Czech proverbs

The Czech Republic is a country in central Europe. B Ber rád, když dávají. English equivalent: When the pig is proffered, hold up the poke. "Seize the bargain." John Heywood The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ... http://books.google.com/books?id=pK07AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA422 1562 Print. for subscribers, by the Early English Drama Society 422 Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1226 2200 0415096243 Bez práce nejsou koláče. English equivalent: No pain, no gain; Nothing ventured, nothing gained; Without work - there are no kolaches. Source: Šedivý, Ivo Bez práce nejsou koláče (1982) Bude-li v holubníku krm, holubi se sletí. English equivalent: He that makes himself an ass must not take it ill if men ride him. "People get to upset when you don't let them use you." Hurt Feelings'", Facebook-blog (2019) Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 676 2200 0415096243 Hlubší voda kalná, jen když se mele. English equivalent: Crooked logs make straight fires. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 683 2200 0415096243 Bůh dá den, Bůh dá pokrm. English equivalent: Each day brings it own bread. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 757 2200 0415096243 Bůh neopustí toho, kdo se naň spustí. English equivalent: He who serves God has a good master. "The greatest weakness of all weaknesses is to fear too much to appear weak." Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Politique Tirée de l'Écriture Sainte (Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture) (1679 - published 1709). Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 873 2200 0415096243 Bůh območí, Bůh též osuší. English equivalent:God who gives the wound gives the salve. "Of what use to destroy the children of evil? It is evil itself we must destroy at the roots." Eleanor Farjeon, Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard (1922) Allen Newell and Herbert Simon, (1975) Computer Science as Empirical Inquiry: Symbols and Search. Turing Award Lecture. p. 122 Strauss Emanuel Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs https://books.google.com/books?id=sm96Wlt8Ql0C&pg=PT673 II 1994 Routledge 978-1-136-78978-6 874 1065 Bůh trojici miluje. English equivalent: All good things are three.- Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 80 2200 0415096243 Byl v Říme a papeže neviděl. English equivalent: He was in Rome and did not see the pope. Emanuel Strauss Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=RzctBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA274 11 January 2013 Routledge 978-1-136-78971-7 274 C Chudoba cti netratí. English equivalent: Poverty is no crime. Strauss Emmanuel 1994 Dictionary of European Proverbs, Volume 1 Routledge 977 0415096243 Chudobná to myš, co jen jednu díru má. English equivalent: It is a poor mouse that has only one hole. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 375 2200 0415096243 Chceš-li z pole bráti, musíš na ně dáti. English equivalent: Plough deep while sluggards sleep, and you will have corn to sell and keep. "Never give in — never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy." Winston Churchill, Speech given at Harrow School, Harrow, England, October 29, 1941. Quoted in Churchill by Himself (2008), ed. Langworth, PublicAffairs, 2008, p. 23 1586486381 Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1001 2200 0415096243 Co je napsáno, to nesmyješ. English equivalent: The written word remains. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1101 2200 0415096243 Co máme, rádi dáme. English equivalent: You are welcome to all we have. "With the surge of refugees, the mission field is coming to us, and many of those who come are from nations closed to traditional missions. Wouldn’t it be just like God to turn a bad situation into something good and full of glory?" Got questions? Retrieved 23-10-2017 Emanuel Strauss Dictionary of European Proverbs https://books.google.com/books?id=z-3FyaMKtfUC&pg=PA1231 1994 1803 Co můžeš udělat dnes, neodkládej na zítřek. English equivalent: Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today. DeCost 2007 Milenka Absent Willow Publishing 51 Co se doma uvaří, má se doma sníst. English equivalent: It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest; Don't wash your dirty linen in public. "Those who are late to act, arrive, or get up tend to miss opportunities already seized by those who came earlier." Source for meaning of English equivalent: Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA70 5 September 2013 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 70 Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 702 2200 0415096243 Co se lehce nabude, snadno se pozbude. English equivalent: Easy come, easy go. "Things that are easily acquired, especially money, are just as easily lost or spent." Source for meaning of English equivalent: Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA71 7 September 2013 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 71 Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 762 2200 0415096243 Co si naseješ, to žáti budeš. English equivalent: What you reap is what you sow. Strauss 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 394 0415160502 Co oči nevidí, srdce nebolí. What eyes don´t see, heart doesn´t hurt. Kitz Volker Jak žít podle vlastních představ 113 8024741881 Č Čas jsou peníze. English equivalent: Time is money. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1008 2200 0415096243 Č Častá krůpěj kameny proráží. English equivalent: Frequent hail breaks through the stone. Quoted in 7 Czech Proverbs You’ve Probably Never Heard Of (2023).: Consistent and determined effort can overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles or challenges, just like the rain can break through the stone. Čiň čertu dobře, peklem se ti odmění. English equivalent: Ingratitude is the world's reward. Source: Strauss Emmanuel 1998 Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 55 0415160502 Čeho nelze předělati, darmo na to žehrati. English equivalent: Take the world as you find it. "We should not plan and then try to make circumstances fit those plans. Instead we should make plans fit the circumstances." George S. Patton, War as I Knew It (1947) Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 865 2200 0415096243 D Dlouhý jazyk, krátké ruce. English equivalent: A long tongue is a sign of a short hand. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 92 504 0415160502 Dvakrát měř, jednou řež. Measure twice, cut once. Quoted in collected works of Karolina Světlá, p 155 (1903).: Measure twice, cut once; before you speak, think over again at least once what you intend to say. Darovanému koni na zuby nehleď. English equivalent: Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. Source for meaning: Paczolay Gyula 1997 European Proverbs in 55 languages DeProverbio.com 54 527 1-875943-44-7 Quoted in collected works of Jan Evangelista Purkyně, p 55 (1968): Einem geschenkten Gaul - a variant of the Czech proverb: Don't look at a gift horse's teeth. Dáš-li prst, vezme hrst. English equivalent: Give him an inch and he will take a yard. Source: Strauss Emmanuel 1998 Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 240 0415160502 Dobrá vůle stojí za skutek. English equivalent: Take the will for the deed. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 881 2200 0415096243 Dobré jméno, nejlepší dědictví. English equivalent: A good name is the best of all treasures. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 58 504 0415160502 Do zavřených úst nevletí moucha. English equivalent: A closed mouth catches no flies. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 751 2200 0415096243 Ď E Čeho nelze předělati, darmo na to žehrati. English equivalent: Gnaw the bone which is fallen to thy lot. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 865 2200 0415096243 F G H Hlas lidu, hlas boží. English equivalent: The voice of the people is the voice of god. "We have now reached the point where every goon with a grievance, every bitter bigot, merely has to place the prefix, 'I know this is not politically correct, but...' in front of the usual string of insults in order to be not just safe from criticism, but actually a card, a lad, even a hero. Conversely, to talk about poverty and inequality, to draw attention to the reality that discrimination and injustice are still facts of life, is to commit the sin of political correctness. Anti-PC has become the latest cover for creeps. It is a godsend for every curmudgeon and crank, from fascists to the merely smug." Fintan O'Toole, The Irish Times, (1994) Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1164 2200 0415096243 Hul skéro. English equivalent: Seize the day. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1023 2200 0415096243 CH Chceš-li tajnou vĕc aneb pravdu vyzvĕdĕti, blázen, dítě, opilý člověk o tom umějí pověděti. English equivalent: Children, fools and drunken men tell the truth. Meaning: Children and fools have no inhibition, and alcohol consumed removes the inhibition against telling the truth that occasionally one would like to keep secret. Source for proverbs and meaning: Paczolay Gyula 1997 European Proverbs in 55 languages DeProverbio.com 272 527 1-875943-44-7 I J Jablko nepadne daleko od stromu. English equivalent: The apple does not fall far from the tree. Meaning: Children observe daily and — in their behaviour — often follow the example of their parents. Source for proverbs and meaning: Paczolay Gyula 1997 European Proverbs in 55 languages DeProverbio.com 259 527 1-875943-44-7 Jak k jídlu, tak i k dílu. English equivalent: Quick at meat, quick at work. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1150 2200 0415096243 Jak kdo zaseje, tak také sklidí. English equivalent: As you sow, so shall you reap. Jr 2011 Czechmate: From Bohemian Paradise to American Haven AuthorHouse 52 1456714457 Jak se do lesa volá, tak se z lesa ozývá. English equivalent: The way you call into a forest, the way it echoes back. Stárek Jan Nep Moudrost na ulici v příslovích pořekadlech národa českého https://books.google.com/books?id=c8kZBQxB42YC&pg=PA36 1881 Czech 36 Přírodo člověko a světoznanství Jak chodí starý rak, mladý se učí tak. Source: Strauss Emmanuel 1998 Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 138 0415160502 Jaká matka, taková dcerka. English equivalent: Like mother, like daughter. Meaning: Daughters may look and behave like their mothers. This is due to inheritance and the example observed closely and rarely. Source for meaning and proverb: Paczolay Gyula 1997 European Proverbs in 55 languages DeProverbio.com 137 527 1-875943-44-7 Jeden blázen deset jiných nadělá. English equivalent: One fool makes many. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1132 2200 0415096243 Jedna vlaštovka jaro nedělá. English equivalent: A swallow makes no summer. Strauss Emmanuel 1994 Dictionary of European Proverbs, Volume 1 Routledge 977 0415096243 Jiné má na srdci a jiné na jazyku. English equivalent: A honey tongue and a heart of gall. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 108 504 0415160502 K Každý ptáček svým nosem se živí. English equivalent: Every tub must stand on its own bottom Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 777 2200 0415096243 Kde tě nesvrbí, nedrbej. English equivalent: If the shoe fits, wear it. "It is a fool's prerogative to utter truths that no one else will speak." Neil Gaiman, Dream Country. (1991) Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 998 2200 0415096243 Kdo chce příliš mnoho, nemívá nic. English equivalent: Grasp all, lose all. Strauss Emmanuel 1994 Dictionary of European Proverbs, Volume 1 Routledge 886 0415096243 Kdo chce psa bít, hůl si vždycky najde. English equivalent: A stick is easily found to beat a dog. Novák 2005 Přestaňte se podceňovat! Grada 146 8024711656 Kdo do nebe plije, na jeho vlastní tvář slina bije. English equivalent: He who digs a pit for others, will fall in it himself. Strauss Emmanuel 1994 Dictionary of European Proverbs, Volume 1 Routledge 651 0415096243 Kdo dřív přijde, ten dřív mele. English equivalent: First come, first served. "Those who arrive or apply earliest are most likely to get what they want from a limited supply of things, such as tickets, discounted goods or refreshments." Source for meaning of English equivalent: Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA88 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 88 Quoted by Božena Němcová in Babička (1855) (p 39 in 1950 reedition). Kdo hosta rád vidí, i psa jeho nakrmí. English equivalent: love me, love my dog. Meaning: If you love someone, you will like virtually everything about him. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 952 2200 0415096243 Kdo nemá v hlavĕ, musí míti v nohou. English equivalent: Who falls short in the head must be long in the heels. Strauss Emanuel Dictionary of European Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=86yPOGG3YfcC&pg=PT412 I 1994 Routledge 978-1-134-86460-7 140 149 Kdo se směje naposled, ten se směje nejlépe. English equivalent: He laughs best who laughs last. "Minor successes or failures along the way are of no significance – the person who is ultimately triumphant is the only real winner." Source for meaning of English equivalent: Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA123 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 123 Strauss Emanuel Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=HJ_BJtntMioC&pg=PA167 I 1994 Routledge 978-0-203-00905-5 587 675 Kdo si panskou lásku chválí, čímsi nejistým se šálí. English equivalent: A king's favour is no inheritance. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 24 504 0415160502 Kdo uteče, ten vyhraje. English equivalent: He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day. "It is wiser to withdraw from a situation that you cannot win than to go on fighting and lose – by a strategic retreat you can return to the battle or argument with renewed energy at a later date." Source for meaning of English equivalent: Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA123 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 123 Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 702 2200 0415096243 Ke všem musíš rovnost míti, chceš-li spravedlivým soudcem býti. English equivalent: Don't hear one and judge two. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 729 2200 0415096243 Kočka myši nenechá, liška slepic a vlk ovec. English equivalent: What is bred in the bone will not go out of the flesh. Meaning: What is innate is not to be eradicated by force of education or self discipline: these may modify the outward manifestations of a man's nature, but not transmute the nature itself. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 985 2200 0415096243 Source for meaning: Kelly Walter Keating 1859 Proverbs of all nations W. Kent & co. (late D. Bogue) X 238 Kočku pohladíš-li, hned ocas zdvíhá. English equivalent: The more you stroke the cat's tail, the more he raises his back. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1184 2200 0415096243 Koho pán potrestati chce, nejprv mu rozum vezme. English equivalent: Whom God will destroy, he first make mad. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 841 2200 0415096243 Kolik jazyků znáš, tolikrát jsi člověkem. As many languages you know, as many times you are a human being. Meaning: The more languages you know, the broader is your mentality. Translation of the originally Turkish proverb attributed to Charles V, earliest known source is Pierre de Brantôme, Les Vies des Hommes Illustres & grands Capitaines estrangers de son temps (1665), page 19 Translation by Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850–1937), co-founder and first president of Czechoslovakia. Quoted in Český jazyk a literatura (Czech Language and Literature), Volume 56, Issues 1-5, p 54 (2006): Masaryk's As many languages you know, as many times you are a human being does not refer only to the ability to communicate in different languages, but also the ability to share in various spiritual spheres of different cultures. Komu není rady, tomu není pomoci. English equivalent: He that will not be counseled cannot be helped. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 964 2200 0415096243 Kovářova kobyla chodí bosa. English equivalent: The shoemaker goes barefoot. Meaning: "Working hard for others one may neglect one's own needs or the needs of those closest to him." Source for meaning of English equivalent: Paczolay Gyula 1997 European Proverbs in 55 languages DeProverbio.com 65 527 1-875943-44-7 Quoted by Karel Poláček in Hedvika a Ludvík (1931) (p 41 in 1993 reedition) Kradl zloděj, kradl, až z šibeničky spadl. English equivalent: Punishment is lame but it comes. "The truth can wait, for it lives a long life." Arthur Schopenhauer, Willen in der Natur in the chapter Einleitung (1836). "Some day Love shall claim his ownSome day Right ascend his throne,Some day hidden Truth be known; Some day—some sweet day." Lewis J. Bates, Some Sweet Day Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 682 2200 0415096243 Krátké porovnání lepŝí, než dlouhé sporování. English equivalent: A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 68 2200 0415096243 Kůn má čtyři nohy a klopýtne. English equivalent: It is a good horse that never stumbles. Strauss Emanuel Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs https://books.google.com/books?id=RzctBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA58 1994 978-1-136-78971-7 57–58 208 L Láska prochází žaludkem. English equivalent: The way to a man's heart is through his stomach. Alexander, Bastyra, Hutchings, Jansová, Lipman, Čech 1995 Láska procházížaludkem: Sexuálnía intimnírecepty pro hladovémilence Mustang 8071910163 Lékaři, uzdrav se sám! English equivalent: Physician, heal yourself! Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1142 2200 0415096243 Lépe pozdě než nikdy. English equivalent: Better late than never. Tolstoj 2005 Vojna a mír Baronet 415 8072148621 Lépe je více věděti a méně mluviti. English equivalent: Keep your mouth shut and your ears open. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 160 504 0415160502 Lépe míti sto přátel, než jednoho nepřítele. English equivalent: Do not think that one enemy is insignificant, or that a thousand friends are too many. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 718 2200 0415096243 Lepší doma krajíc chleba než v cizině kráva celá. English equivalent: Dry bread at home is better than roast meat abroad. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 754 2200 0415096243 Lež má krátké nohy. English equivalent: A lie has no legs. Simone 2010 Jak nebýt perfektní, ale úspěšný: Grada Publishing a.s. 72 189 8024735407 Lepši jedno dnes, než dvoje zítra. English equivalent: One today is worth two tomorrows. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1137 2200 0415096243 Lepší málo, než nic. English equivalent: Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 75 504 0415160502 Lepší vrabec v hrsti než holub na střeše. English equivalent A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. Meaning: "Something you have for certain now is of more value than something better you may get, especially if you risk losing what you have in order to get it." Source for meaning of English equivalent: Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC 29 July 2013 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 28 Quoted in correspondence between Josef Florian and Staša Jílovská (1919-1922, published 1993, p 82). Lépe jest v samotě býti, nežli spolek se zlými míti. English equivalent: Better be alone than in bad company. Source: Strauss Emmanuel 1998 Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 163 0415160502 Lžeš-li, nepřepínej. English equivalent: A liar should have a good memory. Meaning: "Liars must remember the untruths they have told, to avoid contradicting themselves at some later date." Source for meaning of English equivalent: Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA167 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 167 Strauss Emanuel Dictionary of European Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=86yPOGG3YfcC&pg=PT736 24 November 2013 I 1994 Routledge 978-1-134-86460-7 257 274 M Malé ryby taky ryby. English equivalent: Better a bad bush than no shelter. Kukal 2007 Povídánía hry s českými příslovími - pro děti od 6 do 10 let Grada 52 8024718200 Mnoho povolaných, málo vyvolených. English equivalent: Many are called but few are chosen. "It is not enough for a wise man to study nature and truth; he should dare state truth for the benefit of the few who are willing and able to think. As for the rest, who are voluntarily slaves of prejudice, they can no more attain truth, than frogs can fly." Julien Offray de La Mettrie, Man a Machine (1747) Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1083 2200 0415096243 Modlí se před kaplí a čert mu sedí v kápi. (= Zdání klame.) English equivalent: A fair face and a foul heart. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 34 504 0415160502 N Na boha se spolehni, ale sám se přičiň. English equivalent: Heaven helps those who help themselves. Meaning: When in trouble first of all every one himself should do his best to improve his condition. Source for meaning: Paczolay Gyula 1997 European Proverbs in 55 languages DeProverbio.com 150 527 1-875943-44-7 Source: Strauss Emmanuel 1994 Dictionary of European Proverbs, Volume 1 Routledge 732 0415096243 Na dluženém koni nedobře se jezdí. English equivalent: Take heed of enemies reconciled and of meat twice boiled. "I do believe, Induced by potent circumstances, that You are mine enemy; and make my challenge You shall not be my judge." William Shakespeare, Henry VIII (c. 1613), Act II, scene 4, line 76. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 25 504 0415160502 Na každém šprochu pravdy trochu. English equivalent: There is no smoke without fire. Quoted by Jan Cimický in Trápení lásky, p 29 (2007): Why, in every piece of gossip is a bit of truth! Such a stupid affair! Is it possible at all to explain that it isn't true, that they are only writing it as they need something to write about, so as to earn more by banner headlines and sell the biggest possible print run of the tabloid? Na pohled orel a rozum tetřeví. English equivalent: Judge not a man and things at first sight. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 713 2200 0415096243 Na ptáky lepem, ne cepem. English equivalent: Deal gently with the bird you mean to catch. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 689 2200 0415096243 Na tvrdý špalek tvrdý klín. English equivalent: You must meet roughness with roughness. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 12 504 0415160502 Ne proto vlka biji, že šerý, ale proto že ovci snědl. English equivalent: The sin is not in the sinning, but in the being found out. Emanuel Strauss Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=RzctBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA348 1994 Routledge 978-1-136-78971-7 348 Nebuď zvědavý, budeš brzy starý. English equivalent: Curiosity killed the cat. Meaning: "Inquisitiveness – or a desire to find about something – can lead you into trouble." Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 684 2200 0415096243 Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA49 9 August 2013 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 49 András Dugonics Magyar példa beszédek és jeles mondások http://books.google.com/books?id=LbE_AAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA23 29 July 2013 1820 Grünn Orbán 23 Nehas, co tě nepálí. English equivalent: Mind your own business. "There is nothing so easy as to be wise for others ; a species of prodigality, by the by — for such wisdom is wholly wasted." Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Romance and Reality (1831), Vol. I chapter 15 Meaning: Don't get involved into other peoples' problems. The underlying meaning is either not to poke one's nose into other peoples' business, but more often it is meant as a controversial advice not to waste one's effort on issues that are indifferent to one (or might even cause hardship to one). Kukal 2007 Povídánía hry s českými příslovími - pro děti od 6 do 10 let Grada 62 8024718200 Nemoc na koni přijíždí a pěšky odchází. English equivalent: Misfortune comes on horseback and goes away on foot. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 65 2200 0415096243 Nekupuj zajíce v pytli. English equivalent: Let the buyer have a thousand eyes for the seller wants only one. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1101 2200 0415096243 Není štěstí bez závisti. English equivalent: Envy always shooteth at a high mark. "In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy." Ivan Illich, Tools for Conviviality, Chapter 3 (1973). Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 766 2200 0415096243 Není všechno zlato, co se třpytí. English equivalent: All that glitters is not gold. Meaning: An attractive appearance may be deceptive. It may cover or hide a much less favourable content. Source for meaning: Paczolay Gyula 1997 European Proverbs in 55 languages DeProverbio.com 114 527 1-875943-44-7 Wienerová 2008 Napsáno životem a jinépovídky Tribun EU 138 8073995050 Nepřidávej oleje k ohni. English equivalent: Don't add fuel to the fire. Meaning: One should not make a bad situation even worse by an improper remark. Source for meaning and proverbs: Paczolay Gyula 1997 European Proverbs in 55 languages DeProverbio.com 338 527 1-875943-44-7 Neptej se starého, ptej se zkušeného. Do not ask the old, ask an experienced. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 808 2200 0415096243 Nevěř slovům, věř skutkům. English equivalent: No need of words, trust deeds. "Actions may be, and indeed sometimes are deceptive in a measure though not as much so as words; and accordingly are received in general as more full and satisfactory proofs of the real disposition and character of persons than verbal expressions." Source for meaning:Porter William Henry Proverbs: Arranged in Alphabetical Order ... http://books.google.com/books?id=KA4oAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA10 1845 Munroe and Company 10 Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 91 2200 0415096243 Nežeň se očima, ale ušima. English equivalent: Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye. "The tragedy of marriage is that while all women marry thinking that their man will change, all men marry believing their wife will never change." Len Deighton, London Match (London: Hutchinson, 1985) p. 18. "By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher." A quote parahrasing Socrates on why he was in a bad marriage. Xenophone, Symposium (~ 360 BC) Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 655 2200 0415096243 Nové koště dobře mete. English equivalent: New brooms sweep clean. Meaning: Newcomers are the most ambitious. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1103 2200 0415096243 O Obecná řeč, obecná pravda. English equivalent: What everyone says must be true. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 662 2200 0415096243 Oko hledí daleko, a mysl ještě dále. English equivalent: The eye looks but it is the mind that sees. "How can I tell', said the man, 'that the past isn't a fiction designed to account for the discrepancy between my immediate physical sensations and my state of mind'? Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2) (1980) Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1175 2200 0415096243 Otep nepřelomíš, a po prutu všecku zlámeš. English equivalent: United we stand, divided we fall; Union is strength. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 79 2200 0415096243 P Pes, který štěká, nekouše. English equivalent: Barking dogs seldom bite. Meaning: People who make the most or the loudest threats are the least likely to take action. Source for meaning: Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA14 20 June 2013 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 17 Čechová 1996 Čeština: řeča jazyk ISV Nakl. 291 8085866129 Plavce topí moře a nás zasypuje hoře. English equivalent: Fretting cares make grey hairs. Source for proverb: Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 631 2200 0415096243 Po bitvě je každý generálem. After a battle everyone is a general. English equivalent: If things were to be done twice, all would be wise. Strauss 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 291 0415160502 Pozdě, ale přece. English equivalent: Better late than never. Meaning: "It is better that somebody arrives or something happens later than expected or desired, than not at all." Source for meaning: Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA25 30 June 2013 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 25 Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 584 2200 0415096243 Prázdný klas vysoko hlavu nese. English equivalent: It is not the hen that cackles the most that lay the most eggs. Meaning: It is not the one who advertises for himself the most that can achieve the greatest results. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1169 2200 0415096243 Pravdu každý chválí, ale nekaždý ji brání. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 282 2200 0415096243 Pýcha předchází pád. English equivalent: Pride comes before the fall. "Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgment, and misguide the mind; What the weak head with strongest bias rules, — Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools." Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism (1711) Pavel 2010 Investičnístrategie pro třetítisíciletí- 6. přepracovanévydání Grada Publishing a.s. 50 8024733153 R Ranní ptáče dál doskáče. English equivalent: The early bird catches the worm. Quoted by Robert Tilley in Fit for Business English, p 65 (2005). Ráno moudřejší večera. English equivalent: Morning is wiser than the evening. Quoted by Miloslav Rechcígl in Czechmate: From Bohemian Paradise to American Haven, p 53 (2011) Rozděl a panuj. English equivalent: Divide and conquer. "The best way to conquer or control a group of people is by encouraging them to fight among themselves rather than allowing them to unite in opposition to the ruling authority." Source for meaning of English equivalent: Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA57 13 August 2013 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 57 Strauss Emanuel Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=sm96Wlt8Ql0C&pg=PT565 1994 Routledge 978-1-136-78978-6 823 Ryba smrdí od hlavy. English equivalent: A fish stinks from the head. "A corrupting influence often spreads from a leader to the rest of the organization group." Source for meaning: Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA90 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 90 Quoted by Ota Šik in Jarní probuzení - a skutečnost: iluze (1989) (p 152 in 1990 reedition): I often phrased it so that the reader could make out who I meant and that - according to a Czech proverb - a fish stinks from the head. Ř S S chutí do toho a půl je hotovo. English equivalent: Well begun is half done. Binar Ivan 1997 Ohrada Mladá fronta 92 121 9788020406927 S poctivostí nejdál dojdeš. English equivalent: Honesty is the best policy. Meaning: "Being honest or telling the truth is always the wisest course of action." Source for meaning of English equivalent: Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA128 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 128 Jr 2011 Czechmate: From Bohemian Paradise to American Haven AuthorHouse 53 1456714457 Sám se udává, kdo se bez potřeby vymlouvá. English equivalent: A guilty conscience needs no accuser. Meaning: "People who know they have done wrong reveal their guilt by the things they say or the way they interpret what other people say." Source for meaning of English equivalent: Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA112 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 112 Strauss Emanuel Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=sm96Wlt8Ql0C&pg=PT565 1994 Routledge 978-1-136-78978-6 227 243 Sdílené neštěstí je poloviční neštěstí. English equivalent: Misery loves company. Strauss Emmanuel 1998 Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 187 0415160502 Ševcova žena chodí bosá. English equivalent: The cobbler's wife is the worst shod. Meaning: "Working hard for others one may neglect one's own needs or the needs of those closest to him." Source for proverbs and meaning: Paczolay Gyula European proverbs: in 55 languages, with equivalents in Arabic, Persian, Sanskrit, Chinese and Japanese http://books.google.com/books?id=JiXzAAAAMAAJ 1997 Veszprémi Nyomda 1-875943-44-7 65 7 Strach má velké oči. Translation: Fear has big eyes. "Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come." James Russell Lowell, Democracy and Addresses, Democracy. (1884) Strauss 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 228 0415160502 Strpení přináší spasení. English equivalent: Salvation comes from the cross. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1151 2200 0415096243 Š T Tak dlouho se chodí se džbánem pro vodu, až se ucho utrhne. Translation: One goes to fetch water with a jug for so long, until the handle breaks away. English equivalent: The pitcher goes so often to the well that it is broken at last. Meaning: One keeps doing something risky until the risk actually happens. Quoted in Literární měsíčník (Literary Monthly), Volumes 1-5, p 111 (1988): Pavel Pípal kept trying to persuade the landlady that one day it would surely come out and argued using the popular slogan that one goes to fetch water with a jug for so long, until the handle breaks away. Tichá voda břehy mele. Translation: Silent water grinds the banks. English equivalent: Still water runs deep. Meaning: "Slow but steady work can achieve much." or "That a man says little does not mean that he does not think profoundly." Source for meaning of English equivalent: Paczolay Gyula European proverbs: in 55 languages, with equivalents in Arabic, Persian, Sanskrit, Chinese and Japanese http://books.google.com/books?id=JiXzAAAAMAAJ 1997 Veszprémi Nyomda 1-875943-44-7 373 78 Quoted in Volume 14 of Collected Works of Josef Kajetán Tyl, p 60 (1859): 'But silent water grinds the banks,' the maid butted in, 'and I bet anything that Mr Vencl doesn't go to church so early each Sunday without a cause.' Tĕžko z kamene olej vytlačiti. Translation: You cannot flay a stone. English equivalent: You cannot get blood from a stone. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1040 2200 0415096243 Tonoucí se i stébla slámy chytá. English equivalent: A drowning man plucks at a straw. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 33 504 0415160502 Trpělivost růže přináší. Translation: Patience brings roses. English equivalent: Patience is the best remedy. Quoted by Roman Chmel in Otázky a odpovědi o porodu (Questions and answers about childbirth), p 107 (2nd, amended and updated edition, 2008): They say that patience brings roses. Remember this proverb when pre-induction seems long to you. Tvrd kozel dojiti. English equivalent: You can't milk a bull. Strauss Emanuel Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs https://books.google.com/books?id=RzctBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA297 II 1994 978-1-136-78971-7 297 1356 U V V práci a vědění je naše spasení. Translation: At work and knowledge is our salvation. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 149 504 0415160502 Važ si toho, co máš. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 166 504 0415160502 Ve dvou se to lépe táhne. English equivalent: Many hands make light work. Edita Doležalová Hry na dětské tábory http://books.google.com/books?id=oylYAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA91 18 February 2004 Grada Publishing a.s. 978-80-247-6657-7 91 Ve vlastní při nikdo soudcem býti nemůže. Translation: No one can be the judge in his own trial. English equivalent: No one can be the judge in his own case. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1038 2200 0415096243 Vlas má svůj stín. Translation: The hair has its shadow. English equivalent: Every hair casts its shadow. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 4 2200 0415096243 Vrána vráně oka nevyklove. English equivalent: Crows do not pick out crow's eyes. Meaning: "One belonging to a group having common interests is not likely to act against or find fault with another member of the same group. Solidarity may prevail over law, justice or truth." Source for meaning of English equivalent: Paczolay Gyula European proverbs: in 55 languages, with equivalents in Arabic, Persian, Sanskrit, Chinese and Japanese http://books.google.com/books?id=JiXzAAAAMAAJ 1997 Veszprémi Nyomda 1-875943-44-7 96 13 Strauss Emmanuel 1998 Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 31 0415160502 Z Z ničeho nebude nic. English equivalent: From nothing nothing can come. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 238 504 0415160502 Za nic zas nic koupíš. English equivalent: You can't get something for nothing. Strauss Emmanuel 1994 Dictionary of European Proverbs, Volume 1 Routledge 799 0415096243 Zakázané ovoce chutná nejlépe. Translation: Forbidden fruit tastes best. English equivalent: Forbidden fruit is sweet. "Things that you must not have or do are always the most desirable." Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA93 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 93 Piska 2008 Anna Marie na vlčím hrádku, aneb konec cudnosti Tribun EU 83 8073994704 Závist se po živých ráda vozí. English equivalent: Envy takes no holiday. "As we are — the world is. That is, if we are greedy, envious, competitive, our society will be competitive, envious, greedy, which brings misery and war. The State is what we are. To bring about order and peace, we must begin with ourselves and not with society, not with the State, for the world is ourselves … If we would bring about a sane and happy society we must begin with ourselves and not with another, not outside of ourselves, but with ourselves." Jiddu Krishnamurti, Second Public Talk at Ojai (21 May 1944) Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 767 2200 0415096243 Zdání klame. Translation: Appearances are deceiving. English equivalent: Never judge by appearances; Judge not a man and things at first sight. "Things are not always as they seem, and you can not necessarily trust the evidence of your eyes." Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA10 18 June 2013 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 10 Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 713 2200 0415096243 Zdraví je největší poklad. English equivalent: Good health is above wealth. "What shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world – and loses his health?" Dale Carnegie, How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (1948) Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 879 2200 0415096243 Zelezo rez sezira a zavistnik od zavisti umira. English equivalent: Envy is its own torturer. Strauss Emanuel Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs https://books.google.com/books?id=RzctBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA109 I 1994 978-1-136-78971-7 109– 425 Zlá huba na šíji neuvízne. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 17 504 0415160502 Ž Žízeň je věčná.'' Translation: Thirst is eternal. Žízeň je věčná Category:Proverbs by language Category:Czech Republic