finders keepers

See also: finders keepers, losers weepers

English

Proverb

finders keepers

Whoever finds something is allowed to keep it.

Usage notes

Often "finders keepers, losers weepers"

Translations

whoever finds something is allowed to keep it

Arabic: من سبق لبق‎‎
Esperanto: getrovantoj, gegardantoj
Finnish: löytäjä saa pitää (fi)
French: trouver, c’est garder
German: Wer’s findet, darf’s behalten!

Hebrew: כָּל הַקּוֹדֵם זוֹכֶה‎‎ (he) (kol haqodém zoché)
Icelandic: sá á fund sem finnur (is)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: finner'n er vinner'n (finneren er vinneren)

Nynorsk: finnaren er vinnaren
Portuguese: achado não é roubado

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