Proverb game.
As we have so many different nationalities over here this should be fun. Post a proverb from your country, first in your native language and then in english. The next poster posts a proverb from his language that means exactly the same, and posts a new one.
I'll kick off;
Beter een vogel in de hand dan tien in de lucht.
One bird in the hand his better then ten in the air.
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A bird in the hand is worth ten in the bush.
or something like that anyway
"England expects that every man will do his duty" Lord Nelson
"Extinction to all traitors" Megatron
"Lisa, if the Bible has taught us nothing else, and it hasn't, it's that girls should stick to girls sports, such as hot oil wrestling and foxy boxing and such and such." Homer Simpson
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// slaps Lancelot, there are rules
give me a new proverb damnit.
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Its two in the bush rather than ten.
"All's fair in love and war"
"The only thing I've gotten out of this thread is that Navaros is claiming that Satan gave Man meat. Awesome." Gorebag
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Het doel heiligt de middelen.Originally Posted by English assassin
Results justify methods applied (not the best translation)
Wie zijn billen brand moet op de blaren zitten.
He who burns his ass will have to sit on the blisters.
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That would be something like "If you make your bed, you lie in it", but I think i like the Dutch version.
"Its an ill wind that blows nobody good"
"The only thing I've gotten out of this thread is that Navaros is claiming that Satan gave Man meat. Awesome." Gorebag
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// Throws in towel
Explain that one to me please.
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"Its an ill wind that blows nobody anygood"
The meaning is that there is news which is bad for everyone, news of war for example, basically no good's going to come of it for anyone.
How about....
"A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners."
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Op een oude fiets moet je het leren.
Best to learn on an old bike.
Wie wind zaait zal storm oogsten.
He who plants(sp? when you put seeds in the ground) wind will harvest storm.
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prodigal is right but his explaination might give a misleading impression when you would say it. For instance, if the newspaper headline the day after the gunfight at the OK Corale was "Huge Gunfight: many cowboys dead" and you turned to page 2 to read "Undertakers report record business" you might say "Well, its an ill wind that blows nobody good"
In other words you say it when someone has somehow managed to make a profit out of news that seemed bad for everyone.
"The only thing I've gotten out of this thread is that Navaros is claiming that Satan gave Man meat. Awesome." Gorebag
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Baad avordera baad mibarad.
The wind will take one who came with wind
Az soorakh-e-soozan dar meereh, valy tooyeh darvazeh geer meekoneh.
He can go through the eye of a needle, but he can't enter the gates.
"The ink of the scholar is more holy than the blood of the martyr."
“I only defended myself and the honor of my family” - Nazanin
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Hij heeft de klok horen luiden maar weet niet waar de klepel hangt.
He has heard the bells but can't find the clapper.
Wat je niet wilt dat jou geschied, doe dat ook een ander niet.
Don't do to others what you wouldn't want to be done to you.
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Gør kun mod andre, hvad du vil have andre skal gøre mod dig.
Do only to others, what you want others to do to you.
Man skal ikke kaste sten når man selv bor i et glashus.
Don't throw rocks when you, yourself live in a house of glas.
Common Unreflected Drinking Only Smartens
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De pot verteld de ketel dat hij zwart ziet.
The can tells the kettle it looks black.
Het bloed kruipt waar het niet gaan kan.
The blood crawls where it cannot go.
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Fools rush in where Angels fear to tread.
There are times I wish they’d just ban everything- baccy and beer, burgers and bangers, and all the rest- once and for all. Instead, they creep forward one apparently tiny step at a time. It’s like being executed with a bacon slicer.
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.”
To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticise.
"The purpose of a university education for Left / Liberals is to attain all the politically correct attitudes towards minorties, and the financial means to live as far away from them as possible."
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//slaps InsaneApache; You english! Since english is your mother tongue one
would expect that you are able to read it by now.
There are rulesBe nice and post proverb.
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It IS a proverb. It means impetuous people will do things that would make God balk.//slaps InsaneApache; You english! Since english is your mother tongue one
would expect that you are able to read it by now.
There are rules
There are times I wish they’d just ban everything- baccy and beer, burgers and bangers, and all the rest- once and for all. Instead, they creep forward one apparently tiny step at a time. It’s like being executed with a bacon slicer.
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.”
To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticise.
"The purpose of a university education for Left / Liberals is to attain all the politically correct attitudes towards minorties, and the financial means to live as far away from them as possible."
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Heh, is it me or did this just morph into the "wind up Fragony" thread?
Frag, you should know that in England "rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools"
"The only thing I've gotten out of this thread is that Navaros is claiming that Satan gave Man meat. Awesome." Gorebag
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To do that start about tollerance and other kinds of hippie crap
OK! Here is another one.
In het land der blinden, is éénoog koning.
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed is king.
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"A fo ben, bid bont"
He who would be a head let him be a bridge
"Gwell aderyn mewn llaw na dau mewn llwyn"
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
"Haws dywedyd mawr na gwneuthur bychan"
It is easier to say much than do a little
"Gwell dysg na golud"
Better learning than wealth
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"Tuli on hyvä renki,mutta kauhea isäntä"
fire is a good servant,but a terrible master.
Ja Mata Tosainu Sama.
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frag weet jij daar een nl spreekword voor...ik niet
verkoop de huid niet voor je de beer geschoten heb
dont sell the hide before you shot the bear (translation
dont promise anything before youre sure you can do it/prove it/realise it
We do not sow.
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Bang van niet, het is duidelijk dat het te maken heeft met het gegeven dat geweld zich tegen je kan keren, maar ik kan geen enkel nederlands voorbeeld zo uit mijn hoed toveren. Misschien weet een van de andere kaasjes een mooie want het lijkt me sterk dat we niet iets soortgelijks in ons arsenaal hebben.
edit: wacht eens, 'wie wind zaait zal storm oogsten' komt aardig in de buurt!
Last edited by Fragony; 12-20-2005 at 16:58.
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Ah, that would be "don't count your chickens before they are hatched."
Here's another: "The best laid plans of mice and men gang aft agley" (=often go wrong, do I get a bonus for posting in scots?)
"The only thing I've gotten out of this thread is that Navaros is claiming that Satan gave Man meat. Awesome." Gorebag
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a writers ink lasts longer than a martyrs blood
...sorry i can't speak old irish but thats where dis prover originates.
A nation of sheep will beget a a government of wolves. Edward R. Murrow
Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness. —1 John 2:9
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eh nee nie helemaal das meer wat je 1 keer vervelend doet moet je verwachten dat je 10 keer vervelend terugkrijgt...het is meer van
je moet het op de harde manier leren
and
ENGLISH ASSASSIN
im afraid i dont get that
We do not sow.
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MASTER
de pen is machtiger dan het zwaard
the pencil is more powerful then the sword
wie een kuil graaft voor een ander valt er zelf in
who digs a trap for sombody else will fall in it himself
We do not sow.
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Je moet geen 'hei' roepen voordat je de brug over bent. <---best I could do
Don't yell victory before you crossed the bridge.
Vuur met vuur bestrijden.
combat fire with fire.
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Ik denk het niet, vuur is altijd een symbool geweest van geweld, dus als je geweld te vaak toepast dan heb je het niet meer onder controle.
denk ik :)
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oog om oog tand om tand
eye for an eye
meer wegen leiden naar rome
more roads lead to rome
We do not sow.
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