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vendredi 3 octobre 2008

Les proverbes anglais

A

1. Absence makes the heart grow fonder

2. Accidents will happen in the best-regulated familie

3. Actions speak louder than words

4. Adam's ale is the best brew

5. Advice when most needed is least heeded

6. After a storm comes a calm

7. All are not thieves that dogs bark at

8. All cats are grey in the dark (Tous les chats sont gris dans le noir)

9. All good things come to an end (Toutes bonnes choses ont une fin )

10. All's fair in love and war

11. All's fish that comes to the net

12. All's wall that ends well

13. All lay loads on a willing horse

14. All roads lead to Rome (Tous les chemins mènent à Rome)

15. All that glitters is not gold (Tout ce qui brille n'est pas de l'or)

16. All things are difficult before they are easy (Toutes les choses sont difficiles avant d'être faciles)

17. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

18. Any port in storm

19. Appearances are deceptive

20. The apples on the other side of the wall are the sweetest

21. Art is long, life is short (L'art est long, la vie est courte)

22. As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb

23. As you make your bed, so you must lie in it (Comme on fait son lit, on se couche)

24. As you sow, so shall you reap

25. Ask no questions and he told no lies

26. Avoid a questioner, for he is also a tattler

B

27. Bad news travels fast

28. A bad penny always come back

29. A bad shearer never had a good sickle

30. A bad workman always blames his tools

31. The bait hides the hook

32. Barking dogs seldom bite

33. Be just before you are generous

34. The beaten road is the safest

35. Beauty is but skin deep

36. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

37. Beggars must not be choosers

38. The best fish swim near the bottom

39. Best is cheapest

40. The best is often the enemy of the good

41. The best of friends must part

42. Batter an egg today than a hen tomorrow

43. Better be a fool than a knave

44. Better be an old man's darling than a young man's slave

45. Better be sure than sorry

46. Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion

47. Better bend the break

48. Better late than never

49. Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know

50. Better to ask the way than go astray

51. Between two schools you fall to the ground

52. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

53. Birds in their little nests agree

54. Birds of a feather flock together

55. The bitter is sometimes bit

56. Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed

57. Blood is thicker than water

58. Books ans friends should be few but good

59. Boy will be boys

60. Bread is the staff of life

61. Brevity is the soul of wit

62. The bull must be taken by the horns

63. A bully is always a coward

64. Burn not your house to fright the mouse away

65. A burnt child dreads the fire

66. Busiest men find the most time

C

67. Call a spade a spade

68. Call no man happy till he is dead

69. Care killed a cat

70. Cast ne'er a clout till May is out

71. Cast not the first stone

72. A cat has nine lives

73. A cat may look at a king

74. Catch as catch can

75. Catch not at the shaddow and lose the substance

76. Catch your bear before you sell its skin

77. Caveat emptor

78. Charity begins at home

79. Charity covers a multitude of sins

80. Find the woman

81. The child is father of the man

82. Children should be seen and not heard

83. Christmas comes but once a year

84. Circumstances alter cases

85. Cleanliness is next to godliness

86. Clothes do not make the man

87. Coming events cast their shadows before

88. Comparisons are odious

89. Conscience does make cowards of us all

90. Constant dripping wears away the stone

91. A constant guest is never welcome

92. A contented mind is a perpetual feast

93. The course of true love never did run smooth

94. Courtesy costs nothing

95. Cowards die many times before their deaths

96. The cowl not make the monk

97. A creaking gate hangs long

98. Cross the stream where it is shallowest

99. Curses, like chickens, come home to roost

100. Custom makes all things easy

101. Custom reconciles us to everything

102. Cut you coat according to your cloth


D

103. The darknest hour is that before the dawn

104. Dead men tell no tales

105. Death is the great leveller

106. Deeds,not words

107. Desert and reward seldom keep company

108. Desires are nourished by delays

109. Desparate diseases must have desparate remedies

110. The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose

111. The devil finds work for idle hands to do

112. The devil is not so back as he is painted

113. The devil take the hind most

114. The devil was sick...

115. Diamond cut diamond

116. Discontent is the first step in progress

117. Discretion is the better part of valour

118. Distance lends enchantment to the view

119. Do as I say, not as I do

120. Do as most men do, then most men will speak well of you

121. Do as you would be done by

122. Do not cast your pearls before swine

123. Don't change horses in mid-stream

124. Don't count your chickens before they are hatched

125. Don't cross a bridge till you come to it

126. Don't cry before you are hurt

127. Don't cry stinking fish

128. Don't cut off your nose to spite your face

129. Don't cut the bough you are standing on

130. Don't empty the baby out with the bath water

131. Do not haloo you are out of the wood

132. Don't have too many irons in the fire

133. Do not kick against the pricks

134. Don't make a mountain out of a molehill

135. Don't make a rod for your own back

136. Don't make yourself a mouse, or the cat will eat you

137. Don't meet trouble half-way

138. Don't outrun the constable

139. Don't pour out the dirty water before you have clean

140. Don't put all your eggs in one basket

141. Do not put new nine into old bottles


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