- better one house spoiled than two
- краще зіпсувати один дім, ніж два
English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs . 2013.
better one house spoiled than two
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better one house spoiled than two — Said of two foolish or wicked people joined in marriage and troubling only themselves. Spoiled (or spilled [destroyed]) is sometimes contrasted with filled (see quots. 1670 and 1805). 1586 T. B. tr. La Primaudaye’s French Academy xlvi. The wicked … Proverbs new dictionary
better — see better a century of tyranny than one day of chaos better a dinner of herbs than a stalled ox where hate is better a good cow than a cow of a good kind better are small fish than an empty dish better be an old man’s darling, than a young man’s … Proverbs new dictionary
one — see when one door shuts, another opens one for sorrow, two for mirth; three for a wedding, four for a birth one for the mouse, one for the crow, one to rot, one to grow one nail drives out another one size does not fit all … Proverbs new dictionary
two — see two blacks don’t make a white while two dogs are fighting for a bone, a third runs away with it two heads are better than one two is company, but three is none two of a trade never agree if two ride on a … Proverbs new dictionary
house — see when house and land are gone and spent, then learning is most excellent a house divided cannot stand better one house spoiled than two an Englishman’s house is his castle fools build houses and wise men live in them … Proverbs new dictionary
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spoil — see do not spoil the ship for a ha’porth of tar spare the rod and spoil the child too many cooks spoil the broth better one house spoiled than two … Proverbs new dictionary
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