Bulgarian proverbs

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Contents 1 А 2 Б 3 В 4 Г 5 Д 6 Е 7 Ж 8 З 9 Й 10 К 11 Л 12 М 13 Н 14 О 15 П 16 Р 17 С 18 Т 19 У 20 Ф 21 Х 22 Ц 23 Ч 24 Ш 25 Щ 26 Ъ 27 Ю 28 Я

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• Бързата работа - срам за майстора.
  • Hasty work - shame for the craftsman.
  • Festina lente!
  • Meaning: Haste makes waste.

• Бързата кучка, слепи ги ражда
• The hasty bitch bears blind ones.

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• Всяка жаба да си знае гьола.
  • Every frog must know its pond.
  • Meaning: Every one must know his/her place. Or Everyone must know his/her origin.
  • Jeder Frosch gehört im eigenen Teich.

• И вълкът сит и агнето цяло.
  • Meaning: In a dispute, both sides have been satisfied.
  • Kann nicht sein, daß der Wolf satt ist, und das Schaf ganz ist.
  • It can't be, that the wolf is full, and the lamb is alive.

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• Гладна мечка хоро не играе.
  • Translation: Hungry bear doesn't dance.
    • Meaning: You must be well fed/payed before you can do something extrodinary.
  • Ein hungriger Bär tanzt nicht.

• Глупостта не ходи по гората.
  • You can't find stupidity in the forest.
    • Meaning: Only people can be stupid.

• Голям залък лапни, голяма дума не казвай.
  • Take a big bite, big word don't say.

• Гарван гарвану очи не кълве.
  • A crow a crow's eyes doesn't peck.
  • Eine Krähe hackt der anderen kein Auge aus.

• Гузен негонен бяга
  • The guilty man flees unchased.

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• Да бe мирно седяло,не би чудо видяло.
  • If you had been calm, you wouldn't have seen a miracle.
    • Meaning: If you you had been careful you would not have gotten into trouble.

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• Една лястовичка пролет не прави.
  • One swallow doesn't make a spring.
  • Une hirondelle ne fait pas le printemps
  • Eine Schwalbe macht noch keinen Frühling.

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• За вълка говорим, а той в кошарата.
  • Talk of the devil - and the devil appears.
  • Meaning: Saying bad things about stuff, will most likely happen.
  • Wenn man vom Teufel spricht, kommt er.

For the wolf we talk, and it apears.

• За някой сватба, за други брадва.

Meaning: While some people party, others face hardship. Direct Translation: For some a wedding, for others an axe.

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• Кажи ми какви са приятелите ти, за да ти кажа какъв си ти.
  • Tell me who your friends are, so I can tell you who you are.

• Кажи на вола си - никой няма да разбере, кажи на жена си - цяло село ще разбере.
  • Tell your ox and nobody will know, tell your wife and the whole village will know.

• Каквото посадиш, такова ще ожънеш.
  • As you sow, so shall you reap.
  • Man erntet was man sät.

• Капка по капка - вир става.
  • Drop by drop - a whole lake becomes.
    • Meaning: No matter how small, each contribution matters.

• Когато цъфнат налъмите
  • Translation: When sabots begin to flower
    • Meaning: used to say that something will never happen

• Който копае гроб другиму, сам пада в него.
  • Translation: He who digs someone else's grave shall fall in it himself.

• Който не работи, не трябва да яде.
  • The one who does not work, must not eat.
  • Der, der nicht arbeitet, darf nicht essen.

• Който пее, зло не мисли.
  • The one who sings, evil does not think.

• Който нож вади, от нож умира.
  • He who pulls out a knife, by knife shall die.

• Който се смее последен, се смее най-добре.
  • The on who laughs last, laughs best.
  • Rira bien qui rira le dernier.
  • Wer zuletzt lacht, lacht am besten.

• Крушата не пада по-далеч от дървото.
  • The pear does not fall far from the tree.
    • Meaning: You are like the ones you keep close to you.
  • Der Apfel fällt nicht weit vom Stamm.

• Кръвта вода не става.
  • Blood is Thicker then Water
  • Direct Translation: Blood, does not become water
    • Meaning: Family ties last forever.

• Казали на лисицата, а тя си казала на опашката.
  • They said to the fox, the fox said to its tail.
  • Meaning: One is told to do something but will never do it.

• Като се обърне каруцата, пътища много.
  • Translation: When the cart rolled over, there are many roads.
  • Meaning: You can not change what already happened.

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• На вълка вратът му е дебел, защото си върши работата сам.
  • Translation: The wolf has a thick neck, because he does his job on his own.
    • Meaning: If you want something done right - do it yourself.

• На лъжата краката са къси.
  • A lie's legs are short.
    • Meaning: Lies cannot go far.
  • A lie has no legs.
  • Lügen haben kurze Beine.

• Не оставяй днешната работа за утре
  • Don't leave today's work for tomorrow
  • In romanian: Ce poţi face azi, nu lăsa pe mâine.

• Насила хубост не става.
  • Beauty, by force is not created
    • Meaning: you can lead a horse to the water but you can't make it drink.

• На чужд гроб не плачи.
  • Don't cry at somebody else's grave.
    • Meaning: Don't bother about other people's worries.

• Няма дим без огън.
  • Translation: There is no smoke without fire.
    • Meaning: There is a reason for everything that happened.

• Не е луд този, който яде зелника, луд е този, който му го дава.
  • Translation: He's not crazy, he who eats the pastry, crazy is the one who gave it to him.
    • Meaning: If you let someone do whatever he wants, he'll keep doing it.

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• Очи, които не се виждат, се забравят.
  • Out of sight, out of mind.
  • Aus den Augen, aus dem Sinn.

• Отиде коня у реката.
  • The horse went into the river
  • Meaning: The situation gets out of hand.

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• Помогни си сам да ти помогне и Господ.
  • Meaning: Help yourself to help God help you.
• Присмял се хърбел на щърбел.
  • Meaning: A pot calling a kettle black.
  • In Polish: Przyganiał kocioł garnkowi.
• Приятел в нужда се познава.
  • A friend in need is a friend indeed.
• По дрехите посрещат, по ума изпращат.
  • First impression is from your dress, last impression from your brains/wits.
• Пази Боже сляпо да прогледа.
  • "May God help us when a blind one gains sight."
  • Meaning: Beware of the one who finds himself in an inaproppriately high position of power by mistake

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• Сговорна дружина, планина повдига.
  • Meaning: Union makes strength

• С един куршум - два заека.
  • With one bullet - two rabbits
    • Meaning: Kill two birds with one stone

• Стадо без мърша не бива.
  • There's no flock without a carrion.
    • Meaning: There is a black sheep in every flock

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• Те ти, булка, Спасов ден.
  • Here you are, madam - Ascencion day.
    • Meaning:Something bad and unexpected happened.
    • Meaning:The long waited occasion occurs unexpectedly.

• Три пъти мери, веднъж режи.
  • Measure thrice, cut once.
  • Meaning: Plan carefully.

• Трай коньо за зелена трева.
  • Wait horse for green grass.
  • Meaning: What you are hoping for will never happen.

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• У старо село нов закон не бива.
  • A new law in an old village won't do.
    • Meaning: used to say that it is not good to impose new rules where there is a lot of tradition.

• Ум царува, ум робува, ум патки пасе.
  • Mind reigns, mind obeys, mind feeds the ducks.

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• Хубавите ябълки прасетата ги ядат.

• • Die schöne Äpfel essen die Schweine.
  • The nice apples are always eaten by nasty pigs.

• Храни куче, да те лае.
  • Feed a dog to bark at you.
    • In Polish: Wychować węża na własnej piersi.

• Харизан кон съ не гледа в устъта.
  • Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
    • Meaning: When you receive a gift, be grateful for your good fortune and don't examine the gift to look for defects or to assess its value.

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• Чуждата кокошка е патка.
  • The grass is always greener on the other side.

• Човек предполага, Господ разполага.
  • Translation: Man proposes, God disposes.

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• Я камилата, я камиларя.
  • Either the camel, or the camelman
    • Meaning: There's many a slip twist the cup and the lip