Proverbe, expresii si zicatori

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1. Dally not with women or money.   =   Cu femeile si copiii sã nu glumesti.
2. The danger past and god forgotten. / Once on shore, we pray no more. / The river past and god forgotten.   =   Dupã a noastrã scãpare, nici un sfânt cinste mai are.
3. Daughters and dead fish are no keeping wares. / Marry your daughter and eat fresh fish betimes. / Marry your daughters betimes, lest they marry themselves.   =   Fata pânã-i mãrita, zile negre vei noda.
4. Day-dreaming   =   Visare cu ochii deschisi.
5. Be dead above the ears   =   A fi prost ca noaptea. (A nu avea pic de minte.)
6. Dead dogs bite not.   =   Câinele mort nu mai muscã.
7. Dead men don`t bite.   =   Cine moare nu mai miscã.
8. At dead of night   =   In toiul noptii
9. Death keeps no calendar.   =   Moartea nu spune când vine.
10. Death makes equal the high and low. / Death is the great leveller / at the end of the game the king and the pawn go into the same bag. / Six feet of earth make all men equal. / All`s alike at the latter day: a bag of gold and wisp of hay. / The end makes all equal.   =   Mor întocmai ca tot omul si bogatul ca si robul.
11. The death of the wolves is the safety of the sheep.   =   Moartea lupului e sãnãtatea oilor.
12. Deaths foreseen come not.   =   Moartea nu vine când o chemi, ci te ia când nu te temi.
13. War is death`s feast.   =   Rãzboiul, lup nesãtios.
14. Deeds, not words. / Actions speak louder than words.   =   Faptele, faptele nu oala cu laptele.
15. Deeds are males, and words are females.   =   Vorbele sunt femei, faptele sunt bãrbati.
16. God defend me from my friends; from my enemies i can defend myself. / Save us from our friends.   =   Fereste-mã, Doamne, de prieteni, cã de dusmani mã feresc eu.
17. Be a demon for work   =   A munci pe branci (cu ardoare).
18. Who depends upon another man`s table often dines late. / He that waits upon another`s trencher makes many a little dinner. / He that is fed at another`s hand may stay long ere he be full.   =   Rãu te hrãnesti cu mâncarea în traista altuia. / Cine tine pâinea în sânul altuia de multe ori rabdã de foame.
19. He deserves not the sweet that will not taste the sour. / He knows best what good is that has endured evil.   =   Cine n-a gustat amarul, nu stie ce e zaharul (dulcele).
20. Desperate diseases must have desperate remedies. / Desperate cuts must have desperate remedies.   =   Pe durerea mare alta mai mare o tãmãduieste.
21. One devil drives out another. / One poison drives out another. / Like cures like / one nail drives out another.   =   Dracu alb mãnâncã p-ãl negru.
22. The devil is not so black as he is painted. / The lion is not so fierce as he is painted.   =   Dracul nu e asa de negru cum îl zugrãvesc oamenii. / Nu e dracul asa de negru cum se spune.
23. The devil knows many things because he is old.   =   Fã-ti cruce mare, cã e dracu bãtrân.
24. The devil loves no holy water.   =   Fuge ca dracul de tãmâie.
25. The devil lurks behind the cross.   =   Câte cruci vei face dracul tot la spate sade.
26. Be a devil to eat.   =   A manca ca un lup.
27. The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be; the devil was well, the devil a monk was he. / The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be.   =   Dracu când a îmbãtrânit, atunci s-a cãlugãrit.
28. The devil`s meal is all bran.   =   Fãina dracului se preface toatã în tãrâte.
29. Diamond cut diamond.   =   Cu diamantul se taie diamantul.
30. The die is cast.   =   Zarurile au fost aruncate.
31. Dirty water will quench fire.   =   Apa tulbure, tot stinge focul.
32. A disease known is half cured. / A danger foreseen is half avoided.   =   Boala cunoscutã (stiutã) e pe jumãtate vindecatã.
33. Diseases come on horseback, but go away on foot. / Mischief comes by the pound and goes away by the ounce.   =   Boala vine cu posta si se întoarce pe jos.
34. Dog does not eat dog.   =   Câine pe câine nu mãnâncã. / Lupii nu se mãnâncã între dânsii.
35. One does not wash one`s dirty linen in public. / Do not wash your dirty linen in public / dirty linen should be washed at home.   =   Rufele murdare se spalã în familie (acasã).
36. One does the scathe, and another has the scorn.   =   Unul face si altul trage.
37. Dogs bark, but the caravan goes on. / The moon does not heed the barking of dogs.   =   Câinii latrã, caravana trece.
38. Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.   =   Când doi se ceartã al treilea câstigã.
39. Two dogs to one bone, may never accord in one. / Two dogs over one bone seldom agree.   =   Doi câini se nãrãvesc la un os.
40. Dogs wag their tails, not so much in love to you as to your bread.   =   Nu te încrede în câinele care dã din coadã. / Miluieste câinele de vrei sã-ti fâtâie coada.
41. By doing nothing we learn to do ill. / Idleness is the mother of all vice.   =   Lucrul face sãnãtate, trândãvia tot pãcate.
42. In doing we learn.   =   Fãcând înveti sã faci. / Cel ce munceste învatã.
43. Don`t cut the bough you are standing on.   =   A-si tãia singur craca de sub picioare.
44. Don`t judge every one by your own measure.   =   Nu mãsura pe altii cu palma ta.
45. We don`t kill a pig every day.   =   Nu se mãnâncã în toate zilele plãcinte.
46. Don`t put the cart before the horse.   =   Nu pune carul înaintea boilor.
47. Don`t sell the bear`s skin before you have caught him. / Do not halloo till you are out of the wood. / Never fry fish till it`s caught. / Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.   =   Nu vinde pielea ursului din pãdure.
48. Be dressed up to the nines   =   A fi imbracat la patru ace. (A arata ca scos din cutie.)
49. A drowning man will clutch at a straw.   =   Omul când e sã se înece se agatã si de un pai. / Omul care se îneacã se agatã de orice scândurã. / Omul la nevoie se prinde si de ascutisul sãbiei.
50. Drunkards and fools cannot lie. / Drunkards and fools speak truth. / Children and fools tell the truth.   =   Copiii, nebunii si omul beat vorbesc adevãrul. / De la nebun si de la beat adevãrul este lesne de aflat.
51. Dummy coil   =   Sectiune moarta.
52. He dwells far from neighbours that is fain to praise himself.   =   Cel ce are vecini rãi se laudã singur.
53. Don`t cross the bridge till you come to it. / Do not count your chickens before they are hatched. / Count not four, except you have them in the wallet. / Do not halloo till you are out of the wood. / It is not good praising a ford till a man be over.   =   Nu zi: hop! pânã n-ai sãrit. / Nu zice "hop" pânã nu treci santu (puntea).