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Nothing succeeds like success Success breeds success. Luck goes in cycles (Br.). Success makes success as money makes money (Am.) Un succès en entraine un autre. Успех вызывает успех. За… Read more »

Many hands make light work. Many hands make quick work (Br.) Plus on est nombreux, plus le travail est léger Благослови господи один ум и сто голов. Артельный котел гуще… Read more »

It is toom late to ask advice after you have run into danger Demain sera trop tard ,vis aujourd’hui. Голову пеплом посыпать. Рвать на себе волосы. Близок локоть, да не… Read more »

To wash one’s dirty linen in public It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest. Toute la verité n’est pas bonne à dire. Не выноси сор из избы…. Read more »

The tongue is an unruly member (Am.) Lying pays no tax (Br.). La bouche n’a pas de dimanche. Язык без костей. Язык без костей, а кости ломает. Язык без костей:… Read more »

Agues come on horseback, but go away on foot. Agues come on horseback but go away on foot (Br.). A man is not so soon healed as hurt (Br.). One… Read more »

Not hurt a fly. He would not say boo to a goose. He would’t hurt a fly. Il ne ferait pas mal à une mouche. Il ne ferait pas de… Read more »

Feasting is the physician’s harvest (Am.). Gluttony kills more than the sword (Am., Br.). Greedy eaters dig their graves with their teeth (Am.). Many dishes make many diseases (Am.). Many… Read more »

As the call, so the echo. As the call, so the echo. As you sow, so shall you reap. Curses come home to roost. Curses like chickens come home to… Read more »

As the call, so the echo. As the call, so the echo. As you sow, so shall you reap. Curses come home to roost. Curses like chickens come home to… Read more »

Beating the air is just beating the air, It’s no use beating the air. It’s no use fishing in the air. It’s no use ploughing the air. It’s no use… Read more »

Love thy neighbor.(Rel). Aime ton voisin Возлюби ближнего своего. Брат брату смерти не желает, но и возвышения тоже . Гость ненавидел гостя, а хозяин – обоих. Mein Bruder ist, wer handelt wie… Read more »

Custom is second nature. Customs are stronger than laws Am.). Customs rule the law (Br.). Manners are stronger than law (Br.) Ce que poulain prend en jeunesse, il en tiendra… Read more »

The older the fiddle, the better the tune (Am.). The older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune (Br.). Old ovens are soon heated (Br.). There’s many a good tune played… 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 »

The leopard does not change his  spots. Bad is the wool that cannot be dyed (Am.). Black will take no other hue (Am., Br.). A crow is never /the/ whiter… Read more »

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 »

A man can be led but he can’t be driven (Am.). One man can lead a horse to water, but ten men can’t make him drink (Am.). One man may… Read more »