Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
home husband stay
Don't stay long when the husband is not at home
drink later might spit
Don't spit into the well - you might drink from it later
farther row sail
Don't sail out farther than you can row back
borrow cheaper marry
Don't marry for money; you can borrow it cheaper
baby bath throw
Don't throw out the baby with the bath water.
bucket holds throw until water whether
Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water
fault understand
Don't find fault with what you don't understand
drown man taught
Don't drown the man who taught you to swim.
cut face nose spite
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face
loves naked truth
Craftiness must have clothes, but truth loves to go naked
count life nights
Count your nights by stars, not shadows; count your life with smiles, not tears.
built rounded unless wall
and you have not built a wall unless you have rounded a corner.
playing
Are you stil having sex, or are you already playing golf?
empty fond heads titles
Empty heads are very fond of long titles