Proverbs and old sayings, page 784

43575 proverbs and old sayings

He who digs too deep for a fish, may come out with a snake.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about fishing

He who wants to barter, usually knows what is best for him.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian

She who does not yet know how to walk, cannot climb a ladder.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian

A blade won't cut another blade; a cheat won't cheat another cheat.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian

There is no one who became rich because he broke a holiday, and no one who became fat because he broke a fast.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about holidays, fasting, wealth

A cow gave birth to a fire: she wanted to lick it, but it burned; she wanted to leave it, but she could not because it was her own child.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about children, fire, fire brigade

Coffee is our bread.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian

Evil gotten, evil spent.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian

Sitting is being crippled.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about being

Great men have big hearts.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about man

Termites live underground.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian

With man comes the quarrel.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about man

The coward sweats in water.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about water

A bleating sheep loses a bite.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian

I paid a goat because I blaabed.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian

The beer is difficult to strain.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian

An overly modest man goes hungry.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about man

Little by little an egg wil walk.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian

The tail and repentance go behind.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian

Horns are not too heavy for the cow.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian