Category: უარყოფითი თვისებები

The tongue ever turns to the aching tooth. A man in suffering finds relief in rehearsing his ills (Am.). A man lays his hand where he feels the pain (Br.)…. Read more »

An occasion lost cannot be redeemed. Le moment passé ne se rattrape pas. Le temps perdu est irréparable. Разлитой воды не соберешь. Разлитую (пролитую) воду не соберешь. Что с возу… Read more »

When the hen crows the house goes to ruin C’est pas à la poule à chanter avant le coq. Ça va mal quand la poule chante avant le coq. Когда… Read more »

One lie needs seven lies to wait upon it Не that tells a lie must invent twenty more to maintain it (Am.). A lie begets a lie until they become… 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 »

Envy eats nothing but its own heart. Envier le bonheur d’autruic’est folie. Подражай, но не завидуй (досл.). Завистливый от зависти по чужому счастью сохнет. Железо ржа съедает, а завистливый от зависти сохнет В зависти нет ни проку, ни радости. Завистливого /и/ сон неймёт. Завистливый от зависти по чужому счастью сохнет. Neid macht… Read more »

Tell a lie and find a truth (Am.) A liar is sooner caught than a cripple (Am., Br.). A lie has no legs (Am.). A lie hath no feet (Br.)…. Read more »

Idleness dulls the wit (Am.). Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all virtues (Am.). Idleness makes the wit rust (Br.). Idleness rusts the mind (Br.). Too much bed makes… Read more »

A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy. Idleness dulls the wit (Am.). Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all virtues (Am.). Idleness makes the wit rust (Br.). Idleness rusts… Read more »

The envious man grows lean (shall never want woe) (Br.). Envy never enriched any man (Am.) Celui qui envie le bonheur des autres n’est jamais heureux. В зависти нет ни… Read more »

Great talkers are great liars (Br.). Не cannot speak well that cannot hold his tongue (Am., Br.). Не that talks much lies much (Br.). Не who talks much says many… Read more »

Lying pays no tax (Br.). Lying pays no toll (Am.) Tell a lie and find a truth (Am.) La bouche n’a pas de dimanche. Не похваля, не продашь; не похуля,… Read more »

A cracked bell can never sound well (Am., Br.) What’s lost is lost. A broken sack will hold no corn. Traduction :Une cloche cassée ne peut jamais  sonner bien Un sac… Read more »

The tongue is an unruly member (Am.) The tongue pays no tax. Lying pays no tax (Br.). La langue n’a pas de dimanche Язык без костей, слово – без границ…. Read more »

The tongue is an unruly member (Am.) Lying pays no tax (Br.). Maitrisez la langue le choix des mots est essentiel. La langue n’a pas de dimanche Язык без костей…. Read more »

The tongue is an unruly member (Am.) Lying pays no tax (Br.). La bouche n’a pas de dimanche. Язык без костей. Язык без костей, а кости ломает. Язык без костей:… Read more »

Не has honey in the mouth and razor at the girdle (Br.). A honey tongue, a heart of gall (Br.). Sweet as honey, bitter as gall (Br.). There are daggers… Read more »

A sorrow shared is half a trouble, /but/ a joy that is shared is a joy made double (Br.) Happiness is not perfect until it is shared (Am.). Shared joys… Read more »

Meaning: to have too much tongue. Drunken heart won’t lie (Am.). Drunkenness reveals what soberness conceals (Am., Br.). A drunken tongue tells what’s on a sober mind (Am.). /Good/ ale… Read more »

The tongue is an unruly member (Am.) Lying pays no tax (Br.). La langue n’a pas de dimenche. Язык не ломается и не стирается (досл.). Мал язык, да всем телом… Read more »