1352 sayings with source references.
Chi divide il miele con l’orso ha la minor parte.Who divides honey with the bear, will be like to get the lesser share.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNon mordere se non sai se è pietra o pane.Don’t bite till you know whether it is bread or a stone.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesOgni vero non è buono a dire.Every truth is not good to be told.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi ha tegoli di vetro, non tiri sassi al vicino.He who has a glass roof should not throw stones at his neighbour’s.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAcqua cheta vermini mena.Still water breeds vermin.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl fuoco non s’estingue con fuoco.Fire is not quenched with fire.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesOgni cosa è d’ogni anno.Everything is of every year.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLupo non mangia lupo.Wolves don’t eat wolves.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi non stima altri che sè, è felice quanto un re.He who esteems none but himself is as happy as a king.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAver sentito dire è mezza bugia.To have “heard say” is half a lie.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesNon vender la pelle dell’orso prima di pigliarlo.Don’t sell the bearskin before you have caught the bear.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQuando viene la fortuna, apri le porte.When fortune comes, open your doors.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi muta paese, muta ventura.Who changes country changes luck.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesVender la pelle dell’orso innanzi che sia preso.To sell the skin of the bear before it is caught.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesE come l’ancora, che sta sempre nel mare e non impara mai nuotare.He is like the anchor that is always in the sea, yet does not learn to swim.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAlla pignatta che bolle non s’accostano le mosche.Flies don’t light on a boiling pot.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQuando i molinari fanno romore, tu lega i sacchi.When the millers are making an uproar, do you tie up your sacks.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi ha cattivo nome, è mezzo impiccato.He who has a bad name is half hanged.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesArco per rallentar, piaga non sana.Unbending the bow does not heal the wound.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBuona incudine non tema martello.A good anvil does not fear the hammer.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLa scusa non richiesta presuppone errore.An unasked for excuse infers transgression.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChi non vuol piedi sul collo, non s’inchini.Who would not have feet set on his neck, let him not stoop.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesE meglio dare che aver a dare.Better give than have to give.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDura più l’incudine che il martello.The anvil lasts longer than the hammer.
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