He who asks for the meaning of a proverb has called her/his mother's dowry a waste.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about waste, mother
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A child's hand is not burned by hot yam which is placed into his palm by his mother.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about children, mother
A child's fingers are not scalded by a piece of hot yam which his mother puts into his palm.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about children, mother
The madman, who throws a stone into a crowded market, forgets that his own mother could be hit by his madness.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about stores, mother
A child who protested when being stripped on the back by its mother, it's humbled by the scorching sun when left to walk.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about being, sun, children, mother
Home is the father's kingdom, the children's paradise, the mother's world.
Proverbs and old sayings South American about paradise, children, home, world, mother, americans
The one who persists in asking question he learn the death of his Mother.
Proverbs and old sayings about question, death, mother
Paradise is under mothers' feet.
Proverbs and old sayings about paradise
When you are dead, your sister's tears will dry as time goes on, your widow's tears will cease in another's arms, but your mother will mourn you until she dies.
Proverbs and old sayings about tears, mother, time, contentment
When you die, your sister's tears will dry as time goes on, your widow's tears will end in another's arms, but your mother will mourn you until the day she dies.
Proverbs and old sayings about tears, mother, end, death, time, day, contentment
Sorrow for the death of a father lasts six months; sorrow for a mother, a year; sorrow for a wife, until another wife; sorrow for a son, forever.
Proverbs and old sayings about sadness, wife, death, mother
There's only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.
Proverbs and old sayings Australian about children, world, mother
No married woman will have her white hair shaved at her mother's.
Proverbs and old sayings about mother, woman
The motherless child will suckle the grandmother.
Proverbs and old sayings about children
The Meek lamb sucks from two mothers.
Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian
There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about children, world, mother
It is a sad situation for a son-in-law when his mother-in-law praises him.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about law, mother
When buying a house, check the beams; when choosing a wife; check the mother.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about wife, mother, home, house
Whoever buys a house must examine the beams; whoever wants a wife must look at her mother.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about wife, mother, home, house
Fruits of the same tree have different tastes; children of the same mother have various qualities.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about children, mother
