22 January 2009

PROVERBE COREENE

Dupa trei zile de post, nu exista gind care sa nu-ti invadeze gindurile…
If you starve for three days, there is no thought that does not invade your imagination.
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Un plugar prost, se cearta si cu boul de la plug!
The bad ploughman quarrels with his ox.
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Cu cit sint mai adinci apele, cu atit sint mai linistite!
The deeper the water are, the more still they run.
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Unde nu sint tigrii…o pisica salbatica se simte importanta!
When there are no tigers, a wildcat is very self-important.
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Afacerile unui om se evalueaza numai dupa ce se inchide sicriul.
Man’s affairs are evaluated only after his coffin is closed.
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Amina o zi…si zece zile or sa treaca…
Put off one day and ten days will pass.
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Vitelul nobilului nu cunoaste cutitul macelarului.
A nobleman’s calf does not know how a butcher kills.
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Cuvintele n-au aripi…dar zboara o mie de mile.
Words have no wings but they can fly a thousand miles.
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Ai sa urasti cel mai minunat cintec…daca-l cinti prea des.
You will hate a beautiful song if you sing it often.
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Daca-ti plac numai lucrurile usoare, o sa ai probleme; daca-ti plac problemele, ai sa le rezolvi.
If you like things easy, you’ll have difficulties; if you like problems, you’ll succeed.
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Nu arunca noroi in fintina de unde iti iei apa.
Cast no dirt into the well that gives you water.
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Nu dati perle porcilor.
Cast not pearls to swine.
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Nu umbla sa prinzi umbra…ca ai sa pierzi substanta.
Catch not at the shadow, and lose the substance.
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Treci chiar si un pod de piatra, dar numai dupa ce l-ai incercat. Cross even a stone bridge after you’ve tested it.
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Nici pestele n-ar avea probleme daca si-ar tine gura inchisa.
Even a fish would not get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

2 comments:

disa said...

"nu dati perle porcilor"
in popor se spune:
"nu te amesteca in tarate, ca te mananca porcii!"

Rodica Botan said...

...AMINDOUA ADEVARATE...