Polish proverbs

Polish proverbs are short expressions of popular wisdom from all Polish speaking parts of the world. __NOTOC__ A Ani kura za darmo nie gdacze. Even the hen doesn't cluck for free. English equivalent: Nothing for nothing. Za dziękuję nic się nie kupuje. (See in the Z section) Your "Thank you" is fine but it will not help me pay my bills. English equivalent: Nothing for nothing. Strauss Emanuel Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs https://books.google.com/books?id=RzctBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA223 II 1994 Routledge 978-1-136-78971-7 798 955 Anielskie usta, a szatańskie serce. English equivalent: A honey tongue and a heart of gall. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 108 504 0415160502 B Bez potrzeby wymówka, gotowe oskarżenie. English equivalent: A guilty conscience needs no accuser. "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 Biada bez dzieci, biada i z dziećmi. English equivalent: Children are uncertain comforts but certain cares. "Children are bound to cause their parents anxiety, and may or may not also bring them joy." Source for meaning of English equivalent: Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA40 2 August 2013 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 40 Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 654 2200 0415096243 Bierze wilk i liczone owce. English equivalent: Cats eat what hussies spare. "What a person tries to keep back through meanness is just as likely to be wasted anyway." Source for meaning of English equivalent: Pickering David Cassell Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=sEG8HAAACAAJ 1997 Continuum International Publishing Group, Limited 978-0-304-35020-9 X X Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 641 2200 0415096243 Bóg nie opuści, kto nań się spuści. English equivalent: He who serves God has a good master. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 873 2200 0415096243 Bóg trójcę lubi. English equivalent: All good things are three. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 80 2200 0415096243 Bogaty rzadko sprawiedliwy albo sam, albo jego przodek. English equivalent: No one gets rich quickly if he is honest. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 963 2200 0415096243 Bogu świeczkę, a diabłu ogarek. English equivalent: A fair face and a foul heart. Meaning: Through appeasement, one tries to be friends with opposite sides. One tries to stay neutral when both sides argue/fight/quarrel. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 35 504 0415160502 Bogu ufaj, a ręki przykładaj. Bóg pomaga temu, który sam rozwiązuje własne problemy. English equivalent: God helps those who help themselves. "When in trouble first of all every one himself should do his best to improve his condition." Source for 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 1-875943-44-7 150 X Source: Strauss Emmanuel 1994 Dictionary of European Proverbs, Volym 1 Routledge 732 0415096243 Broda nie czyni filozofa. English equivalent: If the beard were all, the goat might preach. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 117 504 0415160502 Byl w Rzymie, a papieża nie widział. 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 Chociaż w ciasnocie, ale w zgodzie. English equivalent: The more the merrier. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1094 2200 0415096243 Chudoba cnoty nie traci. English equivalent: Poverty does not lose its virtue. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1030 2200 0415096243 Ciekawość to pierwszy stopień do piekła. " English equivalent: Curiosity killed the cat. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 684 2200 0415096243 Cierpieć z drugimi lżej. Meaning: Shared misfortune has lesser impact on each individual involved. English equivalent: Misery loves company. Strauss Emmanuel 1998 Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 187 0415160502 Co było, nie wróci. Translation: What was, won't come back. English equivalent: You can't go back there. Okazja na nikogo nie czeka. Meaning: Wait too long and the opportunity is sure to vanish. English equivalent: Time and tide waits for no man. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 723 2200 0415096243 Co lekko przyszło, lekko pójdzie. Łatwo przyszło, łatwo poszło. English equivalent: Easy come, easy go. Meaning: Something good that enters your life easily, will also often leave quickly. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 762 2200 0415096243 Co mnie dziś, tobie jutro. English equivalent: Today me, tomorrow thee. "We make fun of those we're most scared of becoming." Neil Strauss, Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life (2009) Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1038 2200 0415096243 Co z jabłoni spadnie, niedaleko upadnie. Niedaleko spada jabłko od jabłoni. 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. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 488 2200 0415096243 Source for meaning: Paczolay Gyula 1997 European Proverbs in 55 languages DeProverbio.com 259 527 1-875943-44-7 Coś posiał – zbieraj Kto sieje wiatr, zbiera burzę. Tak się wyśpisz, jak sobie pościelesz. Translation: What you reap is what you sow. Meaning: It is only you who can blame or praise yourself for your ups and downs in life. Strauss 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 394 0415160502 Cudze ręce lekkie, ale niespore. Translation: Someone else's hands are light, but not big. English equivalent: For what thou canst do thyself, rely not on another. Latin equivalent: Ne quid expectes amicos, quod tute agere possis. Translation: Expect nothing from friends, do what you can do yourself. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 600 2200 0415096243 Cudze wady rychlej niż swoje obaczamy. Meaning: Somebody else's faults and misdeeds are so much easier to spot that our own. English equivalent: First take the beam of wood out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to take the splinter out of your brother's eye. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 838 2200 0415096243 Czasowi ludzie służą. English equivalent: Gnaw the bone which is fallen to thy lot. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 865 2200 0415096243 D Daj krowie w żłobie, to ona da tobie. English equivalent: It's by the head that the cow gives the milk. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1039 2200 0415096243 Dar za dar, słowa za słowa. English equivalent: You must meet roughness with roughness. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1111 2200 0415096243 Dla chcącego nic trudnego. English equivalent: If there is a will, there is a way. Source needed Do odważnych świat należy. English equivalent: Fortune favours the bold. "Those who act boldly or courageously are most likely to succeed." Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA94 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 94 Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 38 2200 0415096243 Do tanga trzeba dwojga. English equivalent: It takes two to tango. "There is a line from the New Testament that does say do not cast pearls before swine. It means that if people are not listening to you, stop talking to them. [When talking to] The one's who aren't listening, pull back. You are devaluing what you have to say by offering it to an audience that does nothing but reject it." Jordan Peterson, Jordan B. Peterson on The 12 Rules of Life (2018) Furiassi, C. The Anglicization of European Lexis, John Benjamins Publishing Company. Dobra psu i mucha. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1079 2200 0415096243 Doczeka się sierpa pokrzywa. Kto pod kim dołki kopie, ten sam w nie wpada. He who digs a pit for others, will fall in it himself. Strauss Emmanuel 1994 Dictionary of European Proverbs, Volym 1 Routledge 651 0415096243 Domowe psy, choć się kąsają, wilka ujrzawszy nań się rzucają. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 729 2200 0415096243 Dobra wola za uczynek stoi. English equivalent: Take the will for the deed. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 881 2200 0415096243 Dobre daleko słychać, a złe jeszcze dalej. Meaning: Good deeds are remembered but bad ones are etched in our memory. Translation: Ingratitude is the world's reward. Source: Strauss Emmanuel 1998 Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 55 0415160502 Dobry początek to połowa roboty. English equivalent: A good beginning makes a good ending; Well begun is half done. "Starting properly ensures the speedy completion of a process. A – beginning is often blocked by one or more obstacles (potential barriers) the removal of which may ensure the smooth course of the process." Paczolay Gyula 1997 European Proverbs in 55 languages DeProverbio.com 228 527 1-875943-44-7 Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 24 504 0415160502 Dobrymi chęciami jest piekło wybrukowane. English equivalent: The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Strauss Emmanuel 1998 Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 257 0415160502 Doktorze, sam się wylecz! English equivalent: Physician, heal yourself! Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1142 2200 0415096243February 2015 Dziecko, pijany i głupi zawsze prawdę powie. English equivalent: Children, fools and drunken men tell the truth. "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 G Gdy idziesz zabijać muchę, nie zabieraj ze sobą armaty. Translation: When out to kill a (house) fly, don't roll out a cannon to accomplish it. Meaning: Adjust your means to your goals. Don't overreact there where less drastic action(s) will suffice. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 723 2200 0415096243 Gdy się człowiek spieszy, to się diabeł cieszy Gdzie człowiek się śpieszy, tam diabeł się cieszy. Translation (loose): There where a man is in a hurry, the devil has a ball/ the devil can score big. Translation: When a man is in a hurry, the devil is merry. English equivalent: Haste makes waste. Dominiczak Maciej Księga Przysłów: Inaczej mówiąc mądrości, motta, porzekadła, powiedzenia, przysłowia, sentencje itp. http://books.google.com/books?id=yWxlAQAAQBAJ&pg=PT31 17 October 2013 Maciej Dominiczak 31 GGKEY:PSTLS28WEL4 Gdzie nie można przeskoczyć, tam trzeba podleźć. English equivalent: Skill is better than strength. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 681 2200 0415096243 Gdzie pana kochają, tam i jego pieska głaszczą. Critical remark: This is not a Polish proverb. It is merely an interpretation of the English proverb written in Polish. English equivalent: Love me, love my dog. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 953 2200 0415096243 Głaszcz ty kotowi skórę, a on ogon wzgórę. The more you stroke the cat , the more he raises his tail. 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 Głos ludu, głos Boga.' English equivalent: The voice of the people is the voice of god. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1164 2200 0415096243 Gotowe zdrowie, kto chorobie powie. English equivalent: A problem shared is a problem halved. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 100 504 0415160502 Gwiazdki z nieba się zachciewa. English equivalent: There is no building bridges across the ocean. "You can't go around building a better world for people. Only people can build a better world for people. Otherwise it's just a cage." Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad (1991) Emanuel Strauss Dictionary of European Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=z-3FyaMKtfUC&pg=PA719 1994 Taylor & Francis 978-0-415-10381-7 719 H Historia się powtarza. Historia lubi się powtarzać. English equivalent: History repeats itself. Strauss Emanuel Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs https://books.google.com/books?id=RzctBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA276 1994 978-1-136-78971-7 276 1236 I I cyprysy mają swoje kaprysy. English equivalent: Every fool is pleased with his own folly. Strauss Emanuel Dictionary of European Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=86yPOGG3YfcC&pg=PT411 I 1994 Routledge 978-1-134-86460-7 139 147 I uczony Homer drzemał czasem. English equivalent: Even Homer sometimes nods. 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 J Jacy rodzice, takie dzieci. English equivalent: As the old cock crows, so crows the young. Strauss Emmanuel 1998 Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 138 0415160502 Jak dają, to bierz. English equivalent: When the pig is proffered, hold up the poke. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1226 2200 0415096243 Jak sobie pościelesz, tak się wyśpisz. English equivalent: As ye sow, so shall ye reap. Strauss Emmanuel 1998 Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 143 0415160502 Jaka matka, taka Katka. English equivalent: Like mother, like daughter. "Daughters may look and behave like their mothers. This is due to inheritance and the example observed closely and daily." Paczolay Gyula 1997 European Proverbs in 55 languages DeProverbio.com 137 527 1-875943-44-7 Jaką miarką mierzysz, taką ci odmierzą. English equivalent: Judge not lest ye be judged. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1219 2200 0415096243 Jaka płaca, taka praca. Meaning: Higher wages yield better results. English equivalent: You get what you pay for. Similar proverb: Jaka praca, taka płaca. Meaning: Antonym of the above proverb; you are paid well, if you work well. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 494 2200 0415096243 Jaki do jedzenia, taki do roboty. English equivalent: Quick at meat, quick at work. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1150 2200 0415096243 Jaki ojciec, taki syn. English equivalent: Like father, like son. "Sons may look and behave like their fathers. This is due to inheritance and the example observed closely and daily." Paczolay Gyula 1997 European Proverbs in 55 languages DeProverbio.com 137 527 1-875943-44-7 Jakie przyczyny, takie też skutki. Another proverb in Polish reflecting the same meaning: "Nie ma dymu bez ognia." Translation: Where there is smoke, there is fire. English equivalent: Every why has its wherefore. "Everything has an underlying reason." Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA80 22 September 2013 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 80 Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 765 2200 0415096243 Jakie pytanie, taka odpowiedź. English equivalent: Just as one calls into the forest, so it echoes back. Strauss Emmanuel 1998 Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 139 0415160502 Kto chce wygrać gąsiora, trzeba ważyć kaczora. English equivalent: Set a herring to catch a whale. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1134 2200 0415096243 Jedna jaskółka wiosny nie sprawi. Ksie̜ga przyslów: przypowieści i wrażeń przyslowiowych polskich https://books.google.com/books?id=zgQ4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA184 1894 Exbud-Orion Polish 184– Jaskólka, 2 Jeśliś szewc, pilnuj swego kopyta! English equivalent: A blind man should not judge of colours. "An uneducated man cannot judge of the attainments of the learned." M. W. Carr A Collection of Telugu Proverbs translated, illustrated and explained; together with some Sanscrit Proverbs printed in the Devanâgarî and Telugu Characters: By M. W. Carr. A Supplement to the Collection of Telugu Proverbs: containing additional Proverbs, an Index verborum, and an index to the European Proverbs quoted in illustration http://books.google.com/books?id=oJw-AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA141 1868 Christian Knowledge Society's Press 141 Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 660 2200 0415096243 Jeża nie dotykaj, bo ukłuje. English equivalent: Do not play with edged tools. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 716 2200 0415096243 K Kłamcy dobrej pamięci i dowcipu prędkiego potrzeba. English equivalent: A liar should have a good memory. "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 Kogo Pan Bóg stworzy, tego nie umorzy. English equivalent: Each day brings it own bread. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 757 2200 0415096243 Komu nie ma rady, temu nie ma pomocy. English equivalent: He that will not be counseled cannot be helped. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 964 2200 0415096243 Kozła doić próżno. English equivalent: You can't milk a bull. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1040 2200 0415096243 Ksiądz prałat tłumaczy, a żyje inaczej. English equivalent: Preachers say: do as I say, not as i do. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 706 2200 0415096243 Kto łaskę pańską szacuje, coś w sobie niepewnego czuje. English equivalent: A king's favour is no inheritance. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 24 504 0415160502 Kto czeka, ten się doczeka. English equivalent. He that can have patience can have what he will. "If it is humanly possible, consider it within your reach." Marcus Antonius, On Essays and Meditations (180 BC) Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 87 504 0415160502 Kto dwa zające goni, żadnego nie złapie. English equivalent: Grasp all, lose all Strauss Emmanuel 1994 Dictionary of European Proverbs, Volym 1 Routledge 886 0415096243 Kto ma żytko, ma wszystko. English equivalent: Plough deep while sluggards sleep, and you will have corn to sell and keep. "A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labour and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which." L. P. Jacks, Education through Recreation (1932), p. 1. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1001 2200 0415096243 Kto nie idzie naprzód, ten się cofa. English equivalent: He who does not advance goes backwards. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 445 2200 0415096243 Kto nie ma w głowie, musi mieć w nogach. 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 Kto prawdę gada, wiele słów nie potrzebuje. English equivalent: Truth gives a short answer, lies go round about. "Any author who uses mathematics should always express in ordinary language the meaning of the assumptions he admits, as well as the significance of the results obtained. The more abstract his theory, the more imperative this obligation." Maurice Allais La formation scientifique, Une communication du Prix Nobel d’économie, Maurice Allais (1997). Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1183 2200 0415096243 Kto prawdzie dzwoni, taki na guz goni. English equivalent: All truths are not to be told. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 282 2200 0415096243 Kto rano wstaje, temu Pan Bóg daje. German: Morgenstund hat Gold im Mund. English equivalent: Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. Meaning: "A lifestyle that involves neither staying up late nor sleeping late is good for body and mind and leads to financial success." 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 Mianowskiego Kasa 1894 Ksiega przyslów: przypowieści i wrażeń przyslowiowych polskich Ksiega przyslów: przypowieści i wrażeń przyslowiowych polskich, Samuel Adalberg Druk E. Skiwskiego 614 805 Kto łaskę pańską szacuje, coś w sobie niepewnego czuje. English equivalent: A king's favour is no inheritance. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 24 504 0415160502 Kogo Bóg chce skarać, wtedy mu rozum odejmie. English equivalent: Whom God will destroy, he first make mad. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 841 2200 0415096243 Nie kupuj kota w worku. 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 Kropla drąży kamień. English equivalent: Constant dropping wears the stone. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 187 504 0415160502 Kto się ożeni, to się odmieni. English equivalent: Marry and grow tame. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1085 2200 0415096243 Kuj żelazo, póki gorące. English equivalent: Strike while the iron is hot. Mianowskiego Kasa 1894 Ksiega przyslów: przypowieści i wrażeń przyslowiowych polskich Ksiega przyslów: przypowieści i wrażeń przyslowiowych polskich, Samuel Adalberg Druk E. Skiwskiego 546 805 L Łakomy wszystkim zły, sobie najgorszy. English equivalent: The covetous man is good to none and worst to himself. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 83 2200 0415096243 Lekarstwo podczas, cięższe niż choroba.Missing word? February 2015 English equivalent: The remedy is often worse than the disease. "Action taken to put something right is often more unpleasant or damaging than the original problem." Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA232 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 232 Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge entry 646 2200 0415096243 Lepiej nie dosolić, nie przesolić. Translation: Better not to add salt than oversalt. English equivalent: Better underdone than overdone. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 589 2200 0415096243 Lepiej pózno, niż wcale. Translation: Delayed is preferable to never. 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 Lepiej umrzeć stojąc niż żyć na kolanach. Translation: It is better to die standing than to live on your knees. English equivalent: "Death before dishonour." Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 164 504 0415160502 Lepsze jedno dziś, niż dwoje jutro. Translation: Better one today, than two tomorrow. English equivalent: One today is worth two tomorrows. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1137 2200 0415096243 Lepsze jest wrogiem dobrego.' English equivalent: "Better is the enemy of good." Meaning: The aim for perfection or mastery might slow down progress. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 166 504 0415160502 Lepsze imię dobre niźli bogactwa hojne. English equivalent: A good name is the best of all treasures. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 58 504 0415160502 Lepszy grosz dany niż złoty obiecany. English equivalent: Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 75 504 0415160502 Lepszy własny chleb niż pożyczona bułka. 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 Lepsza rozwaga niż odwaga. English equivalent: Discretion is the better part of valor. "Confront your enemies, avoid them while you can." Englishman in New York (198X) Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 703 2200 0415096243 Lepsze zdrowie niż pieniądze. 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 Lepszy wróbel w garści niż gołąb na dachu Translation: A sparrow in the hand is better than a pigeon on the roof. English equivalent: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. Grębski Marek 2008 Sukces na egzaminie Sklep WSiP 10 % rabatu 14 216 8302089346 Ludzi słuchaj, a swój rozum miej. Translation: Listen to people, but keep your own wits. English equivalent: Though thou hast ever so many counsellors, yet do not forsake the counsel of thy own soul. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1044 2200 0415096243 M Mowa wiatr, a pismo grunt. English equivalent: Paper is forbearing. "Paper, they say, does not blush, but I assure you it’s not true and that it’s blushing just as I am now, all over. " Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov (1879–1880) Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1160 2200 0415096243 Mowa pospolita, pospolicie prawdziwa. English equivalent: Common fame is seldom to blame. "EVIL. That which one believes of others. It is a sin to believe evil of others, but it is seldom a mistake." H. L. Mencken, A Book of Burlesques (1924), p. 203. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 662 2200 0415096243 Myśl długo, czyń prędko. English equivalent: A closed mouth catches no flies. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 751 2200 0415096243 N Na grubą gałąź trzeba grubego klina. Example: If someone treats you poorly, you should treat him equally poorly. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 12 504 0415160502 Na kulawym koniu daleko nie zajedziesz. English equivalent: Take heed of enemies reconciled and of meat twice boiled. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 25 504 0415160502 Nie chwal dnia przed zachodem słońca. Translation: Don't praise the day before sunset. Meaning: Don't celebrate until you are absolutely sure there is a reason to do so. Kamiński Marek 2008 Razem na Bieguny Sklep WSiP 10 % rabatu 176 202 8391100960 Nie ma reguły bez wyjątku. English equivalent: There is no rule without an exception. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1174 2200 0415096243 Nie od pracy, ale od złej doli głowa boli. English equivalent: Fretting cares make grey hairs. Source for proverb: Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 631 2200 0415096243 Nieza to biją, że ukradł, ale źle schował. 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 Nie trzeba dowierzać. English equivalent: Diffidence is the right eye of prudence. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 701 2200 0415096243 Nie wierz słowom, a czynom. Translation: Bear witness to facts, not words. English equivalent: No need of words, trust deeds. Meaning: "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 Nad możność nikogo nie pociagają. English equivalent: Do as you may, if you can't do as you could. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 707 2200 0415096243 Niech się najbardziej wysmuknie sowa, przecie nie dojdzie sokoła. English equivalent: Judge not a man and things at first sight. "No good Book, or good thing of any sort, shows its best face at first." Thomas Carlyle, Essays, "Novalis" (1829) Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 713 2200 0415096243 Niecnotliwa zazdrość, chyba w niebie jej nie masz. English equivalent: Envy takes no holiday. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 767 2200 0415096243 Niedaleko pada jabłko od jabłoni. 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 Nie potrzeba ognia do ognia przydawać. 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 Nie przyszła góra do Mahometa, Mahomet przyszedł do góry. English equivalent: If the mountain will not come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain. Meaning: "If you cannot get what you want, you must adapt yourself to the circumstances or adopt a different approach." Source for meaning of English equivalent: Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA135 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 135 Strauss Emmanuel 1994 Dictionary of European Proverbs, Volym 1 Routledge 1006 0415096243 Nie pytaj starego, pytaj bywałego. Translation: Do not ask the old – ask the experienced. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 808 2200 0415096243 Na pochyłe drzewo wszystkie kozy skaczą. Translation: All goats jump onto leaning trees. Meaning: If you leave yourself open to abuse, others will abuse you. English equivalent: If you turn yourself into a doormat, everyone will walk over you. Kamiński Marek 2003 Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego, Stanisław Dubisz Wydawn. Naukowe PWN 716 8301138580 Nic nowego pod słońcem. English equivalent: Nothing is new (under the sun). Meaning: Absolutely everything has been done before. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1114 2200 0415096243 Nie dziel skóry na niedźwiedziu. Translation: Don't share the skin while it's still on the bear. Adamska-Sałaciak Arleta 2003 Nowy słownik Fundacji Kościuszkowskiej polsko-angielski - The new Kosciuszko Foundation dictionary Polish-English, Volym 2 Kościuszko Foundation 514 1256 832420007X Nie mów „hop”, póki nie przeskoczysz. Translation: Don't say 'up', before you have jumped. English equivalent: Walk the walk, then talk the talk. "I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself." Oscar Wilde, The Good Husband (1895) Drabik Lidia 2006 Słownik idiomów polskich PWN Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN 321 428 8301148322 Nie trzeba dowierzać. English equivalent: Diffidence is the right eye of prudence. Meaning: When forming a belief be doubtful; no one is always right, after all. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 701 2200 0415096243 Nie trzeba dowierzać. English equivalent: Distrust is the mother of safety. Meaning: Trust no one except yourself, and don't trust yourself entirely either. Trust, but verify. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 699 2200 0415096243 Nie wszystko złoto, co się świeci. 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 Strauss Emmanuel 1998 Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 77 0415160502 Nim słońce wzejdzie, rosa oczy wygryzie. English equivalent: While the grass grows the steed starves. Meaning: Dreams or expectations may be realized too late. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1228 2200 0415096243 "Nosił wilk razy kilka, ponieśli i wilka". English equivalent: Long goes the pitcher to the well before it gets broken at last. Maciej Dominiczak Księga Przysłów: Inaczej mówiąc mądrości, motta, porzekadła, powiedzenia, przysłowia, sentencje itp. http://books.google.com/books?id=yWxlAQAAQBAJ&pg=PT75 17 October 2013 Maciej Dominiczak 75 GGKEY:PSTLS28WEL4 Nowa miotła dobrze zamiata. 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 Obiecianki - cacanki. English equivalent: Eggs and oaths are soon broken. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 765 2200 0415096243 Od przybytku głowa nie boli. English equivalent: A store is no sore; Keep a thing seven years and you'll find a use for it. Meaning: "An object that seems useless now may be just what you need at some future time, so do not discard it." Source for meaning of English equivalent: Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA159 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 159 Roman Zawlinśki Poradnik językowy http://books.google.com/books?id=sTEJAQAAMAAJ 1979 Państwowe Wydawn Naukowe Od wymysłów jeszcze nikt nie umarł. English equivalent: Hard words break no bones. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 17 504 0415160502 Odmiana słodzi rzeczy. English equivalent: Variety is the spice of life. Source: Strauss Emmanuel 1998 Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 89 0415160502 Okazja łysa z tyłu, z przodu ją brać trzeba. English equivalent: Opportunity knocks only once. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 400 2200 0415096243 P Pieniądze szczęścia nie dają. English equivalent: Wealth rarely brings happiness. Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness (1930) Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 671 2200 0415096243 Piosnka najprzyjemniejsza każdemu, gdy go chwalą. English equivalent: There is no sound more pleasing than one's owns praises. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 319 504 0415160502 Po to są pieniądze, aby je wydawać. English equivalent: Money is there to be spent. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1013 2200 0415096243 Poznać błazna i bez dzwonków. Translation: A fool does not need any bells. English equivalent: A tongue of a fool carves a piece of his heart to all that sit near him. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 136 2200 0415096243 Postawić wszystsko na jedną kartę. English equivalent: Don't put all your eggs in the same basket. Meaning: "Spread your risks or investments so that if one enterprise fails you will not lose everything." Source for meaning of English equivalent: Martin H. Manser The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=fgaUQc8NbTYC&pg=PA63 18 August 2013 2007 Infobase Publishing 978-0-8160-6673-5 63 Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 715 2200 0415096243 Prawda nie głaszcze. English equivalent: Not all truths are proper to be told. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1111 2200 0415096243 Prawda w winie. English equivalent: In wine there is truth. Latin equivalent: In vino veritas. Meaning: Alcohol consumed removes the inhibition against telling the truth that occasionally one would like to keep secret. Source for meaning and proverbs: Paczolay Gyula 1997 European Proverbs in 55 languages DeProverbio.com 272 527 1-875943-44-7 Przecież się nie pali. English equivalent: We shall lose nothing by waiting. Strauss Emanuel Dictionary of European Proverbs https://books.google.com/books?id=z-3FyaMKtfUC&pg=PA1218 II 1994 978-0-415-10381-7 1218 1770 Kto buja wysoko, bywa próżny. English equivalent: It is not the cow that shouts the loudest that gives the most milk (French). Meaning: It is not he 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 Prosta droga najkrótsza. Translation: Fortune favours the bold. Strauss 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 394 0415160502 Punktualność jest grzecznością królów. English equivalent: Punctuality is the virtue of princes. Tardo amico nihil est quidquam iniquius. "Nothing is more annoying than a tardy friend." Plautus, Panulus, III. 1. 1. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1142 2200 0415096243 Pychy niedobry koniec bywa. Translation: Pride comes before fall. Strauss Emmanuel 1994 Dictionary of European Proverbs, Volym 1 Routledge 1149 0415096243 R Rannego wstania, rannej siejby i rannego ożenienia jeszcze nikt nie żałował. English equivalent: Who has not served cannot command. Meaning: One must have been controlled in the same situation one wishes to properly control others. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 758 2200 0415096243 S Serce nie kłamie. English equivalent: The heart sees farther than the head. English equivalent: Trust your instincts. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, How She Broke the Seinfeld Curse, Redbook Magazine (2010) Słowa myśl pochłaniają, słowa myśli kłamią. English equivalent: Men talk only to conceal the mind. Source: Strauss Emmanuel 1994 Dictionary of European Proverbs, Volym 1 Routledge 1088 0415096243 Słyszy czujny, choć śpi. English equivalent: An ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 415 2200 0415096243 Szanuj honor od młodu. Translation: Old habits die hard. Source: Strauss Emmanuel 1994 Dictionary of European Proverbs, Volym 1 Routledge 1122 0415096243 Śpiesz się powoli. English equivalent: Make haste slowly. Latin equivalent: Festina lente. Wydawnictwo Naukowe Państwowe 2000 Inny słownik języka polskiego PWN, Volume 2 Wydawn. Nauk. PWN 228 1423 8301128267 Stara miłość nie rdzewieje. English equivalent: True love never grows old. Jordan Penny 1996 Stara miłość nie rdzewieje Harlequin Enterprises 156 8370708919 Starość, nie radość. English equivalent: Age and poverty are ill to bear. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 177 2200 0415096243 Szewc bez butów chodzi. 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 Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 661 2200 0415096243 T Ten się drapie, kogo swędzi. English equivalent: If the shoe fits, wear it. "Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning." Bill Gates, Business @ The Speed of Thought (1999) Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 998 2200 0415096243 Ten się śmieje, kto się śmieje ostatni English equivalent: he who laughs last, laughs longest. Maciej Dominiczak Księga Przysłów http://books.google.com/books?id=yWxlAQAAQBAJ&pg=PT93 2013 Tonący brzytwy się chwyta English equivalent: A drowning man plucks at a straw. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 33 504 0415160502 Trafiła kosa na kamień. The scythe has met the stone Trudno naturę odmienić. English equivalent: What is bred in the bone will not go out of the flesh; The leopard cannot change his spots. "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." Kelly Walter Keating 1859 Proverbs of all nations W. Kent & co. (late D. Bogue) X 238 Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 985 2200 0415096243 Tu leży pies pogrzebany. English equivalent: To smell a rat. Dominiczak Maciej Księga Przysłów: Inaczej mówiąc mądrości, motta, porzekadła, powiedzenia, przysłowia, sentencje itp. https://books.google.com/books?id=yWxlAQAAQBAJ&pg=PT94 2013 94 T GGKEY:PSTLS28WEL4 U Uwaga! Stary pies szczeka. English equivalent: An old dog barks not in vain. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 55 504 0415160502February 2015 W Wchodząc między wrony, krakaj jak i one. Kiedy wszedłeś między wrony, musisz krakać jak i one Translation: When among the crows, caw as the crows do. English Equivalent: When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Kojder Andrzej 2002 Klimaty korupcji Centrum im. Adama Smitha & Wydawn. Naukowe Semper 80 211 8386885432 Więcej ludzi utonęło w kieliszku niż w morzu. English equivalent: Wine has drowned more than the sea. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 864 2200 0415096243 Więcej słuchaj, a mniej mów - zawsze szkodzi zbytek słów. English equivalent: Keep your mouth shut and your ears open. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 160 504 0415160502 Wielcy złodzieje małych wieszają. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 1086 2200 0415096243 Wolno bogatemu biednie żyć. English equivalent: His own desire leads every man. Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 977 2200 0415096243 Z Z deszczu pod rynnę From rain and under the gutter. English equivalent: Out of the frying pan and into the fire. Kakietek 1999 Phraseological dictionary Polish-English Energeia 55 8385118705 Z niczego, nic nie będzie. English equivalent: From nothing, nothing will be Meaning: If you don't do anything, nothing will come to you. Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 238 504 0415160502 Za dziękuję nic się nie kupuje. Meaning: Your "Thank you" is fine but it will not help me pay my bills. Saying "Thank you" to someone sounds louder if reinforced with money. English equivalent: ? Złej baletnicy przeszkadza rąbek u spódnicy Translation: A bad dancer blames the hem of her skirt. English equivalent: A bad workman always blames his tools. Wydawnictwo Naukowe Państwowe 2002 Inny słownik języka polskiego PWN, Volym 2 Wydawn. Nauk. PWN 337 1423 8301128267 Żaden w swej sprawie sędzią być nie może. 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 Złego początku, zły koniec. English equivalent: A bad beginning makes a bad ending. Meaning: "It is as impossible that a system radically erroneous, once commenced, should end well, as it is that a mathematical problem, commenced wrong, should come out right." Source for meaning: William Henry Porter Proverbs: Arranged in Alphabetical Order ... http://books.google.com/books?id=KA4oAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA202 1845 Munroe and Company 202 Emanuel Strauss Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=sm96Wlt8Ql0C&pg=PT9 1994 Routledge 978-1-136-78978-6 1 1 See also Esperanto proverbs Category:Proverbs by language proverbs