Aneks:Przysłowia angielskie - D

Angielskie przysłowia na: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

• dead men don't bite
• dead men tell no tales
• death before dishonour (in. better death than dishonour)
• death defies the doctor
• death is the great leveler
• death keeps no calendar
• death pays all debts
• deeds, not words
• deeds are fruits, words are but leaves
• delays are dangerous
• deny self for self's sake
• desert and reward seldom keep company
• desires are nourished by delays
• desperate diseases must have desperate remedies
• diamond cuts diamond
• diet cures more than doctors
• different strokes for different folks
• dig the well before you are thirsty
• dilligence is the mother of good luck
• dirty water will quench fire
• discretion is the better part of valour
• diseases come on horseback, but go away on foot
• distance lends enchantment to the view
• divide and conquer
• do as I say, not as I do
• do as you would be done by
• do right and fear no man
• do unto others as you would have done unto you
• do well and have well (in. never do things by halves)
• doctors make the very worst patients
• dog does not eat dog
• dog will not eat dog (in. dog does not eat dog)
• dogs that bark don't always bite (in. a barking dog never bites)
• don't air your dirty linen in public (in. don't wash your dirty linen in public)
• don't bite off more than you can chew
• don't bite the hand that feeds you
• don't burn your bridges before they are crossed
• don't burn your bridges behind you
• don't carry all your eggs in one basket (in. don't put all your eggs into one basket)
• don't cast your pearls before swine
• don't change horses in midstream
• don't change horses in the middle of the stream (in. don't change horses in midstream)
• don't change the rules in the middle of the game
• don't count your chickens before they're hatched
• don't cross the bridge till you come to it
• don't cry before you're hurt
• don't cry over spilt milk (in. it's no use crying over spilled milk)
• don't cut off your nose to spite your face
• don't get into deep water until you learn how to swim (in. don't go near the water until you learn how to swim)
• don't get mad, get even
• don't give up the ship
• don't go near the water until you learn how to swim
• don't halloo till you are out of the woods (in. don't shout until you are out of the woods)
• don't hide your light under a bushel
• don't have too many irons in the fire
• don't hit a man when he's down
• don't judge a book by its cover
• don't judge a man until you have walked a mile in his boots
• don't jump from the frying pan into the fire
• don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
• don't let the fox guard the henhouse
• don't make a mountain out of a molehill
• don't make the same mistake twice
• don't marry for money, but don't marry without money {in. never marry for money, but marry where money is)
• don't meet troubles halfway
• don't overload gratitude; if you do, she'll kick
• don't play with edged tools (in. it's ill jesting with edged tools)
• don't play with fire (in. if you play with fire, you get burned)
• don't put all your eggs into one basket
• don't put new wine in old bottles (in. you can't put new wine in old bottles)
• don't put the cart before the horse
• don't rock the boat
• don't rush the cattle (in. hurry no man's cattle)
• don't set a wolf to watch the sheep (in. don't let the fox guard the henhouse)
• don't shoot the messenger
• don't shoot the pianist, he's doing his best
• don't shout until you are out of the woods
• don't shut the barn door after the horse is stolen
• don't shut the gate after the horse has bolted
• don't spit into the wind
• don't spol the ship for half a penny's worth of tar
• don't start anything you can't finish
• don't swallow the cow and worry with the tail (in. it's idle to swallow the cow and choke on the tail)
• don't swap horses in midstream
• don't take down a fence unless you are sure why it was put up
• don't talk the talk if you can't walk the walk
• don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs
• don't tear down a wall unless you are sure why it was put up (in. don't take down a fence unless you are sure why it was put up)
• don't throw away your dirty water until you are clean
• don't throw good money after bad
• don't throw pearls to swine (in. don't cast your pearls before swine)
• don't throw the baby out with the bathwater
• don't wash your dirty linen in public
• don't wish too hard; you might just get what you wished for
• doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom
• dream of a funeral and you hear of a marriage
• dreams go by contraries
• dreams retain the infirmities of our character
• drive gently over the stones
• drive nature out of the door and it will return by the window (in. you can drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps on coming back)
• drought never bred dearth in England
• drunkenness reveals what soberness conceals

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