A Dictionary of Modern Greek Proverbs: With an English Translation, Explanatory Remarks, and Philological IllustrationsT. Clark, 1831 - 144 頁 |
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... advantage from one who has little in his power . The ̓Απὸ τὰ γένεια σοφός . His wisdom is in his beard : -To him who is wise in his own conceit . English say , The wisdom's in the wig . ̓Απὸ τὰ καλῶς συναγμένα ἐπαίρει ὁ Διάβολος τὰ μισὰ ...
... advantage from one who has little in his power . The ̓Απὸ τὰ γένεια σοφός . His wisdom is in his beard : -To him who is wise in his own conceit . English say , The wisdom's in the wig . ̓Απὸ τὰ καλῶς συναγμένα ἐπαίρει ὁ Διάβολος τὰ μισὰ ...
第 26 頁
... advantage and a round loss . " Conical being the form of horse- shoe nails ; and horse - shoes in Greece , being made round , and not , as in other countries , in the shape of a crescent . Διδάσκαλε που δίδασκες , καὶ νόμον δὲν ἐκράτεις ...
... advantage and a round loss . " Conical being the form of horse- shoe nails ; and horse - shoes in Greece , being made round , and not , as in other countries , in the shape of a crescent . Διδάσκαλε που δίδασκες , καὶ νόμον δὲν ἐκράτεις ...
第 54 頁
... στρεβλός . Ηὕραμεν ζουρλὸν παπᾶν , καὶ ὁλημέρα ψάλλομεν . - We have found a foolish priest , and we sing all day - To bad servants who , taking advantage of the goodness and indulgence of their masters , con- tinually 327-332 54 GREEK.
... στρεβλός . Ηὕραμεν ζουρλὸν παπᾶν , καὶ ὁλημέρα ψάλλομεν . - We have found a foolish priest , and we sing all day - To bad servants who , taking advantage of the goodness and indulgence of their masters , con- tinually 327-332 54 GREEK.
第 66 頁
... advantages , lose their own . The proverb is borrowed from the 197th fable of Æsop . Kápendos iπi ovov . - A camel upon an ass : -Applied when a powerful man oppresses and tramples upon one who is dull and stupid . Kapńλov pvnoixania ...
... advantages , lose their own . The proverb is borrowed from the 197th fable of Æsop . Kápendos iπi ovov . - A camel upon an ass : -Applied when a powerful man oppresses and tramples upon one who is dull and stupid . Kapńλov pvnoixania ...
第 74 頁
... advantage . Μᾶς ἦλθεν εἰς τὴν ἐξύφανσιν . — He has come to us at the close of the web : -That is , at the conclusion of some transaction . Ματαίως χύνεται τὸ νερόν . The water runs in vain : -To men who waste their words on those who ...
... advantage . Μᾶς ἦλθεν εἰς τὴν ἐξύφανσιν . — He has come to us at the close of the web : -That is , at the conclusion of some transaction . Ματαίως χύνεται τὸ νερόν . The water runs in vain : -To men who waste their words on those who ...
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第 48 頁 - Have with our needles created both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion, Both warbling of one song, both in one key ; As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds, Had been incorporate. So we grew together, Like to a double cherry, seeming parted ; But yet a union in partition, Two lovely berries moulded on one stem ; So, with two seeming bodies, but one heart...
第 141 頁 - Je l'assistai dans l'indigence : II ne me rendit jamais rien. Mais quoiqu'il me dût tout son bien, Sans peine il souffrait ma présence. Oh ! la rare reconnaissance ! XVI. — Parodie de cinq vers de Chapelle4. Tout grand ivrogne du Marais Fait des vers que l'on ne lit guère.
第 113 頁 - Pericles delivered, nominally over the grave of those who had fallen in the first year of the Peloponnesian war, but really on the greatness of Athens, he considers that the city had a great claim on the gratitude and patriotism of her sons, on account of the abundant bodily and mental recreations she had provided for them.
第 139 頁 - When asked what he was going to do, he replied: "I am going to storm hell ; the soldiers are beginning to eat fire already.
第 119 頁 - ... one's eye cross-legged, and tether five elephants to the pole of a dancer. (Tamil). Should the mustache of one's aunt grow we may call her uncle. (Tamil). Teeth do not wear mourning. (Trinidad Creole). Smiles and laughter may cover a breaking heart. The blind man sought for a needle in the straw-loft, and the man with a lame hand made a basket to put it in. (Modern Greek). The distinction of big and little does not apply to snakes. (Tamil). The egg made faces at the chicken. (Telugu). Applied...
第 37 頁 - The frog flew into a passion, and the pond knew nothing about it : — To insignificant men whose expressions of wrath are disregarded by their superiors.
第 10 頁 - From a bad debtor even a bag of straw is worth having. 69> Tov (ГхиХоу xa/xE tr-jvTe%wiv xal то paf&tvw (Ьагта. Make the dog your companion, but hold fast your stao'.
第 103 頁 - When they tell you, you are drunk, hold by the wall, and go on : — It is sometimes good policy to yield to public opinion,, and act as if it were just.
第 118 頁 - At a deaf man's door, it is all one whether you knock or not; — Otherwise: '2 те? яшфви гя» З-iíçctv, KTv-ra Vívraxáffta.