Category: სემანტიკური მოდელები

What can’t be cured, must be endured. The big fish eat the little ones (Am.). The great fish eat up the small (Br.). Great trees keep down little ones (keep… Read more »

Meaning: You take or give away things that belong to other people willingly. All men are free of other men’s goods (Am.). Hens are free of horse corn (Br.). It… Read more »

An old fox is not easily snared. A fish never nibbles at the same hook twice (Am.). A fox is not caught twice in the same place (trap) (Am.). A… Read more »

A dog on the leash is  angrier  ( translation) Traduction : Le chien attaché  est le plus dangereux Le chien qui aboit ne mord pas. Собака на привязи более злая (досл.)… Read more »

Naked we came, naked we go (Am.). You can’t take money with you when you die. When you die, you can’t take it with you (Am.) A dead man’s shroud… Read more »

If an ass goes a-traveling, he’ll not come back a horse (Am.). If an ass goes a-travelling, he’ll not come home a horse (Br.) Lead a pig to Rhine, it… Read more »

Slow are the steps of those who leave their heart behind. When there’s a will there’s a way.(anton) Traduction :Rien ne va sauf si ce n’est pas fait avec le coeur… Read more »

Не who has carried the calf will be able by and by to carry the ox (Br.). Не who shoots may hit at last (Am.) Qui tire peut frapper enfin… Read more »

Treat them mean, keep them keen. Traduction :N’embrassez pas les incapables et ne les lassez pas vous embrasser Никудышнего и сам не целуй и ему себя не давай целовать (досл.) С дурака –… Read more »

Keep far away from fools.  ( translation) Fool is he who deals with other fools He is not the fool that the fool is but he that with the fool… Read more »

Asses fetch the oats and the horses eat them (Br.). Fools build houses and wise men buy them (Br.). Fools build houses for wise men to live in (Am.). Fools… Read more »

If an ass (donkey) bray at you, don’t bray at him. A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. Un homme sage change d’avis, un imbécile  jamais. Дурака… Read more »

A fool always finds a bigger fool to praise him (Am.). One fool praises another (Am., Br.) Arguing with a fool shows there are two. Un imbécile loue un autre… Read more »

As the fool thinks, so the bell clinks. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. Folly is an incurable disease. Folly is the most incurable of maladies. Choisir entre… Read more »

Between two evils ‘tis not worth choosing. Whether the pitcher strikes the stone, or the stone the pitcher it is bad for the pitcher (Am.) A nod’s as good as… Read more »

Between two evils ’tis not worth choosing (Br.). It is all one (Br.). /It is/ six of one and half a dozen of the other (Br.). It’s six of one,… Read more »

The snake couldn’t  bite, the man made her that way. The mule wasn’t born wild, the stick made her that way. Traduction :Le serpant a appris à mordre par les hommes… Read more »

Every dog has his day. After rain comes fair weather (sunshine). The sun will shine on (down) our street, too. The sun will shine on our side of the fence…. Read more »

The dog bites the stone, not him that throws it (Am.). Many beat the sack and mean the miller (Br.). A Man in passion rides a mad (wild) horse. He… Read more »

Another yet the same (Br.). It is all one (Br.). It is as broad as it’s long (as long as it’s broad) (Br.). It is six of one and half… Read more »