List: proverb
Simple and concrete saying, popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience.
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- what's done is done, it is no use crying over spilt milk, spilt water won't go back into its tray
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- even the patience of a saint eventually runs out, (if you touch) the Buddha's face three times (he will get annoyed)
proverb expression ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- if you dislike someone, you will end up hating everything he stands for, hate a priest, and you will hate his very vestments
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- fallen blossom doesn't return to the branch, a broken mirror can not be made to shine, what's done is done, there's no use crying over spilled milk
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- leave no room for scandal, don't do anything that can be misinterpreted, don't straighten your cap under a plum tree (because when you raise your hands it might look as if you're trying to steal the plums)
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- it is simply common courtesy to clean up after yourself, a bird does not foul the nest it is about to leave, on leaving a place, one should see that all is in good order
proverb expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- it is often the originator of problems who kicks up a fuss or complains loudest, the one who smelt it dealt it
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- there is no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted, squeezing your buttocks after you have farted
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- some prefer nettles, there's no accounting for taste, every man to his taste
proverb expression suru verb verb (generic)
- poverty dulls the wit