When in luck, people do things easily Une chance sur cent Когда дело шло на лад, и ниткой притягивал, а когда отвернулось, – и цепью не закрепить. Das liebe Geld… Read more »
When a man is in trouble, he can go through a needle eye whereas when he is not, he may find gate too narrow. Le bonheur rassemble le majheur reunit…. Read more »
The camel cannot go through the needle eye and the merchant to the paradise Impossible is impossible Impossible est impossible. Как верблюд не пролезет в игольное ушко, так и торговец… Read more »
Iron is forged in fire and a man in trouble. Le feu forge le fer l’homme est forgé par le malheur. Сталь закаляется в огне, а человек – в несчастии…. Read more »
Fools do not have brains Si les yeux ne voient pas le ceur ne souffre pas. Дурака по глазам видно. У дурака ум в глазах светится. Дурак и в углу светится. Глаза (лицо)… Read more »
Lit: doesn’t care (one way or the other); doesn’t matter one way or the other; it’s all the same to me; Ce qui n’est pas pour moi ne me regarde… Read more »
Season all you hear with salt. What you don’t hear will not hurt you. Be swift to hear, slow to speak. Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice… Read more »
Drunken heart won’t lie (Am.). Drunkenness reveals what soberness conceals (Am., Br.). A drunken tongue tells what’s on a sober mind (Am.). /Good/ ale will make a cat speak (Br.)…. Read more »
Try to treat others as you would want them to treat you. Treat others how you want to be treated. Ne fais pas aux autres ce que tu ne veux… Read more »
Beware of no man more than thyself (Br.). Each man makes his own shipwreck (Am.). Every man carries an enemy in his own bosom (Br.). Every man is his own… Read more »
Lit: One’s heart aches when smb. dies Quand tu perds tes proches c’est comme tu perds les parties du corps. Кто не умер, все сердце надорвали. Жаль батька, да везти… Read more »
The more thy years, the nearer the grave (Am., Br.). They that live longest must die at last (Am., Br.) Le temps passe et la mort arrive. Час от часу,… Read more »
lit. so many men, so many minds (opinions) As many men, so many opinions (Am.). Everybody to his own opinion (Br.). Every man to his own opinion (Am.). Opinions differ… Read more »
Every gain must have a loss. There is no trader who does not meet with losses. Every ebb has its flow. No great loss but some small profit (Am.). No… Read more »
The tongue is an unruly member (Am.) The tongue pays no tax. Lying pays no tax (Br.). La langue n’a pas de dimanche. Язык без костей, слово – без границ…. Read more »
The tongue is an unruly member (Am.) The tongue pays no tax. Lying pays no tax (Br.). La langue n’a pas de dimanche Язык без костей, слово – без границ…. Read more »
Birds of a feather flock together What comes from the heart goes to the heart (Am., Br.) Each kind attracts its own (Am.). It takes a fool to know a… Read more »
Easy come, easy go. Lightly come, lightly go (Am., Br.). Quickly come, quickly go (Am., Br.). Soon gained, soon gone (Br.). Soon got, soon spent (Am., Br.) Dishonest gains are… Read more »
Не deserves not sweet that will not taste of sour (Am.). Не deserves not the sweet that will not taste the sour (Br.). Не is worth no weal that can… Read more »
Every light has its shadow (Am., Br.). Every white has its black (Br.). There are spots /even/ on (in) the sun (Br.). Chaque blanc a son noir Chaque lumière a… Read more »