Proverbs

Proverbs about clothes and tailors, tailor's expressions, as well as proverbs in which clothes are a metaphor.

A woman's best dress is the one that a man wants to take off immediately (Coco Chanel)

If you want to change a person's clothes, start with his grandmother (Evelina Khromtchenko).

Ambition does not match ammunition (A. Vasiliev)

In borrowed plumes.

Better a dressmaker without a skirt than a shoemaker without boots.

Modern proverb

Without a plow, do not grow, without prasa, do not cut.

Lithuania

Every tailor clings to his patterns.

Modern professional proverb

The cat is stroked, and the product is ironed.

Olga Timofeeva

To rubber galoshes, and leather laces.

Korea

Socks for mouse legs.

Korea

If the price is the same - take a pink dress.

Korea

New clothes are bought when there is extra money.

China

The needle sews for everyone, but she herself is naked.

Tajikistan

Vihovaniya father robitime shots, vihovaniya matir'yu kroїtime robes.

Kazakhstan

Better than a ganchirka, lower dirka.

Germany

A tree is beautiful with leaves, a person with clothes.

Kazakhstan

Learn wisdom from the one who wore out the shirt before you.

Uzbekistan

Whoever sewed a skirt is not yet a tailor.

tailor's wisdom

Fur coat, yes on fish fur.

Siberia

Many birds are recognized by their plumage.

Russia

Skin blaznevi svіy kovpak to the like.

Germany

Yak garno is taken, then th tick *[v1] panna.

Germany

The bare belt is not warm.

Ukraine

Loose clothing does not wear out quickly.

Kyrgyzstan.

Patience and time make satin from a mulberry leaf.

Germany

Stretch your legs over your clothes.

Russia

Shake your clothes once, get you ten times.

Ukraine

A smart horseman will not get tired of a horse and a dressing gown will not wear out.

Turkmenistan

What a head, such a hat.

Germany

You can't fit all your heads into one hat.

Germany

They believe as much as you are dressed.

Andrey Yakhontov

To marry is not to exchange hats.

Germany

A woman can carry more out of the yard in an apron than a man can carry with a cart.

Germany

The hat is on the thief.

Russia

The casing is newer, and the friend is old.

Ukraine

They are greeted by clothes, escorted by mind.

Russia

"WTO sign[v2] * on his chest.

Distorted quote from Soviet poetry.

By Senka and hat.

Russia

Nadіv kurkul sіryachok, let's go, scho vіn bіdnyachok.

Ukraine

Good retinue, that one is not sewn on me.

Ukraine

Small children step on the mother's apron, and large children step on the heart.

Germany

And sometimes a good tailor's thread breaks.

Germany

A long thread is a lazy dressmaker.

Germany

Who scribbles*[v3] , that machine gunner, not a tailor.

Vera Olkhovskaya

The new retinue is blown by the wind, and by the frost it is blown.

Ukraine

I got it: one torn pants on me, and even less shirt.

Ukraine

The cat does not catch mice in mittens.

Germany

Measure your mouth according to your pocket.

Germany

Better a piece in your pocket than a feather in your hat.

Germany

It is better to darn old clothes than to borrow new ones.

Germany

A monkey will remain a monkey even in a silk dress.

Germany

The poor man catches a fox, the rich man wears a fur coat.

Germany

It is good to cut belts from someone else's skin.

Germany

Old tailors are less likely to be rich than old moneylenders.

Germany

The last shirt has no pockets.

Germany

It is good to learn to cut on someone else's cloth.

Germany

Headless doesn't need a hat.

Germany

Measure seven times, cut once.

Russia

Double sewn holds up well.

Germany

Silk bags are not sewn.

Germany

To sew, you need a needle.

Vietnam

[v1]When hovering over an asterisk, the translation is "pole, pole, stick."

[v2]When you click on the star in a small window, an explanation: “WTO - wet heat treatment. This expression is a tailor's joke about poor-quality ironing of the product.

[v3]Explanation: “Professionals don’t use the word scribble. It is replaced, depending on the name of the operation, with the verbs “grind”, “grind”, “grind” and “grind”. Old masters also use "to stitch", "to sew" or "to sew".