Category: სემანტიკური მოდელები

The unbidden guest is a bore and a pest (Am.). Unbidden guests are most welcome when they are gone (Am.). Unbidden guests are welcome when they are gone (Br.). Unbidden… Read more »

The unbidden guest is a bore and a pest (Am.). Unbidden guests are most welcome when they are gone (Am.). Unbidden guests are welcome when they are gone (Br.). Unbidden… Read more »

Get anything given – run being beaten. Do not look a gift horse in the mouth (Am., Br.). Never refuse a good offer (Br.). Take while the taking is good… Read more »

Don’t cross the bridge until you come to it. Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched; Never cackle till your egg is laid; Don’t haloo (whistle) until you are out… Read more »

Lit. Mushrooms pop up after rain. After black clouds, a clear sun (Am.). After black clouds, clear weather (Br.). After clouds, a clear sun (clear weather) (Am., Br.). After clouds… Read more »

Invite your son-in-law to a fowl, and he will take away the lemon. A constant guest is never welcome (Am., Br.). Short visits and seldom are best (Am.) Un invité… Read more »

When a son-in-law visits his  in-laws, even the garden poles are happy. Soyez rapide pour entendre, ralentir pour parler. Écoutez beaucoup et parlez peu . Зять да сват у тещи… Read more »

Be swift to hear, slow to speak (Br.). Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice (Br.). Give every man your ear but few your voice (Am.). Have a… Read more »

Lying pays no tax (Br.). Talking pays no toll (Am.). The tongue is an unruly member (Am.) La bouche n’a pas de dimanche. Язык без костей, что хочет, о и… Read more »

Time and words can never be recalled (Am.). Words once spoken you can never recall (Am.). A word spoken is past recalling (Am., Br.) Un mot parlé est le rappel… Read more »

(The) tongue wounds more than a lance. First think, then speak Think before you speak. Think twice; speak once. Think twice before you speak once. Second thoughts are best (Am.,… Read more »

The beard does not make the doctor or philosopher (Am.). The brains don’t Ue in the beard (Br.). If a beard were a sign of smartness, the goat would be… Read more »

Business is the salt of life (Br.). Labor is the law of happiness (Am.). Labor makes life sweet (Am.). Man was never so happy as when he was doing something… Read more »