A Jamaican proverb says, "Before marriage keep both eyes open, after marriage, keep one shut".
This one might be from India (do you know?), "He who cannot dance puts the blame on the floor".
2006-11-21 09:01:53 · 6 answers · asked by Zeera 7 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
A person who misses a chance and the monkey who misses its branch can't be saved. -- Indian proverb
For more proverbs from India, check the link out
2006-11-22 05:03:40 · answer #1 · answered by p v 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here is a website that claims to have 12,000 proverbs from around the world archived http://creativeproverbs.com/searchcp.htm
Good Luck!!!
2006-11-21 09:08:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A close neighbor is better than a far brother.
(That's only because in the country this came from, unlike America, people were always friends with their neighbors, never bought a house without knowing the neighbors, and because in that language, the word for neighbhor also means close relationshiply.)
Good luck, Peace.
2006-11-21 09:06:43 · answer #3 · answered by husam 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The African saying "Koklo metsoa pu adika soa avu o"
It translates as "The dog does not worry when the chicken runs over to the bones." I have no idea what it means though as I have never been to Africa.
2006-11-21 09:11:29 · answer #4 · answered by Bert 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
From the deep south : You can't make chicken salad out of chicken $hit.
2006-11-21 14:35:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Chinese proverb -
Don't stoop to tie your laces in your neighbour's melon patch
2006-11-21 09:17:44 · answer #6 · answered by amania_r 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋