Category: ანდაზები

At smb’s expense even vinegar seems sweet. There’s no such thing as a free lunch. to make a cat’s paw of smb.; to make a convenience of smb.; to sponge… Read more »

After death, the doctor. It’s easy to be wise after the event. It is no time to stoop when the head is off (Br.). It is too late to close… Read more »

You cannot jest an enemy into a firend , but you can jest a friend into an enemy . Les faux amis sont pire que des ennemis ouverts. Если у… Read more »

Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. Candor breeds hatred (Am.). Flattery begets friends, but the truth begets enmity (Am.). Follow not truth too near the heels lest it dash… Read more »

Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. Candor breeds hatred (Am.). Flattery begets friends, but the truth begets enmity (Am.). Follow not truth too near the heels lest it dash… Read more »

Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. Candor breeds hatred (Am.). Flattery begets friends, but the truth begets enmity (Am.). Follow not truth too near the heels lest it dash… 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 »

A good painter can draw a devil as well as an angel. Will is his law (Br.) Les lois ont le nez de cire. Хозяин – барин. Что хочу, то… Read more »

A good painter can draw a devil as well as an angel. Will is his law (Br.) Les lois ont le nez de cire. Хозяин – барин. Что хочу, то… Read more »

A good painter can draw a devil as well as an angel. Will is his law (Br.) Les lois ont le nez de cire. Хозяин – барин. Что хочу, то… Read more »

Не who will have no judge but himself condemns himself (Br.). If you judge your own case, you are judged by a fool (Am.). Men are blind in their own… Read more »

Не who will have no judge but himself condemns himself (Br.). If you judge your own case, you are judged by a fool (Am.). Men are blind in their own… Read more »

Не who will have no judge but himself condemns himself (Br.). If you judge your own case, you are judged by a fool (Am.). Men are blind in their own… Read more »

Не who will have no judge but himself condemns himself (Br.). If you judge your own case, you are judged by a fool (Am.). Men are blind in their own… Read more »

Courtesy never broke one’s rown (Br.). Fair words break no bones (Am., Br.). Fair words hurt not the mouth (the tongue) (Br.). A kind word never hurt anyone (Am.). No… Read more »

Courtesy never broke one’s rown (Br.). Fair words break no bones (Am., Br.). Fair words hurt not the mouth (the tongue) (Br.). A kind word never hurt anyone (Am.). No… Read more »

My wife and I calculated, my brother -in-law gets nothing ( Meaning:  greed has long arms; unfair people cannot judge rightly) Greedy folk (folks) have long arms. The greedy never… Read more »

Enough is as good as a feast Am., Br.). Measure is a treasure (Am.). Moderation in all things (Am., Br.). Safety lies in the middle course (Br.). There is a… Read more »