Category: სხვა ანდაზები

Don’t make yourself a mouse, or the cat will eat you (Br.). Make ourself a sheep and the wolves will eat you (Am.) Every hand fleeces where the sheep goes… Read more »

Don’t make yourself a mouse, or the cat will eat you (Br.). Make ourself a sheep and the wolves will eat you (Am.) Every hand fleeces where the sheep goes… Read more »

His bark is worse than his bite. All clouds bring not rain (Am.). Every cloud is not a sign of storm (Am.). Every cloud engenders not a storm (Br.). Every… Read more »

His bark is worse than his bite. All clouds bring not rain (Am.). Every cloud is not a sign of storm (Am.). Every cloud engenders not a storm (Br.). Every… Read more »

Jeerers must be content to taste of their own broth (Br.). One ass calls another long ears (Am.). The pot calling (calls) the kettle black (Am., Br.) Не makes a… Read more »

(he) whom God (the good Lord) helps, nobody can harm. Whom God helps, nobody can harm. Whom the good lord a hand lends, no one in the way stands. À… Read more »

(he) whom God (the good Lord) helps, nobody can harm. Whom God helps, nobody can harm. Whom the good lord a hand lends, no one in the way stands. À… Read more »

A fool always rushes to the fore (Br.).   A fool’s tongue runs before his wit. Fools set stools for wise men to fall over (to stumble) Wise men silent,… Read more »

As the tree, so the fruit. As the old cock crows, so does the young. As mother and father, so is daughter and son (Am.). Like parents, like children (Br.)… Read more »

All covet, all lose (Am., Br.). Grasp a little, and you may secure it; Grasp too much, and you will lose everything (Am.). Не that (who) grasps at too much… Read more »

The devil finds work for idle hands to do.    A forgetful head makes a weary pair of heels. Little wit in the head makes much work for the feet…. Read more »

Familiarity breeds contempt (Am., Br.). Intimacy breeds contempt (Am.). Intimacy lessens fame (Br.). No man is a hero in his hometown (to his wife or his butler) (Am.). No man… Read more »

Better is a slice of bread and garlic eaten at one’s own table than a thousand dishes eaten under  another’s roof (Am.). Dry bread at home is better than roast… Read more »

Better is a slice of bread and garlic eaten at one’s own table than a thousand dishes eaten under   another’s roof (Am.). Dry bread at home is better than roast… Read more »

The accomplice is as bad as the thief (Am., Br.). Не is as guilty who holds the bag as he who puts in (Br.). Не that hinders not a mischief… Read more »