Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
glass houses people stones throw
People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
example reason wise
Reason is the wise man's guide, example the fool's
came cow heard king laid learned mouth passing time
Passing from mouth to mouth it was learned by a thousand, and by the time it came to be heard by the king he learned of how a cow laid an egg!
die illnesses people
People live with their own idiosyncrasies and die of their own illnesses
dwarfs giant
Surrounding yourself with dwarfs doesn't make you a giant
dwarfs giant
Surrounding yourself with dwarfs does not make you a giant
known secret three
It is not a secret if it is known by three people.
fat lady sings until
It isn't over until the fat lady sings
caught stealing thief
It is not the thief who is hanged, but one who was caught stealing
cheese fault mouse offers
it is not the fault of the mouse but of the one who offers him the cheese
knowledge knows proverbs unless
It is nothing for one to know something unless another knows you know it.
possible river step twice
It is not possible to step twice into the same river
cow
It is often that a cow does not take after its breed.
fruit loaded people stones throw tree
It is only the tree loaded with fruit that the people throw stones at