Oldal 253 [253]
Equivalent with | Similar, but part- No equivalent
exactly the same ly different
meaning in meaning Can be translated | Can be explained
1 | Too many cooks
spoil the broth.
2 | The pot calls the
kettle black.
3 | Imight as well talk “It’s like throwing
to a brick wall. peas against a
It is like water off brick wall” (as the
a duck’s back. Hungarian saying
goes).
4 | Out of the frying
pan into the fire.
5 | He drinks like a
fish.
6 Money talks.
He who pays the
piper calls the
tune.
7 It is no use crying | “More was lost in
over spilt milk. the Battle of
Mohdcs” (as the
Hungarian saying
goes).
8 | He sticks to his
guns.
9 |A leopard cannot | Old habits die
change its spots. | hard.
10 | Weeds don’t spoil.
11 | I wouldn’t touch “I would not wipe
him with a barge- my muddy boots in
pole / a ten-foot him”, (as the Hun¬
pole garian saying
goes).