أمثال بالعربية و ترجمتها بالانجليزية ~ Arabic Proverbs

أرسل حكيما ولا توصه °  literal Translation: Send a wise man and don't advise him °  English Equivalent or/and Meaning: He should know what to do  اعمل الطيب وارمه في البحر °  literal Translation: Do good things and throw them in the sea °  English Equivalent or/and Meaning: Don't expect rewards for good deeds  أعط الخبز لخبازه ولو أكل نصفه °  literal Translation: Give the dough to the baker even if he ate half of it °  English Equivalent or/and Meaning: Give the job to a person who knows how to perform it perfectly even though it will cost you  الجوع كافر °  literal Translation: Hunger is an infidel °  English Equivalent or/and Meaning: A hungry man is an angry man  الجار قبل الدار °  literal Translation: The neighbor comes before the home °  English Equivalent or/and Meaning: Choose your neighbors before you choose your home  الصديق وقت الضيق °  literal Translation: The friend in tight times °  English Equivalent or/and Meaning: Meaning: A friend is the one that lends a hand during the time of need °  English equivalent: A friend is need is a friend indeed

اختلط حابلهم بنابلهم °  literal Translation: The rope man got mixed with the archer °  English Equivalent or/and Meaning: Things got chaotic.  أدنى من حبل الوريد °  literal Translation: Closer than the carotid artery °  English Equivalent or/and Meaning: As close to a person as is humanly possible  إذا سلمت من الأسد فلا تطمع في صيده °  literal Translation: If you were saved from the lion, do not be greedy and hunt it °  English Equivalent or/and Meaning: Don't press your luck  إذا رأيت نيوب الليث بارزة فلا تظنن أن الليث يبتسم °  literal Translation: If you saw the fangs of lion, don't think the lion is smiling °  English Equivalent or/and Meaning: That was from a famous poem by Almotanabbi  إذا عرف السبب بطل العجب °  literal Translation: When the reason is known, there will be no more shock °  English Equivalent or/and Meaning: Said when you are wondering why something happened  إذا كنت تدري قتلك مصيبة وإن كنت لا تدري فالمصيبة أعظم °  literal Translation: If you know then it's a disaster, and if you don't know the it's a greater disaster °  English Equivalent or/and Meaning: If a leader knows or doesn't know about the corruption in his group

اطلبوا العلم من المهد إلى اللحد °  literal Translation: Seek Knowledge from the cradle to the grave °  English Equivalent or/and Meaning: Seek knowledge from the day you were born till the day you will die  اجلس حيث يؤخذ بيدك وتبر ولا تجلس حيث يؤخذ برجلك وتجر °  literal Translation: Sit where your hand is taken and good is done for you and don't sit where you are dragged from your leg °  English Equivalent or/and Meaning: Sit where you are welcomed and helped and don't sit where you are not welcomed  احذر عدوك مرة وصديقك ألف مرة فإن انقلب صديقك فهو أعلم بالمضرة °  literal Translation: Be careful of your enemy once and of your friend a thousand times, for a double crossing friend knows more evil °  English Equivalent or/and Meaning: Your friend knows more about what may harm you  احفظ قرشك الأبيض ليومك الأسود °  literal Translation: Save your white penny for your black day °  English Equivalent or/and Meaning: A penny Saved is a penny earned

طفح الكيل °  literal Translation: The gauge has over flown °  English Equivalent or/and Meaning: To run out of patience  لا يلدغ  المؤمن من جحره مرتين °  literal Translation: Dawn does not come twice to awaken a man °  English Equivalent or/and Meaning: A fox is not taken twice in the same snare  هذا الشبل من ذاك الأسد °  literal Translation: This cub is from that lion °  English Equivalent or/and Meaning: A chip of the old block  يد واحدة لا تصفق °  literal Translation: One hand cannot clap °  English Equivalent or/and Meaning: cooperation is necessary  يدخل شعبان في رمضان °  literal Translation: He mixes Ramadan with Sha'ban (2 months of the Hejrah Calendar) °  English Equivalent or/and Meaning: He confuses the issue  يعمل من الحبة قبة °  literal Translation: He makes a dome out of a grain °  English Equivalent or/and Meaning: He worries about a small problem as if it is a big one