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1 wit without discretion is a sword in the hand of a fool
дотепність без обачності – меч в руці дурня дотепність без обачності – це меч в руці дурняEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > wit without discretion is a sword in the hand of a fool
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2 _сміх; глузування; жарт
better lose a jest than a friend he is not laughed at that laughs at himself first he jests at scars who never felt a wound he laughs best who laughs last he that laughs on Friday will weep on Sunday jeerers must be content to taste of their own broth jesters do oft prove prophets laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone laugh before breakfast, you'll cry before supper a loud laugh bespeaks the vacant mind a man who can smile when he feels like cussin' has the qualities of a winner many a true words is spoken in jest sarcasm is the language of the devil use your wit as a shield, not as a sword wit is the salt of conversation, not the food wit without discretion is a sword in the hand of a fool the wit of conversation consists more in finding it in others than showing a great deal yourself the worst jests are the true onesEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _сміх; глузування; жарт
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3 _дурість
all asses wag their ears all men are fools, but the wisest of fools are called philosophers arguing with a fool shows there are two ask a silly question and you get a silly answer as the fool thinks, so the bell clinks the ass is known by its ears asses as well as pitchers have ears blame-all and praise-all are two blockheads change of weather is a discourse of fools children and fools have merry lives children and fools must not play with edged tools children and fools tell the truth dreams give wings to fools the darkest place is under the candlestick every ass loves to hear himself bray every ass thinks himself worthy to stand with the king's horses every fool will be meddling experience is the teacher of fools folly grows without watering a fool always finds a bigger fool to admire a fool always rushes to the fore a fool and his money are soon parted a fool believes everything a fool is known by his conversation a fool is known by his laughing a fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man answer in seven years a fool over forty is a fool indeed a fool may give a wise man counsel a fool may sometimes speak to the purpose a fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out a fool who keeps his mouth closed fools the whole world the fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool the fool wonders; the wise man asks a fool's voice is known by a multitude of words fools and bairns should never see half-done work fools go in crowds fools make feasts and wise men eat them fools never know when they are well fools rush in where angels fear to tread fortune favors the fools give a man enough rope and he will hang himself a great talker may be no fool, but he is one that relies on him he is a fool who cannot be angry but a wise man who will not he that makes himself an ass must not complain if men ride him he who is born a fool is never cured honey is not for the ass's mouth if all fools wore white caps, we'd all look like geese if an ass goes traveling, he'll not come back a horse if fools went not to market, bad wares would not be sold in spite of colleges and schools, the world remains a ship of fools it is better to remain silent and be thought of as a fool than to speak and prove the same it is ill manners to silence a fool, and it is cruelty to let him go on it is a silly fish, that is caught twice with the same bait a learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one lend and lose is the game of fools little wit in the head makes much work for the feet one fool makes many never bray at an ass never show a fool a half-done work no fool like an old fool none is a fool always, everyone sometimes riches serve a wise man but command a fool silence is the virtue of a fool success ruins a fool there are a great many asses without long ears it is better to lose with a wise man than to win with a fool a wager is a fool's argument the way of a fool is right in his own eyes when a fool has made up his mind, the market has gone by a white wall is the fool's writing paper: he writes his name there a wise man changes his mind, a fool never will a wise man learns by the experiences of others; an ordinary man learns by his own experience; a fool learns by nobody's experiences a wise man's day is worth a fool's life the wise seek wisdom; the fool has found it words are the wise man's counters and the fool's money -
4 _жінка; дружина
all are good lasses, but whence come the bad wives? all women look the same after the sun goes down any woman can keep a secret, but she generally needs one other woman to help her better the devil's than a woman's slave a cat has nine lives; a woman has nine cat's lives a diamond daughter turns to glass as a wife everybody's sweetheart is nobody's wife the fewer the women, the less the trouble the fingers of a housewife do more than a yoke of oxen the first wife is matrimony; the second, company; the third, heresy the grey mare is the better horse the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world handle with care women and glass hanging and wiving goes by destiny happy is the bride that the sun shines on he that has not got a wife is not yet a complete man he who has a fair wife needs more than two eyes hell hath no fury like a woman scorned if it is a secret, don't tell it to a woman it is harder to marry a daughter well than to bring her up well it is a woman's privilege to change her mind it is as great pity to see a woman weep as to see a goose go barefoot ladies don't smoke long hair and short wit the longest five years in a woman's life is between twenty-nine and thirty never choose your woman or your linen by candlelight never praise your wife until you have been married ten years never quarrel with a woman no house was ever big enough for two women no woman is ugly if she is well dressed one tongue is enough for two women the only secret a woman can keep is her age praise from a wife is praise indeed the real housewife is at once a slave and a lady she who is a beauty is half-married she who loves the looking glass hates the saucepan silence is a woman's best garment slander expires at a good woman's door tell a woman and you tell the world ten measures of talk were sent down from heaven, and women took nine there is no fury like a woman's fury there is nothing better than a good woman and nothing worse than a bad one there is one good wife in the country, and every man thinks he has her there's hardly a strife in which a woman has not been a prime mover ugliness is the guardian of women the ugliest woman can look in the mirror and think she is beautiful an undutiful daughter will prove an unmanageable wife when a girl whistles, the angels cry wherever there is a woman, there is gossip a whistling woman and a crowing hen are neither fit for God nor men winter weather and women's thoughts change often a wise woman never outsmarts her husband a woman, a cat, and a chimney should never leave the house a woman fights with her tongue a woman knows a bit more than Satan a woman laughs when she can but cries whenever she wishes the woman who obeys her husband rules him a woman's hair is her crowning glory a woman's hair is long, but her tongue is longer a woman's place is in the home a woman's tongue is one that will never wear out a woman's tongue is the only sharp-edged tool that grows keener with constant use women are necessary evils a woman's work is never done women are strong when they arm themselves with their weaknesses women forgive injuries, but never forget slights women would be more charming if one could fall into their arms without falling into their hands a worthy woman is the crown of her husband -
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 _обачливість; обережність
be slow to take when strangers haste to give beware of him who has nothing to lose caution is the parent of safety discretion is the better part of valour don't put all your eggs in one basket don't throw out your dirty water before you get in fresh first think, then speak a fish wouldn't get caught if he kept his mouth shut it is better to bend than break if you cannot see the bottom, do not cross the river measure twice and cut once the mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken one cannot be too careful there's no such a thing as a free lunch wit without discretion is a sword in the hand of a foolEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _обачливість; обережність
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