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单词 a promise made is a promise kept
释义

a promise made is a promise kept

English

Proverb

a promise made is a promise kept

  1. A promise that one makes should be or can be considered a promise that one will certainly honor.
    • 2009, Wolfgang Mieder, "Yes We Can": Barack Obama's Proverbial Rhetoric, page 289:
      We'll never rise together if we allow medical bills to swallow family budgets or let people retire penniless after a lifetime of hard work, and so today we must demand that when it comes to commitments made [to] working men and women on health care and pensions, a promise made is a promise kept.

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