Category: ადამიანური თვისებები

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 »

There is no smoke without fire. Look for the honey where you see the bee (Am.). Cover yourself with honey and the flies will fasten on you. On attrape plus… Read more »

A forgetful head makes a weary pair of heels. Little wit in the head makes much work for the feet. Little wit in the head makes much work for the… Read more »

The cock is master (bold) of (on) his own dunghill (Br.). A cock is mighty in his own backyard (Am.). Every cock crows the loudest upon his own dunghill (Am.)…. Read more »

Every ass thinks himself worthy to stand with the king’s horses (Am., Br.) L’ours veut une queue et ne peut pas être le lion . Traduction : on invitait les lions pour… Read more »

Set a herring to catch a whale. The bear wants a tail and cannot be lion (Br.). Every ass thinks himself worthy to stand with the king’s horses (Am., Br.)… Read more »

You will either dance or hold the candle (Br.) If you don’t know how to dance, you say that the drum is bad Lassez le loup garder les moutons. Мышь… Read more »

Every one for himself and god for us all. Chaqu’un pour lui et Dieu pour nous tous. Некоторые люди и любят Бога, но молиться ленятся (досл.). Поено да кормлено, а… Read more »

A good horse should be seldom spurred (Am., Br.) Un cheval violent doit avoir une grosse bride . :Un cheval paresseux  doit etre stimulé. Un bon cheval devrait être rarement… Read more »

A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy. Idle folks lack no excuses. Every day is holiday with sluggards (Br.). A lazy man always finds excuses (Am.) The sluggard’s convenient season… Read more »

A crooked tree will never straighten its branches (Am.). That which is crooked cannot be made straight (Br.). What is bred in the bone will not /come (go)/ out of… Read more »

Action without thought is like shooting without aim (Am.). Give a calf rope enough and it will hang itself (Am.). Give a fool rope enough and he’ll hang himself (Br.)…. Read more »

A golden bit does not make a horse any better (Br.). A golden bit does not make the horse any better (Am.). Pigs are pigs (Am.) Don’t cast pearls before… Read more »

Don’t bite the hand that feeds you (Am., Br.). Don’t bite the hand that butters your bread (Am.). Don’t cut the bow you are standing on (Br.). Don’t cut the… Read more »

He that goes a borrowing, goes a sorrowing. You can run into debt, but you have to crawl out. Une dette en amène une autre. On ne paie pas ses… Read more »

Give the devil an inch and he will take an ell (Am.) Give him an inch and he’ll take a yard. Give him a finger and he’ll take the whole… Read more »

A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out (Br.).    Fools set stools for wise folks to stumble at (Br.). Fools set… Read more »

If you can’t beat them, join them. If you can’t lick them, join them. Kiss the hand you cannot bite (Am.). Un homme se noyant s’accroche à une paille. Человека… Read more »

An evil tongue may do much  (Br.). The hard words cut the heart (Am.). The tongue is not steel but (yet) it cuts (Am., Br.) Les mots durs blessent le… Read more »

Spilled water cannot be gathered up (Am.). What is lost is lost (Br.) L’eau renversée ne peut pas être rassemblée Ce qui est perdu est perdu Пролитое масло так не… Read more »