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à malin, malin et demi

/a ma.lɛ̃ | ma.lɛ̃ e d(ə).mi/

proverb/a ma.lɛ̃ | ma.lɛ̃ e d(ə).mi/

one will always find a cleverer or stronger person than oneself

Literally, “to a clever person, a one and a half as clever person”; "to each clever person, there is a corresponding one and a half as clever person".