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1 what is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly
syn: easy come, easy go≅ лихий набуток не дійде третіх рук що легко прийде, то легко піде як марно нажив, так марно й піде прийшло махом, пішло прахом з вітром прийшло, за вітром і пішлоEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > what is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly
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2 the way to a man's heart is through his stomach
var: you can win a man through his stomachsyn: a hungry man is an angry manшлях до серця чоловіка лежить через його шлунок a hungry belly has no earsEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > the way to a man's heart is through his stomach
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3 a hungry belly has no ears
syn: a hungry man is an angry manголодний живіт вух не має ≅ солов'я байками не годують голодному світ не милий не потрапляй голодному до рук голодне око не засне глибоко не потрапляй голодному в руки the way to a man's heart is through his stomachEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > a hungry belly has no ears
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4 _ненажерливість; скупість; користолюбство
all covet, all lose avarice and happiness never saw each all the chase of gain is rich in hate don't wait for dead men's shoes an evil gain is equal to a loss if you run after two hares you'll catch none many kiss the child for the nurse's sake near is my coat, but nearer is my shirt no longer pipe, no longer dance one beats the bush, and another catches the birds a penny soul never came to twopence the pleasure of what we enjoy is lost by coveting more poverty wants some things, luxury many things, avarice all things what is got over the devil's back is spent under his bellyEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _ненажерливість; скупість; користолюбство
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5 easily earned money is quickly spent
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6 easy come, easy go
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7 _їжа
appetite comes with eating appetite furnishes the best sauce better a good dinner than a fine coat eat at pleasure, drink by measure eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow you will die eating and scratching wants but a beginning gluttony kills more than the sword he that steals the old man's supper does him no wrong hunger breaks stone walls hunger is the best sauce hunger knows no friends a hungry belly has no ears it's better a belly burst than good food waste lazy folks' stomachs don't get tired lightest suppers make long lives live not to eat, but eat to live men are conservative after dinner new dishes beget new appetites slow at meat, slow at work stuff today and starve tomorrow suppers kill more than the greatest doctors can core the table robs more than the thief there are more days than sausages there is ill talk between a full man and a fasting the way to a man's heart is through his stomach we never repent of having eaten or drunk too little who eats with heart is a worker smart you are what you eat you dig your grave with your own fork -
8 _багатство і бідність
abundance, like want, ruins many at the workingman's house hunger looks in but dares not enter a beggar can never be bankrupt a beggar ennobled does not know his kinsmen beggar is jealous of beggar beggars can't be choosers a beggar's purse is bottomless chains of gold are stronger than chains of iron content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor the doorstep of a great house is slippery few rich men own their own property – their property owns them a full purse has many friends full stomachs make empty heads God help the rich, for the poor can beg gold dust blinds all eyes gold is tested by fire, men by gold gold may be bought too dear gold rules the world gold will not buy everything a great fortune is a great slavery a handkerchief is a poor woman's purse hunger breaks stone walls hunger is the best sauce hunger knows no friends a hungry belly has no ears if you haven't silver in your purse, you should have silk on your tongue it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven life and misery begin together a light purse is a heavy purse the more we have, the more we want, the more we want, the less we have much gold, much care much profit, much risk naked we come, naked we go neither beg of him who has been a beggar, nor serve him, who has been a servant old woman's gold is not ugly one day a beggar, the next day a thief a poor man is better than a liar the poor man pays for all poor men's tables are soon set possession is nine points of the law poverty consists in feeling poor poverty is no disgrace, but it is a great inconvenience poverty is no sin poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is poverty is the mother of all arts poverty parts friends prosperity discovers vice, adversity virtue prosperity makes friends; adversity tries them a rich man never lacks relatives a rich man knows not his friends a rich person ought to have a strong stomach rich men have no faults riches and virtue do not often keep each other company riches serve a wise man but command a fool a rising tide lifts all boats set a beggar on horseback and he will ride to the Devil there is ill talk between a full man and a fasting there is no pride like that of a beggar grown rich there is no virtue that poverty does not destroy a thief passes for a gentleman when stealing has made him rich to be content, look backward on those who possess less than yourself, not forward on those, who possess more when one has a good table, he is always right the weakest goes to the wall wealth and content are not bedfellows wealth is not his that has it, but his who enjoys it wealth makes wit waver when all are poor, it doesn't take much to make a rich man wisdom in a poor man is a diamond set in lead wrinkled purses make wrinkled faces you cannot serve God and MammonEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _багатство і бідність
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9 _обіцянка
a bargain is a bargain be slow to promise and quick to perform between promising and performing a man may marry his daughter expect nothing from him who promises a great deal a man that breaks his word bids others be false to him mankind lives on promises many promises lessen confidence men apt to promise are apt to forget no greater promises than those who have nothing to give perform whatever you promise a promise is a debt promise little, but do much promises are like piecrust, made to be broken promises don't fill the belly -
10 a hungry man is an angry man
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11 there is no ill in life that is no worse without bread
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