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Ordtak 1
- The
family that prays together stays together.
- Two
dogs are fighting for a bone, a third runs away with it.
- A
bird is known by its song.
- Man's
extremity is God's opportunity.
- Eat
to live, not live to eat.
- Speech
is silver, but silence is golden.
- You
never know what you can do till you try.
- No
man can serve two masters.
- Opportunity
never knocks twice at any man's door.
- There's
no place like home.
- A
fair exchange is no robbery.
- Every
cloud has a silver lining.
- You
never miss the water till the well runs dry.
- If
you lie down with dogs, you'll get up with fleas.
- He
that would eat the fruit must climb the tree.
- Keep
a thing for seven years and you'll always find a use for it.
- Faith
will move mountains.
- He
who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount.
- A
moneyless man goes fast through market.
- A
little pot is soon hot.
- When
the cat's away, the mice will play.
- Six
hours sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool.
- A
rolling stone gathers no moss.
(Minh Nguyen, Vietnam)
- The
sea refuses no river.
- The
quarrel of lovers is the renewal of love.
- The
eyes are the window of the soul.
- The
darkest hour is just before the dawn.
- He
that cannot obey cannot command.
- Your
scratch my back, I'll scratch yours.
- All
is fish that comes to the net.
- An
Englishman's house is his castle.
- If
you run after two hares, you'll catch neither.
- Never
say never.
- One
picture is worth ten thousand words.
- No
rose without a thorn.
- the
higher the money climbs the more he shows his tail.
- Fingers
were made before forks.
- Diligence
is the mother of good luck.
- No
one should be judge in his own cause.
- There's
a black sheep in every flock.
- United
we stand, divided we fall.
- Variety
is the spice of life.
- He
is the best general who makes the fewest mistakes.
- Keep
your mouth shut and your ears open.
- God
helps them that help themselves.
- Money
cannot buy happiness. It can, however, rent it.
- Everything
has its beauty, but not everyone sees it.
- April
showers bring May flowers.
- What
you don't know can't hurt you.
- A
man is known by his friends.
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