Category: ანდაზები

Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. Some people can’t see beyond the tip of their nose. Sometimes one can’t see the wood for the trees (Am.). You can’t see… Read more »

Keep a thing seven years and you will find an  use for it. Lay things by, they may come to use. Keep a thing for seven years and it will… Read more »

Translation: A gun needs a gunner (shooter). The ball comes to the player (Br.). The game walks into the bag (Br.). /Here’s/ just the person I need (Am., Br.). À… Read more »

A fair face, a false heart (Br.). A fair face may hide a foul heart (Am., Br.) Un visage juste, un cœur faux. Un visage juste peut cacher un cœur… Read more »

A fair face, a false heart (Br.). Fair face, foul heart (Am.). A fair face may hide a foul heart (Am., Br.) Un visage juste, un cœur faux. Un visage… Read more »

A man’s best friend and worst enemy is himself (Am.). You make your own luck (Am.) Breed up a crow and he will peck out your eyes (Br.). Do no… Read more »

Breed up a crow and he will peck out your eyes (Br.). Do no good and you shall find no evil (Am.). No good deed goes unpunished (Am.). Save a… Read more »

There is no smoke without fire. Look for the honey where you see the bee (Am.). Cover yourself with honey and the flies will fasten on you. On attrape plus… Read more »

Union is strength. A house (kingdom) divided against itself cannot stand (Am., Br.). Let us all hang together or hang separately (Am.). One stick is easier broken than a bunch… Read more »

Slander is sharper than the sword (Am.). Slander’s sting is sharper than thesword (Am.). The tongue is not steel but (yet) it cuts (Am., Br.). The tongue stings (Am., Br.). A word hurts more thana wound (Am.). Words cut (hurt) more than swords (Br.) The hard words cut the heart (Am.). /Many/ words cut (hurt) more than swords (Br.). The tongue is not steel but it cuts (Am.,… Read more »

A forgetful head makes a weary pair of heels. Little wit in the head makes much work for the feet. Little wit in the head makes much work for the… Read more »

The cock is master (bold) of (on) his own dunghill (Br.). A cock is mighty in his own backyard (Am.). Every cock crows the loudest upon his own dunghill (Am.)…. Read more »

Breed up a crow and he will peck out your eyes (Br.). Do no good and you shall find no evil (Am.). No good deed goes unpunished (Am.). Save a… Read more »

For the mouse the cat is the strongest of the beasts ( Translation) The fear takes molehills for mountains. La crainte prend des taupinières pour des montagnes. La crainte a… Read more »

Every ass thinks himself worthy to stand with the king’s horses (Am., Br.) L’ours veut une queue et ne peut pas être le lion . Traduction : on invitait les lions pour… Read more »

Set a herring to catch a whale. The bear wants a tail and cannot be lion (Br.). Every ass thinks himself worthy to stand with the king’s horses (Am., Br.)… Read more »

You will either dance or hold the candle (Br.) If you don’t know how to dance, you say that the drum is bad Lassez le loup garder les moutons. Мышь… Read more »

Little drops of water, little grains of sand, make a (the) mighty ocean  (and a (the) pleasant land (Am.). ) Little drops produce a shower (Am.). Many drops make a… Read more »

You can  empty the sea with a nutshell (with a spoon) (Br.) Add little to little and there will be a great heap (Am.). A bushel of wheat is made… Read more »