Proverbs and old sayings, page 1899

43574 proverbs and old sayings

Where there are monks and priests, there is adultery and beatings.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

January chicks fill the hen house, August chicks fill the baskets.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about home, house

In January you slaughter the lambs in February you work the skins.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about work

When they give you a piglet, run there quickly with a little cord.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

Putting hope in a monk, is like trying to catch the wind in a net.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about hope

Not all the red-faced are drunkards nor all the yellow-faced sick.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

Olives harvested with a heavy staff will produce poor tasting oil.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

The fresh air from the square is better than a draft from a crack.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about air

The big bells have to ring, in order for the little bells to ring.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about order

The husband who lacks affection is like a house that lacks a roof.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about affection, husband, home, house

If you don't want to attract attention, don't start something new.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about attention

A Christian is more of a scoundrel than a rascal of a non-believer.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

A man could die just cultivating fava beans and the kitchen garden.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about garden, man

A granita doesn't cost much; still it's just water, wine is better.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about wine, water

The man who loses his wife for good cause cannot be called cuckold.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about wife, good, good luck, man

With two bits worth of a donkey you can earn more than with a mule.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

Who hopes for alms from the priests, winds up at the insane asylum.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

The best of all worlds: A sunny Christmas and a log fire on Easter.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about christmas, fire, fire brigade

Who wants to chase two rabbits, will get neither one nor the other.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

A spirited horse, a compliant; an aggressive man, a compliant horse.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about man