Polish sayings

trawa jest zawsze bardziej zielona po drugiej stronie/w ogródku sąsiada/za płotem

Cudze chwalicie, swego nie znacie. maybe?

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?

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...

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.:)

My dziadek has passed and i am trying to find out how to say "in loving memory of" in polish could someone help please

One Polish saying i heard..........Life is like the toilet paper...very long ...and full of sh..

My godmother used to say in polish "a duck kicked me in the ass" (or something very similiar) It would be used for when she was literally taken by surprise over something. (It would be quite a surprise to have a duck kick you in the ass).

Does anyone know the exact phrasing?

Nich cię geś kopnia. May a goose kick you?

Na zdrowie starej krowie! (meaning: cheers you old cow!)

Thank you. That is going to come in handy later.

Do widzenia, ślepa Gienia.

Close - only counts in horseshoes and hand-grenades.

Ani w Boga wierzy, ani się diabła boi. Neither it believes to God, neither it fears devil.
Bęben dlatego tak głośny, bo próżny. (o gwiazdkach show-biznesu) So, drum so loud, because vacant <vain>
Jak Kuba Bogu tak Bóg Stanom Zjednoczonym. As Cuba God, God United States so.

Neither (he/she/it) believes in God.. neither fears devil - self-explanatory
The drum is loud because its empty. (referring to people)
Jak Kuba Bogu tak Bóg Kubie - As Kuba towards God, so God towards Kuba (or As Kuba deals with God, so does God with Kuba)

Kuba is short for Jakub(James). I can't think of an English counterpart of the saying, now, but I am convinced there must be some. The saying is used to comment on 'paying someone in the same currency'.

Jak Kuba Bogu tak Bóg Stanom Zjednoczonym is a pun on the previous.
It means As Cuba deals with God, so God deals with the US.

Thread attached on merging:
Polish proverbs/sayings?

In Polish and English (of course English does not have to be exact), if you could. :)

What is the correct Polish translation of "Do not push the river, it will flow by itself" with correct Polish characters?

Of course, I want the original Polish version, not like a word-for-word translation or anything.

There's somewhat similar saying in Polish in the sense there's river flow to it, but actually it describes somewhat opposite idea.

It goes like: Nie zawracaj kijem Wisły. or zawracanie kijem Wisły

it means Don't turn Vistula (greatest Polish river) back with a stick.

maybe there is a proper counterpart in Polish of the saying you've given but I think I have never heard one

Thanks, gumishu. Anyone else heard of this phrase, or am I nuts?

Nie pchaj rzeki, sama płynie. Aleksander Fredro

What is a good colloquial Polish saying for a fuss, a song and dance, a production, as in
"Don't make a song and dance about it"
- I mean one of those colourful sayings like 'a drowning man clutches a razor' as oppsoed to a direct translation. IN Polish and English would be good! thanxx. :)

can someone please translate these sayings into polish for me or somethign along the lines of the same meaning..thanksss

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow

Where there is love there is life.

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow - wyciągaj wnioski z dnia wczorajszego, żyj dniem dzisiejszym, miej nadzieję na jutro

Where there is love there is life - gdzie jest miłość tam jest i życie

I think the best way to say that in Polish would be:

"Robić z igły widły", which literally means "To make a pitchfork out of a needle".

The meaning of this is to make something seem like it's much more important than it really is.