Translation Required Proverbs

The proverb ‫ترجمة المثال‬

1 Like father , like son. ‫ هذا الشبل‬،‫من شابه اباه فما ظلم‬ ۱
.‫من ذاك االسد‬
3 Rip not up old scores. ‫ال تضع الما عىل الجرح‬ ۳
‫او التفتح جرح الماض‬
9 Lack of wealth is ‫ المال‬,‫التبحث عن حزن اخر‬ ۹
easily repaired, but ‫يتعوض لكن ر‬
‫البش اليتعوض‬
poverty of soul is
irreparable.
10 As they sow, so let .‫مثل ما يزرعون يحصدون‬ ۱۰
them reap.
13 Hope is ever green in ۱۳
man's heart.
17 It's the first step that ‫مشوار االلف ميل يبدا بخطوة‬ ۱۷
counts.
18 A stick is a ۱۸
peacemaker. ‫العصا لمن عصا‬
19 The more violent the ‫كلما اشتدت فرجت‬ ۱۹
storm, the sooner it is
over.
20 It is ill striving against ‫ال تحارب العاصفة‬ ۲۰
the stream.
23 A good tale is none the ‫ لكل جديد لذه‬۲۳
worse for being. ‫او‬
‫الحكاية التعاد مرتي‬
28 Repentant tears wash ‫ التوبة تذهب المعصية‬۲۸
away the stain of guilt.
29 He who loses his ‫ من يفقد اعصابة يخط‬۲۹
temper is in the wrong.
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30 He that steals honey ‫ ال يريد الحلو ر‬۳۰
‫يصب عىل اخره‬
should beware of the
sting.
33 No throne without ‫ اليوجد نار من غب دخان‬۳۳
thorn.
37 Those who make the ‫ الوقت كالسيف إن لم تقطعه‬۳۷
worst use of time, .‫قطعك‬
most complain of its
shortness.
40 Who timidly requests ‫من يستح اليحصل عىل رشء‬ ٤۰
invites refusal.
41 A honey tongue and a .‫كالم كالعسل وفعل كاألسل‬ ٤۱
heart of gall.
43 He covers me with his .‫ حلو اللسان قليل احسان‬٤۳
wings and bites me
with his bill.
44 When the tree is fallen, ‫عندما يسقط االسد تتكاثر عليه‬ ٤٤
all go with their .‫الكالب‬
hatchets.
48 Trust begets trust . ‫ الثقة تولد الثقة‬٤۸
50 A truth that's told with ٥۰
bad intent beats all
lies.
51 Speak no more than .‫ال تقل سوى الحق‬ ٥۱
the truth , utter no legs.
53 A half truth is a whole ‫ نصف الحقيقة كذبة‬٥۳
lie.
‫ر‬
54 Truth may be ‫اكبهم للحق كارهون‬ ٥٤
suppressed, but not
strangled.
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57 Want is the mother of ‫ر‬
.‫االخباع‬ ‫ الحاجة ام‬٥۷
industry.
69 If a man deceives me .‫ ال ُيلدغ المؤمن من الجحر مرتي‬٦۹
once, shame on him; if
he deceives me twice,
shame on me.
72 The die is cast. .‫ من حفر حفرة الخيه وقع فيها‬۷۲
73 We are usually ۷۳
deceived by that which
we love.
77 Once a devil, always a ۷۷
devil.
80 Do what you ought ۸۰
and come what can.
81 He who wills the end .‫الغاية رتبر الوسيلة‬ ۸۱
Wills the mean.
82 Errors like straws, .‫ من طلب العىل سهر الليال‬۸۲
upon the surface flow, ‫او‬
He who would search .‫من يرتدي التاج يتحمل ثقله‬
for pearls, must dive
below.
ّ ُ
83 To err is human. . ‫ كل إبن آدم خطاء‬۸۳

84 Believe him who has ۸٤

experienced it.
87 What a goodly outside ۸۷
falsehood hath!
93 Be to her virtues very ۹۳
kind.
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‫ما ر‬
98 Lightly come, lightly ‫يأت بسهوله يذهب بسهوله‬ ۹۸
go.
99 No pains, no gains. ‫ ال حالوة من دون نار‬۹۹
105 That is gold which is ۱۰٥
worth gold.
110 Do in haste and repent ‫ ف العجلة الندامة‬۱۱۰
at leisure.
112 Man proposes and God ‫ العبد ف التفكب والرب ف التدبب‬۱۱۲
disposes.
114 Every man is the son ۱۱٤
of his own works.
115 We live in deeds, not ۱۱٥
years.
117 Devils must be driven ‫ ال يفل الحديد اال الحديد‬۱۱۷
out with devils.
120 After dinner sit awhile, ‫ بعد الغداء تمدد وبعد العشاء‬۱۲۰
after supper walk a ‫تمش‬‫ر‬
mile
123 What is done cannot ۱۲۳
be undone.
124 A drowning man will ) ‫ ( الغريق يتعلق بقشة‬۱۲٤
catch at a straw.
125 It is easier to pull ۱۲٥
down than to build up.
127 He who wills the end ۱۲۷
wills the means.
133 Experience is the ۱۳۳
father of wisdom and
memory the mother.
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138 Failure teaches .‫ الفشل يعلم النجاح‬١٣٨
success.
146 What can alone ۱٤٦
ennoble a fight? A
noble cause.
151 The fox's wiles will ‫ ال يلدغ مؤمن من جحر مرتي‬۱٥۱
not enter into the lion's
head.
152 All are not friends that ۱٥۲
speak us fair.
‫ر‬
156 Lightly come, lightly ‫مايات بسهولة يذهب بسهولة‬ ۱٥٦
go.
159 Grasp all, lose all. ۱٥۹
162 Haste comes not alone. ‫ ف العجلة الندامة‬۱٦۲
163 Haste makes waste. ‫ ف العجلة الندامة‬۱٦۳
164 The more haste, the ‫ ف العجلة ندامة‬۱٦٤
worse speed.
165 Haste is slow. ‫ ف العجلة ندامة‬۱٦٥
166 Nothing can be done at ‫ ف العجلة الندامة‬۱٦٦
once hastily and
prudently.
167 Nothing good ever ) ‫(بالعجله ندامه‬ ۱٦۷
comes from haste.
168 Health is not valued ‫يأت المرض‬ ‫الصحه ال ُت َقدر ر‬
‫حت ر‬
۱٦۸
till sickness comes.
170 Diet cures more than ‫المعدة بيت الداء‬ ۱۷۰
doctors. ‫والحمية خب دواء‬
171 A sound mind in a ‫العقل السليم ف الجسم السليم‬ ۱۷۱
sound body.
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173 Out of sight, out of
mind.
175 Adversity tries virtue.
179 Good advice is beyond
price.
181 Better be alone than in
bad company.
183 A soft answer turns
away wrath.
184 All that glitters is not
gold.
186 An apple a day keeps
the doctor away.
189 Barking dogs seldom
bite.
190 Early to bed, and early
to rise. Makes aman
healthy, wealthy and
wise.
191 Whatever begins, also
ends.
193 Birds of a feather flock
together.
196 Eaten bread is
forgotten.
199 What is born of acat
will catch mice.
202 Let bygones be
bygones.
‫ بعيد عن العي بعيد عن القلب‬۱۷۳
۱۷٥
۱۷۹
۱۸۱
.‫ االجابة الرقيقة تطف الغضب‬۱۸۳
.‫ ليس كل ما يلمع ذهبا‬۱۸٤
‫ التفاحة الواحدة ف اليوم تغنيك‬۱۸٦
.‫عن الطبيب‬
ً ً
‫ النوم باكرا والنهوض باكرا يكسب‬۱۸۹
.‫اإلنسان صحة وثراء وحكمة‬
.‫ الكالب تنبح والقافله تسب‬۱۹۰
.‫ لكل بداية نهاية‬۱۹۱
.‫ الطيور عىل أشكالها تقع‬۱۹۳
‫ مأكوال مذموم‬۱۹٦
.‫ ابن البط عوام‬۱۹۹
‫او‬
ُ
.‫الطبع غالب‬
.‫ ال فإت مات‬۲۰۲
‫او‬
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204 A calm portends a
storm.
205 A candle lights others
and consumes itself.
208 Every cask smells of
the wine it holds.
210 What is born of a cat
will run after mice.
217 He dances well to
whom fortune pipes.
219 The darkest hour is
just before the dawn.
223 Divide and rule.
226 Find the woman.
233 Man is the only animal
that spits.
240 Lies have short leges.
242 He lives in fame that
dies in virtue's cause.
244 This life is but an inn,
and we the passengers.
246 One must not hang a
man by his looks.
255 Man is a reasoning
animal.
‫ما مض قد مض‬
.‫ الهدواء ما قبل العاصفة‬۲۰٤
‫ كشمعة تحرق نفسها إلضائة‬۲۰٥
.‫االخرين‬
.‫ كل اناء بما فيه ينضح‬۲۰۸
‫ الطبع يغلب التطبع‬۲۱۰
۲۱۷
ُ
‫ ما ضاقت إل فرجت‬۲۱۹
.‫ فرق تسود‬۲۲۳
.‫ فتش عن المراة‬۲۲٦
۲۳۳
.‫ حبل الكذب قصب‬۲٤۰
.‫ ال تحكم عىل المظاهر‬۲٤۲
۲٤٤
‫ ال تحكم عىل الناس من مضهرها‬۲٤٦
۲٥٥
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258 When misery is .‫الفرج بعد الشدة‬ ۲٥۸
highest, help is ‫او‬
ُ
nearest. ‫ما ضاقت اال فرجت‬
259 Misfortunes come on .‫ينتش بشعة‬ ‫الخب الشء ر‬‫ر‬ ۲٥۹
horseback and depart
on foot.
263 Need sharper the ۲٦۳
brain.
265 Wil news comes ۲٦٥
apace.
267 Nothing will come out .‫ال دخان من دون نار‬ ۲٦۷
of nothing. 268- An
oak is not felled by
one stroke.
279 I write a woman's oath ۲۷۹
on water.
280 He who pays the piper ۲۸۰
may call the tune.
285 A bad penny always .‫العمل الشء يعود الهله‬ ۲۸٥
comes back.
286 Penny wise and pound .‫وغت عىل اللبة‬‫حكيم عىل القرش ر‬ ۲۸٦
foolish.
287 A bad man thinks .‫كل شخص يرى الناس بعي طبعه‬ ۲۸۷
everybody as bad as
himself.
289 The best pilots are ‫افضل الطيارين من يقعون عل‬ ۲۸۹
ashore. ‫الشاط‬

290 A poet is made, not .‫ الشاعر يصنع ال يولد‬۲۹۰

born.
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294 Poverty is not a shame ۲۹٤
but the being ashamed
of it is.
303 Who lives by hope ‫من يعيش باالمل سيموت من‬ ۳۰۳
will die of hunger, .‫الجوع‬
305 Judge not the horse by .‫ال تحكم عىل الكتاب من العنوان‬ ۳۰٥
the saddle.
310 An idle brain is the .‫العقل الفاسد هو محل الشيطان‬- ۳۱۰
devil's shop.
311 Doing nothing is doing .‫الالشء هو عمل المرض‬ ‫عمل ر‬- ۳۱۱
ill.
312 Expect nothing from .‫ال تتوقع رشء من الماء الساكن‬- ۳۱۲
standing water.
313 Idleness is the root of ۳۱۳
all mischief.
314 Idleness makes the wit ۳۱٤
rust.
318 He who comes ‫من يذهب من دون دعوة يجلس‬ ۳۱۸
uncalled, sits .‫من دون فراش‬
unserved.
329 He laughs best that .‫من يضحك اخبا يضحك كثبا‬ ۳۲۹
laughs last.
336 One may be humble ‫ ويكسل اذا‬،‫((ينشط اذا رأى الناس‬ ۳۳٦
out of pride. ‫االمام عىل ع‬- ))‫كان وحدة‬
338 Promise is debt. .‫وعد الحر دين‬ ۳۳۸
340 The proof of the ۳٤۰
pudding is in the
eating.
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345 The beaten road is the .‫ حكم عقلك‬۳٤٥
safest.
351 He that sows iniquity ‫ ترزع خبا تحصد خبا‬۳٥۱
shall reap sorrow .
356 Rumor is a great ‫ الشائعات ر‬۳٥٦
.‫تنتش بشعة‬
traveler.
359 God helps them who ‫ هللا ف عون المرء مادام المرء ف‬۳٥۹
help themselves. .‫عون اخيه‬
360 He that makes himself ۳٦۰
a sheep is eaten by the
wolf.
375 If you can't stand the ۳۷٥
smell of powder , don't
go to war.
‫السفينة تغرق اذا ر‬
383 Two captains sink the ‫كبت مالليحها‬ ۳۸۳
ship. .)‫(القبطان‬
385 Sweet is pleasure after ۳۸٥
pain.
398 A holy face and a cat's ۳۹۸
claws.
‫ما ر‬
399 Ill - got , ill – spent. .‫يات بسهولة يذهب بسهولة‬ ۳۹۹
‫او‬
.‫اللي‬
‫اللي ال ر‬
‫مال ر‬
402 Live and let live. ‫ ارحم من ف االرض يرحمك من ف‬٤۰۲
.‫السماء‬
405 The losing horse .‫ العامل المهمل يلوم ادواته‬٤۰٥
blames the saddle.
414 When ill luck falls .‫ الحكيم يتعلم من اخطائه‬٤۱٤
asleep , let nobody
wake her.
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423 Arms carry peace.
429 Things are not always
what they seem.
439 If wishes were horses ,
beggars would ride.
442 Write injuries in sand
benefits in marble.
446 Great boasters , little
doers.
454 No man can help his
birth.
456 Content surpasses
wealth.
457 avails not a coward.
٤۲۳
.‫ المظاهر خداعة‬٤۲۹
٤۳۹
،‫ اكتب الخسارات عىل الرمال‬٤٤۲
.‫والفوائد عىل الرخام‬
.‫ الكلب الذي ينبح ال يعض‬٤٤٦
.‫ اليوجد رجل يؤذي نفسه‬٤٤٥
.‫ القناعة كب ال يفت‬٤٥٦
‫او‬
.‫المضمون يفوق الوفرة‬
.‫ الشهامة ليست من شيم الجبان‬٤٥۷