Proverbs and old sayings, page 1725

43574 proverbs and old sayings

One sprinkles the most sugar where the tart is burnt.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

A mile walk with a friend has only one hundred steps.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

You can't throw a handkerchief over somebody's mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment

An argument is fine only when there is to be a fight.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about fight

The crow flew over the sea but returned still a crow.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

The thief has a chicken's heart -- he sleeps in fear.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about thieves, fear, heart

Friendship is friendship, but keep our tobacco apart.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about friendship

For some people war is war, for others - dear mother.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about war, mother, people

Love is like a glass that breaks if handled clumsily.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about love

Thanks to one small candle the whole of Moscow burns.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

Shoot a daw and a crow, and soon you'll hit a falcon.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment

Law is a flag and gold is the wind that makes it wave.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about law

Small gifts go to places where men expect bigger ones.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about gifts, man

However you feed the wolf, he still looks at the wood.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about contentment

A fisherman can recognize another fisherman from afar.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

The nights are short for him who married late in life.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about life

If rubles fell from heaven the poor would have no bag.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

The hearth in our house is warmer than our neighbor's.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about home, house

The wolf can always be hired very cheap as a shepherd.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

After the head is off, one does not cry over the hair.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about heads