expresii

1.      ABSENCE makes the heart grow fonder.
Ochii care se vãd rar se iubesc.
Mai rãrut, mai drãgut.

1. ABSENCE sharpens love, presence strengthens it.
   Celor c...

1.      BACCHUS hath drowned more men than Neptune.
Mai multi se îneacã în bãuturã decât în apã.

1. He would fall on his BACK and...

1.      CABBAGE twice cooked is death.
Ciorba încãlzitã mult stricã la stomac.
Ciorba încãlzitã nu-i bunã de mâncare.
Sim. Take heed of reconciled enemies and of meat twice boiled....

1.      Where the DAM leaps over, the kid follows.
Pe unde a sãrit capra trebuie sã sarã si iada.
Capra sare masa, iada sare casa.
Sim. As the old cock crows, so crows the young / The young pig grunts l...

1.      EAGLES do not breed doves.
Bufnita nu cloceste privighetori.

1. EAGLES don't catch flies.
   Vulturul nu vâneazã muste.
   Vulturul dupã mu

1. A fair FACE, foul heart.
   La chip frumos si la inimã gãunos.
   Sim. Fair without, foul within.
2. The FACE is the index of the mind.
   Chipul omului e oglinda sufletului.
3. We carry our neighbour...

1.      The GAME is not worth the candle.
Nu face fata cât ata.
Mai mare daraua decât ocaua.

1. GAMING, women and wine, while they laugh, they make men pine.
   Trei lucr...

1.      A HAIR of the dog that bit you.
Nu lãsa sã te muste câinele fãrã sã-i smulgi din pãr.

1. No HAIR so small but has his shadow.
   Si ...

1.      An IDLE person is the devil's cushion.
Lenevia e perina dracului.

1. Be not IDLE, and you shall not be longing.
   Omul harnic, muncitor, de pâine nu duce dor.
2. IDLE people have the least leis...

1.      Every JACK must have his Jill.
Tot sacul îsi gãseste peticul.
Cf. There is not so bad a GILL, but there's as bad a Will.

1. JEALOUSY is cruel as the grave.
   Ca...