polish sayings

Na pochyłe drzewo to i Salomon nie naleje.

Lepsze włosy z łupieżem, niż łupież bez włosów.

Nie rąb drzewa w ortalionie.

Nie taka kobieta straszna jak się umaluje.


:D

Wow,some of these are really cool.Am embarrassed to say my fave used to be 'don't let anger spoil your beauty'[i assume that is a genuine one]but it's way down the list now. Any funny[i.e. not too vicious!]ones about germans?

Has anyone ever heard a saying that in English means something like, "Ma, the frog is looking at me"? I'm guessing from the context I heard it in, its implying someone is a crybaby. Please advise. Also how would you say it in Polish?

"Gdy wleziesz między wrony, musisz krakać jak i one.
English equivalent: When in Rome do as the Romans do."

I think it literally means "when you are amongst crows you sing like them"?

If wrona is a crow?

I believe that would be "ciocia" pronounced cho-cha, which means "auntie".

The other one "lefty" I can't help you with.

To turn in one's grave
Can anyone help me please with the Polish equivalent saying or proverb for to turn in one's grave? In English we often use the expression about a deceased person - he must be turning in his grave - meaning that if that dead person knew what was happening now,after his death, he would be horrified. For example Charles Darwin must be turning in his grave because Creationists think his theory of evolution is nonsense.
Many thanks in advance.

Przewracać się w grobie.

'glowa siwieje,dupa szaleje' - your hair is getting grey,your ass is getting crazy or wild ;) there is not possible to translate it perfect:) but i hope u will get the meaning :)

how do you say 'nie szuraj nogami'? don't scuffle?

McCoy had an excellent one on another forum.

"Don't talk with stupid because first he will bring you down to his level and than he will defeat you with his experience."

I am in the process of translating it into Polish.

Thanks McCoy...

let us know how it came out...

Please, if you do not mind please tell me how I made out... I am trying to learn this stuff :')

nie rozmawiać głupiego ponieważ pierwszy sprowadź się do jego poziomu i wtedy będzie pokonać w jego doświodczenia.

Tanie wina są dobre, bo są dobre i tanie.
(Cheap wine is good, for it's good and cheap)

Kurwa kurwie łba nie urwie.
(literally meaning "A wh*re won't tear off another wh*re's head", yet in Polish it rhymes)

Zaje*ałeś, jak łysy grzywką o kant kuli
(You did it as a baldy when he (furiously) smashed the sphere's edge with his fringe)

W rosłe drzewa częściej pioruny biją
(Big/Strong trees attract more thunderbolts)

Drzeć z kimś koty
(To tear cats into pieces with somebody-to argue)

Gówno chłopu, nie zegarek.
(Shit's for a peasant, not a watch./You should give shit to a peasant, not a watch)

Gdyby babcia miała wąsy, toby była dziadkiem.
(If the granny'd had moustache, she'd have been grandpa)

Poglaszcz chama, to cię kopnie; kopnij go, to cię poglaszcze.
(Stroke a lout and he will kick you, kick him and he will stroke you.)

Śmiejesz się, jak głupi do sera
(You are smiling like an idiot to his cheese.)

Nie susz zębów po próżnicy(old-Polish)
(Don't dry your teeth in vain/with no reason.)

Człowiek nie kaktus, pić musi.
(Man is not a cactus, he has to drink.)

Każdy Polak po jedzeniu myśli tylko o paleniu.
(Every Pole after eating thinks only about smoking.)

If you don't give it to men, you'll have to give it to worms.:)