Category: ანბანური საძიებელი

A bitten child dreads the dog. A burnt child dreads the fire. Once bitten, twice shy. Chat échaudé craint l’eau froide. Обжегшись на молоке и на воду дуют. На ухе… Read more »

Never too much of good thing. Plenty is no plague (Br.). You can never have too much of a good thing (Am.). You can’t be too rich or too thin… Read more »

Among the blind the one-eyed man is king. When the cat is away, the mice will play. While the cats away the mice play. Dans la brume tout le monde… Read more »

There is no smoke without fire. No wind, no waves. The flame is not far from the smoke (Am.). It never thunders but it rains (Am.). /There is/ no mud… Read more »

It is late too lock the stable door when the horse is stolen. The river past and God forgotten, Don’t have thy cloak to make when it begins to rain,…. Read more »

An evil chance seldom comes alone. An unfortunate man would be drowned in a teacup. A cheval maigre vont les mouches. Le malheur cherche le malheureux. От беды не уйти…. Read more »

Lies has short legs. A liar is sooner caught than a cripple (Am., Br.). A lie has no legs (Am.). A lie hath no feet (Br.). A lie only runs… Read more »

A liar is sooner caught than a cripple (Am., Br.). A lie has no legs (Am.). A lie hath no feet (Br.). A lie only runs on one leg (Am.)…. Read more »

The sins of fathers are visited on their children. On retrouve les péchés de pères  sur leurs enfants. Нарушенная клятва и на внуках отразится (досл.). Говорят слова [пустые], клянутся ложно,… Read more »

Never offer to teach fish to swim. Don’t teach a dog to bark (Br.). An old fox needs not to be taught tricks (Am.) Enseigner le poisson à nager. On… Read more »

A soft answer turns away wrath. Honey attracts (catches, gathers) more flies than vinegar (Am.). An iron anvil should have a hammer of feathers (Am., Br.). Kindness is the noblest… Read more »

All is over but the spouting. To wash dirty linen in public. Anyone can start a rumor, but none can stop one (Am.). Gossip needs no carriage (Am.). Gossips are… Read more »

Better late than never. Better come late to church than never (Am.). Better late than never (Am., Br.). Better late than not at all (Am.). It is not lost that… Read more »

Better be the head of a dog, than the tail of a lion. Better a big fish in a little pond (puddle) than a little fish in a big pond… Read more »

To pull sb’s chestnuts out of the fire To make a cat’s-paw of other people It’s good to take the chestnuts out of the fire with the cat’s paw (Br.). One man… Read more »

He jests at scars, that never felt a wound. Another’s cares will not rob you of sleep (Am.). It is easy to bear the isfortunes of others (Br.). We can… Read more »

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost (Am.). The curse sticks to the tongue of the curser (Am.). The evil that comes out of (goeth out of, issues from) thy… Read more »

Lookers-on see more than players. We see a mote in other men’s eyes when there’s a beam in our own (Br.). We see a mote in our brother’s eyes and… Read more »