 * Hebrew: לְשֶׁקֶר אֵין רַגְלַיִם
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian: le bugie hanno le gambe corte
 * Japanese:
 * Lithuanian: melo kojos trumpos
 * Macedonian: на лагата ѝ се кратки нозете, на лагата куси ѝ се нозете
 * Ngazidja Comorian: usiku wa mwamɓa-ndraɓo kohomo husha
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: minciuna are picioare scurte
 * Russian: на лжи́ далеко́ не уе́дешь, у лжи́ коро́ткие но́ги
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: у лажи су кратке ноге
 * Latin: u laži su kratke noge
 * Slovene: laž ima kratke noge
 * Spanish: antes se coge al mentiroso que al cojo, la mentira tiene patas cortas
 * Sranan Tongo: yu kan kibri yu granmama, ma yu no kan kibri en kosokoso
 * Turkish: yalancının mumu yatsıya kadar yanar