The interest of this trap - an excellent device in the Bogo-Indian (or transposed Queen's Indian) which wins the exchange for White - derives from the possibility for Black, with excellent and careful play, to draw. In a review of the database so far, only José Raúl Capablanca has been able to draw with Black. He did it twice; both were serious games of considerable career consequence. The focus of JRC's play is on the possibility of the Black queen and knight, in concert with the advance of one or more central Black pawns, to disrupt the security of the White king and attempts of White to marshal his major pieces. An endgame with the destruction of White's pawns or a draw by repetition is the goal. In the middle game play, it appears that Black has the smaller margin for error in attempts to draw, than White has to win.

Transition

That which is said at table should be wrapped up in the tablecloth. Italian

What falls over the scissors belongs to the tailor. Estonian

One "take this" is better than two "you shall haves." French

Believe no tales from an enemy's tongue. English

Talk does not cook rice. Chinese

A good talker does not equal a good listener. Chinese

Sometimes talking loses what silence has gained. Spanish

A tall house is empty under the rafters.
(i.e. a tall man.) Spanish

We should attack a difficult task as though it were easy, and an 
 easy task as though it were difficult. Spanish

He who is not taught by his mother will be taught by the world. 
 Bantu

Blessed be nothing when the tax-gatherer comes around.

He who teaches a boy teaches three: a youth, a young man, 
 and an old one. German

Teaching is a long way, example a short one. German

The full teapot makes no sound; the half-empty teapot is very 
 noisy. Chinese

He tears away the east wall to repair the west wall. Chinese

Tears sometimes have the weight of words. Latin

If someone has bitten you it reminds you that you have teeth. 
 Hamitic

Eating pears also cleans one's teeth.
(i.e. kills two birds with one stone.) Japanese

We pick each other's teeth.
(i.e. on excellent terms.) Bantu

Click the teeth and the stomach will open the door. Georgian

The gums understand best the teeth's affairs. Sudanic

Temperance does not show in need, but at a banquet. Czech

Those near the temple make fun of the gods. Chinese

To thank too much is to secretly ask for more. German

The one who is caught is the thief. Bantu

Eat-by-himself is a thief. Bantu

He who holds the ladder is as bad as the thief. German

He that fears the gallows shall never be a good thief. English

An insolent thief accuses the owner. Turkish

If you would make a thief honest trust him. Spanish

Where the host is a thief it is difficult to steal. German

We hang little thieves and take off our hats to great ones. 
 German

Petty thieves are hanged, people take off their hats to great ones. German

Great thieves hang little ones. England

Thieves nowadays are not in the forests, but in the offices. 
 Romanian

The great thieves punish the little ones. English

Thieves quarrel and thefts are discovered. Spanish

When two thieves quarrel the farmer gets back his cow. Finnish

Highways and streets have not all the thieves; shops have ten to one.

Things are not as they are, but as they are regarded.

If a man think well of you, make his thought come true. Arabic

I will not pull the thorn out of your foot, to put it into my own.
 English

With shoes one can get on in the midst of thorns. Sudanic

A man does not run among thorns for nothing; either he is 
 chasing a snake or a snake is chasing him. Sudanic

Everyone thinks that all the bells echo his own thoughts. 
 German

When a man's coat is thread-bare, it is an easy thing to pick a
 hole in it. English

Threats are arms for the threatened. Italian

The throat has no pity.
(i.e. bodily needs must be filled even by those in grief.) Bantu

There is no god like the throat; it accepts offerings every day. 
 Sudanic

Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the 
 new one holds water. Swedish

If the thunder is not loud the peasant forgets to cross himself. 
 Russian

While the thunder lasted, two bad men were friends. Indian

He is a paper tiger.
(i.e. a blustering fellow.) Chinese

He who rides the tiger finds it difficult to dismount. Chinese

An inch of gold will not buy an inch of time. Chinese

Time and I against any two. Spanish

As good have no time, as make no good use of it. English

Time enough lost the ducks. Irish

There is a time for picking up stones and a time for throwing them. Spanish

Don't say "I will do it when I have time," for who tells you that you will have time? Hebrew

Time is a file that wears and makes no noise. Italian

Time is an unpaid advocate. German

There is a time to fish and a time to dry nets. Chinese

What may be done at any time will be done at no time. Scottish

The toad doesn't know that his skin is rough. Sudanic

Tobacco without coffee is like a prince without furs. Egyptian

The mountains of today are not so lofty as the mountains of yore. Chinese

Today is the scholar of yesterday. English

No one has ever seen tomorrow.

Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week. Spanish

Let not your tongue cut your throat. English

The tongue is like a sharp knife; it kills without drawing blood.

The tongue is soft and remains; the teeth are hard and fall out. 
 Chinese

The tongue is the worst piece of meat in the world. Swiss

When the tongue slips it speaks the truth. Swiss

Teach the tongue to say: "I do not know." Hebrew

A double tongue will slip. Indian

Ten tongues asserting are not worth one eye seeing, nor are
 ten eyes seeing equal to a single hand feeling. Siamese

Too far east is west. Portuguese

Take two bites if one is too large. German

A little too late, much too late. German

Too little and too much spoils everything. Danish

"Too little" is worth nothing, and that little is too much. Jersey

Handle your tools without mittens. Scottish

Better a tooth out, than always aching. English

He who would be the top of the bag, let him not commit what 
 suits the bottom of the bag. Welsh

He that is carried down the torrent catcheth at everything. 
 English

The tortoise breathes; it is only is shell which prevents our noticing it. (i.e. the poor man has little opportunity for self-expression.) 
 Sudanic

Trade follows the flag. English

The loyal man lives no longer than the traitor pleases. Spanish

Translators, traitors. Italian

If you toil so for trash, what would you do for treasure? English

He who rides behind another does not travel when he pleases. 
 English

The treason is loved, but the traitor is hated. English

The great tree attracts the wind. Chinese

You can count the number of apples on one tree, but you can
never count the number of trees in one apple. Romany

To the fallen tree, hatchets! hatchets! Italian

He plants a tree in the morning and wants to saw planks from it at evening. Chinese

When the tree is fallen, everyone runs to it with his axe. Greek

It is only at the tree loaded with fruit that people throw stones. 
 English

The dead limb on the tree shows itself when the buds come out. 
 Negro

Don't climb a tree to look for fish. Chinese

It is not the defects of the branches, nor of the leaves that cause the tree to perish; it is the decay of the root. Chinese

Don't speak of trees in the forest.
(i.e. don't talk platitudes.) Malay

He that plants trees loves others besides himself. English

A young trooper should have an old horse. English

Put the troubles in a net, some will fall, some will remain. 
 Semitic

True blue will never stain. Scottish

A trumpet is heard before it is seen. Welsh

Trust-well rides away with the horse. German

Give a horse to him who tells the truth.
(i.e. that he may escape.) Armenian

It takes a good many shovelfuls of earth to bury the truth. 
 Swiss

A thousand probabilities do not make one truth. Italian

Tell the truth and flee. Montenegrin

Speak the truth and look which way to run. Serbian

Truth and the morning become light with time. Abyssinian

Tell the truth and try to escape. Russian

Truth finds foes. English

Truth finds no asylum. German

What dread has truth for fire? Indian

Truth hardens itself to the hammer. Greek

Truth has a handsome countenance but torn garments. 
 German

Truth has a good face, but bad clothes. English

If the truth is acceptable to the Tsar, it is not the truth but a lie. 
 Russian

The truth is always green. Spanish

Truth is heavy, therefore few care to carry it. Hebrew

All truth is not to be told at all times. English

Half the truth is often a great lie. English

Truth is straight but judges are crooked. Russian

He who tells the truth is turned out of nine cities. Turkish

When one has one's hand full of truth, it is not always wise to 
 open it. French

He that speaks truth must have one foot in the stirrup. Turkish

With truth one goes everywhere, even in prison. Polish

It is truth that makes a man angry. Italian

All truths should not be told. English

A drop of water in the eyes of the Tsar costs the country many handkerchiefs. Russian

The more you tramp on a turd, the broader it grows. Scottish

The more you tramp on a turd, the worse it stinks. English

He that thatches his house with turds shall have more teachers than reachers. English

If two men are of one mind, they can change yellow earth into gold. Chinese

If two men ride on a horse, one must ride behind. English

Too much tying loosens. Arabic

The tyrant is dead but not tyranny. German

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