თავის ჭიას ახარებსო
To enjoy the luxury of one’s life. to live and enjoy oneself. To live in clover; to live on the fat of the land; to live like a king. Vivre comme un… Read more »
Category: ზ – ი
თუ ღმერთი მწყალობს, მისი ანგელოზი რას დამაკლებსო
(he) whom God (the good Lord) helps, nobody can harm. Whom God helps, nobody can harm. Whom the good lord a hand lends, no one in the way stands. À… Read more »
თონე როცა ცხელია, პური მაშინ იკვრისო
Make hay while the sun shines (Am., Br.). Enjoy your ice cream while it’s on your plate (Am.). Hoist up the sail while the gale does last (Am.). Hoist… Read more »
თხამ თრიმლის (ბუჩქი) ხე ჭამა, თრიმლის ხემ კი – თხაო
One good turn deserves another; One hand washes the other; Roll my log and I will roll yours; Scratch my back and I shall scratch yours. Un service mérite un… Read more »
იაფი ხორცი წვენს არ გამოსცემსო
The stew of cheap meat will be tasteless. Cheap meat never makes a good soup (stew). If you buy cheap meat, you’ll smell what you have saved when it boils…. Read more »
თუ მარტო წვერზე მიდგება საქმე, ვაციც დეკანოზად გამოდგებაო
All are not saints that go to church. Beard creates lice, not brains (Br.). An old goat is never the more revered for his beard (Am.). The beard does not… Read more »
თავის ბინაზე მხდალიც დიდგულიაო
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 »
თავის კერაზე ძაღლსაც დიდი გული აქვსო
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 »
თაგვმა სასუსნის ძებნაში კატის ბრჭყალები იპოვაო
Misfortumes are sometimes self-inflicted ( transl) Meaning: When one trifles with danger, one can become a victim of it. You may play with the bull till you get his horn… Read more »
ზურგწამხდარ ვირს ბუზის დანახვაზე კაჭკაჭის ჩხავილი ესმოდაო
A burnt child dreads the fire. Birds once snared fear all bushes (Br.). A bitten child dreads a dog (Am.). A bitten child dreads the dog (Br.). A burnt child… Read more »
ზურგმოღლეტილი ვირი ცაში კაჭკაჭს დაინახავსო
A burnt child dreads the fire. Birds once snared fear all bushes (Br.). A bitten child dreads a dog (Am.). A bitten child dreads the dog (Br.). A burnt child… Read more »
ის რა ციხეა, რომელიც ერთი ფეხის კვრით წაიქცევაო
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 »
თუ ძაღლი ძალად არ მოკლეს, სიკოჭლით არ მოკვდებაო
A creaking door hangs long on his hinges. All that shakes falls not (Br.). Near dead never filled the kirkyard (Am.) Pot fêlé dure longtemps. Собака от хромоты не подохнет… Read more »
ზღვა წვეთებით გაივსოო
Every little makes a mickle. Drop by drop and the pitcher is full. Little drops of water, little grains of sand, make a (the) mighty ocean and a (the) pleasant… Read more »
თითო ცვარითა ტბა შედგაო
Every little makes a mickle. Drop by drop and the pitcher is full. Little drops of water, little grains of sand, make a (the) mighty ocean and a (the) pleasant… Read more »
თხა თხის უარესი მგელმა გამოხრასო.
I can see as far into a millstone as another. God is God but don’t be a clod!; I am as good as the next person (Am.) Toi tu es… Read more »
თუ გული გულობს, ადამიანი ქადას ერთი ხელით ორს აიღებსო
Where there’s a will, there’s a way. It is easy to do what one’s own self wills (Br.). Nothing is impossible to a willing heart (Am., Br.). То him that… Read more »
თვალიც შორსაო და გულიც შორსაო
Long absent, soon forgotten. Far from eye, far from heart. Out of sight, out of mind. What the eye doesn’t see, the heart doesn’t grieve over. Absence makes the heart… Read more »
ზღვაში თევზი ვის დაუფასებიაო.
Familiarity breeds contempt (Am., Br.). No man is a hero in his hometown (to his wife or his butler) (Am.). No man is a hero to his valet (Am., Br.)…. Read more »
თაფლი იყოს, თორემ ბუზი ბაღდადიდან მოვაო.
The nearer the bone the sweeter flesh The nearer the bone the sweeter the meat. Cover yourself with honey and the flies will fasten on you. Daub yourself with honey… Read more »