Category: სიმართლე/სამართალი/უსამართლობა/მიკერძოება

The cat is absent, the mice dance (Am.). The mouse lordships where a cat is not (Br.). Rats will play while the cat’s away (Am.). Well kens the mouse when… Read more »

Might beats right (Am.). Might goes before (is) right (Br.). Might makes (overcomes) right (Am., Br.). Where force prevails, right perishes (Am.) La raison du plus fort est toujours la… Read more »

Might beats right (Am.). Might goes before (is) right (Br.). Might makes (overcomes) right (Am., Br.). Where force prevails, right perishes (Am.) La raison du plus fort est toujours la… Read more »

Might beats right (Am.). Might goes before (is) right (Br.). Might makes (overcomes) right (Am., Br.). Where force prevails, right perishes (Am.) La raison du plus fort est toujours la… Read more »

Might makes <goes before> right; A  straw must break in a strong hand. Need must when the devil drives. There is no arguing with a large fist. What may the… Read more »

One beats the bush, and another catches the bird. I talk of chalk and you of cheese (Br.). What’s that got to do with the price of apples (eggs, horses)? (Am.) On bat le buisson et un autre attrape l’oiseau . Je parle de la craie et vous du… Read more »

A place for everything and everything in its place. Give every man his due (Am., Br.). Give every man the credit that he deserves (Am.). Render unto Caesar the things… Read more »

Better luck next time (Am., Br.). Every dog has his day (Am., Br.). The sun will shine down our street too (on our side of the fence) (Br.) À chacun… Read more »

Better luck next time (Am., Br.). Every dog has his day (Am., Br.). The sun will shine down our street too (on our side of the fence) (Br.) À chacun… Read more »

He that commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it; An uneasy (guilty) conscience betrays itself (gives itself away); He that has a great nose thinks everybody is speaking of… Read more »

Give every man his due (Am., Br.). Give the Devil his due. Give credit where credit is due. Give every man the credit that he deserves (has earned) (Am.). Render… Read more »

A guilty conscience is a self-accuser. No whip cuts so sharply as the lash of conscience. There is no hell like a bad conscience (Am.). Traduction : Une mauvaise conscience est… Read more »

A guilty conscience is a self-accuser. Guilty conscience needs no accuser. Every one’s faults are written in (on) their foreheads Il n’y a pas de secret pour le temps. Pêcheur… Read more »

Easy come, easy go. Ill gotten ill spent. Dishonest gains are losses (Am.). An evil gain is equal to a loss (Am.). Evil gotten, evil spent (Am.). Evil won is… Read more »

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost (Am.). The curse sticks to the tongue of the curser (Am.). The evil that comes out of (goeth out of, issues from) thy… Read more »

Curses like chickens come home to roost. Curses, like chickens, come home to roost (Am.). The curse sticks to the tongue of the curser (Am.). The evil that comes out… Read more »

Curses like chickens come home to roost (Br.). Curses, like chickens, come home to roost (Am.). The curse sticks to the tongue of the curser (Am.). The evil that comes… Read more »

Ill-gotten gains never prosper. Borrowed garments never fit well Dishonest gains are losses (Am.). An evil gain is equal to a loss (Am.). Evil gotten, evil spent (Am.). Evil won… Read more »

Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. Candor breeds hatred (Am.) Home truths are hard to swallow (Br.). It is truth that makes a man angry (Am., Br.). No one… Read more »

A good dog deserves a good bone. A boisterous horse must have a rough bridle (Am., Br.). Don’t spur a willing horse (Am., Br.). A good horse should be seldom… Read more »