Proverbs
I love proverbs…sayings…phrases….and I decided to collect them all over the world.
Bosnia
if the neighbour’s house is burning, extinguish it
kiss, kiss but don’t loose your head
man to man is a wolf
Bulgaria
That’s why girls time the introduction of boyfriends to their mothers very carefully
A word about to be spoken is like a stone that is ready to be thrown
Do not count the teeth of a gift horse
China
墙头草，两边倒 (in pinying: qiang2 tou2 cao3,liang3 bian1 dao3)
The grass on the top of the wall fall in two sides.
(in literally: qiang2= wall, qiang2 tou2=the top of the wall, cao3= grass; liang3=both, liang3 bian1=both sides, dao3=fall.)
说话是人生的需要，听话是人生的艺术。
(in pinyin: shuo1 hua4 shi4 ren2 sheng1 de0 xu1yao4,ting1 hua4 shi4 ren2 sheng1 de0 yi4 shu4.)
To speak is the demands of our life, to listen is the art of our life.
In literally: shuo1hua4=to speak, shi4= is, ren2 sheng1=life de0=of, xu1yao4=demands; ting1hua4=to listen,yi4 shu4=art.)
有其父，必有其子。
like the father, like the son
(you3 qi2 fu4, bi4 you3 qi2 zi3)
萝卜青菜，各有所爱。
（in pinyin: luo2 bo0 qing1 cai4, ge4 you3 suo3 ai4）
its meanning is : someone likes radish, someone likes greengrocery.
人无完人，金无足赤。
(ren2 wu2 wan2 ren2,jin1 wu2 zu2 chi4)
no perfect person, and so does the Buddhist.
where there is an oppression, where there is a resistance
Finnland
Speaking is silver, being silent is gold
France
La vérité sort de la bouche des enfants
Truth always comes out of the children’s mouth
Hungary
He who says A, should also say B.
Look at the mother and marry the daughter!
Even the white lily can have a black shadow
A child and a fool will always tell the truth
Do not check the teeth of gift horses!
Peru
If now you are up, tomorrow you can be down
Singapore
He who can take no interest in what is small, will take false interest in what is great.
To speak is silver, to listen is gold.
One man’s meat is another man’s poison.
To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first.
The journey is the reward.
Beauty is in the Eyes of the Beholder
Sweden
To speak is silver, to be quite is gold
UK
Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth
USA
Silence is golden
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree
one man’s trash is another man’s treasure
some people are wolves in sheep’s clothing
speaks out of both sides of their mouth
out of the mouths of babes
you have to stop and smell the roses
Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth
Beauty is in the Eyes of the Beholder
