امثال سورية مترجمة (Syrian Proverbs)

Syrian Proverbs





اذا كان صاحبك عسل لا تلحسو كلّو



If your friend is honey, don't lick him all




عرج الجمل من شفته


The camel limped from its split lip

A bad workman blames his tools





الجار قبل الدار

Chose the neighbour before the house

We can live without friends, but not without neighbours





انا و اخي على ابن عمي و انا و ابن عمي على الغريب

My brother and I against my cousin, My cousin and I against a stranger

Blood is thicker than water





اللي فات مات

What is past is dead

Let bygones be bygones






يا رايح كتر ملايح O departing one, leave behind good deeds!

A good deed is never lost





حبل الكذب قصير
The rope of a lie is short

The liar is sooner caught from the cripple





العجلة من الشيطان و التاني من الرحمن
Haste is the devil's work and patience is from God the Merciful

Patience is a virtue





فرخ البط عوّام
The son of a duck is a floater

Like father, like son





علمناهن عالشحادة سبقونا على البواب
We taught them how to beg, they raced us to the gates

to beat someone at his own game





شحاد و مشارط؟؟؟
A beggar and he bargains!

Beggars cannot be choosers





القرد بعين امو غزال
In the eye of his mother, a monkey is a gazelle

All her geese are swans





من قلة الخيل ركبنا على الكلاب سروج
With the lack of horses, we saddle the dogs!

There's nothing suitable, so they come with a useless alternative





الديك الفصيح من البيضة بيصيح
The eloquent cock crows from the egg

It early pricks that will be a thorn





الصبر مفتاح الفرج
Patience is the key to relief





ضربني و بكا و سبقني و اشتكى

He hit me and cried, he raced me to complain!

It's all his fault, yet he pretends to be the victim