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Common English Proverbs A bad Workman Blames His Tools العامل السيىء يلوم أدواته (الشاطره تغزل برجل خروف) A bird in the hand worth ten in the bush عصفور فى اليد ولا عشره على الشجره A burnt child dreads fire الطفل المكتوى بالنار يهاب النار (اللى يتلسع من الشُربه ينفخ فى الزبادى) A cat has nine lives القطط بسبعة أرواح A cock crows on his own dunghill على دمنته يصيح الديك (أسد بالبيت وبالخرج نعامه) A drowning man will clutch a straw الغرقان يتعلق بقشه a fox is not taken twice in the same snare لا يصطاد الثعلب مرتين من نفس الشرك (لا يلدغ المؤمن مرتين) A friend in need is a friend indeed الصديق الحقيقى من تجده وقت الحاجه (الصديق وقت الضيق) A guilty conscience needs no accuser الضمير الشاعر بالذنب لا يحتاج لوعظ A hungry man is an angry man الرجل الجوعان رجل غضبان A jack-of-all trades master of none صاحب بالين كذاب A little knowledge is a dangerous thing المعرفه القليله شىء خطير A living dog is better than a dead lion كلب حى أفضل من أسد ميت (حمارتك العارجه تغنيك عن سؤال اللئيم) A man can do no more than he can لا يستطيع المرء أن يفعل فوق طاقته (اذا أردت أن تطاع فأمر بالمستطاع) A man can not serve two masters لا يستطيع المرء أن يخدم سيدين (صاحب بالين كذاب) A man is known by the company he keeps انما يعرف المرء بأقرانه A mans house is his castle بيت الرجل قلعته A penny saved is a penny gained درهم تدخره هو درهم تكسبه (القرش الأبيض ينفع فى اليوم الأسود) A secret between more than two is not secret السر بين أكثر من اثنين ليس سر A soft answer turneth a way wrath الكلمه الطيبه تبعد الأذى (الكلمه الطيبه صدقه) A stitch in time saves nine الدرزه الغرزه فى وقتها توفر تسع A tree is known by its fruit انما تعرف الشجره بثمارها (الجواب بيبان من عنوانه) A word to a wise is enough حسبُ الحكيم كلمه Absence makes the heart grow fonder الغياب يزيد القلب لهيباً Actions speak louder than words صوت الأفعال يعلو على الكلام All is not gold that glitters ليس كل ما يلمع ذهبا All is well that ends well كل شىء جيد اذا انتهى بشكل جيد Any port in a storm أى مأوى عندما تأتى العاصفه As you sow, so will you reap كما تزرع تحصد A bad penny always returns. الفلس السيء يعود إليك دائمًا أخطاءك ستعود لك لتطاردك). A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. عصفور في اليد ولا عشرة على الشجرة (شيء واحد مؤكد خير من عدة أشياء غير مؤكدة). A burnt child dreads the fire. الطفل المكتوي بالنار يخاف النار. A chain is as strong as its weakest link. السلسلة ليست أقوى من أضعف حلقه فيها (قوة أي مجموعه تعتمد على قوة كل فرد فيها) . A closed mouth catches no flies. الفم المغلق لايدخله الذباب (يعني الصمت يجنبك القبيح من الأقوال). A fool and his money are soon parted. سرعان ما يفترق الأحمق وماله. A friend in need is a friend indeed. الصديق وقت الضيق. A good example is the best sermon. الأفعال خيرٌ من الأقوال. A house divided against itself cannot stand. السفينة التي لها ربانين تغرق. A light purse makes a heavy heart. ضاق صدره من ضاقت یداه - محفظة ثقيلة تجعل القلب خفيفًا A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. خَطَرُ العلمِ في قِلَّتِهِ. A man all wrapped up in himself makes a small package. A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still. A man is known by the company he keeps. يعرف المرء من خلانة - المرء على دين خليله - قل لي من صديقك أقل لك من أنت . A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds. A man who is his own doctor has a fool for his patient. A mans best friend is his dog. A miss is as good as a mile. A new broom sweeps clean. A penny saved is a penny earned. الفلس الذي تدخره ھو الفلس الذي تكسبه - القرش الأبيض لليوم الأسود. A rolling stone gathers no moss. عین زائغة ، قلب ھائم . A soft answer turnes away wrath. الجواب الرقیق یسكن الغضب A stitch in time saves nine. الوقاية خير من العلاج A sucker is born every minute. A thousand mile trip begins with one step. A word to the wise is sufficient. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Accidents will happen in the best regulated families. Actions speak louder than words. All are not saints who go to church. All is not gold that glitters. All mankind loves a lover. All men are created equal. All or nothing! All that glitters is not gold. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Alls fair in love and war. Alls well that ends well. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. An army marches on its belly. An elephant never forgets. An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less. An idle brain is the devils workshop. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. درهم وقاية خير من قنطار علاج. Any port in a storm. April showers bring May flowers. Art for arts sake. Art imitates Nature. As Maine goes, so goes the nation. As the twig is bent the trees inclined. As you make your bed, so must you lie in it. Ask me no questions and Ill tell you no lies. Barking dogs dont bite. Be all things to all men. Be good. And if you cant be good, be careful. Be kind to animals. Beauty is only skin-deep. Beggars cant be choosers. Better be alone than in bad company. Better bend than break. Better go it alone than be in bad company. Better late than never. Better safe than sorry. Better to reign in hell, then serve in Heaven. Beware of Greeks bearing gifts. Beware of the fury of a patient man. Birds of a feather flock together. Boys will be boys. Bread is the staff of life. Brevity is the soul of wit. Business before pleasure. Butter wouldnt melt in his mouth. Call no man happy till he is dead. Charity begins at home. Charity covers a multitude of sins. Children should be seen, not heard. Cleanliness is next to godliness. Clothes make the man. Cold hand, warm heart. Dead men tell no tales. Discretion is the better part of valor. Do as I say, not as I do. Do as you would be done by. Do not bite off more than you can chew. Do not put all your eggs in one basket. Dont add insult to injury. لا تزد الطينَ بلّة. Dont bite the hand that feeds you. لا تعَض اليد التي تُطعمك. Dont build castles in the air. لا تبنِ قصورًا في الهواء - لا تبنِ قصورًا من هواء . Dont buy a pig in a poke. لا تشترِ سمكًا في الماء Dont carry a joke too far. Dont cast pearls before swine. Dont count your chickens before theyre hatched. Dont cry over spilt milk. Dont cut off your nose to spite your face. Dont give up the ship. Dont judge a book by its cover. Dont kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. Dont lock the stable after the horses are stolen. Dont look a gift horse in the mouth. Dont make a mountain out of a mole-hill. Dont put the cart before the horse. Dont tell tales out of school. Dont throw good money after bad. Dont throw pearls before swine. Dont try to sell ice to the Eskimos. Dont wash your dirty linen in public. Drive your business, dont let your business drive you. Duty before pleasure. Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. East is East, and West is West. Easy come, easy go. Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die. Every cloud has a silver lining. Every dog has his day. Every little bit helps. Every man has his price. Every man is entitled to be judged by a jury of his peers. Every rose has its thorn. Every time he opens his mouth he puts his foot in it. Everyone to his own taste. Everything comes to him who waits. Everything happens for the best. Everything has its price. Faint heart never won fair lady. Familiarity breeds contempt. Feed a cold and starve a fever. Fifty million Frenchmen cant be wrong. Finders keepers. First come, first served. Fish and visitors smell in three days. Fish or cut bait. For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost. Forgive and forget. Fortune favors the bold. From small beginnings come great things. Give him an inch and hell take a mile. Give the devil his due. Go West, young man. God helps those who help themselves. God is no respecter of persons. Good riddance to bad rubbish. Good things come in small packages. Great oaks from little acorns grow. Half a loaf is better than none. Handsome is that handsome does. Haste makes waste. Have a place for everything, and have everything in its place. He calls a spade a spade. He cant see the forest for the trees. He kills two birds with one stone. He knows which side his bread is buttered on. He robs Peter to pay Paul. He who digs a pit for others, falls in himself. He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day. He who hesitates is lost. He who laughs last laughs best. He who pays the Piper calls the tune. Hes too big for his breeches. Heads, I win; tails, you lose. Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Here today, gone tomorrow. His bark is worse than his bite. His bread is buttered on both sides. His eye is bigger than his stomach. History repeats itself. Hit the nail on the head. Hitch your wagon to a star. Home is where the heart is. Home is where you hang your hat. Honesty is the best policy. Hunger is the best sauce. If at first you dont succeed, try, try again. If God be with us, who shall stand against us? If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. If you sow the wind expect to reap the whirlwind. If you wish peace, prepare for war. If you would have a thing well done, do it yourself. Ignorance is bliss. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. In Adams fall we sinned all. In God we trust; all others must pay cash. In one ear and out the other. In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king. It goes without saying. It is better to be safe than sorry. It is no use crying over spilled milk. It never rains but it pours. It takes all sorts to make a world. It takes all kinds of people to make a world. It takes one to know one. It takes two to start an argument. Its a wise child that knows its own father. Its all in the days work. Its an ill wind that blows no good. Its easier said than done. Its easy to be generous with another mans money. Jack of all trades, master of none. Keep your powder dry. Kill two birds with one stone. Knowledge is power. Last but not least. Laugh and grow fat. Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone. Lay up something for a rainy day. Leave well enough alone. Let bygones be bygones. Let sleeping dogs lie. Let the buyer beware. Let the dead bury the dead. Let well enough alone. Let your conscience be your guide. Lightning never strikes twice in the same place. Like father, like son. Little pitchers have great ears. Little strokes fell great oaks. Live and let live. Live within your means. Look and you shall find. Look before you leap. Love em and leave em. Love conquers all things. Love is blind. Love makes the world go round. Love me, love my dog. Love thy neighbor as thyself. Love will find a way. Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun. Make haste slowly. Make hay while the sun shines. Man cannot live on bread alone. Manners make the man. Many a true word has been spoken in jest. Many hands make light work. March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. Marriages are made in heaven. Marry in haste and repent at leisure. Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses. Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute. Misery loves company. Moderation in all things. Money burns a hole in the pocket. Money doesnt grow on trees. Money is the root of all evil. More than enough is too much. Mother knows best. Music has charms to soothe the savage breast. Necessity is the mother of invention. Never cross a bridge until you come to it. Never fish in troubled waters. Never give a sucker an even break. Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today. Never light your candle at both ends. Never quarrel with your bread and butter. Never say die! Never swap horses crossing a stream. Never trust to another what you can do yourself. New brooms sweep clean. No man can serve two masters. No man is a prophet in his own country. No one preaches better than the ant, and it says nothing. No sooner said than done. None are so blind as those who refuse to see. None but the brave deserves the fair. None so deaf as those who will not hear. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. Nothing so bad but it might be worse. Nothing succeeds like success. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Once bitten twice shy. One can never have too much of a good thing. One for all, all for one. One good turn deserves another. One hand doesnt know what the other hand is up to. One mans meat is another mans poison. One rotten apple spoils the barrel. One swallow does not make a summer. Opportunity only knocks once. Our country, right or wrong. Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. Out of sight, out of mind. Out of the frying pan and into the fire. Paddle your own canoe. Pay as you go. Penny wise, pound foolish. People who live in glass houses shouldnt throw stones. Possession is nine points of the law. Practice what you preach. Pride goeth before a fall. Prove all things, hold fast that which is good. Put up or shut up. Rats desert a sinking ship. Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesars. Rome was not built in a day. Say it with flowers. Seeing is believing. Seek, and you shall find. Shoemaker, stick to your last. Silence gives consent. Sink or swim! Sleep on it. Slow and steady wins the race. Spare the rod and spoil the child. Speaking is silver, silence is golden. Still waters run deep - Still water runs deep. تحت السواهي دواهي. Strain at a gnat and swallow a camel. Strike while the iron is hot. Take it or leave it. Take it with a grain of salt. Talk of the devil, and hes sure to appear. Tell me whom you associate with, and I will tell you who you are. Tell no tales out of school. That government is best which governs least. The angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes. The best is yet to come. The best things in life are free. The bigger the lie the more it is believed. The bigger they are, the harder they fall. The burnt child dreads the fire. The cage is ready but the bird is flown. The child is father to the man. The coward dies many times, the hero only once. The customer is always right. The devil is not as black as he is painted. The early bird catches the worm. The end justifies the means. The exception proves the rule. The good die young. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world. The higher the monkey climbs the more he shows his tail. The higher they rise, the stepper they fall. The laborer is worthy of his hire. The leopard cant change his spots. The lion is not half so fierce as hes painted. The Lord prefers the common people; thats why he made so many of them. The meek shall inherit the earth. The more the merrier. The only way to have a friend is to be one. The pen is mightier than the sword. The poet is born, not made. The pot calls the kettle black. the proof of the pudding is in the eating. The proud hate pride--in others. The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. The rolling stone gathers no moss. The walls have ears. The way to a mans heart is through his stomach. The wicked hate vice in others. The worm turns. There are more ways to kill a dog than hanging. There are other fish in the sea. There are two sides to every question. There is a remedy for everything except death. There is no royal road to learning. There is no time like the present. There is no fool like an old fool. There is no disputing about tastes. Theres many a slip twixt the cup and the lip. Theres no place like home. Theres no rule without an exception. They also serve who only stand and wait. Throw mud and some of it will stick. Time and tide wait for no man. Time is money. To err is human, to forgive divine. To the pure all things are pure. Tomorrow never comes. Too many cooks spoil the broth. Too much curiosity killed the cat. Trust in God, and keep your powder dry. Truth is stranger than fiction. Truth will out. Turn about is fair play. Two can live cheaper than one. Two heads are better than one. Two is company, three is a crowd. Two wrongs dont make a right. United we stand, divided we fall. Virtue is its own reward. Walls have ears. Waste not, want not. Watch your step. We are what we eat. We have nothing to fear but fear itself. We live and learn. We must stoop to conquer. Were here today and gone tomorrow. Well begun is half done. What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. What we do in haste we repent at leisure. What will be, will be. Whats worth doing is worth doing well. Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well. Whatsoever a man sows that shall he also reap. When angry, count to ten. When in doubt, leave it out. When in Rome do as the Romans do. When one door shuts, another opens. When the blind lead the blind they all fall into the ditch. When the cat is away the mice will play. عند غياب القط تلعب الفئران When the night is darkest the dawn is nearest. When there is no vision, the people perish. Where there is smoke, there is fire. Where there is a will there is a way. Whom the gods love die young. You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. You can lead a horse to water, but you cant make him drink. You cant draw blood out of a stone. You cant eat your cake and have it too. You cant get blood from a turnip. You cant have it both ways. You cant judge a book by its cover. You cant make bricks without straw. You cant make an omelet without breaking eggs. You cant make a silk purse out of a sows ear. You cant serve God and Mammon. You cant take it with you. You cant teach an old dog new tricks. You never know what you can do till you try. You never miss the water till the well runs dry. Youre never too old to learn.
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