“QUI”

The following 10 entries include the term QUI.

qui vive

noun

: alert, lookout used in the phrase on the qui vive

bis dat qui cito dat

Latin phrase

: he gives twice who gives promptly : payment rendered promptly is worth twice as much

ce n'est que le premier pas qui coûte

French phrase

: it is only the first step that costs : only the beginning is difficult

honi soit qui mal y pense

French phrase

: shamed be (the person) who thinks evil of it motto of the Order of the Garter

pereant qui ante nos nostra dixerunt

Latin phrase

: may they perish who have uttered ours (our ideas) before us

qui facit per alium facit per se

Latin phrase

: he who does (something) through another does it by himself used especially as a principle in the law of agency

qui s'excuse s'accuse

French phrase

: he who excuses himself accuses himself : making excuses reveals a guilty conscience

qui transtulit sustinet

Latin phrase

: He who transplanted (us) sustains (us) motto of Connecticut

qui va là?

French phrase

: who goes there? used by sentries to demand identification from an unknown person

sauve qui peut

noun

: a complete rout


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