One Thousand and One
English Proverbs Translated
Into Arabic
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a
penny gained..jLaJl
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soul never
came
to
two pence.
A prophet ispeople.
not without honour save in his
own
country and in his
own
A quiet conscience A rich man's joke is A rolling
sleeps in thunder.
always funny..A^ a*i
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stone gathers no moss.( Li.jjia ^aijjj jjJaJli1
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are not saints that
go
to church.
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are not thieves that dogs bark
at.
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asses
wagis
their ears.(a$ij4juiI
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bread
not baked in one oven.
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cats are grey in the
dark
(in the night).
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covet,
all lose.
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doors open to courtesy.
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good things come
to
an end.
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is
fair in love
and war.
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fish that
comes
to his net..i^Lajui
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is
not lost that
is
in peril._JjSLa
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is
well that ends well..Ig-aJjIjij
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lay load
on the willing horse.13
All
men men
can't
be
first.
All
can't
be masters.
All promises are either broken or kept.A
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All roads lead to
Rome
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All sugar and honey.
All that glitters
is
not gold.,4-lA J A-aij
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All things are difficult before they are easy.,
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All truths are not to be told.
All
work and no play makes Jack
a dull boy..(jjjj-ai. S)lj)l\ (_J*^J L_lJ
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"Almost" never killed a
fly
(was never hanged).
AmongAn An An An
the blind the one-eyed
man
is
king.
apple a day keeps the doctor away.'
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ass in a lion's skin...lull (_
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ass
is
but an ass, though laden with gold.
ass loaded with gold climbs to the top of the castle..
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An empty hand is no An empty
lure for a
hawk.
sack cannot stand upright.
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An empty
vessel gives a greater sound than a full barrel.
An Englishman's An An An An Anevil
house
is
his castle.
chance seldom comes alone.
honest tale speeds best, being plainly told..(JjJaJI (JSjjJj
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An old poacher makesAn open door may An An An
the best keeper.
tempt a
saint.sjjjoji(jiiiiii
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ounce of discretion
is
worth a pound of learning
(wit).
ox
is
taken by the horns, and a
man by
the tongue.
unfortunate
man would be drowned
in a teacup.(jjl (j}1.
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Anger and haste hinder good counsel.
Any
port in a storm.
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life.
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Haste makes waste..4-al.lill
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Haste
trips
over
its
own
heels..4-al.lill
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Hasty climbers have sudden
falls.
Hate not
at the first
harm.
Hatred
is
blind, as well as love..'
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HawksHealth
will not pick
hawks' eyes.
is
better than wealth._Sjj!1SI
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He
begins to die that quits his desires.
He cannot speak well Hecarries fire in
that
cannot hold his tongue.
one hand and water
in the other.,dLa (_sja.7l jji
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He dances
well to
whom fortune pipes.
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gives twice
who
gives in a
trice.
goes long barefoot that waits for dead man's shoes..'"'J'""
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is
a fool that forgets himself.
is
a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.
is
happy
that thinks himself so.
is
lifeless that is faultless.
is
not
fit
to
commandat that
others that cannot
command himself.
is
not laughed
laughs
at
himself first...la.1 4_j
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that
would have eggs must endure would
the cackling of hens.
that
the daughter win,
must with the mother_
first
begin.Jjj(j-a
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travels fastest
who
travels alone
He who He whoHe who
is
born a fool
is
never cured.lgjjl.ll y i-Mf.l AJJLlsJI
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goes against the fashion
is its
slave.}* " ^-*;
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last
straw breaks the camel's back.
The leopard cannot change The longest day has an end. The love of money The
its
spots.
is
the root of
all evil.jjjjjlSl,
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mill cannot grind with the water that65
is
past.
The
mills of
God
grind slowly.
The moon does not heed The more The more
the barking of dogs.
haste, the less speed.
the merrier.
The morning sun never The mouse The nearer The nearer The pen The
lasts
a day.
that has but
one hole
is
quickly taken.
the bone, the sweeter the flesh..faJll
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the church, the further
from God.^*J
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To pour water To To To To To
into a sieve..(Ja LaJI
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pull the chestnuts out of the fire for
somebody._1_1XJ
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pull the devil
by
the
tail.
put a spoke in somebody's wheel.
put off
till
Doomsday.
put (set) the cart before the horse.
To rob To
one's belly to cover one's back.
roll in
money._
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To run with To
the hare and hunt with the hounds.
save one's bacon.
To send To To To To To To
(carry) owls to
Athens
.
set the
wolf to keep the sheep.
stick to
somebody
like a leech._jj jxJi aj (j 111
strain at a gnat
and swallow a camel.
take the bull
by the horns.
teach the dog to bark.
tell tales
out of school.
To throw
a stone in one's
own
garden.74
To throw To throw Totreat
dust in somebody's eyes.(4. juj*4
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straws against the wind.
somebody with a dose of his own medicine.steam-hammercrack nuts.
To use
a
to
To wash To wear
one's dirty linen in public._^iL-aj(
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one's heart
upon
one's sleeve.
To weep over an To work with
onion.
the left hand.dlaJS]
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Tomorrow never comes..
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Too many cooks Too much
spoil the broth.
curiosity lost Paradise..fJaill pjjjai Jj| jll
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Too much knowledge makes Too much of a goodthing
the
head bald.,
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Wealth
is
nothing without health.,4
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Well begun
is
half done.
What
can't
be cured, must be endured.
What can you expect from Whatis
a
hog but a
grunt.
bred
in the
bone
will not go out of the flesh..AjJajll'
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What What What WhatWhat
is
done by night appears by day.
is
done cannot be undone.j ^a j
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is
lost is lost.
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sauce for the goose
is
sauce for the gander.
is
the
good of a sundial
in the shade.
What
is
worth doing
at all is
worth doing well..4_j2b (jl ^Lafc aSii.1 (_>ac.I
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What must be, must be._4_la
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You cannot judge You cannot make
a tree by
it
bark.
a crab walk straight.
You cannot make an omelet You cannot make You cannot make
without breaking eggs.
a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
bricks without straw.
You cannot put young heads on You cannot You cannotserve
old shoulders.2
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