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Absence make the heart grow fonder What the eye does not see, the heart cannot grieve (does not grieve over) (Br.). What the eye doesn’t see, the heart doesn’t feel… Read more »

Absence make the heart grow fonder What the eye does not see, the heart cannot grieve (does not grieve over) (Br.). What the eye doesn’t see, the heart doesn’t feel… Read more »

Absence make the heart grow fonder What the eye does not see, the heart cannot grieve (does not grieve over) (Br.). What the eye doesn’t see, the heart doesn’t feel… Read more »

Even weak men when united are powerful (Br.). In union there is strength (Am.). Union is strength (Am., Br.). Unity is strength (Br.). Weak things united become strong (Am.) A… Read more »

A little axe cuts down big trees. The smallest axe may fell the hugest oak. A little rain stills a great wind (Am.). The smallest axe may fell the hugest… Read more »

Bad bird, bad eggs. Of an evil crow an evil egg. Children are what their mothers are (Am.). Like hen, like chicken (Am.). Like hen, like children (Br.) Tel père… Read more »

Avoid evil and it will avoid you. Good can never grow out of bad (evil) (Br.). Never do evil hoping that good will come of it (Am.). Évitez le mal… Read more »

Eschew evil and do good.(Bibl.) Keep out of harm’s way (Am.). Keep your nose clean (Am.). Stay out of harm’s way (of trouble) (Am., Br.) Avoid evil and it will… Read more »

Sour grapes can never make sweet wine (Am.). You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear (Am., Br.) Eagles do not breed doves (Br.). Figs do not… Read more »

Eagles do not breed doves (Br.). Figs do not grow on thistles (Am.). One cannot gather grapes of thorns or figs of thistles (Br.). Of a thorn springs not a… Read more »

Eagles do not breed doves (Br.). Figs do not grow on thistles (Am.). Sour grapes can never make sweet wine (Am.). You cannot make a silk purse out of a… Read more »

Birds of a feather flock together. Each kind attracts its own (Am.). It takes a fool to know a fool (Am.). Like attracts (will to) like (Am., Br.). Like calls… Read more »

All tarred with the same brush. A bad cat deserves a bad rat (Am.). A good dog deserves a good bone (Am., Br.). Like cup, like cover (Br.). Such cup, such… Read more »

The tongue ever turns to the aching tooth. A man in suffering finds relief in rehearsing his ills (Am.). A man lays his hand where he feels the pain (Br.)…. Read more »

False friends are worse than open enemies. False friends are worse than bitter enemies (Br.). Ne te fie pas à l’amitié d’un bouffon. Dieu me garde de mes amis et… Read more »

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 »

An arrow shot upright falls on the shooter’s head (Am., Br.). Hew not too high, lest the chips fall in thine eye (Br.). The man who flings a stone up a mountain… Read more »

Like will to like. Like draws to like. Evil begets evil. Each kind attracts its own (Am.) Birds of a feather flock together. Qui se ressemble s’assemble Les oiseaux de… Read more »