Category: ა – გ

A handsow is a good thing but not to shave with. The peacock has fair feathers, but foul feet. A broad hat does not always cover a venerable head (Am.,… Read more »

A man were better be half-blind than have both his eyes out. Of two evils choose the least. Of two evils choose the less. Traduction : Mieux vaut être borne qu’aveugle…. Read more »

Among the blind the one-eyed man is king. In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. Dans le royaume des aveugles les bornes sont  rois Il vaut… 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 »

Everyone to his equal (Am.). Every sheep with its like (Am.). Geese with geese, and women with women (Br.). Keep to your own kind (Am.). Tigers and deer do not… Read more »

A descent from the sublime to the ridiculous is quick (Br.). From the sublime to the ridiculous is only a step (Am.). One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous… Read more »

Orders are orders (Am.). Orders must not be challenged (Am.). Will is his law (Br.) Les ordres sont les ordres. Если барин скажет, что на дубе растут яблоки, то поверь… 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 »

The fine pullet shows its excellence from the egg. It early pricks that will be a thorn. It will be a forward cock that crows in the shell (Br.). That… 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 »

Cucumbers out of season are expensive, wait till they come into season ( Waiting pays ) Wait and you will be rewarded. Traduction : Ne payez pas chère les pris vont… Read more »

Hasty climbers have sudden falls. Easy does it (Am., Br.). Make haste but do not hurry (Am.). Make haste slowly (Am., Br.). Not too fast for /fear of/ breaking your… 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 »

One enemy is too many, and a hundred friends too few (Br.). One enemy is too much for a man, and a hundred friends are too few (Am.) There is… Read more »

One enemy is too many, and a hundred friends too few (Br.). One enemy is too much for a man, and a hundred friends are too few (Am.) Un ennemi… Read more »

Where ignorance is bliss ‘tis folly to be wise. Where ignorance is bliss wisdom is folly. It pays to be ignorant (Am.). What one doesn’t know won’t hurt him (Am.)…. Read more »

Meaning:  Even in unworthy people or useless things there is always a worthy one to be found. Much corn lies under the straw that is not seen (Br.). Beaucoup de… Read more »

Bend with the tree that will bend with you. They that are bound must obey. Run with the hare and hunt with the hound. If you can’t beat them join… 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.) Traduction : La petite hache peut faire… Read more »