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proverb

ce n'est pas en cassant le thermomètre qu'on fait tomber la fièvre

/sə n‿ɛ pɑ ɑ̃ ka.sɑ̃ l(ə) tɛʁ.mɔ.mɛ.tʁə k‿ɔ̃ fɛ tɔ̃.be la fjɛvʁ/

proverb/sə n‿ɛ pɑ ɑ̃ ka.sɑ̃ l(ə) tɛʁ.mɔ.mɛ.tʁə k‿ɔ̃ fɛ tɔ̃.be la fjɛvʁ/

don't shoot the messenger (the bearer of bad news should not be held accountable for it)

Literally, “it's not by breaking the thermometer that one makes the fever go down”.