ხუთ თითში ერთმანეთის ტოლი ორიცა არ არისო
All people are not the same. Tous les gens ne sont pas les mêmes. Les gents ne se ressemblent pas. Из пяти пальцев, даже двух одинаковых нет (досл.). Пять пальцев… Read more »
Category: ანდაზები
ხოხობი თავსა მალავს და კუდს – არაო
Fire cannot be hidden in a flax (in straw) (Br.). Murder will out (Am., Br.). There is nothing hidden that is not shown (Am.). Wicked deeds will not stay hid… Read more »
ხორცს რომ ჭამდე და გვერდს ძაღლი გედგას, ძვალი მაინც გადაუგდეო
Lit: to grudge somebody the very food he eats. A thing is the bigger of being shared. Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shalt find it after many… Read more »
ხმა ღვთისა, ხმა ერისაო
The voice of the people is the voice of God. Vox dei, vox populi. (Latin) Vox populi vox Dei.( Rel. Latin) La voix des gens est la voix de Dieu… Read more »
ხილი მეხილესაო, ბაღი მებაღესაო
a) То each his own (Am,, Br.) b) Give every man his due (Am., Br.). Give every man the credit that he deserves (Am.). Render unto Caesar the things that… Read more »
ხიდი წყლის ზომა უნდა იყოსო
Ask your purse what you should buy (Am.). Cut the coat according to the cloth (Am.). Cut your coat according to your cloth (Br.). Limit your wants by your wealth… Read more »
ხიდი გადე და გაიარეო
An act of kindness is well repaid (Am.). Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shalt find it after many days (Br.). Cast your bread upon the water; it… Read more »
ხეს ერთი ვაშლი ება, ისიც ჭიანიო
A black hen always lays (will lay) a white egg (Am.). A black hen lays a white egg (Br.). Crooked furrows grow straight grain (Am.). Spice is black but has… Read more »
ხელი ხელსა ჰბანს, ორივე – პირსაო
lit. one hand washes the other; Claw me and I will claw thee; Scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours; <You> Roll my log and I’ll roll yours; <You> Play… Read more »
ხე ნაყოფით იცნობაო
The fruit of a good tree is also good (Am.). A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit (Br.) A tree is known by its fruit (Am., Br.) By their… Read more »
ხარს რქით დააბამენო, დედაკაცს – ენითაო
An ox is taken by horns and a man by the tongue.Am., Br.). The mill that is always going grinds coarse and fine (Br.). Tongue double brings trouble (Am.) Un… Read more »
ხარმა ხარს ურქინა და უკეთეს ბაგაზე მიაგდოო
Bad luck often brings good luck (Br.). Behind bad luck comes good luck (Am.). Every bitter has its sweet (Am.). Every black has its white (Br.). Every cloud has a… Read more »
ხარი ხართან დააბი, ან ფერს იცვლის, ან ზნესაო
Lit.youunwittinglyadopttheviews, habitsofapersonwithwhomyousocializeorareonfriendlyterms: Associate with cripples and you learn to limp (Am.). Не that lives with cripples learns /how/ to limp (Br.). Live with the lame and you will limp (Am.)… Read more »
ხარი არ იყო, ფური ხარობას ეწეოდაო
All is good in a famine (Am., Br.). Among the blind the one-eyed man is king (Br.). In the land of the blind the one-eyed are kings (Am.) Au pays… Read more »
ხარდაუკლავი ხარს ვერ დაკლავსო
Believe him who speaks from experience.(Latin) Ask the judge (Am.). Believe one who has had experience (Br.). Не who wishes to know the road through the mountains must ask those… Read more »
ხარბი კაცი რომ სარგებელში წავა, კვნესას მოუმატებსო
Gluttony has killed more than the sword. Feasting is the physician’s harvest (Am.). Greedy eaters dig their graves with their teeth (Am.). Many dishes make many diseases (Am.). Many dishes,… Read more »
ხანი გაივლის, ჭირი გადიუვლისო
Time cures all things. There is no grief that time will not soften (Br.). There is no pain so great that time will not soften (Am.). Time cures all griefs… Read more »
ხანდაზმულ კაცს სიზმარიც დაეჯერებაო
If you wish good advice consult an old man. The devil knows many things because he is old. There’s no head like an old head (Am.) Si vous souhaitez de… Read more »
ხათრი, ხათრიო და ჩემ ქმარს აღარა ერგო-რაო
Modest dogs miss much meat. (Am.) Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty (Br.). Bashfulness is no use to the needy (Am.). Dumb folks (men) get no lands (Br.). Не that… Read more »
ჭორი თქვი და მეჭორე ხელში დაიჭირეო
The best things (Everything) may be abused (Br.). Nothing is safe from fault-finders (Br.). Not one escapes unscathed (Am.). No wool is so white that a dyer cannot blacken it… Read more »