Proverbs and old sayings, page 363

43574 proverbs and old sayings

A little idleness causes the ruin of the beehive.

Proverbs and old sayings

The son of the leopard scratches like its mother.

Proverbs and old sayings about mother

The day is for working, the night is for resting.

Proverbs and old sayings about night, day

There is no name which cannot distinguish a child.

Proverbs and old sayings about name, children

You cant be in the town and be in the country too.

Proverbs and old sayings about city, country

The food eaten first lasts longest in the stomach.

Proverbs and old sayings about food

Hard ears yuh won't hear, by and by yuh gine feel.

Proverbs and old sayings

To blame the wind for the rain that does not fall.

Proverbs and old sayings about rain, fall

The sea aint got no backdoor; I can swim like lead.

Proverbs and old sayings

The elders of the council do not jump over a brook.

Proverbs and old sayings

Wha' a sober heart conceal a drunken tongue reveal.

Proverbs and old sayings about heart

The whetstone in a village does no blunt the knife.

Proverbs and old sayings

The blessed knife eats of the meat of the 'kinandu'.

Proverbs and old sayings

A plant loses its blossom as soon as it bears fruit.

Proverbs and old sayings

Nobody knows where he goes, but only whence he comes.

Proverbs and old sayings

The food that is in the mouth is not yet in the belly.

Proverbs and old sayings about food

When 'ithare' is uprooted 'mugumo' grows in its place.

Proverbs and old sayings

The cow has a bad delivery though her owner is present.

Proverbs and old sayings about present, bad luck, bad

De higher de monkey climb, de more he does show he tail.

Proverbs and old sayings

There is no thing which does not cause another to exist.

Proverbs and old sayings about things