Proverbs - Přísloví | |
| Lucky at cards, unlucky in love. |
| Not able to get something for love or money. |
| Burn the candle at both ends. |
| A burnt child dreads the fire. |
| Marriages are made in heaven. |
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Time works wonders. |
| Shrouds have no pockets. |
| Happy is the bride that the sun shines on.
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| Spare the rod and spoil the child. |
| Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. |
| Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard / closet. |
| Life isn't all beer and skittles. |
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A growing youth has a wolf in his belly. |
| To be the black sheep of the family.
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| Blood is thicker than water. |
| A chip off the old block. |
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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink. |
| Death is the great leveller. |
| To pull the wool over someone's eyes. |
| To keep something under one's hat.
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| To cast pearls before swine. |
| It's better to wear out than to rust out.
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| A stitch in time saves nine. |
| As soft as velvet. |
| As tough as (shoe) leather.
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| As mad as a hatter. |
| A wolf in sheep's clothing. |
| All that glitters is not gold. |
| You can't make a silk purse of a sow's ear. |
| Tied to one's mother's apron strings. |
| Put a sock in it. |
| Too big for his boots. |
| From rags to riches. |
| To wear coat and tie. |
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Beard the lion in his own den. |
| When the cat's away, the mice will play. |
| To run with the hare and hunt with the hounds. |
| The early bird catches the worm. |
| A big fish in a small pond. |
| Money does not grow on trees. |
| A leopard cannot change its spots. |
| A little bird told me. |
| A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. |
| Have bats in the belfry. |
| Have a bee in one's bonnet. |
| Great oaks from little acorns grow. |
