Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
scratch yours
You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours
hand work worse
Your hand is never the worse for doing its own work
You must live with a person to know a person. If you want to know me come and live with me.
grunt pigs
Young pigs grunt as as old pigs grunted before them
breaks enemies ice until
You never really know your friends from your enemies until the ice breaks
cat feed
It's better to feed one cat than many mice.
man plans proverbs
The lazier a man is, the more he plans to do tomorrow.
liar rejoice thief year
The liar and the thief rejoice in their first year only.
ears night
The day has eyes, the night has ears
cloudy morning
A misty morning does not signify a cloudy day.
friend hundred mile steps walk
A mile walk with a friend has only one hundred steps
hand mouth praises
A mouth that praises and a hand that kills
though
An ass is but an ass, though laden with gold.
advantage death gain relatives
An advantage of poverty, your relatives gain nothing by your death