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If you wish good advice consult an old man. The best wine comes out of an old vessel (Br.). The deuce (devil) knows many things because he is old (Br.)…. 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 »

Jeerers must be content to taste of their own broth (Br.). One ass calls another long ears (Am.). The pot calling (calls) the kettle black (Am., Br.) Не makes a… Read more »

Never trust a wolf with the care of lambs (Br.) Set not the wolf to keep the sheep. A leopard cannot change its spots. Can the Ethiopian change his colour… Read more »

To keep a dog and  bark oneself. Garder un chien et une écorce. Вола зовут не пиво пить, хотят на нем лишь воду возить. Вола зовут в гости не мед пить — воду возить. Осла пригласили на… Read more »

To keep a dog and  bark oneself. Garder un chien et une écorce. Осел свое не возит (досл.) Вола зовут не пиво пить, хотят на нем лишь воду возить. Вола зовут в… Read more »

While the cat is away the mice will play. The cat is absent, the mice dance (Am.). The mouse lordships where a cat is not (Br.). Rats will play while… Read more »

Debt is the worst poverty. The debts go to the next heir. Laugh when you borrow and you’ll cry when you pay (Am.). You can run into debt, but you… Read more »

Another yet the same (Br.). It is all one (Br.). It is as broad as it’s long (as long as it’s broad) (Br.). It is six of one and half… Read more »

An oak is not felled at one stroke (Am.) An oak is not felled with one stroke (Br.). One stroke fells not an oak (Am.) Faire coup double, faire d’une… Read more »

A pig used to dirt turns up its nose at rice boiled in milk (Am.) Black will take no other hue (Am., Br.). A crow is never /the/ whiter for… Read more »

Little strokes fell great oaks. Constant dripping wears away a stone (Am.). Constant dropping wears away a stone (Br.). Constant dropping wears away the stone (Am.). Drop by drop the… Read more »

Among the blind the one-eyed man is king. When the cat is away, the mice will play. Dans la brume tout le monde est pilote. While the cats away the… Read more »

A man cannot whistle and drink at the same time. A man cannot spin and reel at the same time. If you run after two hares, you will catch neither…. Read more »

A man too careful of danger lives in constant torment. The coward dies many times (Am.). The coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave but one (Am.). The coward often… Read more »

Beat the dog before the lion. Не that cannot beat the ass (the horse), beats the saddle (Br.). Many beat the sack and mean the miller (Br.). You kick the… Read more »