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Misfortumes are sometimes self-inflicted ( transl) Meaning: When one trifles with danger, one can become a victim of it. You may play with the bull till you get his horn… Read more »
Misfortumes are sometimes self-inflicted ( transl) Meaning: When one trifles with danger, one can become a victim of it. You may play with the bull till you get his horn… Read more »
A burnt child dreads the fire. Birds once snared fear all bushes (Br.). A bitten child dreads a dog (Am.). A bitten child dreads the dog (Br.). A burnt child… Read more »
A burnt child dreads the fire. Birds once snared fear all bushes (Br.). A bitten child dreads a dog (Am.). A bitten child dreads the dog (Br.). A burnt child… Read more »
To keep a dog and bark oneself. Garder un chien et une écorce. Вола зовут не пиво пить, хотят на нем лишь воду возить. Вола зовут в гости не мед пить — воду возить. Осла пригласили на… Read more »
To keep a dog and bark oneself. Garder un chien et une écorce. Осел свое не возит (досл.) Вола зовут не пиво пить, хотят на нем лишь воду возить. Вола зовут в… Read more »
All things come to those who wait. Everything comes to him who waits. Patient men win the day. Good things come to those who wait. Patience is a virtue. Tout… Read more »
Haste makes waste. Haste and hurry can only bear children with many regrets along the way. The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste. ~(Turkish Proverb) Shortcuts… Read more »
While the cat is away the mice will play. The cat is absent, the mice dance (Am.). The mouse lordships where a cat is not (Br.). Rats will play while… Read more »
Asses fetch the oats and the horses eat them (Br.). Fools make feasts and wise men eat them (Am., Br.). I kill the boars, another enjoys their flesh (Br.). One… Read more »
Debt is the worst poverty. The debts go to the next heir. Laugh when you borrow and you’ll cry when you pay (Am.). You can run into debt, but you… Read more »
Another yet the same (Br.). It is all one (Br.). It is as broad as it’s long (as long as it’s broad) (Br.). It is six of one and half… Read more »
An oak is not felled at one stroke (Am.) An oak is not felled with one stroke (Br.). One stroke fells not an oak (Am.) Faire coup double, faire d’une… Read more »
An oak is not felled at one stroke (Am.) An oak is not felled with one stroke (Br.). One stroke fells not an oak (Am.) Faire coup double, faire d’une… Read more »
The tongue ever turns to the ailing tooth. A hungry lad would dream of bread, a hungry lass, of something else, a hungry man smells meat afar off (used (in… Read more »
A pig used to dirt turns up its nose at rice boiled in milk (Am.) Black will take no other hue (Am., Br.). A crow is never /the/ whiter for… Read more »
You cannot wash charcoal white. Fools will be fools. You can’t paint the devil white (Br.) Vous ne pouvez pas laver le charbon de bois blanc. Les imbéciles seront des… Read more »
Between two evils ’tis not worth choosing (Br.). It is all one (Br.). /It is/ six of one and half a dozen of the other (Br.). It’s six of one,… Read more »
The leopard cannot change its spots. Once a wolf always a wolf; Nature is stronger than nurture; What is bred in the bone will come out in the flesh. Le… Read more »
An angel on top but a devil underneath (Am.). Beauty may have fair leaves, but (yet) bitter fruit (Br.). A clean glove often hides a dirty hand (Am.). A fair… Read more »
A blind man can judge no (is no judge of) colors (Am.). Blind men can judge no colours (Br.). A pebble and a diamond are alike to a blind man… Read more »