every Jack has his Jill

English

Proverb

every Jack has his Jill

1. Everybody will eventually find a romantic partner.

Translations

everybody will eventually find a romantic partner

• Arabic:

  South Levantine Arabic: طنجرة ولقت غطاها (ṭanjara w-laʔat ḡaṭāha)

• Dutch: op elk potje past een deksel
• German: auf jeden Topf passt ein Deckel

  Rhine Franconian: jedes Dippsche hat sei Deckelsche

• Hebrew: לכל סיר יש מכסה (he) (lekhol sir yesh mikhse)
• Hungarian: megtalálja zsák a foltját (literally “a sack will find its patch”)
• Italian: non c'è la pentola così brutta che non si trova il suo coperchio
• Japanese: 破れ鍋に綴じ蓋 (ja) (われなべにとじぶた, ware-nabe ni toji-buta)
• Polish: każda potwora znajdzie swojego amatora (literally “every monster will find its lover”), każda potwora znajdzie amatora, każda potwora znajdzie swego amatora
• Portuguese: há um chinelo velho para todo pé cansado (Brazil)
• Spanish: nunca falta un roto para un descosido
• Vietnamese: nồi nào úp vung nấy