Category: სხვა ანდაზები

Сare killed the cat. Mischief comes by the pound and goes /away/ by the ounce. C’est aux pieds à porter le poid. La voie est sous vos pieds. Все напасти… Read more »

For a good apetite there is no hard bread. The gluttony of the monk and the apetite of the priest Pour bon apetit il n’y a pas de pain dur…. Read more »

Make cheese and the remenaining will be yougurt Le fromage comme fromage et le reste pour faire de l’yaourt. Кто пахту любит – пахту вспоминает, а кто сыр –   сыр… Read more »

Lions believe that everyone shares their state of mind.(Irish) Pride goes before a fall. Pride goes before, and shame follows after. Pride goes forth on horseback grand and gay, and… Read more »

All bread is not baked in one oven. Nous tous sommes faits d’une même argile mais ce n’est pas le même moule. У всякого скота своя пестрота. Всех собак одной… Read more »

You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink. It’s a sorry ass that will not bear his own burden (Am.). A lazy sheep thinks its… Read more »

Everybody follows the light La lumiere attire les mouches. Все за светлячком бегут (груз.). Wer Gott vertraut, hat gut gebaut. Wer recht handelt, braucht das Licht nicht zu scheuen. Der… Read more »

Every hand fleeces where the sheep goes naked (Br.). The tree is no sooner down than every one runs for his hatchet (Br.). When a man is down, everyone picks… Read more »

A man cannot give what he has not got. If there isn’t any, one (we) must do without /it/ (Br.). No one can ask for more than your best (Am.)… Read more »

Everyone remembers about themselves first and after that about the others I’m rubber and you’re glue (whatever you say bounces off of me and sticks to you) Chacun pour  soi…. Read more »

Grief divided is made lighter (Br.). Grief is lessened when imparted to others (Br.). Our sorrows are less if in our anguish we find a partner in distress (Am.). A… Read more »

Even a child is known by its doings. An ass is known by his ears (Br.) A bird is known by its song (Br.). Cracked pipkins are discovered by their… Read more »

It’s dogged that does it. Little strokes fell great oaks. Petit à petit l’oiseau fait son nid. Была бы свинка, будут и поросятки Детей растить – осинку глодать. Будь здорова,… Read more »

It is hard work to be the mother of many pigs. Little children, little sorrows; big children, great sorrows (Br.). Little children, little troubles, big children, big troubles (Am.). Little… Read more »

The bliss of the after-life. After death, the doctor. The cow knows not the value of her tail till she has lost (loses) it. The cow knows not the value… Read more »

Too much attention to the pigskin doesn’t help the sheepskin. That’s no skin off my teeth .- Traduction :Le chen ne mange pas la peau de porc. Être une noix bien… Read more »

Even weak men when united are powerful (Br.). In union there is strength (Am.). Union is strength (Am., Br.). Unity is strength (Br.). Weak things united become strong (Am.) A… Read more »

Give a calf rope enough and it will hang itself.(Am). Beggars mounted run their horse to death (Br.). Give a beggar a horse and he’ll ride it to death (Am.)…. Read more »