Category: ადამიანური თვისებები

Great boast and small roast (Am., Br.) Le ventre affamé n’a point d’oreilles Шапка в рубль, а щи без круп. Гол как сокол, а остёр, как топор. Бедный как церковная… Read more »

Cunning is more than strength (Am.). Cunning surpasses strength (Br.) Le renard a trompé   sept loups . Охоча сорока до находки. У востроушки ушки на макушке. Лиса семерых волков проведет…. Read more »

The jug goes to the well until it breaks (Am.). The pitcher goes often to the well but is broken at last (Br.). A pitcher that goes to the well… Read more »

To talk to a brick wall (blankwall). Throwing pans at a wall. Preaching to the winds. Shouting against the wind. A nod’s as good as a wink to a blind horse. Parler à un mur de brique… Read more »

Breed up a crow and he will peck out your eyes (Br.). No good deed goes unpunished (Am.). Save a thief from the gallows, and he’ll be the first to… Read more »

Greedy folk have long arms. Greedy hawks have long arms (a Spanish proverb). The greedy never know when they have had enough (Am.) The eye is bigger than the belly… Read more »

To make a mountain out of a molehill. Faire une montagne d’une taupinière. Faire d’un rien une montagne. Из комара сделать слона. Блоха с лошадь, а вошь с корову. Делать… Read more »

Danger always looks bigger through the eyes of fear. Fear has big eyes; Fear is liable to make one see all sorts of things; Fear takes molehills for mountains; Fear… Read more »

Mules are always boasting that their ancestors were horses. Man’s praise in his own mouth stinks (Br.). Self-praise is no praise (stinks) (Am.). Self-praise is no recommendation (Am., Br.) Se… Read more »

Misfortumes are  sometimes self-inflicted ( transl) Toujours les gourmands creusent leur fosse avec leurs dents. Кот скребет на свой на хребет. Чем кого взыщешь – и себя то же сыщешь…. Read more »

The fear takes molehills for mountains. La crainte prend des taupinières pour des montagnes. La crainte a des yeux qui voient bien claire. У страха глаза велики. Страшнее кошки зверя… Read more »

False ambition serves the neck. Ambition and fleas both jump high. Mules are always boasting that their ancestors were horses. L’ambition fausse sert le cou. Конь корове не товарищ. Горшок… Read more »

Don’t bite off more than you can chew; Don’t try to do something <things> you’re not fit for. Traduction : Ne visez pas trop haut; Traduction : Faites ce que vous pouvez… Read more »

Debt is the worst poverty. The debts go to the next heir. Traduction : La dette est  pire que la pauvreté. Plusieurs peu fon beaucoup. Долг не ревет, а спать не… Read more »

Among the blind the one-eyed man is king. In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. Au royaume des aveugles, les borgnes sont rois. На безлюдьи и… Read more »

A soft answer turns away wrath (Am.). Soft words win hard hearts (Br.). Traduction : Des mots doux gagnent des coeurs durs. Traduction : Une réponse douce détourne la colère. A spoonful… Read more »

My tongue is my (worst) enemy; I  am my own worst enemy; An ox is taken by the horns, and a man by the tongue. Longue langue courte main. Sience… Read more »

The poor man always gets the blame; When (the) masters fall out, their men get the clout. Le pauvre homme obtient toujours la responsabilité. Mettre le doit entre l’arbre et… Read more »

An act of kindness is well repaid (Am.). Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shalt find it after many days (Br.). Cast your bread upon the water; it… Read more »

Love rules the kingdom without a sword. A good swordsman is never quarrelsome. Wit without discretion is a sword in the hand of a fool. La sagesse bauté et gentillesse… Read more »