Kategoria:Angielskie przysłowia

A

• a bad thing never dies
• a bad workman always blames his tools
• a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
• a cat may look at the king
• a creaking gate hangs long
• a fool and his money are soon parted
• a fox smells its own lair first
• a friend in need is a friend indeed
• a good beginning makes a good ending
• a good surgeon must have an eagle's eye, a lion's heart, and a lady's hand
• a leopard cannot change its spots
• a lie has no legs
• a little learning is a dangerous thing
• a merry heart makes a long life
• a miss is as good as a mile
• a new broom sweeps clean
• a penny saved is a penny earned
• a person is known by the company he keeps
• a rolling stone gathers no moss
• a sound mind in a sound body
• a stitch in time saves nine
• a woman's work is never done
• a word is enough to the wise
• a word spoken is past recalling
• a word to the wise is sufficient
• absence makes the heart grow fonder
• actions speak louder than words
• after dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile
• all flowers are not in one garland
• all good things come to an end
• all roads lead to Rome
• all that glitters is not gold
• all things come to him who waits
• all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
• all's fair in love and war
• all's well that ends well
• among the blind one-eyed man is a king
• an apple a day keeps the doctor away
• an Englishman's home is his castle
• an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
• an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
• as you make your bed, so you must lie in it
• as you sow, so shall you reap
• ask and you shall receive
• ask no questions and hear no lies

B

• bad news travels fast
• barking dogs seldom bite
• beauty is in the eye of the beholder
• beauty is only skin deep
• beggars can't be choosers
• better be alone than in bad company
• better late than never
• better lose the saddle than the horse
• better safe than sorry
• better the devil you know than the devil that you don't know
• better untaught than ill taught
• birds of a feather flock together
• bitter pills may have blessed effects
• blood is thicker than water
• blood will out
• boys will be boys
• brain is better than brawn
• bread is the staff of life

C

• charity begins at home
• clothes do not make the man
• cowards die many times before their deaths
• cross the stream where it is the shallowest

C cd.

• curiosity killed the cat
• cut your coat according to your cloth

D

• diseases come on horseback, but go away on foot
• do as you would be done by
• do unto others as you would have done unto you
• doctors make the very worst patients
• don't burn your bridges before they are crossed
• don't burn your bridges behind you
• don't change horses in midstream
• don't count your chickens before they're hatched
• don't cross the bridge till you come to it
• don't cry over spilt milk
• don't cut off your nose to spite your face
• don't have too many irons in the fire
• don't judge a book by its cover
• don't make a mountain out of a molehill
• don't put all your eggs into one basket
• don't put the cart before the horse
• don't shut the gate after the horse has bolted
• don't spit into the wind
• don't throw the baby out with the bathwater
• doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom

E

• early bird catches the worm
• early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise
• early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise
• East or West home is best
• eat to live and not live to eat
• eat when you're hungry, and drink when you're dry
• engage brain before mouth

F

• familiarity breeds contempt
• fine feathers make fine birds
• fine words butter no parsnips
• first come, first served
• fool and his money soon parted
• forbidden fruit is the sweetest
• forewarned is forearmed
• fresh pork and new wine kill a man before his time
• fretting cares make grey hairs
• friend to all is a friend to none

G

• give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime
• god does the cure and the physician takes the fee for it
• God helps those who help themselves
• good eating deserves good drinking
• good fences make good neighbors

H

• half a loaf is better than none
• haste makes waste
• he that lives too fast, goes to his grave too soon
• he that will steal an egg will steal an ox
• he who hesitates is lost
• he who laughs last laughs best
• he who lives by the sword shall die by the sword
• he who sleeps forgets his hunger
• health is better than wealth
• hindsight is 20/20
• history repeats itself
• home is where the heart is
• home is where you hang your hat
• honesty is the best policy

I

• if a thing is worth doing it is worth doing well
• if at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again
• if the cap fits, wear it
• if the shoe fits, wear it
• if the stone fall upon the egg, alas for the egg! If the egg fall upon the stone, alas for the egg!
• if we can't as we would, we must do as we can
• if you buy cheaply, you pay dearly
• if you can't be good, be careful
• if you can't beat them, join them

I cd.

• if you cannot stand the heat, get out of the kitchen
• if you keep your mouth shut, you won't put your foot in it
• if you want a thing done well, do it yourself
• if you wish good advice, consult an old man
• it is a good horse that never stumbles
• it is a long lane that has no turning
• it never rains, it pours
• it takes all sorts to make a world
• it takes two to make a quarrel
• it takes two to tango
• it's an ill wind that blows no good
• it's better to give than to receive
• it's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all
• it's easy to be wise after the event
• it's never too late to mend
• it's no use crying over spilt milk
• it's not over till it's over
• it's the empty can that makes the most noise
• it's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease

J

• Jack of all trades, master of none

L

• laughter is the best medicine
• learn to walk before you run
• let sleeping dogs lie
• lie down with dogs, wake up with fleas
• lightning never strikes twice in the same place
• like cures like
• little enemies and little wounds must not be despised
• live and let live
• long absent, soon forgotten
• look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves
• look before you leap
• love conquers all
• love is blind

M

• make hay while the sun shines
• many hands make light work
• marry in haste, repent at leisure
• money talks
• more haste, less speed

N

• nature abhors a vacuum
• necessity is the mother of invention
• never judge a book by its cover
• never put off till tomorrow what you can do today
• never put off until tomorrow what you can do today
• new brooms sweep clear
• no gain without pain
• no man can serve two masters
• no news is good news
• no pain, no gain
• no reward without toil
• nothing ventured, nothing gained

O

• once bitten, twice shy
• one good turn deserves another
• one hour's sleep before midnight is worth two hours after
• one man's meat is another man's poison
• one swallow doesn't make a summer
• opposites attract
• out of sight, out of mind

P

• paddle your own canoe
• penny wise, pound foolish
• people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
• power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely
• practice makes perfect
• prevention is better than cure
• pride comes before a fall

R

• Rome wasn't built in a day

S

• soon learnt, soon forgotten