Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
cheap expect horse speed
Do not expect speed from a cheap horse - it will only neigh
among choose field wife
Do not choose your wife at a dance, but in the field among the harvesters
cease celebrate drink good
Do not cease to drink beer, to eat, to intoxicate thyself, to make love, and to celebrate the good days.
blame created danger given god thank wings
Do not blame God for having created the tiger, but thank him for not having given it wings
asking shall thee
Do little things now; so shall big things come to thee by and by asking to be done
bargain fish
Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water.
approach fool fools-and-foolishness goat horse proverbs
Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a fool from any side.
ethiopia left
Do not vacillate or you will be left in between doing something, having something and being nothing. - Ethiopia
barn close door horse runs
Don't close the barn door after the horse runs away
bitter eaten lest sweet
Don't be too sweet lest you be eaten up; don't be too bitter lest you be spewed out
retain speed youth
Youth sheds many a skin.The steed (horse) does not retain its speed forever.
bitter drink pay sweet
It is sweet to drink but bitter to pay for.
children duty elders wait
It is the duty of children to wait on elders, and not the elders on children
crimes fine great indebted love men plate
It is to their crimes that most great men are indebted for their gardens, their tables, their fine old plate - their love