Category: სხვა ანდაზები

A dog is a lion at home (Am., Br.). The cock is master of (on) his own dunghill (Br.). A cock is mighty in his own backyard (Am.). Every cock… Read more »

Misfortumes are  sometimes self-inflicted ( transl) Meaning: When one trifles with danger, one can become a victim of it. You may play with the bull till you get his horn… Read more »

A burnt child dreads the fire. Birds once snared fear all bushes (Br.). A bitten child dreads a dog (Am.). A bitten child dreads the dog (Br.). A burnt child… Read more »

A burnt child dreads the fire. Birds once snared fear all bushes (Br.). A bitten child dreads a dog (Am.). A bitten child dreads the dog (Br.). A burnt child… Read more »

To keep a dog and  bark oneself. Garder un chien et une écorce. Вола зовут не пиво пить, хотят на нем лишь воду возить. Вола зовут в гости не мед пить — воду возить. Осла пригласили на… Read more »

To keep a dog and  bark oneself. Garder un chien et une écorce. Осел свое не возит (досл.) Вола зовут не пиво пить, хотят на нем лишь воду возить. Вола зовут в… Read more »

While the cat is away the mice will play. The cat is absent, the mice dance (Am.). The mouse lordships where a cat is not (Br.). Rats will play while… Read more »

Asses fetch the oats and the horses eat them (Br.). Fools make feasts and wise men eat them (Am., Br.). I kill the boars, another enjoys their flesh (Br.). One… Read more »

Debt is the worst poverty. The debts go to the next heir. Laugh when you borrow and you’ll cry when you pay (Am.). You can run into debt, but you… Read more »

Another yet the same (Br.). It is all one (Br.). It is as broad as it’s long (as long as it’s broad) (Br.). It is six of one and half… Read more »

An oak is not felled at one stroke (Am.) An oak is not felled with one stroke (Br.). One stroke fells not an oak (Am.) Faire coup double, faire d’une… Read more »

An oak is not felled at one stroke (Am.) An oak is not felled with one stroke (Br.). One stroke fells not an oak (Am.) Faire coup double, faire d’une… Read more »

The tongue ever turns to the ailing tooth. A hungry lad would dream of bread, a hungry lass, of something else, a hungry man smells meat afar off (used (in… Read more »

A pig used to dirt turns up its nose at rice boiled in milk (Am.) Black will take no other hue (Am., Br.). A crow is never /the/ whiter for… Read more »

An angel on top but a devil underneath (Am.). Beauty may have fair leaves, but (yet) bitter fruit (Br.). A clean glove often hides a dirty hand (Am.). A fair… Read more »

A blind man can judge no (is no judge of) colors (Am.). Blind men can judge no colours (Br.). A pebble and a diamond are alike to a blind man… Read more »

Little strokes fell great oaks. Constant dripping wears away a stone (Am.). Constant dropping wears away a stone (Br.). Constant dropping wears away the stone (Am.). Drop by drop the… Read more »

Penny-wise and pound-foolish (Am., Br.). Penny-wise, pound-foolish (Am.) A penny soul never came to twopence (Br.). A penny soul never ‘came twopence (Am.). Save at the spigot and waste at… Read more »

A drawing man will clutch at a straw. A drowning man clutches at a thread (grabs at a straw) (Am.). A drowning man will catch at a straw (Am., Br.)…. Read more »

One man’s fault is another man’s lesson. The folly of one man is the fortune of another (Am., Br.). He who wishes to know the road through the mountains must… Read more »