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Hungry belly has no ears. Le ventre affamé n’a aucune oreille. Голодный медведь плясать не станет (досл.) Голодному не до песен. Голодного песнями не пресытишь. Not lehrt den Bären tanzen…. Read more »

A good anvil does not fear the hammer. Une bonne enclume ne craint pas le marteau. Хорошая наковальня молота не боится. От молота и наковальня звенит. Ein guter Amboß fürchtet… Read more »

It’s good fishing in troubled waters (Am., Br.) Il est facile à pêcher dans les eaux troubles. Pêcher à l’aveuglette dans les eaux troubles . В мутной воде хорошо рыбу ловить…. Read more »

Не who will have no judge but himself condemns himself (Br.). If you judge your own case, you are judged by a fool (Am.). Men are blind in their own… Read more »

Eagles do not breed doves (Br.). Figs do not grow on thistles (Am.). One cannot gather grapes of thorns or figs of thistles (Br.). Of a thorn springs not a… Read more »

It’s no dirt down my neck (no hair off my head) (Br.). It’s no skin off my back (Am., Br.). It’s no skin off my butt (nose, tail) (Am.). It’s… Read more »

Birds of a feather flock together. Deep will call deep, good finds good. Like draws like. Like draws to like the whole world over. Like to like. Like will to… Read more »

A place for everything and everything in its place. Give every man his due (Am., Br.). Give every man the credit that he deserves (Am.). Render unto Caesar the things… Read more »

You cannot jest an enemy into a firend , but you can jest a friend into an enemy . Les faux amis sont pire que des ennemis ouverts. Если у… Read more »

An enemy does not sleep There is no little enemy (Am.) Despise not your enemy (Am.). Little enemies and little wounds must not be despised (Br.). There is no little… Read more »

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Gardez vos amis de près et vos ennemis de plus près. К врагу чаще иди, а к доброжелателю – поздно (досл.). Держи друзей… Read more »

A good servant must have good wages (Am.). The labo(u)rer is worthy of his hire (Am., Br.). Pay the piper his due (Am.). A workman is worthy of his hire… Read more »

The  tree planted by Grandfather gives a  shade to his grandchildren  ( If one does a good deed, their offstping will benefit from it) An act of kindness is well… Read more »

When gold speaks, everyone is silent (other tongues are dumb) (Am.). When money speaks, truth keeps its mouth shut (keeps silent) (Am.). You may speak with your gold and make… Read more »

A lazy dog catches no meat (finds no bone) (Am.). A setting hen gathers no feathers (Am., Br.). The sleeping fox catches no poultry (Am., Br.) The bee that gets… Read more »

An idle brain is the devil’s workshop. The devil finds (makes) work for idle hands /to do/ (Am., Br.) L’oisiveté est la mère de tous les vices. Лентяй за зайцем… Read more »