Category: სემანტიკური მოდელები

A cracked bell can never sound well (Am., Br.) What’s lost is lost. A broken sack will hold no corn. Traduction :Une cloche cassée ne peut jamais  sonner bien Un sac… Read more »

Amateur tactics cause grave wounds (Br.). A little knowledge (learning) is a dangerous thing (Am., Br.) Better untaught than ill taught (Am.). Better untaught than ill-taught (Br.). Mieux vaut être… Read more »

Good we confer on others recoils on ourselves. Much is expected where much is given. Who ever makes great presents, expects great presents in return. Answer a fool according to… Read more »

One beats the bush, and seven others catch the bird. One man is busy ploughing the land, and seven others wait with their spoons in hand. One with a plough,… Read more »

The ball comes to the player. The game leaves the den to look for the hunting man. The game walks into my (his) bag!, with him (me,etc) Traduction : La balle… Read more »

Give him a finger and he’ll take the whole arm. Give him a ring, and he’ll want your whole arm. Give him an inch and he’ll take a mile. Give… Read more »

A handsow is a good thing but not to shave with. The peacock has fair feathers, but foul feet. A broad hat does not always cover a venerable head (Am.,… Read more »

A man were better be half-blind than have both his eyes out. Of two evils choose the least. Of two evils choose the less. Traduction : Mieux vaut être borne qu’aveugle…. Read more »

Among the blind the one-eyed man is king. In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. Dans le royaume des aveugles les bornes sont  rois Il vaut… Read more »

Beggars breed and rich men feed. One man sows and another reaps. One man makes the chair, and another man sits in it. Fools build houses and wise men buy… Read more »

Everyone to his equal (Am.). Every sheep with its like (Am.). Geese with geese, and women with women (Br.). Keep to your own kind (Am.). Tigers and deer do not… Read more »

A descent from the sublime to the ridiculous is quick (Br.). From the sublime to the ridiculous is only a step (Am.). One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous… Read more »

The fine pullet shows its excellence from the egg. It early pricks that will be a thorn. It will be a forward cock that crows in the shell (Br.). That… Read more »

Absence make the heart grow fonder What the eye does not see, the heart cannot grieve (does not grieve over) (Br.). What the eye doesn’t see, the heart doesn’t feel… Read more »

Cucumbers out of season are expensive, wait till they come into season ( Waiting pays ) Wait and you will be rewarded. Traduction : Ne payez pas chère les pris vont… Read more »

Hasty climbers have sudden falls. Easy does it (Am., Br.). Make haste but do not hurry (Am.). Make haste slowly (Am., Br.). Not too fast for /fear of/ breaking your… Read more »

Even weak men when united are powerful (Br.). In union there is strength (Am.). Union is strength (Am., Br.). Unity is strength (Br.). Weak things united become strong (Am.) A… Read more »

One enemy is too many, and a hundred friends too few (Br.). One enemy is too much for a man, and a hundred friends are too few (Am.) There is… Read more »

One enemy is too many, and a hundred friends too few (Br.). One enemy is too much for a man, and a hundred friends are too few (Am.) Un ennemi… Read more »