Proverbs and old sayings, page 1501

43575 proverbs and old sayings

He who stands up will live, He who sits down will perish.

Proverbs and old sayings

Many make the descent to eternal darkness but few ascend to heaven.

Proverbs and old sayings

Like the migrating Maruiwi, who all disappeared into the world of spirits Dead like the moa.

Proverbs and old sayings about world

Ask me what is the greatest thing in the world, I will reply: It is people, it is people, it is people.

Proverbs and old sayings about people, things, world

Child's pig, father's pork.

Proverbs and old sayings about children

Chickens don't praise their own soup.

Proverbs and old sayings about praise

The good dog never gets a good bone.

Proverbs and old sayings about good, good luck

Where there is a bone, there are dogs.

Proverbs and old sayings

If you are born fat you will not die thin.

Proverbs and old sayings about death, contentment

Not everybody who wears spurs is a jockey.

Proverbs and old sayings

Breasts are never too heavy for the chest.

Proverbs and old sayings

Chickens can't speak well of their own soup.

Proverbs and old sayings

You jump up, but you come down all the same.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

The sheep drinks but it's the goat that gets drunk.

Proverbs and old sayings

The blow is taken on the nose but it's the eyes that cry.

Proverbs and old sayings about eyes

Thieves don't like to see their comrades carrying the bags.

Proverbs and old sayings about thieves

When you bump into someone, begging your pardon doesn't put it right.

Proverbs and old sayings about rightness, contentment

If an ox doesn't know the size of his arse he won't eat an apricot stone.

Proverbs and old sayings

A dog doesn't like bananas, but he can't bear to think that chickens eat them.

Proverbs and old sayings

When a ship is broken, the accident does not prevent others from sailing.

Proverbs and old sayings