Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
swim taste three wine
Fish, to taste good, must swim three times: in water, in butter, and in wine
midnight sleep three
One hour's sleep before midnight is better than three after it
fair three women
Three women, three geese, and three frogs, make a fair
goose market three women
A market is three women and a goose
buried house married three woman women
A woman is to be from her house three times; when she is christened, married and buried
gate speakers-and-speaking three tongue words
The words of tongue should have three gate keepers.
feet high inches man six three tongue
The tongue is but three inches long, yet it can kill a man six feet high
three warm winter word
One kind word can warm three winter months.
four three
One for sorrow; two for mirth; three for a wedding; four for a birth.
bothered carry cold donkey heat learn load three
To carry his load without resting, not to be bothered by heat or cold and always be content: these three things we can learn from a donkey
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
beyond human life three
There are three things in life which are real: God, human folly, and laughter. The first two are beyond our comprehension so we must do what we can with the third.