Proverbs and old sayings, page 467

43574 proverbs and old sayings

Distant water won't quench your immediate thirst.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about water

Jade and men, both are sharpened by bitter tools.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about tools, bitter, man

Why jump in the water before the ship turns over.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about water

A sly rabbit will have three openings to its den.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

In shallow waters, shrimps make fools of dragons.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Reshape one's foot to try to fit into a new shoe.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Curse your wife at evening, sleep alone at night.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about sleep, night, wife

Defer not till to-morrow what may be done to-day.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about day

Whenever the water rises, the boat will rise too.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about water

It is not necessary to light a candle to the sun.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about light, sun

Peace and tranquility are a thousand gold pieces.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about peace

You cannot fight a fire with water from far away.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about fight, fire, fire brigade, water, contentment

Our enemies teach us life's most valuable lesson.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about teaching, enemies, life

Hatred corrodes the vessel in which it is stored.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Do not gaze at the sky from the bottom of a well.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about sky

One moment's error becomes a lifetime of sadness.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about sadness, error, moment

As a daughter grows up she is like smuggled salt.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

If life is fulfilled we go away with empty hands.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about life

Never argue with a man who buys ink by the barrel.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man

The lone wolf may yet kill as many deer as a pack.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese