Category: ა – გ

Every avenue is (comes up) a dead end; There’s no way out. Whether the pitcher strikes the stone, or the stone the pitcher it is bad for the pitcher (Am.)… Read more »

Everything has an end (Am., Br.). The morning sun never lasts a day (Am., Br.). Nothing can last forever (Am.). There is nothing permanent under the moon (the sun) (Br.)…. Read more »

Birds of a feather flock together. What comes from the heart goes to the heart (Am., Br.) Each kind attracts its own (Am.). It takes a fool to know a… Read more »

No ear is so deaf as one which wishes not to hear (Am.). None so deaf as he who won’t hear (Am.). None so deaf as those who won’t hear… Read more »

Where the devil cannot come, he will send a woman. A man’s wife is his blessing or his bane. La femme est à l’homme un mal agréable. Que Dieu vous… Read more »

Where the devil cannot come, he will send a woman. A good maid sometimes makes a bad wife. All are good girls, but where do the bad wives come from?… Read more »

Look before you leap; Better <it is better to be> safe than sorry. Ecouter beaucoup, en faire à ta guise. Ecouter beaucoup, agir selon son goût. У девятерых спроси и… Read more »

We see the speck that is in our brother’s eye, but don’t consider the beam that is in our own eye. Sweep your own porch clean first. The hunchback does… Read more »

The leopard cannot change its spots. Once a wolf always a wolf; Nature is stronger than nurture; What is bred in the bone will come out in the flesh. The… Read more »

Always a thorn among roses (Am.). Every rose has its thorn (Am., Br.). A good garden always has weeds (Am.). No garden without its weeds (Am., Br.). No house without… Read more »

Agues come on horseback, but go away on foot. Sickness comes in haste and goes at leisure (Am). Agues come on horseback but go away on foot (Br.). A man… Read more »

Agues come on horseback, but go away on foot. Sickness comes in haste and goes at leisure (Am). Agues come on horseback but go away on foot (Br.). It is… Read more »

The leopard does not change his  spots. Bad is the wool that cannot be dyed (Am.). Black will take no other hue (Am., Br.). A crow is never /the/ whiter… Read more »

Too many cooks spoil the broth (the soup); Everybody’s business is nobody’s business. With seven nurses a child will be without eyes (Am.) Many commanders sink the ship (Br.). Many… Read more »

Put not your finger (hand) between the bark and the tree (Br.) Never interfere with family quarrels (Am.). One bone, one flesh (Br.) Mari et femme sont une seule âme…. Read more »

A bad wound is cured, not a bad name. An evil wound is cured, not an evil name. Give a dog a bad name and hang him (Am., Br.). Give… Read more »