YOU SAID:
There is a fox, but not a duck.
INTO JAPANESE
狐がないアヒルがあります。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
There is a duck without a fox.
INTO JAPANESE
河豚は食いたし命は惜しし。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Every rose has its thorn.
INTO JAPANESE
とげのないバラはない。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Every rose has its thorn.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.