No
Walls have mice and mice have ears.
Meaning: Secrets told are
spread abroad.
A
good year is determined by its spring.
Meaning: As goes the spring,
so goes the year.
Usage: Character and quality
show up early.
Whatever
you sow you reap.
Meaning: A person gets his
just deserts.
There
is a path to the top of even the highest mountain.
Meaning:
(a) God is more powerful
than the proudest of persons. (b)
Where there is a will there is a way.
A
tree doesn’t move unless there is wind.
Meaning: Where there is
smoke there is fire, or every effect has a cause.
Don’t
stop a donkey that isn’t yours.
Meaning: Mind your own
business.
There
are twenty-five uncaught sparrows for a penny.
Meaning: A bird in the hand
is worth two in the bush, or wishes are a dime a dozen.
A
porcupine speaking to its baby says, " O my child
of velvet."
Meaning: One’s own child
is especially dear for him/her.
A
wolf’s pup will grow into a wolf even though it be
raised among men.
Meaning: Training can not
change herdity: or, you can not change a leopard’s
spots:or, what is bred in the bone will come
out in the flesh.
Flourish
like a flower, but may your life be longer.
Meaning: When one is offered
some flowers.
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A
real friend is one who takes the hand of his friend in
times of distress and helplessness.
Meaning: A friend in need is
a friend indeed.
There
is a way from heart to heart.
Meaning: Love finds a way to
another’s heart.
The
first day you meet, you are friends. The next day you
meet, you are brothers.
Meaning: Friendship grows
into brotherhood.
A
river is not cntaminated by having a dog drink from
it.Meaning: One of good
character is pure despite criticism.
A
tilted load won’t reach its destination.
Meaning: Honesty is the best
policy.
It’s
the same donkey, but with a new saddle.
Meaning: Clothes do not make
the man.
Usage: Said of some one who
has recently gained a high position unworthily.
Reading
Scripture in front of a donkey.
Meaning: Casting your pearls
before swine.
Without
a green switch the ox and the donkey won’t obey.Meaning:
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
Without
investigating the water, don't take off your shoes (to
walk through it).
Meaning: "Look before
you leap."
One
flower doesn’t bring spring.
Meaning: One swallow
doesn’t make a spring.Usage: Said of a person who
tries to do too much himself.
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