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Lit: Dogs lick their wounds. The hair of the dog is the cure of his bite.(Am) Desperate cuts (diseases) must have desperate cures (Am., Br.). Desperate evils require desperate remedies… Read more »
Lit: Dogs lick their wounds. The hair of the dog is the cure of his bite.(Am) Desperate cuts (diseases) must have desperate cures (Am., Br.). Desperate evils require desperate remedies… Read more »
A dog will not cry (howl) if you beat him with a bone. The ass dreams of thistles (Br.). The hungry man often talks of bread (Am.) Si jeunesse savait,… Read more »
Can the leopard change his spots. Cut off a dog’s tail and he will be a dog still (Br.). Cut off a dog’s tail and he will still be a… Read more »
Bring a cow into the hall and she’ll run to the byre (Br.). Drive nature out of the door and it will return by the window (Am.). The frog cannot… Read more »
Every kettle has a lid. Le chien de la maison ne se trompe jamais de son patron Le serpent ne se trompe pas de trou ni le chien de maitre…. Read more »
The dogs bark, but the caravan goes on (Br.). The parade goes on (Am.) The braying of an ass does not reach heaven (Br.). The braying of an jackass never… Read more »
There will always be idle hands ready to do the devil’s work. If it weren’t for bad luck have no luck at all. Bat (Frappe) un chen et tu verras… Read more »
Breed up a crow and he will peck out your eyes (Br.). No good deed goes unpunished (Am.). Save a thief from the gallows, and he’ll be the first to… Read more »
Speak of angels and you’ll hear the rustling of their wings (Ajn.). Speak of Satan and you’ll see his horns (Am.). Speak of the devil /, and he’ll appear/ (Am.,… Read more »
Might makes <goes before> right; A straw must break in a strong hand. Need must when the devil drives. La raison du plus fort est toujours le meilleure. Où force… Read more »
Might makes <goes before> right; A straw must break in a strong hand. Need must when the devil drives. La raison du plus fort est toujours le meilleure. Où force… Read more »
You cannot carry water in a sieve (draw water with a sieve) (Br.). You can’t measure water with a sieve (Am.) L’eau ne se mesure pas avec une passoire. В… Read more »
Good news travels slowly /, bad news travels fast/ Bad news travels fast, good news is scarcely heard. Plus l’ami est ancient, plus meilleur il est. Chaque régime finit par… Read more »
Look before you leap; Better <it is better to be> safe than sorry. Ecouter beaucoup, en faire à ta guise. Ecouter beaucoup, agir selon son goût. У девятерых спроси и… Read more »
The common horse is worst shod (Am., Br.). Everybody’s business is nobody’s business (Am., Br.). Ce qui était l’affaire de tous n’a été l’affaire de personne. L’affaire de tous et la responsabilité… Read more »
To think a little amount of something to be sufficient for something Qui croit beaucoup, beaucoup se trmpe. Девять упряжек волов девяти братьям лишними казались (досл.). Один орешек девять братьев поделили. Viel… Read more »
Lit: We always blame people we dislike Fault is thick, where love is thin (Am.). Faults are thick when love is thin (Am.). Faults are thick, where love is thin… Read more »
Dry shoes won’t catch fish. Il ne faut qu’une brebie galeuse por gâter un troupeau. Замочив нос, замочишь и щеки (досл.). Идет по воде и все еще боится замочить ноги. Если… Read more »
The flock follow the bell-wether (Br.). If a sheep loops the dyke, all the rest will follow (Br.). If one sheep has left the fold, the rest will follow (Am.)…. Read more »
Save up for a rainy day (Am., Br.). Spare and have is better than spend and crave (Am.). Store is no sore (Br.) Qui a un mouton doit avoir la… Read more »