Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan, page 5

90 proverbs and old sayings guatemalan

When you are crossing over a river you might be eaten by crocodiles, but don't let yourself get bitten by the little fish.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan about fishing

Crime leaves a trail like a water beetle; like a snail, it leaves its silver track; like a horse-mango, it leaves its smell.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan about crime, criminals, water

Though change be no robbery.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan about change

Anything with scales counts as fish.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan about fishing

One who sits by the well will never go thirsty.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan

Where there's a carcass, there will be vultures.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan

The deep sea can be fathomed, but who knows the hearts of men?

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan about man

Don't think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan about water

One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan

Trumpet in a herd of elephants; crow in the company of cocks; bleat in a flock of goats.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan about companies