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
• Stretch your legs or yourself according to the cover or until the cover reaches: 42
• 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 adds oilstrawfiretowwood to the fire Olajat önt a tűzre E 38 338: 70
• It is goodbesteasy fishing in troubled waters Zavaros vízben jókönnyű: 83
• An ox is taken by the horns and a man by his tongueword Az embert szaván: 90
• RomeBudaCologneCracow etc was not built in one day Nem egy nap alatt: 100
• Speech is silver silence is gold Hallgatni arany beszélni ezüst E 38 366: 366
• SOURCES AND LITERATUREFORRÁSOK IRODALOM: 469
• INDEXES MUTATÓK: 498
• APPENDICES FÜGGELÉKEK: 509
• CONTENTS TARTALOMJEGYZÉK: 523
• 1: 524
• Still waters arerun deepdeepest or have a deep bottom Lassú víz partot: 526

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