Vor einiger Zeit hatte ich mir mal ein Reclam-Heftchen mit dem Titel "English Proverbs" gekauft und bin nun endlich dazu gekommen, es mir durchzulesen. Es gibt echt witzige Sprichworte...
Hier meine Favoriten, ein wenig sortiert (in Klammern steht die Jahreszahl der vermutlichen Entstehung des Sprichworts):
Was man sich tatsächlich zu Herzen nehmen sollte:
Advise none to marry or go to war. (1640)
Believe nothing of what you hear, and only half of what you see. (1858)
If you can't be good, be careful. (1303)
A liar ought to have a good memory (1542)
There's no such thing as a free lunch. (1969)
Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you (1884)
Katzen (They keep killing cats...):
Care killed the cat (1598)
The cat would eat fish, but would not wet her feet (1380)
A cat may look at a king. (1546)
Curiosity killed the cat. (1921)
Wanton kittens make sober cats. (1732)
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream. (1839)
Einfach witzig:
It is a wise child that knows its own father. (1584)
A crown is no cure for the headache. (1580)
Fish and guests stink after three days. (1580)
Garlic makes a man wink, drink, and stink. (1607)
If you can't ride two horses at once, you shouldn't be in the circus. (1935)
A cunning lawyer beats the devil. (1817)
The proof of the pudding is in the eating. (1623)
If the shoe fits wear it. (1773)
If the sky falls we shall catch larks. (1530)
Keep a thing seven years and you'll always find a use for it. (1623)
More people know Tom Fool than Tom Fool knows. (1656)
Merkwürdig:
Praise the child, and you make love to the mother. (1829)
The child is the father of the man. (1671)
Better be an old man's darling, than a young man's slave. (1546)
If you're born to be hanged then you'll never be drowned. (1593)
A good Jack makes a good Jill. (1623)
Jack is as good as his master. (1706)
The man who is born in a stable is a horse. (1833)
There goes more to a marriage than four bare legs in bed. (1549)
Dead men don't bite. (1547)
No money, no Swiss. (1652)
Politics makes strange bedfellows. (1839)
Give a man rope enough and he will hang himself. (1639)
Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead. (1546)
For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the man was lost. (1629)
Gefällt mir einfach:
Happy is the country which has no history (1740)
Cowards die many times before their death. (1599)
The devil looks after his own. (1606)
They that dance must pay the fiddler. (1638)
He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day. (1250)
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. (1711)
The stoutest heart must fail at last. (1776)
Hell is full of good meanings and wishes. (1574)
The road to hell is paved with good intentions. (1574)
If ifs and ands were pots and pans, there'd be no work for tinker's hands. (1850)
Love laughs at locksmiths. (1592)
Dead men tell no tales. (1560)
Revolutions are not made with rose-water (1819)
The fairest rose in time must fade. (1591)
Az.
<- würde ich morgen lieber machen ;-)
