Proverbs and old sayings Finnish, page 5

186 proverbs and old sayings finnish

Great things often come from small beginnings.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about things

A soldier's no boor though no gentleman either.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish

It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish

The child led by the hand never learns to walk.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about children

The winter does not go without looking backward.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish

The brave eat the soup, the timid die of hunger.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about hunger, death

You are not a man until you have plowed a field.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about man

Love blinds your eyes, marriage opens them wide.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about marriage, eyes, love

The water is the same on both sides of the boat.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about water

He who lies thrice believes he's told the truth.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about truth

Take a man by his word, take a bull by its horn.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about word, man

To be in love is to feel the sun from both sides.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about sun, love

A cat lives on praise, a dog by pats on the head.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about praise, heads

Better ice that melts than fire that extinguishes.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about fire, fire brigade

The back has to pay for what the ears didn't hear.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish

You don't get anywhere if you run in your thoughts.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish

Everyone knows the bear, but the bear knows no one.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish

Wet your finger in tar and soon it is all over you.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish

A widow, like a widower, is a house without a roof.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about home, house

Hope for miracles, but don't rely on one happening.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about miracle, hope