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The voice of the people is the voice of God. Vox dei, vox populi. (Latin) Vox populi vox Dei.( Rel. Latin) La voix des gens est la voix de Dieu… Read more »
The voice of the people is the voice of God. Vox dei, vox populi. (Latin) Vox populi vox Dei.( Rel. Latin) La voix des gens est la voix de Dieu… Read more »
a) То each his own (Am,, Br.) b) Give every man his due (Am., Br.). Give every man the credit that he deserves (Am.). Render unto Caesar the things that… Read more »
Ask your purse what you should buy (Am.). Cut the coat according to the cloth (Am.). Cut your coat according to your cloth (Br.). Limit your wants by your wealth… Read more »
An act of kindness is well repaid (Am.). Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shalt find it after many days (Br.). Cast your bread upon the water; it… Read more »
You cannot make an omelet(te) (pancakes) without breaking eggs (Am., Br.). You can’t have an omelette unless you break the eggs (Am.) Vous ne pouvez pas avoir une omelette sans… Read more »
A black hen always lays (will lay) a white egg (Am.). A black hen lays a white egg (Br.). Crooked furrows grow straight grain (Am.). Spice is black but has… Read more »
lit. one hand washes the other; Claw me and I will claw thee; Scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours; <You> Roll my log and I’ll roll yours; <You> Play… Read more »
Every hand fleeces where the sheep goes naked (Br.). The tree is no sooner down than every one runs for his hatchet (Br.). When a man is down, everyone picks… Read more »
The fruit of a good tree is also good (Am.). A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit (Br.) A tree is known by its fruit (Am., Br.) By their… Read more »
An ox is taken by horns and a man by the tongue.Am., Br.). The mill that is always going grinds coarse and fine (Br.). Tongue double brings trouble (Am.) Un… Read more »
Bad luck often brings good luck (Br.). Behind bad luck comes good luck (Am.). Every bitter has its sweet (Am.). Every black has its white (Br.). Every cloud has a… Read more »
Lit.youunwittinglyadopttheviews, habitsofapersonwithwhomyousocializeorareonfriendlyterms: Associate with cripples and you learn to limp (Am.). Не that lives with cripples learns /how/ to limp (Br.). Live with the lame and you will limp (Am.)… Read more »
Don’t send owls to Athens. Don’t carry coals to Newcastle (Am., Br.). Don’t send owls to Athens (Br.) Pour tuer un beouf on l’approche au couteau. On attache les hommes… Read more »
All is good in a famine (Am., Br.). Among the blind the one-eyed man is king (Br.). In the land of the blind the one-eyed are kings (Am.) Au pays… Read more »
Believe him who speaks from experience.(Latin) Ask the judge (Am.). Believe one who has had experience (Br.). Не who wishes to know the road through the mountains must ask those… Read more »
Gluttony has killed more than the sword. Feasting is the physician’s harvest (Am.). Greedy eaters dig their graves with their teeth (Am.). Many dishes make many diseases (Am.). Many dishes,… Read more »
Time cures all things. There is no grief that time will not soften (Br.). There is no pain so great that time will not soften (Am.). Time cures all griefs… Read more »
If you wish good advice consult an old man. The devil knows many things because he is old. There’s no head like an old head (Am.) Si vous souhaitez de… Read more »
Modest dogs miss much meat. (Am.) Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty (Br.). Bashfulness is no use to the needy (Am.). Dumb folks (men) get no lands (Br.). Не that… Read more »
The best things (Everything) may be abused (Br.). Nothing is safe from fault-finders (Br.). Not one escapes unscathed (Am.). No wool is so white that a dyer cannot blacken it… Read more »