Category: ანბანური საძიებელი

Не that has an ill name is half hanged (Br.). Can the Ethiopian change his colour (his skin)? (Br.). Can the leopard change his spots? (Br.). A (The) leopard cannot… Read more »

Every man’s faults are written on their foreheads (Am.). Every one’s faults are written in (on) their foreheads (Br.). Guilty conscience gives itself away (Br.) Every fox must pay with… Read more »

Every fox must pay with his skin to the flayer; Murder will out. Не who holds the ladder is as bad as the thief (Am.). The receiver is as bad… Read more »

The accomplice is as bad as the thief (Am., Br.). Не is as guilty who holds the bag as he who puts in (Br.). Не that hinders not a mischief… Read more »

The cowl (hood) does not make the monk (Br.) All are not cooks who sport white caps and carry long knives (Am.). All are not hunters who blow the horn… Read more »

Feast and your halls are crowded (Am.). Everyone fastens where there is gain (Br.). A fly follows the honey (Am.) Le fruit mûr  amasse les mouches. На свадьбу даже собаки… Read more »

If the young knew, if the old could, there’s nothing but would be done (Br.). If the young man would and the old man could, there would be nothing undone… Read more »

A man cannot give what he hasn’t got; It’s no use crying for the moon; Where nothing is to be had the king must lose his right La richesse attire… Read more »

Не that has a goose will get a goose (Br.). Money begets (draws) money (Am., Br.). Money breeds money (Br.). Money comes to (gets, makes) money (Am.). Much will have… Read more »

The earthen pot must keep clear of the brass kettle; A sow is no match for a goose. Tigers and deer do not stroll together (Am.) C’est la poiel qui… Read more »

Much cry and little wool. Lying pays no tax. Great boast, (and) small roast. On n’apprend pas aux vieux singes à grimper les arbres. Горшок сказал: «Уменя двойное дно»,- а… Read more »

It’s the shovel that laughs at the poker (Am.). The kettle called the pot smutty (Am.). The kettle calls the pot black (Br.). The kettle should not call the pot… Read more »

When the pot boils, it scolds itself (people often harm themslves) None is hurt but by himself. Traduction : L’eau bouillante brule la bouilloire. Trop bouillir fait sécher la marmite. Когда… Read more »

There is never a pot too crooked but what there’s a lid to fit it. Such pot, such pot – lid. Every Jack has his Gill (Am., Br.). Every Jack… Read more »

  Like husband, like wife. One bone, one flesh (Br.) They are finger and thumb. They are indeed of the same breed. They are made of the same leaven. As… Read more »

The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow. (Bibl.) Traduction : Dieu appartient aux veuves et aux orfelins. На вдову  и… Read more »

He who marries a widow also marries her debts. Quick choice, long repentance (Br.) Traduction:C’est à celui qui se marie avec une veuve de s’occuper de ses enfants. Тот, кто… Read more »