Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
fire flatterer hand water
A flatterer has water in one hand and fire in the other
donkey foot hit twice
A donkey usually does not hit his foot twice to the same stone.
bear bite dog proverbs
A dog that intends to bite does not bear its teeth.
man smart
A dunb man won't know any better, and a smart man won't say anything about it!
beer fine judged thoroughly
A fine beer may be judged with only one sip, but it's better to be thoroughly sure.
beauty blind country
The one-eyed person is a beauty in the country of the blind
carried far realize town
The one being carried does not realize how far away the town is
enemies friend friends-or-friendship
A friend you have to buy; enemies you get for nothing.
everybody friend nobody
A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody
friend people
A friend is someone who doesn't like the same people you do.
blow breath contents friend friends-or-friendship grain hands heart keeping knowing pour rest whom worth
A friend is one to whom one can pour out all the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keeping what is worth keeping, and, with the breath of kindness, blow the rest away.
animal except female human
After intercourse every animal is sad, except the rooster and the human female
adam ate teeth
Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache
coffee cup forty proverbs
A cup of coffee commits one to forty years of friendship.