Proverbs and old sayings, page 422

43574 proverbs and old sayings

A house without a woman is like a fire without a bucket.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about fire, fire brigade, home, house, woman

When a Bulgar gets rich he builds himself another house.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about wealth, home, house

He who breaks his word shall through his word be broken.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about word

Tell the blind he is eyeless, and he will get mad at you.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about blind, contentment

He who digs someone else's grave shall fall in it himself.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about fall

Seize the opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about chance

A Single hand cannot wash itself even in the Danube river.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian

If you are going to drown, do not try it in shallow water.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about water, contentment

The droplet is always at its largest just before it drops.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian

When the sea turned to honey, the poor man lost his spoon.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about man

You will sell more sheepskins at the market than wolfskins.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about commerce, stores, contentment

If you go to sleep with the blind, you'll wake up squinting.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about sleep, blind, contentment

If you let everyone walk over you, then you become a carpet.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about contentment

The crow pecks at the ox to clean it -- not to feed from it.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian

Mother Nature, time and patience are the three best doctors.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about nature, patience, mother, time

When the sea turned into honey, the poor man lost his spoon.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about man

Draw water from the new well, but do not spit in the old one.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about water, old, olderness

You can take a horse to water, but you can not make him drink.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about drinking, water, contentment

Burning the poor man's candles, counting the rich man's money.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about wealth, money, man

Whip the saddle and give the mule something to think about it.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian