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good wine needs no bush en · X

Etymology

First recorded in the epilogue to As You Like It by William Shakespeare: "If it be true, that good wine needs no bush, ’tis true, that a good play needes no Epilogue." Here, the term bush denotes a branch or bunch of ivy formerly hung as a vintner’s sign in front of a tavern.

Meanings

  1. There is no need to boast or advertise about something of good quality.

Relateds

old wine in a new bottle

Translations (11)

es el buen paño, en el arca se vende (something good does not need to be advertised) · cs dobré zboží se chválí samo (something good does not need to be advertised) · fi hyvää ei tarvitse mainostaa (something good does not need to be advertised) · nl goede wijn behoeft geen krans (something good does not need to be advertised) · hu jó bornak nem kell cégér (something good does not need to be advertised) · de gute Ware lobt sich selbst (something good does not need to be advertised) · sl dobro blago se samo hvali. (something good does not need to be advertised) · pl dobry towar sam się chwali (something good does not need to be advertised) · fr à bon vin point d'enseigne (something good does not need to be advertised) · vi hữu xạ tự nhiên hương (something good does not need to be advertised) · ru хоро́ший това́р сам себя́ хва́лит (something good does not need to be advertised)