English
Proverb
the enemy of my enemy is my friend
- It is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat.
Translations
it is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat
- Arabic: عَدُوُّ عَدُوِّي صَدِيقِي (ʕaduwwu ʕaduwwī ṣadīqī)
- Armenian: իմ թշնամու թշնամին իմ ընկերն է (im tʻšnamu tʻšnamin im ənkern ē)
- Azerbaijani: düşmənimin düşməni mənim dostumdur
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 敵人的敵人就是朋友 / 敌人的敌人就是朋友 (dik6 jan4 dik1 dik6 jan4 zau6 si6 pang4 jau5)
- Mandarin: 敵人的敵人就是朋友 / 敌人的敌人就是朋友 (dírén dì dírén jiùshì péngyǒu)
- Dutch: de vijand van mijn vijand is mijn vriend
- Esperanto: la malamiko de mia malamiko estas mia amiko
- French: l’ennemi de mon ennemi est mon ami
- German: der Feind meines Feindes ist mein Freund
- Italian: il nemico del mio nemico è mio amico
- Japanese: please add this translation if you can
- Korean: 내 원수의 적이 내 친구 야 (nae wonsuui jeogi nae chin'gu ya)
- Polish: wróg mojego wroga jest moim przyjacielem
- Portuguese: o inimigo do meu inimigo é meu amigo
- Romanian: dușmanul dușmanului meu este prietenul meu
- Russian: враг моего врага — мой друг (vrag mojevo vraga — moj drug)
- Spanish: el enemigo de mi enemigo es mi amigo
- Turkish: düşmanımın düşmanı dostumdur
- Ukrainian: ворог мого ворога — мій друг (voroh moho voroha — mij druh)
- Vietnamese: kẻ thù của kẻ thù của tôi là bạn của tôi
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See also
- war makes strange bedfellows