Category: ზ – ი

There is no smoke without fire. Look for the honey where you see the bee (Am.). Cover yourself with honey and the flies will fasten on you. On attrape plus… Read more »

Too much honey cloys the stomach (Br.). Too much of a good thing (Am., Br.). Abundance of things engenders disdainfulness (Br.). Eat your honey, but stop when you are full (Am.)…. Read more »

Union is strength. A house (kingdom) divided against itself cannot stand (Am., Br.). Let us all hang together or hang separately (Am.). One stick is easier broken than a bunch… Read more »

Set phrase: I can’t find a common language with somebody. I talk of chalk and you of cheese (Br.). What’s that got to do with the price of apples (eggs,… Read more »

Slander is sharper than the sword (Am.). Slander’s sting is sharper than thesword (Am.). The tongue is not steel but (yet) it cuts (Am., Br.). The tongue stings (Am., Br.). A word hurts more thana wound (Am.). Words cut (hurt) more than swords (Br.) The hard words cut the heart (Am.). /Many/ words cut (hurt) more than swords (Br.). The tongue is not steel but it cuts (Am.,… Read more »

Politeness costs little (nothing), but yields much. A faint heart never wins a fair lady. Affaire menée sans bruit se fait avec plus de fruit. Скромность и горы берет (досл.)…. Read more »

He that is full of himself is very empty. Не that praises himself spatters himself (Br.). Let another man praise you /, and not your own mouth (not yourself)/ (Am.)…. Read more »

A forgetful head makes a weary pair of heels. Little wit in the head makes much work for the feet. Little wit in the head makes much work for the… Read more »

The cock is master (bold) of (on) his own dunghill (Br.). A cock is mighty in his own backyard (Am.). Every cock crows the loudest upon his own dunghill (Am.)…. Read more »

Breed up a crow and he will peck out your eyes (Br.). Do no good and you shall find no evil (Am.). No good deed goes unpunished (Am.). Save a… Read more »

The guarantor had his hand in his pocket ( He did not take responsibility for a deal); To wash one’s hands of something. Une promesse non tenu.    (promesse reste une… Read more »

For the mouse the cat is the strongest of the beasts ( Translation) The fear takes molehills for mountains. La crainte prend des taupinières pour des montagnes. La crainte a… Read more »

Every ass thinks himself worthy to stand with the king’s horses (Am., Br.) L’ours veut une queue et ne peut pas être le lion . Traduction : on invitait les lions pour… Read more »

Set a herring to catch a whale. The bear wants a tail and cannot be lion (Br.). Every ass thinks himself worthy to stand with the king’s horses (Am., Br.)… Read more »

You will either dance or hold the candle (Br.) If you don’t know how to dance, you say that the drum is bad Lassez le loup garder les moutons. Мышь… Read more »

Little drops of water, little grains of sand, make a (the) mighty ocean  (and a (the) pleasant land (Am.). ) Little drops produce a shower (Am.). Many drops make a… Read more »

You can  empty the sea with a nutshell (with a spoon) (Br.) Add little to little and there will be a great heap (Am.). A bushel of wheat is made… Read more »

The sea seemed bottomless because of its depth ( tranlsation). Seeing is believing (Am., Br.). What we see we believe (Am.) Un brouillard ne peut pas être dissipé avec un… Read more »

A fog cannot be dispelled with a fan (Br.). The sea cannot be scooped up in a tumbler (Am.). The wind cannot be caught in (with) a net (Br.). You… Read more »