Interesting Proverbs anyone?

by VJeyaa Sun Oct 12, 2008 6:39 pm

Hey, its proverbs time folks.
Who wants to start first?

by mirugam Sun Oct 12, 2008 9:51 pm

tamil or english?

by VJeyaa Sun Oct 12, 2008 11:56 pm

anything goes... lol!

by gowri Mon Oct 13, 2008 12:50 pm

How about all this .....

One finger cannot lift a pebble. (Iranian)
When elephants battle, the ants perish. (Cambodian
If you chase two hares, you will not catch either. (Russian)
The pot calls the kettle black. (United States)
The sieve says to the needle: You have a hole in your tail. (Pakistan)
It is better to turn back than to get lost. (Russian)
Handsome words don't butter cabbage. (German)
Talk does not cook rice. (Chinese)
After the rain, there is no need for an umbrella. (Bulgaria)
When the kettle boils over, it overflows its own sides. (Yiddish)
You can't chew with somebody else's teeth. (Yiddish)
Mistrust is an axe at the tree of love. (Russian)
If a farmer becomes a King, he will still carry a basket on his back. (Hebrew)
Not all that is black is charcoal. (Philippine)
Little brooks make great rivers. (French)
Every kind of animal can be tamed, but not the tongue of man. (Philippine)
Do not look for apples under a poplar tree. (Slovakian)
Every ass loves to hear himself bray. (English)
He that goes barefoot must not plant thorns. (English)
Better to be a free bird than a captive King. (Danish)
A blow passes on, a spoken word lingers. (Yiddish)
You can't spit on my back and make me think it's rain. (Yiddish)
A book gives knowledge, but it is life that gives understanding. (Hebrew)
A crooked branch has a crooked shadow. (Japanese)
Better bread with water than cake with trouble. (Russian)
The heaviest burden is an empty pocket. (Yiddish)
A candle lights others but consumes itself. (English)
It takes a village to raise a child. (Africa)
It is one thing to cackle and another to lay an egg. (Ecuador)
One dog barks because it sees something; a hundred dogs bark because they heard the first dog bark. (Chinese)
To hide one lie, a thousand lies are needed. (India)
A needle wrapped in a rag will be found in the end. (Vietnamese)
Do not seek to escape from the flood by clinging to a tiger's tail. (Chinese)
Step by step one ascends the staircase. (Turkey)
Little by little the cotton thread becomes a loincloth. (Africa-Dahomey)
Anger is a bad adviser. (Hungary)
Eggs must not quarrel with stones. (Jamaican)
Eyes can see everything except themselves. (Serbo-Croatian)
Haste makes waste. (English)
Every hill has its valley. (Italian