European Proverbs: In 55 Languages, with Equivalents in Arabic, Persian, Sanskrit, Chinese and Japanese

Gyula Paczolay

Veszprémi Nyomda, 1997 - Proverbs - 527 pages

Contents

• Do not look a gift horse in the mouth Ajándék lónak ne nézd a fogát: 5
• You can see a mote in anothers eye but cannot see a beam in your own: 20
• All catscowspigssheep are alikegrayblack in the dark or at night Sötétben: 38
• Stretch your legs or yourself according to the cover or until the cover reaches: 42
• Rather hearsee than speak Sokat hallj láss de keveset szólj: 44
• Children fools and drunken men tell the truth Gyermek részeg bolond: 51
• Do not dowish others that you do not like to be done to you Amit nem kívánsz: 57
• The pot abusesblames ridiculeslaughs at the kettle though both are black: 63
• He buyssells a catharepig in a poke Zsákbamacskát árulvesz E 38 342: 70
• Clothes do not make the man or The cowl does not make the monk Nem: 80
• If an assbeastoxpig etc goes abroad or to a known seat of learning an ass: 87
• All roads golead to Rome: 96
• There is nothing new under the sun Nincs új a nap alatt: 104
• Speech is silver silence is gold Hallgatni arany beszélni ezüst 2 38 366 L: 370
• INDEXES MUTATÓK: 498
• APPENDICES FÜGGELÉKEK: 509
• CONTENTS TARTALOMJEGYZÉK: 523

Bibliographic information

• Title: European Proverbs: In 55 Languages, with Equivalents in Arabic, Persian, Sanskrit, Chinese and Japanese
• Author: Gyula Paczolay
• Publisher: Veszprémi Nyomda, 1997
• Original from: Indiana University
• Digitized: Apr 9, 2010
• ISBN: 9638096012, 9789638096012
• Length: 527 pages