Category: სემანტიკური მოდელები

lit. so many men, so many minds (opinions) As many men, so many opinions (Am.). Everybody to his own opinion (Br.). Every man to his own opinion (Am.). Opinions differ… Read more »

Clean hands want no wash-ball. Lit : L’honnêtteté n’a pas de langue. Честность без языка говорит. На этом свете лишь одно говорит без языка – честность. (груз. Честное дело не таится. Честность всего дороже…. Read more »

The beggar’s bag has no bottom (Br.). The beggar’s wallet has no bottom (is a mile to the bottom) (Am.) Le sac du mendiant est percé. Семья – кадка без… Read more »

The golden key opens every door (Am.). A gold key opens every door (Br.). No ear is deaf to the song that gold sings (Am.) Gold rules the world (Am.)…. Read more »

A fair face, a false heart. A Fair face may hide a foul heart. L’homme hypocrite est pire qu’un ennemi. Глаза – бирюза, а душа – сажа И гладок, да… Read more »

Lit:  be a rough diamond You can have no more of a cat but her skin. D’une mauvaise paie on tire ce qu’on peut. С паршивой овцы хоть шерсти клок…. Read more »

Every man’s faults are written on their foreheads (Am.). Every one’s faults are written in (on) their foreheads (Br.). Guilty conscience gives itself away (Br.) A fol ne faut point… Read more »

I’ll believe it (that) when I see it (Am., Br.). It is better to trust the eye than the ear (Am., Br.). Never judge before you see (Am.). One eye… Read more »

Better is a slice of bread and garlic eaten at one’s own table than a thousand dishes eaten under another’s roof (Am.). Dry bread at home is better than roast… Read more »

Lit:  have a heart; have you no shame?; you ought to be ashamed of yourself. Conscience is the avenging angel in the mind (Am.). A guilty conscience feels continual fear… Read more »

An evil tongue may do much. There is no venom like that of the tongue. Une mauvaise langue est pire qu’une épée . (peut faire beaucoup de mal.) Злые языки страшнее… Read more »

False friends are worse than open enemies. Les faux amis sont pire que des ennemis ouverts.(les loups) Лучше  с тигром схватиться, чем жить с врагом (досл.). Лучше жить со змеею, чем… Read more »

Adversity is the test of friendship (Am.). A friend in need is a friend indeed (Am., Br.). A friend is best found in adversity (Am.). A friend is never known… Read more »

A good wife and health are a man’s best wealth (Am., Br.) The wife is the key of the house (Br.). Wife make your own candle, spare penny to handle… Read more »

A good beginning is half the battle (Am., Br.). A good beginning is half the business (the task) (Am.). A good lather is half a shave (Br.). A good outset… Read more »