Great ships need deep waters. Petits enfants : petits soucis grands enfants : grands soucis . De grands bateaux ont besoin d’eaux profondes . В большой кости большой костный мозг (досл.). Большому большая… Read more »
The cat absent the mice dance. The mouse lordships where a cat is not. Rats will play while the cat’s away. Well kens the mouse when the cat’s out of… Read more »
Great events cast their shadows before them. Traduction :Grand arbre grand ombre. От большого дерева большая тень (досл.). От высокого дерева и тень большая. Большие паруса только сильный ветер может надуть.(груз… Read more »
A great ship asks deep waters. De grands bateaux ont besoin d’eaux profondes. С большого дерева большие щепки летят (досл.). От большого дерева большие щепки летят (груз посл.) Wenn… Read more »
A big ship needs a big sea. Great ships need deep waters. De grands bateaux ont besoin d’eaux profondes Большому огню большая тяга нужна(досл.). По жильцу квартира, по горшку и покрышка. Большому большая дорога…. Read more »
A big ship needs a big sea. Great ships need deep waters. Un grand bateau a besoin d’une grande mer. De grands bateaux ont besoin d’eaux profondes. Большому котлу –… Read more »
It is a hard-working man that is always driven on. The horse that draws best is most whipped (Am.), Beaucoup de courses d’eau dans le moulin dont le meunier ne sait pas. Старуха на Москву три года наплакалась, а Москва про то не знала. Старуху волновалась о… Read more »
All in good time. There’s time for everything. Il y a un temps pour tout. Всякому фрукту своё время. Так захотелось, что хоть роди да подай! Одна дума – и… Read more »
If only I had most important things, I would take care of less important things, Не who has a mind to beat a dog will easily find a stick (Am.)…. Read more »
Bad bird, bad eggs (Am.). Good can never grow out of bad (evil) (Br.). Good fruit never comes from a bad tree (Am., Br.). No good apple on a sour… Read more »
Spilled water cannot be gathered up (Am.). What is lost is lost (Br.) L’eau renversée ne peut pas être rassemblée Ce qui est perdu est perdu Пролитое масло так не… Read more »
Uninvited quests sit on thorns. Unbidden guest is a bore and a pest Les invités spontanés sont assis sur les épines. Qui ne vient pas au bon moment prend ce… Read more »
Give every man his due (Am., Br.). Give the Devil his due. Give credit where credit is due. Give every man the credit that he deserves (has earned) (Am.). Render… Read more »
The bidden guest is a bore and a pest (Am.). L’invité spontané est ennuyeux. Qui vient sans être invité s’en va sans être remercié. Приглашенный гость требователен (досл.). Гость хозяину… Read more »
Better a live coward than a dead hero (Br.). It is better to be a live rabbit than a dead tiger (Am.). A live coward is better than a dead… Read more »
The barber learns to shave on the orphan’s face. The barber learns his trade on the orphan’s chin. Never hand an ill workman good tools. All the Tracys have always… Read more »
Meaning: to be unable to grasp the whole because of too many details ot due to some other reason Not to see the woods for the trees. Don’t see the… Read more »
If he loves her he shoves her. Traduction : le voleur et la potence(gibet) – les amis inseparables Au voleur la corde, au criminel la prison. Il y a plus de… Read more »
The bear was asleep and mice started to dig its grave ( translation) The cat is absent, the mice dance (Am.). The mouse lordships where a cat is not (Br.)…. Read more »
Не that fears every bush must never go a-birding (Br.). Не that fears leaves, let him not go into the wood (Br.). Не that fears leaves must not come… Read more »