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The dog did not go out and the hare did not enter the house ( Everything is to be done in due manner) Rien ne marche : le chen ne chasse,… Read more »

Cunning is more than strength (Am.). Cunning surpasses strength (Br.). Either by might or by slight (Br.). Не that is not strong should be cunning (Am.). If the lion’s skin… Read more »

Cunning is more than strength (Am.). Cunning surpasses strength (Br.). Either by might or by slight (Br.). Не that is not strong should be cunning (Am.). If the lion’s skin… Read more »

Cunning is more than strength (Am.). Cunning surpasses strength (Br.). Either by might or by slight (Br.). Не that is not strong should be cunning (Am.). If the lion’s skin… Read more »

Love rules the kingdom without a sword. A good swordsman is never quarrelsome. Wit without discretion is a sword in the hand of a fool. La sagesse bauté et gentillesse… Read more »

Every day has its night, every weal its woe (Am.). Joy and sorrow are next-door neighbors (Am.). Sadness a gladness succeeds (Am.). Sadness and gladness succeed each other (Br.) La… Read more »

After black clouds, a clear sun (Am.). After black clouds, clear weather (Br.). After clouds, a clear sun (clear weather) (Am., Br.). After clouds comes (there is) sunshine (Br.). After… 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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

There will always be idle hands ready to do the devil’s work. If it weren’t for bad luck have no luck at all. Bat  (Frappe) un chen et tu verras… Read more »