Proverbs and old sayings about Water, page 25

742 proverbs and old sayings about water

Hunger pushes the hippopotamus out of the water.

Proverbs and old sayings about water

A woman who likes to wash will find water.

Proverbs and old sayings about water

You cannot force water up a hill.

Proverbs and old sayings about water

Indecision is like the stepchild: if he doesn't wash his hands, he is called dirty; if he does, he is wasting the water.

Proverbs and old sayings about water

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

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about water

Done in by his own trade like a water merchant in the rain.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about water

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

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about water

They who drink the water from the Manangareza river always come back to Madagascar.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about water

Without the forest, there will be no more water, without water, there will be no more rice.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about water

She is as undecided as an orphan: if she does not wash her hands, she will be told that she is a dirty child; if she washes her hands she will be told that she is wasting water.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about water

Fish don't get caught in deep water.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan about water

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

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan about water

Just as a bamboo cane forms a round jet of water, so taking counsel together makes men of one mind.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan about water

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 water

Smack a tray of water and you get to wash your face.

Proverbs and old sayings Malaysian about water

Do not think that placid water is without crocodiles.

Proverbs and old sayings Malaysian about water

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

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan about water

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

Proverbs and old sayings Malaysian about water

Do not be tricked into thinking that there are no crocodiles just because the water is still.

Proverbs and old sayings Malaysian about water

Bad water also quenches the fire.

Proverbs and old sayings Chechen about water