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1 old birds are not to be caught with chaff
syn: an old fox in not easily snared≅ старого горобця на полову не зловиш ( або м'якушкою не піймаєш) стріляного горобця на полові не обдуриш старий ворон пусто ( або даром) не кряче старий ворон не кряче мимо старого лиса не виманиш з ліса стара лисиця від собак захиститься старий віл борозни не скривить старий звір ніколи не дрімає за битого двох не битих дають (та й то не беруть) давні пригоди боронять від шкоди не клади старому пальця в рот a word to the wiseEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > old birds are not to be caught with chaff
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2 an old fox in not easily snared
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3 an old ox makes a straight furrow
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4 experience teaches wisdom
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5 _молодість і старість
age gives good advice when it is no longer able to give bad example at 20 years of age the will reigns, at 30 the wit, at 40 the judgment every age wants its playthings the feet are slow when the head wears snow few persons know how to be old growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form it will be a forward cock that crows in the shell a man is as old as he feels, and a woman as old as she looks a man is as old as his arteries a man's a fool till he's 40 a man whose youth has no follies will in his maturity have no power old birds are not to be caught with chaff an old ass is never good an old dog will learn no new tricks an old man in a house is a good thing an old young man will be a young old man once a man and twice a child no man is so old, but thinks he may yet live another year wanton kittens make sober cats the way never to grow old and grey-headed is to die young when we are out of sympathy with the youth, our work in the world is over years know more than looks you cannot put an old head on young shoulders you cannot shift an old tree without it dying young angel, old devil; young devil, old angel young courage and old caution are a strong pair young heads are giddy and young hearts are warm a young man idle, an old man needy youth and age can never agree youth comes but once in a lifetime youth is a blunder, manhood a struggle, old age a regret youth is not a time of life, it is a state of mind youth supplies us with colors, age with canvasEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _молодість і старість
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6 a word (is enough) to the wise
syn: old birds are not to be caught with chaffрозумному досить мудрому досить два слова ≅ розумному натяк, дурневі – кийок розумному тільки кивни – він і здогадається розумного пошли – одне слово скажи, дурня пошли – три скажи та й сам за ним підиEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > a word (is enough) to the wise
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7 experience is the mother of wisdom
var: experience in the father of wisdom and memory is the motherжиттєвий досвід – основа мудрості ≅ старий пес дарма не бреше старий ворон пусто не кряче (не кряче мимо) давні пригоди боронять від шкоди не питай старого, а питай бувалого old birds are not to be caught with chaff you never know what you can do till you tryEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > experience is the mother of wisdom
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