Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
far few teeth trouble
May your trouble be like the old man's teeth - few and far between
farther row sail
Don't sail out farther than you can row back
crab falls far pot walks
The crab that walks too far falls into the pot
farmer
What a farmer does not know, he won't eat.
cold far good news proverbs thirsty waters
As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far place.
far gone matter turn wrong
No matter how far you have gone on the wrong road, turn back
carried far realize town
The one being carried does not realize how far away the town is
far leap run
He who would leap far must first take a long run
china elephant far louse nose
He that can see a louse as far away as China is unconscious of an elephant on his nose
bar carefully church far near road walk
The church is near but the road is icy, the bar is far away but I will walk carefully
america black far half hard twice white work
You've got to work twice as hard to get half as far as a Black person in white America.
sharper sweeter wine
The sharper is the berry, the sweeter is the wine
swim taste three wine
Fish, to taste good, must swim three times: in water, in butter, and in wine
heals lie truth
Better a lie which heals than a truth which wounds.