Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
bees fly hay july load worth
A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay but a swarm in July is not worth a fly
books knowledge load wisdom
Knowledge without wisdom is a load of books on the back an ass
fruit loaded people stones throw tree
It is only the tree loaded with fruit that the people throw stones at
buried house married three woman women
A woman is to be from her house three times; when she is christened, married and buried
heals lie truth
Better a lie which heals than a truth which wounds.
holds smells tub wine
Every tub smells of the wine it holds
praised remark silence
Some things are better praised by silence than by remark
tail tongue women
A woman's tongue wags like a lamb's tail
affection drunk sober thoughts words
A drunk man's words are a sober man's thoughts
goose market three women
A market is three women and a goose
ground solid stand strength
As solid as the ground we stand on
midnight sleep three
One hour's sleep before midnight is better than three after it
sharper sweeter wine
The sharper is the berry, the sweeter is the wine
wrong
He who oweth is all in the wrong