All cultures and all countries in the world
have popular proverbs that are passed down from generation to generation
and even are assimilated by other cultures, in Portugal this is no
different.
Down here we will put a small list from the hundreds that possibly exists.
We will describe to you what witch one means in future posts to be, one by one...meanwhile here they are translated for you!
By k
now you can use your imagination to figure out what some of those really mean! :)
- One hand washes the other and both washes the face.
- Better a taste than six pennies.
- Grain by grain fills the hen her belly.
- Bygone waters, don't move mills.
- Who has glass roofing should not throw stones at the neighbor's.
- Idleness is the mother of all vices.
- What has no solution, is already solved.
- Dog bitten by a snake is afraid even of a string.
- Who wants goes, who doesn't want nothing is the boss.
- In wartime, any hole is a trench.
- One should not undress a saint to dress up another.
- Hunger is the best sauce.
- The harsh of many is comfort to others.
- The worse blind are those who will not see.
- No one is a prophet in his own land.
- Very poorly eats who suppers on others people hand.
- Hard with hard does not make a good wall.
- When God wants, cold water is medicine.
- Just as the King lives, live his vassals.
- Two eyes see more than one.
- The fox goes so much to the nest that one day she will leave there her muzzle.
- Do not mock of the bad luck of thy neighbor, for yours comes their way.
- Give orders who can, obey who has sense.
- The presumption is the mother of all blunders.
- When one donkey speaks, the other lower their ears.
- Big fish, are caught in large rivers.
- Who tells a tale adds it a point.
- Who never ate molasses, licks up when they eat.
- Revenge is a dish best served cold.
- When the cat's away from home the mice roam.
- Better who God helps than those who get up early.
- Who speaks to much, gives good day on horse back.
- A bad sheep puts to lose the herd.
- If you want to know a villain puts a stick on his hand.
- God give me patience and a cloth to wrap it up.
- The eye of the owner is what fattens the horse.
- Iron that is not used, rust spends it.
- For those who can read, a drop is letter.
Soon we will bring you much more :) in PT Style!
- One hand washes the other and both washes the face.
- Better a taste than six pennies.
- Grain by grain fills the hen her belly.
- Bygone waters, don't move mills.
- Who has glass roofing should not throw stones at the neighbor's.
- Idleness is the mother of all vices.
- What has no solution, is already solved.
- Dog bitten by a snake is afraid even of a string.
- Who wants goes, who doesn't want nothing is the boss.
- In wartime, any hole is a trench.
- One should not undress a saint to dress up another.
- Hunger is the best sauce.
- The harsh of many is comfort to others.
- The worse blind are those who will not see.
- No one is a prophet in his own land.
- Very poorly eats who suppers on others people hand.
- Hard with hard does not make a good wall.
- When God wants, cold water is medicine.
- Just as the King lives, live his vassals.
- Two eyes see more than one.
- The fox goes so much to the nest that one day she will leave there her muzzle.
- Do not mock of the bad luck of thy neighbor, for yours comes their way.
- Give orders who can, obey who has sense.
- The presumption is the mother of all blunders.
- When one donkey speaks, the other lower their ears.
- Big fish, are caught in large rivers.
- Who tells a tale adds it a point.
- Who never ate molasses, licks up when they eat.
- Revenge is a dish best served cold.
- When the cat's away from home the mice roam.
- Better who God helps than those who get up early.
- Who speaks to much, gives good day on horse back.
- A bad sheep puts to lose the herd.
- If you want to know a villain puts a stick on his hand.
- God give me patience and a cloth to wrap it up.
- The eye of the owner is what fattens the horse.
- Iron that is not used, rust spends it.
- For those who can read, a drop is letter.
Soon we will bring you much more :) in PT Style!
