1238 sayings with source references.
Le bossu ne voit pas sa bosse, mais il voit celle de son confrère.The hunchback does not see his own hump, but he sees his brother’s.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesLes princes tiennent toujours leurs comptes, ils ne perdent jamais rien.Princes keep good reckoning, they never lose anything.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesIl attend que les alouettes lui tombent toutes rôties dans le bec.He expects that larks will fall ready roasted into his mouth.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesTrois déménagements valent un incendie.Three removals are as bad as a fire.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQui casse les verres les paye.He pays for the glasses who breaks them.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDites toujours nenni, vous ne serez jamais mariée.Always say no, and you will never be married.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGrand bien ne vient pas en peu d’heures.A great estate is not gotten in a few hours.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesLe fou se coupe de son couteau.The fool cuts himself with his own knife.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesIl a beau se taire de l’escot qui ne paie rien.He needs say nothing about the score who pays nothing.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAmour de grands, ombre de buisson qui passe bientôt.The friendship of great men is like the shadow of a bush, soon gone.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesLes princes se servent des hommes comme le laboureur des abeilles.Princes use men as the husbandman uses bees.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesBon charretier tourne en petit lieu.A good driver turns in a small space.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesChercher une aiguille dans une botte de foin.To look for a needle in a bundle of hay.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesIl faut tendre voile selon le vent.Set your sail according to the wind.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesVie de pourceau, courte et bonne.A pig’s life, short and sweet.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEcorcher l’anguille par la queue.To begin skinning the eel at the tail.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGentilhomme de Beauce qui reste au lit pendant qu’on raccommode ses chausses.A gentleman of Beauce who stays in bed till his breeches are mended.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesIl ne faut que tourner le dos à Dieu pour devenir riche.To grow rich one has only to turn his back on God.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesIl ne faut pas clocher devant les boiteux.Never limp before the lame.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesA chose faite conseil pris.When a thing is done advice comes too late.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesBeauté et folie sont souvent en compagnie.Beauty and folly are often companions.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesDe deux regardeurs il y en a toujours un qui devient joueur.Of two lookers on one is sure to become a player.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesIl ne faut pas parler latin devant les cordeliers.Don’t talk Latin before the Franciscans.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesVieux amis et comptes nouveaux.Old friends and new reckonings.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources