Category: ანდაზები

Poverty is in want of much, avarice of everything. The rich get richer, and the poor have children (get babies) (Am.). A rich man for dogs and a poor man… Read more »

When it is raining gold (soup), I am caught with a leaky teaspoon (Am.). When it rains porridge, the beggar has no spoon (Br.). Why is it when t rains… Read more »

Не does injury to the good who spares the bad (Br.). Не injures the good who spares the bad (Am.). If you help the evil, you hurt the good (Am.)…. Read more »

Не is as guilty who holds the bag as he who puts in (Br.). Не that hinders not a mischief is guilty of it (Br.). Не who holds the ladder… Read more »

It takes a thief to catch a thief. One devil dings another. The deceiver is deceived. The thief is in grief- he’s robbed by a thief. There is no honour… Read more »

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 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 »

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 »

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 »