Georgian proverbs 1

Natia ShevardenidzeRustavi public school N4, Georgia

„არა მკითხე მოამბეო, მიტყიპე და მიაგდეო“If you are not asked for smth, you will be

beaten for it

O Meaning:O You’d better not to intervene O In other people’s case, if you O Don’t want to be punished

“ნუ დასცინი სხვასაო გადაგხდება თავსაო”DON’T LAUGH AT ANYBODY, IT WILL HAPPEN WITH

YOU EITHER

O Meaning:O If you laugh at anybody, O you will be laughed at later too

“არ გათეთრდება ყორანი რაც უნდა ხეხო ქვიშითა”A raven can not be whitened even if brushed with the sand

O Meaning:O It’s impossible to improve a personO Despite any efforts, if the crime O Is in his blood, he can’t give it up

“ასჯერ გაზომე ერთხელ გაჭერი”Measure for hundred times and cut

once

O Meaning:O You should think a lot before O making a decision, considerO Everything and then make a step

“ისარი და პირის სიტყვა არცერთი არ დაბრუნდებაო”

Neither an arrow nor a word can be returned back again

O Meaning:O You should think well beforeO Saying a word, because noneO Of the excuses will help afterO The bad thing is already said

“ადრე ამდგარსა კურდღელსა ვერ დაეწევა მწევარი”A hare having got up early, can not be caught by the

dog

O Meaning:O If you are not lazy, you’llO Succeed in your work

“აქლემის ქურდი და ნემსის ქურდი-ორივე ქურდიაო”

A thief of a camel and a needle-is still a thief

O Meaning:O No matter what is stolen, O The amount is not important,O The fact of stealing really matters

“ასჯერ გაგონილს ერთხელ თვალით ნანახი სჯობიაო”It’s better to see once than to hear for hundred times

O Meaning:O You’d better not to believeO In everything you hearO Before you see it with your O Own eyes

“ავი ძაღლი არც თვითონ ჭამს არც სხვას აჭმევსო”An evil dog neither eats smth nor gives it to

anybody to eat

O Meaning:O A wicked person prefers notO To give anything to anybody, even ifO He can not use it for any reasons