don't look a gift horse in the mouth

Etymology
expressions such as    in 's c.400 Preface to the Commentaries of the  (Commentariorum in Epistolam ad Ephesios Libri Tres), which designates it as a "common proverb". The ultimate referrent is inspection of horses' teeth as a way of ascertaining their age and value.

Proverb

 * 1) One should not unappreciatively question or inspect a gift too closely.

Synonyms

 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:satisfactory

Translations

 * Albanian: kalit të falur nuk i shikohen dhëmbët, kalit të falur nuk i këqyren dhëmbët
 * Armenian: նւիրւած ձիու ատամները չեն հաշւի
 * Basque: dohainik edan behar duenak, hitz gutti
 * Bulgarian: на харизан кон зъбите не се гледат
 * Catalan: a cavall regalat, no li miris el dentat
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 不要對禮物吹毛求疵, 不要對禮物挑三揀四
 * Czech: darovanému koni na zuby nekoukej,
 * Danish: sku ikke en given hest i munden
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: kingitud hobuse suhu ei vaadata
 * Finnish: lahjahevosen suuhun ei saa katsoa
 * French: à cheval donné, on ne regarde pas la bouche,, ,
 * Galician: o cabalo regalado, cólleo con ollos pechados, a cabalo regalado no se lle mira o dente
 * German:, einem geschenkten Gaul sieht man nicht ins Maul, einem geschenkten Gaul guckt man nicht ins Maul
 * Greek: του χαρίζανε γάιδαρο και τον κοίταζε στα δόντια
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: ekki vera vanþakklátur
 * Italian: a caval donato non si guarda in bocca
 * Latin: equī dōnātī dentēs nōn īnspiciuntur, equī dōnātī dentēs nōn sunt īnspiciendī, nōlī equī dentēs īnspicere dōnātī
 * Latvian: dāvātam zirgam zobos neskatās, dāvinātam zirgam zobos neskatās
 * Lithuanian: dovanotam arkliui į dantis nežiūri
 * Luxembourgish: engem geschenkte Gaul kuckt een net an d'Maul
 * Mongolian: бэлгийн морины шүд татдаггүй
 * Persian:, دندون اسب پیشکشی رو نمی‌شمرند
 * Polish: darowanemu koniowi nie zagląda się w zęby,, darowanemu koniowi nie zaglądaj w zęby, darowanemu koniowi w zęby się nie patrzy
 * Portuguese: a cavalo dado não se olha os dentes, a cavalo dado não se olha o dente
 * Romanian: calul de dar nu se caută la dinți, calul de dar nu se caută în gură
 * Russian: дарёному коню́ в зу́бы не смо́трят
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: поклоњеном коњу се не гледа у зубе
 * Roman: poklonjenom konju se ne gleda u zube
 * Slovak: darovanému koňovi sa na zuby nepozeraj
 * Slovene: podarjenemu konju se ne gleda v zobe
 * Spanish: a caballo regalado no se le miran los dientes, a caballo regalado no le mires el diente,, , a caballo regalado, no se le ve el colmillo
 * Swedish: skåda inte given häst i munnen
 * Telugu: పాపమని పాత చీర ఇస్తే గోడ చాటుకు వెళ్ళి మూర వేసిందట
 * Turkish: üzümünü ye bağını sorma, hediye atın dişine bakılmaz
 * Ukrainian: дарованому коневі в зуби не дивляться
 * Venetian: a caval donà no se ghe varda in boca
 * Yiddish: אַ געשענקט פֿערד קוקט מען נישט אין די ציינער