Category: სხვა ანდაზები

All covet, all lose. Attempt not to fly like an eagle with the wings of a wren (Am.). The bear wants a tail and cannot be lion (Br.). Every ass… Read more »

Whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad. Faute de grives on mange des merles. Если у муравья вырастут крылья, взлетит и его саранча съест (досл.). У муравья перед смертью крылья вырастают (адыг.)…. Read more »

No man is so old but thinks he may live another day (Am.). No man is so old, but he thinks he may yet live another year (Br.) Il faut… Read more »

The belly is not filled with fair words (Br.). Fair words butter no cabbage (Am.). Fair words butter no parsnips (will not make the pot boil) (Br.). Fine words butter… Read more »

The belly is not filled with fair words (Br.). Fair words butter no cabbage (Am.). Fair words butter no parsnips (will not make the pot boil) (Br.). Fine words butter… Read more »

Better belly burst than good victuals wasted (Br.). Better the belly burst than good drink (meat) lost (Br.). It’s better a belly burst than good food wasted (Am.) Ne te… Read more »

Ask your purse what you should buy (Am.). Cut the coat according to the cloth (Am.). Cut your coat according to your cloth (Br.). Limit your wants by your wealth… Read more »

One flower makes no garland (Am., Br.) Crooked furrows grow straight grain (Am.). Spice is black but has (hath) sweet smack (Br.) Les grands arbres font peu de fruits. Чинара… Read more »

Не that never climbed, never fell (Br.). Не who makes no mistakes makes nothing (Br.). Не who never made a mistake never made anything (Am.). Show me the man that… Read more »

All is not gold that glitters (Am., Br.). All that glistens is not gold (Am., Br). Beauty may have fair leaves but (yet) bitter fruit (Br.). The handsomest flower is… Read more »

No day passes without grief (Br.). No day passes without some grief (Am.) Aucun jour  sans chagrin. À chaque jour suffit sa peine. День придет и заботу принесет. Ни один… Read more »

When the devil was sick, a monk was he; when the devil was well, the devil of a monk was he. Ask a kite for a feather and she will… Read more »

Ask a kite for a feather and she will say she has but just enough to fly with (Br.). If he had the ‘flu, he wouldn’t give you a sneeze… Read more »

Need makes a naked man run (Am.). Need makes the naked man run (Br.). Need makes the old wife trot (Am., Br.). Need must when necessity drives (Am.) Shortaccountsmakelongfriends. Manque… Read more »

The dog in the manger won’t eat the oats or let anyone else eat them (Am.).  Like the dog in the manger he will neither eat himself nor let the… Read more »