Englische Sprichwörter
- A buck is a buck is a buck.
- A fool and his money are soon parted.
- A good beginning makes a good ending.
- A new broom sweeps clean.
- A rising tide lifts all boats.
- All cats are gray at night.
- Another day, another dollar.
- As you sow, so shall you reap.
- Better the devil you know than the devil you don't.
- Boys will be boys.
- Can't live with them, can't live without them.
- Clogs to clogs in three generations.
- Cross my heart and hope to die, stick a needle in my eye.
- Dead men can tell no tales.
- Different strokes for different folks.
- Early bird catches the worm.
- Easy come, easy go.
- Even a blind pig can find an acorn once in a while.
- Every silver lining has a cloud.
- Familiarity breeds contempt.
- Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
- Fortune favors the brave.
- Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.
- Good things come to those who wait.
- He who pays the piper calls the tune.
- Hunger is the best sauce.
- If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
- If you can't beat them, join them.
- If you pay bananas, you get monkeys.
- In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
- It ain't over 'til the fat lady sings.
- It is what it is.
- It takes two to make a quarrel.
- Knowing is half the battle.
- Laughter is the best medicine.
- Make it do or do without.
- Misfortunes never come singly.
- My enemy's enemy is my friend.
- Never change a winning team.
- Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
- Nice guys finish last.
- No gain without pain.
- No matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney.
- Nothing succeeds like success.
- One good turn deserves another.
- One nail drives out another.
- Opportunity seldom knocks twice.
- People who have, get more.
- Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely.
- Prevention is better than cure.
- Pride comes before a fall.
- Rome wasn't built in a day.
- Rules are rules.
- Shallow brooks are noisy.
- So far so good.
- Speech is silver, but silence is golden.
- Still waters run deep.
- Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves.
- That's the way it goes.
- The best things in life are free.
- The chickens come home to roost.
- The fewer the better fare.
- The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
- The longest pole knocks the persimmon.
- The whistle does not pull the train.
- Those who can't do, teach.
- Timing is everything.
- Too many cooks spoil the broth.
- Two heads are better than one.
- Uneasy lies in the head that wears a crown.
- Variety is the spice of life.
- Walk softly and carry a big stick.
- What goes around comes around.
- What has been seen cannot be unseen.
- When the cat's away the mice will play.
- Work smarter, not harder.
- You attract more flies with honey than vinegar.
- You cannot please everyone.
- You don't dip your pen in the inkwell.
- You win some, you lose some.
- Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse.