Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
Fire, like any other manmade tool or device, will serve man well only when it is controlled and used wisely. – “Vatra je dobar sluga, ali je loš gospodar.”
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Proverbs
Proverbs
Fortune favors the brave
Sreća prati hrabre! Jill: Let’s wait till next year before trying to start our own business. Jane: No. We’ll do it this year. Fortune favors the brave.
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Grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
– a place that is far away or different seems better than where we are now “Susjedova trava je uvijek zelenija.”
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He who laughs last – laughs best (the hardest).
“Tko se zadnji smije, najslađe se smije.”
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He who laughs last, laughs the hardest.
Tko se zadnji smije, najslađe se smije.
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His bark is worse than his bite.
Pas koji laje, ne grize.
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If you believe in yourself anything is possible.
Ako vjeruješ u sebe, sve je moguće.
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Kill the goose that lays the golden egg(s)
-uništiti nešto što vam donosi profit; ubiti koku koja nese zlatna jaja Fred’s wife knew he wasn’t happy in his job, even though it paidwell; still, she felt that advising him to leave it would be killing the goose that laid the golden eggs.
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kill two birds with one stone
-ubiti dvije muhe jednim udarcem I have to cash a check and make a payment on my bank loan. I’ll kill two birds with one stone by doing them both in one trip to the bank.
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Let the dead bury the dead.
“Pusti neka mrtvi pokopaju svoje mrtve.” (Ne okreći se za minulim.)
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Lightning never strikes (the same place) twice
-grom ne udara dvaput u isto mjesto; to se ne događa svaki dan Jill: I’m scared to drive ever since that truck hit my car. Alan: Don’t worry. Lightning never strikes the same place twice. I t’s strange, but I feel safer since my apartment was robbed; I figure lightning never strikes the same place
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Like father, like son.
“Kakav otac takav sin.” Jill: George’s father smoked all the time, and now George is smoking excessively, too. Jane: Like father, like son, eh? I think my son will grow up tall, just like his father. Like father, like son.
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Live and let live.
“Budi tolerantan!” (We should not interfere in other people´s business. We should live our own lives and let others live their lives.)
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