A list of English phraseologisms (idioms, proverbs, sayings) for analysis

Phraseologisms Meaning Ukrainian translation

a friend who will help Друг пізнається в біді
someone when help is
1. A friend in need is a needed is a true friend.
friend indeed
have friends who have Друзі «зверху»
important or influential
2. Friends in high places positions
used to refer to a dog Кращий друг людини
or to dogs as a group
3. Man’s best friend
4. Strike up a friendship to become friends Заводити друга\
дружбу.
5. A friend’s eye is a good Скажи, хто твій друг, і
mirror.  я скажу, хто ти.
6. Who seeks a faultless
friend remains
friendless.
7. A friend to all is a friend
to none

8. False friends are worse

than open enemies

9. Friends are thieves of

time

10.Lend your money. Lose

your friend

11.The rich knows not who

is his friend

12.A broken friendship

may be soldered, but
will never be sound
13.A friend in need is a
friend indeed
14.A friend is never known
till needed
15.A friend to all is a friend
to none
16.A friend's frown is
better than a foe's smile
17.A hedge between keeps
friendship green
18.A Joke never gains an
enemy but often loses a
friend
19.All are not friends that
speak us fair
20.Before you make a
friend eat a bushel of
salt with him
21.Better an open enemy
than a false friend
22.Better lose a jest than a
friend
23.Choose an author as you
choose a friend
24.Even reckoning makes
long friends
25.False friends are worse
than open enemies
26.Friends are thieves of
time
27.He is a good friend that
speaks well of us behind
our backs
28.He that has a full purse
never wanted a friend
29.Old friends and old
wine are best
30.Prosperity makes
friends, and adversity
tries them
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