Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese, page 30

914 proverbs and old sayings portuguese

Never say: 'of this water I will never drink. '

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about drinking, water

For lack of men they made my father a justice.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about justice, man

Ill fares the young bird in the urchin's hand.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

Better repair the gutter than the whole house.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about home, house

Favour oft avails more than justice or reason.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about justice, reason

One doesn't examine the teeth of a gift horse.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about gifts

If you want to know villain, give him a stick.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about criminals

In the long run, the greyhound kills the hare.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

To sail is necesary, survive is not necessary.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

The pot that boils too much loses its flavour.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

What is another's always sighs for its master.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

He is your friend who gets you out of a scrape.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

A servant and a cock must be kept but one year.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

Keep your sickness until Friday and don't fast.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about fasting

Rather go rob with good men than pray with bad.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about pray, man, bad luck, bad, good, good luck

Let the giver be silent and the receiver speak.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

I want more for my teeth than for my relations.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

Gain has a pleasant odour, come whence it will.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

Bleed him, purge him, and if he dies, bury him.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

The hen that stays at home picks up the crumbs.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about home