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| All’s well that ends well. | [b]To ben van endat ben.[/b] |
| It’s an ill wind that blows no-one any good. | [b]A somun malox yuvar.[/b] – [b]Malox selfa yuvar a somun.[/b] |
| Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. | [b]A shak id sa pen sufar.[/b] |
| Look before you lap. | [b]Miru pre salti.[/b] – [b]Prudenso matro de sekureso.[/b] |
| Let him whom the cap fits wear it. | [b]Liu weri lo cap a il a ki syutar.[/b] |
| When the cat’s away, the mice will play. | [b]Kat departat, musos dansar.[/b] |
| Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched. | [b]Pre urs ocidat, la pyel no vendenda.[/b] |
| Leave well alone! | [b]Mela nemik de bona.[/b] |
| Even a worm will turn. | [b]Mesme lo vermo var edi.[/b] ([b]var kambo.[/b]) |
| The more the merrier. | [b]Plu nos numa, plu nos gada.[/b] |
| You can’t do two things at once. | [b]Vu no par fi du kozos samtempe.[/b] – [b]Vu nor par yagi du lepos samtempe.[/b] |
| Where there’s smoke there’s fire. | [b]Nil fum sen fok.[/b] |
| No sin but should find mercy. | [b]Po kel pek mizerikord.[/b] |
| No one is a prophet in his own country. | [b]Nilun profet in sa land.[/b] |
| A new broom sweeps clean. | [b]Nuv bezil bezar ban.[/b] |
| One swallow doesn’t make a summer. | [b]Un ronden no far primaver.[/b] |
| No gains without pains. | [b]Nil gan sen pen.[/b] |
| More haste less speed. | [b]Tro asto min vit.[/b] |
| Fair and softly goes far in a day. | [b]Ki gar lente gar dus.[/b] |
| A rolling stone gathers no moss. | [b]Rula petro no kolgar muslo.[/b] |
| Strike whilst the iron’s hot. | [b]Fir batenda van varma.[/b] |
| There’s many a slip twixt the cup and the lip. | [b]Lo kopyo dus dal labyos.[/b] |
| God helps those who help themselves. | [b]T’elpu, Deo t’elpor.[/b] |
| Where there’s a will there’s a way. | [b]Vol far poso.[/b] – [b]Vi sar pi.[/b] |
| A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. | [b]Un in man mela qam du erye.[/b] |
| Lucky at cards, unlucky in love. | [b]Ixa in lud, malixa in amor.[/b] |
| The more you have, the more you want. | [b]Plu vu ar, plu vu var.[/b] |
| You can’t have too much of a good thing. | [b]Abondo sem plaza[/b] ([b]ni troa[/b])[b].[/b] |
| A cat may look at a king. | [b]Un kat par miri l’roy.[/b] |
| You never know what may turn up. | [b]Vu ni spar kom kozos gor.[/b] |
| Everything comes to him who waits. | [b]To venar a ki atendar.[/b] |
| As you make your bed, so you must lie on it. | [b]As vu far va bed, ete vu kushor.[/b] |
| Let sleeping dogs lie. | [b]No ravelyu kat dormanda.[/b] |
| Least said, soonest mended. | [b]Min vu parlar, min vu rigror. Min vortos, min rigros.[/b] |
| The best of friends must part. | [b]Bonesta amikos idyes separenda.[/b] |
| No news is good news. | [b]Nil nuvel, bon nuvel.[/b] |
| Just take things as they come. | [b]Prenu kozos as zi venar.[/b] |
| What is bred in the bone comes out in the flesh. | [b]Esan va natur pelat, idyes it revenor.[/b] |
| If youth but knew and age but could! | [b]Es yuno spur, es oldo pur![/b] |
| Practice makes perfect. | [b]Pratikande so perfijar.[/b] – [b]Forgande so jar forger.[/b] |
| Grasp all, lose all. | [b]Trali tro, perdi to.[/b] |
| Half a loaf is better than no bread. | [b]Dim panel mela qam nilo. Manke drosos, so edar merlos.[/b] |
| The biter bit. | [b]Morder mordat.[/b] – [b]Talun mordat ki vir mordi.[/b] |
| Nothing venture, nothing gain. | [b]Nil gan sen risko.[/b] – [b]Nil risko, nil gan.[/b] |
| Out of sight, out of mind. | [b]Dus da vid, dus da kor.[/b] |
| Misfortunes never come singly. | [b]Nil malox venar sola.[/b] – [b]Malox ni venar sola.[/b] |
| Speak of the devil and he will appear. | [b]Parlu del dyablo, il venor.[/b] |
| Like father like son. | [b]Tala patro, tala filyo.[/b] |
| All that glitters is not gold. | [b]No to ki brilar sar auro.[/b] |
| Rome was not built in a day. | [b]Rom no sir bildat unide.[/b] |
| Idleness is the root of all evil. | [b]Pigro radik de tot visos.[/b] |
| To forgive is divine, to err is human. | [b]Pardon dea, eror oma.[/b] |
| Choose the lesser of two evils. | [b]Inte du malos elgu lo mina.[/b] |
| He who laughs last laughs best. | [b]Mele ridar ki ridar laste; lastun ridar meleste.[/b] |
| Possession is nine points of the law. | [b]Posed fas rek.[/b] – [b]Ixa ki posedar![/b] – [b]Ixa lo poseder.[/b] |
| When in Rome do as the Romans do. | [b]Romye, agu as Romas.[/b] – [b]Urlu kol lupos, ridu kol rideros.[/b] |
| Every cloud has a silver lining. | [b]Nil nub sen orlo klara.[/b] |
| Many a mickle makes a muckle. | [b]Mul petrulos far un muk.[/b] – [b]Pokpoke l’ezo far sa nid.[/b] |
| Fortune favours the brave. | [b]Fortun favorar[/b] ([b]elpar[/b]) [b]l’ozer.[/b] ([b]l’audaxa[/b]) |
| Poverty is no crime. | [b]Povo no kulpo.[/b] |
| Poverty is no crime, but nor a great honour. | [b]Povo no kulpo, mo nor gran onor.[/b] |
| Empty stomachs don’t make for clear heads. | [b]Onga ventro no ar orelos.[/b] |
| Youth must have its fling. | [b]Yuno pasenda.[/b] |
| There are two sides to every story. | [b]Shak istor ar du versyonos.[/b] |
| Work well and shame the devil. (Do right and shame the devil.) | [b]Agu ben e liu parli.[/b] |