Category: ა – გ

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 »

An act of kindness is well repaid (Am.). The good you do to others will always come back to you (Am.). The hand that gives gathers (Am., Br.) Do well… Read more »

Never too much of a good thing. Plenty is no plague. Store is no sore. Too much butter makes the porridge better. Too much butter won’t spoil the porridge. You… Read more »

A lazy dog finds no bone (Am.). Sleeping cats catch no mice (Am.). The sleeping dog (fox) catches no poultry (Br.). When the fox sleeps no grapes fall in his… Read more »

Close as an oyster(wax). Silent as a grave. Muet comme une carpe. Думала рыба: «Сказала бы что-нибудь, да воды полон рот» (осет.). Спела бы и рыбка песенку, когда бы голос… Read more »

All in good time. There’s time for everything. Give it to him (her, etc.) if you have to rob the cradle. Everything in its season. Everything is good in its… Read more »

Keep far away from fools.  ( translation) Fool is he who deals with other fools He is not the fool that the fool is but he that with the fool… Read more »

Keep far away from fools.  ( translation) Fool is he who deals with other fools He is not the fool that the fool is but he that with the fool… Read more »

Keep far away from fools.  ( translation) Fool is he who deals with other fools He is not the fool that the fool is but he that with the fool… Read more »

Keep far away from fools.  ( translation) You can’t draw blood out of a stone. Fool is he who deals with other fools He is not the fool that the… Read more »

Keep far away from fools.  ( translation) Fool is he who deals with other fools He is not the fool that the fool is but he that with the fool… Read more »

As the fool thinks, so the bell clinks. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. Choisir entre deux maux Les fous se précipitent où les anges craignent d’aller. Aux… Read more »

It is dogged as (that) does it (Am., Br.). One can only do by doing (Am.). Plodding wins the race (Am.). The race is got by running (Br.). То do,… Read more »

Best defence is offence. Attack is the best /form (method) of/ defence (Br.). A good offense is the best defense (Am.). Offence is the best defence (Br.) Traduction :Au cours des… Read more »

Covet not which belongs to others (Am.). Pluck not where you never planted (Br.). Scald not your lips in another man’s porridge (Br.). Wish not to taste what does not… Read more »

Covet not which belongs to others (Am.). Pluck not where you never planted (Br.). Scald not your lips in another man’s porridge (Br.). Wish not to taste what does not… Read more »

Beggars breed and rich men feed. One man sows and another reaps. One man makes the chair, and another man sits in it. Fools build houses and wise men buy… Read more »

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 »