Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy, page 4

110 proverbs and old sayings malagasy

If it is not a boy it will be a girl, says the fortune-teller.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about wealth

To deny God's existence is like jumping with your eyes closed.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about existence, eyes, god

Don't be so much in love that you can't tell when it's raining.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about love

Better to be guilty in the eyes of men than in the eyes of God.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about eyes, man, god

Like the chameleon, one eye on the future, one eye on the past.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about future, past

All who live under the sky are woven together like one big mat.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about sky

Don't be like a shadow: a constant companion, but not a comrade.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about shadow

Flint and gunpowder: every time they meet there is an explosion.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about time

Don't take a second mouthful before you have swallowed the first.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy

A chicken that hatches a crocodile's eggs is looking for trouble.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about problems

People are like eels in the water, they wander this way and that.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about wanderer, people, water

Even the dead in their family vaults enjoy being in large company.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about family, companies, being

If love is torn apart you cannot stitch the pieces together again.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about love

Don't help a bull out of a ditch, for when he's out he'll butt you.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about help

You may well have caught a bird, but have you a fire to roast it on?

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about fire, fire brigade

When you treat someone like a wild cat, he will steal your chickens.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy

People are like plants in the wind: they bow down and rise up again.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about people

Sadness is a valuable treasure -- only discovered in people you love.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about sadness, treasure, people, love

One can't give a grasshopper to a child if one has not caught it yet.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about children

Do not waste your time looking for soft ground to drive your spade in.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about waste, time