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Drive nature out of the door and it will return by the window (Am.). Wash a dog, comb a dog, still a dog (Am.). You can’t take a grunt out… Read more »
Drive nature out of the door and it will return by the window (Am.). Wash a dog, comb a dog, still a dog (Am.). You can’t take a grunt out… Read more »
A dog is the true (faithful) friend. Le chien est l’ami de l’homme. Собака человеку неизменный друг. Хорошая собака без хозяина не останется. При верной собаке сторож спит. Собака –… Read more »
A man can do no more than he can (Am., Br.). A nail can go no farther than its head will let it (Am.). No man can see over his… Read more »
Might overcomes right. Might makes right. Might knows no right. Might goes before right. Might beats righ. Where drums speak, laws are silent. Au milieu des armes, les lois sont… Read more »
Avarice is the old man’s sin (Am., Br.). Old birds are hard to pluck (Br.). The older the bird, the more unwillingly it parts with its feathers (Br.). The older… 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 »
An evil chance seldom comes alone Misfortunes never come alone (singly) Bad luck comes in threes (Am.). An evil chance seldom comes alone (Br.). If it’s not one thing, it’s… 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 »
It is hard to make an old dog stoop (Br.). An old dog will learn no tricks (Am.). You can’t teach an old dog new tricks (Am., Br.) À laver… Read more »
Don’t make yourself a mouse, or the cat will eat you (Br.). Make ourself a sheep and the wolves will eat you (Am.) Every hand fleeces where the sheep goes… Read more »
Like begets like (Am., Br.). Like breeds like (Br.). The like breeds the like (Am.) Les chiens ne font pas les chats. Орел орла родит, а сова сову. Свинья не… 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 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 »
God save me from my friends (Br.). Save me from my friends (Am.) Dieu me garde de mes amis, je me garderai de mes ennemis. Избави меня, Боже, от друзей,… Read more »
Idleness rusts the mind. Standing pools gather filth (Am., Br.). A standing pool soon stagnates (Am.). Still water breeds vermin (Br.) If you rest, you rust (Am.). Inactivity breeds ignorance… Read more »
One man’s fault is another man’s lesson. The folly of one man is the fortune of another (Am., Br.). He who wishes to know the road through the mountains must… Read more »
Speak of the devil (Am., Br.). Speak of the devil and he is sure to appear (Br.). Speak of the devil and he’ll appear (Am., Br.). Speak of the devil… Read more »
A stick is soon found to beat a dog with. Speak of the devil (Am., Br.). Speak of the devil and he is sure to appear (Br.). Speak of the… Read more »
You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink. A man can be led but he can’t be driven (Am.). One man can lead a… Read more »
Old friends and old wine are best. Don’t trade /in/ old friends for new (Am.). Forsake not old friends for new (Am.). Keep old friends with the new (Am.). Make… Read more »