Category: მიზანი/მოტივაცია

Better a small fish than an empty dish. Half a loaf is better than none (on bread). Hunger makes hard beans sweet. Hunger never saw bad bread. Hunger sweetens what… Read more »

Need must when the devil drives. There is no arguing with a large fist; Might is right; One cannot swim against the tide; Oaks may fall when reeds stand the… Read more »

Nothing venture, nothing have. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Nothing seek, nothing find (Br.). A setting hen gathers no feathers (never gets fat) (Am., Br.) En marchandant on vend et on… Read more »

God helps those  who help themselves. Fortune helps them that help themselves (Am., Br.). God reaches us good things by our own hands (Br.). Help yourself and heaven will help… Read more »

Beggars cannot be choosers. Beggars cannot (can’t) be choosers. Nothing comes amiss to a hungry man (stomach) (Br.). When in great need, everything will do (Am.) Nécessité fait loi. Бедняку всегда ветер… Read more »

If thou hast not a capon, feed on an onion. Beggars must (should) be no choosers. Beggars can’t be choosers. Hunger finds no fault with the cookery. Hunger is the… Read more »

Need makes the old wife trot. (Am., Br.). Need makes a naked man run (Am.). Need makes the naked man run (Br.). Needs must when necessity drives (Am.). Needs must… Read more »

If you want something done,  do it yourself. After dinner comes the reckoning (Br.). After the feast comes the reckoning (Am., Br.). After your fling, watch for the sting (Am.,… Read more »

Little drops of water, little grains of sand, make a (the) mighty ocean  (and a (the) pleasant land (Am.). ) Little drops produce a shower (Am.). Many drops make a… Read more »

You can  empty the sea with a nutshell (with a spoon) (Br.) Add little to little and there will be a great heap (Am.). A bushel of wheat is made… Read more »

A rolling stone gathers no moss. The foot at rest meets nothing (Am.). Не that stays in the valley shall (will) never get over the hill (Am., Br.). If you… Read more »

Slow are the steps of those who leave their heart behind. When there’s a will there’s a way.(anton) Traduction :Rien ne va sauf si ce n’est pas fait avec le coeur… Read more »

The ball comes to the player. The game leaves the den to look for the hunting man. The game walks into my (his) bag!, with him (me,etc) Traduction : La balle… Read more »

Where there’s a will, there’s a way. All things are easy, that are done willingly (Am.). It is easy to do what one’s own self wills (Br.). Nothing is impossible… Read more »

All are not merry that dance lightly (Br) Every man is not merry that dances (Am.) Just because a man sings, it’s no sign he’s happy (Am.)   Not everyone… 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 Time… Read more »

Seek, and ye shall find; Knock, and it shall be opened unto you. God answers prayer. Les alouettes ne tombent pas toutes rôties dans la bouche Dieu vous protège! Dieu… Read more »

გაბედე და ღმერთიც გიშველისო His bashful mind hinders his good intent No risk, no gain (Am.). Nothing dared, nothing gained (Am.). Nothing risk, nothing gain (Br.). Nothing stake, nothing draw… Read more »