Category: ანბანური საძიებელი

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 »

Even a child is known by its doings. A bird may be known by its song. On peut connaître un oiseau par sa chanson. À l’ongle on connaît le lion…. Read more »

Poor folks are glad of porridge (Am.) Nothing comes amiss to a hungry man (stomach) (Br.). When in great need, everything will do (Am.) Les pauvres se contentent de peu…. Read more »

Every dog has his day. Fortune knocks at least once at every man’s gate À chacun son heure de gloire. La fortune frappe au moins une fois à la porte… Read more »

He is not poor that has little, but he that desires much. Give him a finger and he will take a hand (Am.). Give him an inch and he’ll take… Read more »

Death pays all debts (Am., Br.). Death quits all scores (squares all accounts) (Br.) La mort paye toutes les dettes. Помрешь, ничего с собой не возьмешь. (Тебя) только за смертью… Read more »

There but for the grace of God. Celui qui fait bien s’en trouve bien. On n’a que le bien qu’on se fait. Fais du bien et jette le à la… Read more »

Better twice measured than once wrong (Am.). Measure three times before you cut once (Br.). Measure thrice and cut once (Br.). Measure twice before you cut once (Am.). Measure your… Read more »

Не who pays the piper calls (may call) the tune (Am., Br.). You pay your money and you take your choice (Br.) Every law has a loophole (Br.). Every loop… Read more »

Bury the past (Br.). Let bygones be bygones (Am., Br.). Let the dead bury the dead (Am.) Enterrez le passé . Laissez les morts enterrer les morts. Oublions le passé…. Read more »

An evil tongue may do much Br.). The hard words cut the heart (Am.). The tongue is not steel but (yet) it cuts (Am., Br.) Les mots durs blessent le… Read more »

Begin nothing until you have considered how it is to be finished (Am.). In every beginning think of the end (Br.). Look to (Mark) the end (Br.). Think of the… Read more »

Crooked logs make straight fires. Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched. Do not shout until you are out of the woods (Am.). Do not triumph before the victory… Read more »

The chain bursts at its weakest link (Am., Br.). The thread breaks where it is weakest (Br.). The weakest fruit drops earliest to the ground (Am.). Where it is weakest,… Read more »