Category: ა – გ

Lit; To take (collect) one’s belongings and get out of a certain place. Fig. To compel to depart, to banish. To pack up one’s belongings. Lit: Déménager. Prendre ses affaires et… Read more »

ხატოვ. მყვლეფელი, უკანონო გზით ქონების შემძენი, მევახშე. Lit: To give away a dime and gain  a pound Fig.   Fleecer, usurer, money-lender. Lit : Donner une pièce de monnaie et profiter une… Read more »

ხატოვ. დაუწყო დაუსრულებელი ლაპარაკი. Fig. To talk a lot  and about nonsense;  talk a mile a minute; speak a mile a minute; talk a dog’s/donkey’s hind leg off. Fig :  Faire tourner… Read more »

Fools ladle the water and wise man catch the fish Asses fetch the oats and the horses eat them (Br.) Fools build houses and wise men buy them (Br.) Fools… Read more »

Give a fool rope enough and he will hang himself Action without thought is like shooting without aim (Am.) Give a calf rope enough and it will hang itself (Am.)… Read more »

Good words cost nothing and are worth much Bon accueil vaut bien un mets De bons mots ne coûtent rien et valent beaucoup. Ласковое слово и змею из норы выманило…. Read more »

Handsome is that handsome does Chevalier suns peur et sans reproche Благородство выявляется не в имени, а  в деле. (досл.) Не место  человека красит, а человек – место Не хвались… Read more »

Need makes everything Need makes the old wife trot Poverty and hunger have many learned disciples (Br.). Poverty is crafty; it outwits even a fox (Br.). Poverty is the mother… Read more »

An unfortunate man would be drowned in a teacup. All the Tracys have always the wind in their faces (Br.). Flies go to (hunt) the lean horse (Br.). The lean… Read more »

Adversity makes strange bedfellows. Не must needs go whom the devil drives (Am., Br.). Hunger breaks stone walls (Br.). Hunger will break through stone walls (Am.). Need makes a naked… Read more »

Adversity makes strange bedfellows Need makes the old wife trot Poverty and hunger have many learned disciples (Br.) Poverty is crafty; it outwits even a fox (Br.) Poverty is the… Read more »

Despair gives courage to a coward Need makes the old wife trot Poverty and hunger have many learned disciples (Br.) Poverty is crafty; it outwits even a fox (Br.) Poverty… Read more »

Adversory makes strange bedfellows Need makes the old wife trot Poverty and hunger have many learned disciples (Br.) Poverty is crafty; it outwits even a fox (Br.) Poverty is the… Read more »

Any port in a storm Necessity knows no law Need makes the old wife trot Poverty and hunger have many learned disciples (Br.) Poverty is crafty; it outwits even a… Read more »

All lay load on the willing horse The willing horse gets  all  (the) work Tous les laics ,charge sur le cheval plein de bonne volonté Le cheval de bonne volonté ne… Read more »

A green wound is soon healed Une plaie vert est bientôt guérie Вырастешь – забудешь. (досл.) Молод знал голод, а отъелся позабыл. Leid oder Freud – in fünfzig Jahren ist … Read more »

No man is born wise or learned Aucun homme n’est né sage ou appris Мудрым никто не родился, а научился. Мудрым никто не родился. Geburt ist etwas, Bildung mehr. Erfahrung ist die Mutter… Read more »

A blind man cannot judge colours Blind men can judge no colours (Br.) A pebble and a diamond are alike to a blind man Am.) То the color-blind, all colors… Read more »

A blind man would be glad to see Il vaut mieux etre borgne qu’aveugle О том (Для того) слепой и плачет, что ни зги не видит. Was soll der Blinde mit dem Spiegel?… Read more »

Among the blind the one-eyed man is king In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king In the land of the blind the one-eyed are kings (Am.)… Read more »