Category: სემანტიკური მოდელები

Everyone to his equal (Am.). Every sheep with its like (Am.). Geese with geese, women with women (Br.). Keep to your own kind (Am.). Oies avec oies, femmes avec femmes…. Read more »

You can’t put the wolves in with the sheep. Tigers and deer do not stroll together (Am.) A sow is no match for a goose. The earthen pot must keep… Read more »

Give him a finger and he will take a hand (Am.). Give him an inch and he’ll take a mile (an ell, a yard) (Am., Br.). Give him a ring,… Read more »

He that commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it; An uneasy (guilty) conscience betrays itself (gives itself away); He that has a great nose thinks everybody is speaking of… Read more »

If you buy the cow, take the tail into the bargain (Br.). Let the horns go with the hide (Br.). Let the tail follow the skin (Br.). The tail goes… Read more »

Не knows best what good is that has endured evil (ill) (Br.). Those who have not tasted the bitterest of life’s bitters can never appreciate the sweetest of life’s sweets… Read more »

Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. Some people can’t see beyond the tip of their nose. Sometimes one can’t see the wood for the trees (Am.). You can’t see… Read more »

Keep a thing seven years and you will find an  use for it. Lay things by, they may come to use. Keep a thing for seven years and it will… Read more »

Translation: A gun needs a gunner (shooter). The ball comes to the player (Br.). The game walks into the bag (Br.). /Here’s/ just the person I need (Am., Br.). À… Read more »

A fair face, a false heart (Br.). A fair face may hide a foul heart (Am., Br.) Un visage juste, un cœur faux. Un visage juste peut cacher un cœur… Read more »

A fair face, a false heart (Br.). Fair face, foul heart (Am.). A fair face may hide a foul heart (Am., Br.) Un visage juste, un cœur faux. Un visage… Read more »

A man’s best friend and worst enemy is himself (Am.). You make your own luck (Am.) Breed up a crow and he will peck out your eyes (Br.). Do no… 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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »