Aneks:Przysłowia angielskie - I

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

• I today, you tomorrow (in. today you, tomorrow me)
• idle people have the least leisure
• idleness is the root of all evil
• if a pig had wings, it might fly
• if a thing is worth doing it is worth doing well
• if and an spoils many a good charter
• if anything can go wrong, it will
• if at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again
• if every man would sweep his own doorstep, the city would soon be clean
• if frogs had wing, they wouldn't bump their tails on rocks (in. if a pig had wings, it might fly)
• if God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him
• if ifs and ans were pots and pans, they'd be no work for tinkers
• if it ain't broke, don't fix it
• if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a duck
• if it takes two to make a bargain, it takes two to break it (in. it takes two to make a bargain)
• if it were not for hope, the heart would break
• if mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy
• if one sheep leaps over the ditch, all the rest will follow
• if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch
• if the cap fits, wear it (in. if the shoe fits, wear it
• if the mountain will not come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain
• if the shoe fits, wear it
• if the sky falls, we shall catch larks
• if the stone fall upon the egg, alas for the egg! If the egg fall upon the stone, alas for the egg!
• if there were no clouds, we shouldn't enjoy the sun
• if there were no God, it would be necessary to invent him (in. if God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him)
• if there were no receivers, there would be no thieves
• if two ride on a horse, one must ride behind
• if we can't as we would, we must do as we can
• if wind blows on you through a hole, say your prayers and mind your soul
• if wishes were horses, beggars would ride
• if you buy cheaply, you pay dearly
• if you cannot stand the heat, get out of the kitchen
• if you can't be good, be careful
• if you can't beat them, join them
• if you can't be good, be careful
• if you can't bite, never show your teeth
• if you can't lick 'em, join 'em (in. if you can't beat them, join them)
• if you can't run with the big dogs, stay under the porch
• if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen
• if you desire peace, prepare for war (in. if you want peace, prepare for war)
• if you don't like it, you can lump it
• if you don't like the heat, get out of the kitchen (in. if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen)
• if you don't make mistakes, you don't make anything
• if you don't speculate, you can't accumulate
• if you don't toot your own horn, nobody else will (in. toot your own horn lest the same be never tooted)
• if you keep your mouth shut, you won't put your foot in it
• if you lie down with dogs, you'll get up with fleas
• if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys
• if you play with fire, you get burned
• if you run after two hares, you will catch neither
• if you sing before breakfast, you'll cry before supper (in. sing before breakfast, cry before night)
• if you want a thing done well, do it yourself
• if you want peace, prepare for war
• if you want something done, ask a busy person
• if you want something done right, do it yourself (in. if you want a thing done well, do it yourself)
• if you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive
• if you wish good advice, consult an old man
• if you won't work, you shan't eat (in. he who does not work, neither should he eat)
• if you would be happy for a week take a wife, if you would be happy for a month kill a pig, but if you would be happy all your life plant a garden
• if you would be well served, serve yourself
• if you're born to be hanged, then you'll never be drowned
• if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem
• if you've got it, flaunt it
• ignorance is a voluntary misfortune
• ignorance is bliss
• ignorance of the law is no excuse
• ill doers are ill dreaders (in. evil doers are evil dreaders)
• ill news comes apace (in. bad news travels fast)
• ill weeds grow apace
• ill-gotten goods never thrive
• imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
• in a calm sea every man is a pilot
• in for a penny, in for a pound
• in politics a man must learn to rise above principle
• in the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
• in the spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love
• in unity there is strength (in. union is strength)
• in vain the net is spread in the sight of the bird
• in war there is no substitute for victory
• interest will not lie
• into every life a little rain must fall
• it is a good horse that never stumbles
• it is a long lane that has no turning
• it never rains, it pours
• it takes a heap of living to make a house a home
• it takes a thief to catch a thief (in. set a thief to catch a thief)
• it takes a village to raise a child
• it takes all kinds of people to make a world
• it takes all sorts to make a world
• it takes money to make money
• it takes one to know one
• it takes three generations to make a gentleman
• it takes two to make a bargain
• it takes two to make a quarrel
• it takes two to tango
• it'll all be the same in a hundred years
• it'll all come out in the wash
• it's a foolish sheep that makes the wolf his confessor
• it's a good horse that never stumbles (in. a stumble may prevent a fall)
• it's a long road that has no turning
• it's a poor dog that's not worth whistling for
• it's a poor heart that never rejoices
• it's a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock
• it's a sin to steal a pin
• it's a small world
• it's a wise child that knows his own father
• it's all grist for the mill (in. all is grist that comes to the mill)
• it's all in a day's work
• it's always darkest before the dawn (in. the darkest hour is just before dawn)
• it's always fair weather when good friends get together
• it's always the unexpected that happens (in. the unexpected always happens)
• it's an ill bird that fouls its own nest
• it's an ill wind that blows no good
• it's as cheap sitting as standing
• it's as well to know which way the wind blows (in. straws show which way the wind blows)
• it's best to be off with the old love before you are on with the new
• it's best to be on the safe side (in. it's better to be on the safe side)
• it's better to be an hour too early than a minute too late
• it's better to be born lucky than rich
• it's better to be happy than wise
• it's better to be on the safe side
• it's better to be right than in the majority
• it's better to die on your feet than live on your knees
• it's better to give than to receive
• it's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all
• it's better to laugh than to cry
• it's better to light one candle than to curse the darkness
• it's better to lose the battle and wih the war
• it's better to travel hopefully than to arrive
• it's dogged as does it
• it's easier to tear down than to build up
• it's easy to be wise after the event
• it's easy to find a stick to beat a dog
• it's good fishing in troubled waters
• it's good to make a bridge of gold to a flying enemy
• it's hard to live in Rome and strive against the Pope (in. it's ill sitting at Rome and striving with the Pope)
• it's idle to swallow the cow and choke on the tail
• it's ill jesting with edged tools
• it's ill sitting at Rome and striving with the Pope
• it's ill speaking between a full man and a fasting
• it's ill striving against a stream (in. strive not against the stream)
• it's ill waiting for dead men's shoes
• it's merry in hall when beards wag all
• it's more blessed to give than to receive (in. it's better to give than to receive)
• it's never too late to learn
• it's never too late to mend
• it's no use crying over spilt milk
• it's not over till it's over
• it's not spring until you can plant your foot upon twelve daisies
• it's not the end of the world
• it's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog
• it's not what you know but who you know
• it's not what you say but how you say it
• it's not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game
• it's not work that kills, but worry
• it's six of one and half a dozen of the other
• it's the empty can that makes the most noise
• it's the first step that is difficult (in. the first step is the hardest)
• it's the last straw that breaks the camel's back
• it's the pace that kills
• it's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease
• it's too late to shut the stable door after the horse has bolted (in. don't shut the barn door after the horse is stolen)

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