Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
start sweep top
When you sweep the stairs, you start at the top
grain proverb truth
There is no proverb without a grain of truth
beggar grown pride rich
There is no pride like that of a beggar grown rich
double meaning phrase
There is no phrase without a double meaning
became broke ethiopia fat rich
There is no one who became rich because he broke a holiday, no one became fat because he broke a fast. Ethiopia
conquered rome wealth
Wealth conquered Rome after Rome had conquered the world
bees body honey small sting three
Three things must epigrams, like bees have all - A sting and honey and a body small
best man strange thinks three wise
Three things it is best to avoid: a strange dog, a flood, and a man who thinks he is wise
breathing cold dry eating food hairy hardy sleeping three
Three things give us hardy strength: sleeping on hairy mattresses, breathing cold air, and eating dry food
decide lucky
The day you decide to do it is your lucky day
cow
The day will come when the cow will have use for her tail.
destined monkey slippery trees
The day the monkey is destined to die, all the trees get slippery
existence means pirates sea
The existence of the sea means the existence of pirates
crab son walk
Walk straight, my son - as the old crab said to the young crab.