Category: ადამიანური თვისებები

Advise goes in the fool’s one ear and out at the other A nod for a wise man, and a rod for a fool (Br.). Wise men have their mouth… Read more »

The price of wisdom is above rubies (Br.). Wisdom is a pearl of great price (Am.) Without wisdom wealth is worthless. Riche qui peut, aisé qui sait, sage qui veut…. Read more »

Every fool wants to give advice (Am.). Folly is wise in her own eyes (Br.). The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be… Read more »

All covet, all lose. If you are a cock, crow; if a hen, lay eggs (Am.). The gunner to the linstock, and the steersman to the helm (Br.). Lorgueille d’un… Read more »

Не who does not work, neither should he eat (Br.). A horse that will not carry a saddle must have no oats (Br.). No mill, no meal (Am., Br.). No… Read more »

Idleness rusts the mind. If you rest, you rust (Am.). Inactivity breeds ignorance (Am,). Iron not used soon rusts (Br.). Rest, rust, rot (Am.). The rust rots the steel which… Read more »

Ask a kite for a feather and she will say she has but just enough to fly with (Br.). If he had the ‘flu, he wouldn’t give you a sneeze… Read more »

A misterly father makes a prodihgal son. Stingy people are like worker bees: they collect the honey, but never enjoy it L’or de l’avare à son heritier. A père avare… Read more »

The Devil was sick, the devil a monk (a saint) would be; the devil was well, the devil of a monk (a saint) was he . When the devil was… Read more »

The Devil was sick, the devil a monk (a saint) would be; the devil was well, the devil of a monk (a saint) was he . When the devil was… Read more »

Ask a kite for a feather and she will say she has but just enough to fly with (Br.). If he had the ‘flu, he wouldn’t give you a sneeze… Read more »

Can the leopard change his spots. Cut off a dog’s tail and he will be a dog still (Br.). Cut off a dog’s tail and he will still be a… Read more »

Bring a cow into the hall and she’ll run to the byre (Br.). Drive nature out of the door and it will return by the window (Am.). The frog cannot… Read more »

Even a one-eyed lion is a king Le lion borgne n’est pas aveugle. Mieux vaut être borgne qu’aveugle. Одноглазого льва косым  не назовут. Кривого льва косым не назовут. Своего сына кривым никто не… Read more »

Complaints are requests, and requests are violence ( call a spade a spade) A hint is as good as a kick. Traduction  : Se plaindre c’est prier, prier c’est evlever…. Read more »

The Lord will attack again if you do not protest now Might makes right. Où il n’y a pas de péchés il n’y a pas d’honte. На барскую расправу не… Read more »

Give him a finger and he will take a hand (Am.). Give him an inch and he’ll take a mile (an ell, a yard) (Am., Br.). Give him a ring,… Read more »

The river passed the saint forgotten. The river past, and God forgotten. L’ abondance du bien fait oublier Dieu. Пока горя немного, не вспоминают Бога. Пока гром не грянет, мужик… Read more »

You cannot have all chiefs, you gotta have Indians too (Am) There are too many choefs and not enough Indians (Br) A pig in the parlo(u)r is still a pig… Read more »

I talk of chalk and you of cheese (Br.). What’s that got to do with the price of apples (eggs, horses)? (Am.) A chacun son chat. Я говорю про Ивана,… Read more »