Proverb
Proverb
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
fair three women
Three women, three geese, and three frogs, make a fair
swim taste three wine
Fish, to taste good, must swim three times: in water, in butter, and in wine
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
midnight sleep three
One hour's sleep before midnight is better than three after it
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
known secret three
It is not a secret if it is known by three people.
slander spoken three
Slander slays three persons: the speaker, the spoken to, and the spoken of
feet high inches man six three tongue
The tongue is but three inches long, yet it can kill a man six feet high
gate speakers-and-speaking three tongue words
The words of tongue should have three gate keepers.
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.