Category: ადამიანური თვისებები

Attempt not to fly like an eagle with the wings of a wren (Am.). The bear wants a tail and cannot be lion (Br.). Every ass thinks himself worthy to… Read more »

Too much water drowned the miller. Too much pudding chokes the dog. Too much of a good thing is worse than none at all. Too much honey cloys the stomach…. Read more »

Too much water drowned the miller. Too much pudding chokes the dog. Too much of a good thing is worse than none at all. Too much honey cloys the stomach…. Read more »

Too much water drowned the miller. Too much pudding chokes the dog. Too much of a good thing is worse than none at all. Too much honey cloys the stomach…. Read more »

Too much water drowned the miller. Too much pudding chokes the dog. Too much of a good thing is worse than none at all. Too much honey cloys the stomach…. Read more »

Too much water drowned the miller. Too much pudding chokes the dog. Too much of a good thing is worse than none at all. Too much honey cloys the stomach…. Read more »

He that is full of himself is very empty. Не that praises himself spatters himself (Br.). Let another man praise you /, and not your own mouth (not yourself)/ (Am.)…. Read more »

Beggars breed and rich men feed. One man sows and another reaps. One man makes the chair, and another man sits in it. Fools build houses and wise men buy… Read more »

Send a fool to the market, and a fool he’ll return (Am., Br.). Send a donkey to Paris, he’ll return no wiser than he went (Br.). You can get the… Read more »

Dexterity comes by experience. La dextérité  procure l’expérience. Ум разумом крепок. Ум за разумом не ходит. Ум разуму подспорье. . Доходит ум и до Бога. Ум доводит до безумья, разум до раздумья. Ум да разум надоумят сразу. Доходит ум и до Бога. Дума кума, не… Read more »

Beating the air is just beating the air, It’s no use beating the air. It’s no use fishing in the air. It’s no use ploughing the air. It’s no use… Read more »

Beating the air is just beating the air, It’s no use beating the air. It’s no use fishing in the air. It’s no use ploughing the air. It’s no use… Read more »

After me, the deluce. Apres moi le deluge. После нас хоть потоп. По мне хоть трава не расти. Все трын-трава. Как с гуся вода. Плевать ему с высокого дерева. Nach… Read more »

Doing nothing is doing ill (Am., Br.). An idle brain is the devil’s workshop (Am., Br.). Idleness breeds trouble (Am.). Idleness is the mother of evil (mischief, sin) (Am.). Idleness… Read more »

Don’t take a hatchet to break eggs (Am.). Take not a musket to kill a butterfly (Br.) Prenez pas un mousquet pour tuer un papillon За мухой не с обухом,… Read more »

A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often. Il est des sots de tout pays Les chiens ne font pas les chats – Сколько волка ни корми, а… Read more »

Never trust a wolf with the care of lambs (Br.) Set not the wolf to keep the sheep. Traduction : Le loup reste le loup. Сколько волка ни корми, а он… 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.) Un morceau d’or ne… Read more »

Better speak truth rudely, than lie correctly (Br.). Truth is (pays) best (Am.). The truth is better than a lie (Am.) Toute vérité n’est pas bonne à dire. Умная ложь лучше глупой правды. Сладкая ложь лучше горькой правды…. Read more »

When given a gift, accept it with grace – when beaten, be quick to move to your place . Accept when you are given, run when you are beaten. Parfois… Read more »