à malin, malin et demi
French, proverb/a ma.lɛ̃ | ma.lɛ̃ e d(ə).mi/
à malin, malin et demi is a French proverb meaning “one will always find a cleverer or stronger person than oneself” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does à malin, malin et demi mean in English?
proverb
- 1
one will always find a cleverer or stronger person than oneself
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. On trouve toujours plus fort, plus rusé que soi.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce à malin, malin et demi?
- /a ma.lɛ̃ | ma.lɛ̃ e d(ə).mi/
- \a ma.lɛ̃ ma.lɛ̃ e də.mi\
- [a ma.l̪ɛ̃ ma.l̪ɛ̃ e̯ d̪mi]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.