Proverbs and old sayings, page 1853

43574 proverbs and old sayings

If you can't hold on to the horse's mane then don't try to hang on to its tail.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian about contentment

It is better to be threatened by the sword of a Turk than by the pen of a German.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian

It is better to make money in the straw market than to lose it in the money market.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian about stores, money

What is it to be a gentleman? Firstly it is to be thankful and secondly to complain.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian

A wife is frightened of her first husband and a husband is frightened of his second wife.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian about husband, wife

To serve our elders is a duty, our equals it is polite, but serving the young is humiliating.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian about duty

You are not being honest if you burn your tongue and don't tell everyone else that the soup is hot.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian about being, contentment

The first marriage is a plate of honey, the second a glass of wine, and the third is a cup of poison.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian about marriage, wine

When your wine is finished, conversation ends; when your money has been spent, you lose your friends.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian about conversation, end, wine, money, contentment

The one who can gets two.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian

Cute lamb sucks two ewes.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian

There's no bread without hoe.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian

Trust yourself and your horse.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian

An ugly girl blames the mirror.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian

When cat is absent, mice dance.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian about absent, dance

A pear tree cannot bear an apple.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian

First leap, and then say hop.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian

Three times measure, one time cut.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian about measure, time

Quiet water wears down a mountain.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian about quiet, water

Iron is worked when it's still hot.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian