nincsen öröm üröm nélkül

Hungarian

Etymology

Literally: “there is no joy without bitterness”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnint͡ʃɛn ˈørøm ˈyrøm ˈneːlkyl]

Proverb

nincsen öröm üröm nélkül

1. there is no joy without alloy, you have to take the bad with the good, you have to take the bitter with the sweet

Further reading

• Paczolay, Gyula: 750 Hungarian Proverbs. Veszprém: Veszprémi Nyomda. 1991. →ISBN