Category: სემანტიკური მოდელები

A beggar can never be bankrupt. The beggar’s bag has no bottom (Br.). A beggar’s purse is always empty (is bottomless) (Br.). A beggar’s scrip is never filled (Br.). The… Read more »

A guilty conscience is a self-accuser. Guilty conscience needs no accuser. Every one’s faults are written in (on) their foreheads Il n’y a pas de secret pour le temps. Pêcheur… Read more »

Easy come, easy go. Ill gotten ill spent. Dishonest gains are losses (Am.). An evil gain is equal to a loss (Am.). Evil gotten, evil spent (Am.). Evil won is… Read more »

Money begets money. Не that has a goose will get a goose (Br.). Money draws money (Am., Br.). Money breeds money (Br.). Money comes to (gets, makes) money (Am.). Much… Read more »

Don’t halloo till you are out of the wood. Do not shout until you are out of the woods (Am.). Do not triumph before the victory (Br.). Don’t cackle till… Read more »

Cut your coat according to your cloth. (Am) Ask your purse what you should buy (Am.). Cut the coat according to the cloth (Am.). Cut your coat according to your… Read more »

A bitten child dreads the dog. A burnt child dreads the fire. Once bitten, twice shy. Chat échaudé craint l’eau froide. Обжегшись на молоке и на воду дуют. На ухе… Read more »

An evil chance seldom comes alone. An unfortunate man would be drowned in a teacup. A cheval maigre vont les mouches. Le malheur cherche le malheureux. От беды не уйти…. Read more »

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost (Am.). The curse sticks to the tongue of the curser (Am.). The evil that comes out of (goeth out of, issues from) thy… Read more »

Lookers-on see more than players. We see a mote in other men’s eyes when there’s a beam in our own (Br.). We see a mote in our brother’s eyes and… Read more »

Curses like chickens come home to roost. Curses, like chickens, come home to roost (Am.). The curse sticks to the tongue of the curser (Am.). The evil that comes out… Read more »

Curses like chickens come home to roost (Br.). Curses, like chickens, come home to roost (Am.). The curse sticks to the tongue of the curser (Am.). The evil that comes… Read more »

A bad excuse is better the none at all. All is good in a famine (Am., Br.). Among the blind the one-eyed man is king (Br.). A bad bush is… Read more »

Love is the mother of love. Love is the reward of love. L’amour nait l’amour. Un bienfait n’est jamais perdu. Любовь рождает любовь.(досл.) Eine Liebe gebiert die andere; Die Liebe… Read more »

Love is blind, as well as hatred. Hatred is as blind as love. Love makes a good eye squint. Love sees no faults. Fancy passes (surpasses) beauty (Br.). Fancy flees… Read more »

A danger foreseen is half avoided. Almost never killed a fly. Almost was never hanged. Caution is the parent of safety. Forewarned is forearmed. Although it rain, throw not away… Read more »

Deeds, not words. Deeds are fruits, words are leaves. Actions speak louder than words. Les mots valent moins que les actions. Entre promesse et l’effet il y a grand trait…. Read more »

Velvet paws hide sharp claws. Honey is sweet, but bees sting (Am.). Honey is sweet, but the bee stings (Br.). No pleasure without repentance (Am.). Pleasure has a sting in… Read more »