Category: ადამიანური თვისებები

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 »

Look before you leap; Better <it is better to be> safe than sorry. Refléchir avant d’agir. Гриф к кости присмотрится, а потом проглотит (досл.). Гриф сперва смерит свою глотку, а… Read more »

He is not poor that has little, but he that desires much. Give him a finger and he will take a hand (Am.). Give him an inch and he’ll take… Read more »

Look for the honey where you see the bee (Am.). Here there are bees, there is honey (Am., Br.). Where there is honey to be found, there will be bees… Read more »

Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. The early bird catches the worm. The early bird gets the worm (Am.). Не that will… 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 »

The early bird catches (gets) the worm (Am.). Не that will thrive, must rise at five (Br.). Не that would thrive must rise at five (Am.). Не who gets up… 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 »

To do good to the ungrateful is like throwing water into the sea. Kindness is lost upon an ungrateful man Offert n’est pas trouvé ????? Глупцу подарок находкой казался (досл.). Дурак… Read more »

Greedy folk have long arms. Le roi prend la chemise du pauvre. Богатый с бедного последнюю рубашку снял (досл.). Снять последнюю рубашку. Armut ist des Reichen Kuh; Der reiche Mann… Read more »

The wolf was blamed for what jackals did ( Translation:  put the blame on another head) Good fame sleeps, bad fame creeps (Br.). A good reputation stands still; a bad… Read more »

The wolf was blamed for what jackals did ( Translation:  put the blame on another head) Good fame sleeps, bad fame creeps (Br.). A good reputation stands still; a bad… Read more »

Dog that trots about finds a (the) bone Every dog has his day /and every man his hour/. Do or die (Am., Br.). Double or quits (Br.). Make a spoon… Read more »

The pitcher goes often to the well that is broken at last. The pitcher goes often to the well but is broken eventually. A pot oft sent to the well… Read more »

By their fruits you shall know them (Am., Br.). Judge a tree by its fruit (Am.). Man is known by his deeds (Br.). A tree is known by its fruit… 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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

He that is full of himself is very empty. He that praises himself spatters himself. Let another man praise you /, and not your mouth (not yourself)/ Man’s praise in… Read more »