خوش آمديد,
مهمان
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Persian Sayings, Persian Idioms, Persian Phrases, and Persian Expressions ________________________________________ Here we go! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Tell me who your friends are, and I will tell you who you are! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If they had planted “if,” a tree would have grown in its place. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - When you pick up the stick, the stealing cat gets alert. Guilty people are always on guard, looking over their shoulder. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - He who leaves the eye will leave the heart. If people don’t see you, they’ll forget you. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Taking rye to (the city of) Kerman. About doing something that is a waste of time. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Walls have mice; mice have ears. Be careful. Someone might be listening! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - One who’s been bitten by a snake is afraid of a black-and-white rope. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A good year is apparent from the spring. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - He pulls a snake out of the nest with his tongue. About being diplomatic. A smooth talker. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Silence is the sign of agreement. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - One idiot throws a stone in the well, and it takes a hundred wise men to (try to) get it out. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Bake the bread while the oven is hot. Do it while the opportunity is still there. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I haven’t come from behind the mountains. I am not stupid! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - One hand has no sound. Reference to the effectiveness of cooperation among people, to do good or evil. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Don’t pick up two watermelons with one hand. Don’t do too many things at the same time. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The mouse couldn’t fit through the hole, and then it tied a broom to its tail. Refers to people who take on more responsibilities than they can handle. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - It’s not a shame to ask. It’s a shame not to know. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Clothes after the New Year are good for the top of the minaret. A reference to being too late to do something. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Water finds the pothole. People with similar characteristics find each other. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Don’t stretch your legs beyond your quilt. Know your limits and adapt to the situation. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Once the fire starts burning, the damp and the dry will burn together. Be careful who you choose to be your friends. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gone to the judge alone, and is back happy. There are two sides to every story. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Fallen from the elephant’s nose. Said about a person who acts like a snob. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you don’t want to be found out, take the appearance of the people around you. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A fight in the beginning is better than peace in the end. Go over the details before you agree to something. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - She tells the sun, “Don’t rise. I’ve come out!” She’s so beautiful! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - One will take someone to the spring and bring them back thirsty. A very cunning person. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A mountain won’t catch up to a mountain, but a person will catch up to a person. Be nice to people on your way up because you might meet them on your way down. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - If you see behind your ear. A reference to something that will never happen. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - With a single flower, there won’t be spring. One needs more than one indication to draw conclusions. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Coming back with arms longer than legs. Coming back without success. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Came out of the pothole, fell into the well. You may get out of one problem but then find yourself facing a bigger problem. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - They count the chickens at the end of autumn. Don’t act as if you have something until you really do. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Door, I’m speaking to you. Wall, you listen. About warning someone indirectly. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Someone cut before they measured! Think thoroughly before you act. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - They tried to fix the eyebrow and ended up blinding the eye, too. Instead of fixing the problem, they made it worse. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Do a good thing and throw it in the river. God will reward you in the desert. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The neighbor’s hen is a goose to a neighbor. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A slap in the face now is better than promised candy later. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Heaven is under the mother’s foot. If you respect your mother, you’ll go to heaven, that’s how high a mother’s place is. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Five fingers are brothers, not equals. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Two midwives and the baby’s head will be crooked. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - When there are two cooks, the soup will be either too salty or tasteless. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Tell a lazy man to do something. Listen to philosophy! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - First dig a well, then steal the minaret. About planning ahead. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
مدير دسترسي عمومي براي نوشتن را غيرفعال كرده.
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