Category: ა – გ

Neither wise men nor fools can work without tools (Br.). No flying without wings (Br.). What is a workman without his tools? (Am., Br.). You cannot play a fiddle without… Read more »

Better safe than sorry. First try, then trust. Test before trusting (Am.). Trust, but not too much (Br.). Try before you trust (Am., Br.) Il vaut mieux se fier à… Read more »

Better safe than sorry. First try, then trust. If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die (Br.). Test before trusting (Am.). Trust, but not too much… Read more »

Не who bewails himself has the cure in his hands (Br.). It’s the crying baby that gets the milk (Am.). The squeaking wheel gets the oil (Am.). The squeaky axe… Read more »

Meaning: To blame someone else for one’s own fault. To lay one’s blame at someone else’s door. To shift the blame on someone. If you want a pretence to whip… Read more »

The more haste, the less speed. Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. Shortcuts lead to long delays. Qui se hâte trop, arrive tard. Шибко ехать – не скоро… Read more »

The best wine comes out of an old vessel (Br.). The deuce (devil) knows many things because he is old (Br.). Good broth may be made in an old pot… Read more »

Meaning: To blame someone else for one’s own fault. To lay one’s blame at someone else’s door. To shift the blame on someone. If you want a pretence to whip… Read more »

No great loses without some small gain. Every ebb has its flow (Br.). No great loss but some small profit (Am.). No great loss without some small gain (Br,). One… Read more »

No great loses without some small gain. Every ebb has its flow (Br.). No great loss but some small profit (Am.). No great loss without some small gain (Br,). One… Read more »

No great loses without some small gain. Every ebb has its flow (Br.). No great loss but some small profit (Am.). No great loss without some small gain (Br,). One… Read more »

An ass endures his burden, but no more than his burden (Br.). Catch no more fish than you can salt (Am.). Don’t bite off more than you can chew (Am.,… Read more »

Too much water drowned the miller. Too much pudding chokes the dog. Too much of a good thing is worse than none at all. Too much honey cloys the stomach…. Read more »

Too much water drowned the miller. Too much pudding chokes the dog. Too much of a good thing is worse than none at all. Too much honey cloys the stomach…. Read more »

More sacks to the mill (Br.). The more, the merrier (Am., Br.). /There is/ always room for one more (Am.) De la bouche aux lèvres il est loin. В тесноте,… Read more »

More sacks to the mill (Br.). The more, the merrier (Am., Br.). /There is/ always room for one more (Am.) В тесноте, да не в обиде. Кому тесно, а нам… Read more »

Clothe thee in war, arm thee in peace (Br.). Dig the well before it rains (before you get thirsty) (Am.). In fair weather prepare for foul (Am., Br.) Don’t have… Read more »