List: proverb
Simple and concrete saying, popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience.
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- a student must never forget to honor their teacher (honour)
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- a student must never forget to honor their teacher (honour)
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- one should not rush to make a profit, business is (best run when sales flow like) a cow's drool (i.e. long and thin)
proverb expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- people may bring about their demise for love, it is easy to have one's weak points taken advantage of, in autumn (during mating season), deer come forth when they hear (a hunter's) whistle
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- walls have ears, walls have ears, sliding doors have eyes
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- easy come, easy go, lightly comes, lightly goes, soon gotten soon spent
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- time waits for no man, time and tide stay for no man
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- even an eccentric head of family must be obeyed
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- deep rivers move in silence; shallow brooks are noisy, those who know little talk much
proverb expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- laugh and grow fat, good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile