European proverbs: in 55 languages, with equivalents in Arabic, Persian, Sanskrit, Chinese and Japanese

Gyula Paczolay

Veszprémi Nyomda, 1997 - Social Science - 527 pages

Contents

• PROVERBSKÖZMONDÁSOK Short titlesrövid címek 33: 2
• Stretch your legs or yourself according to the cover or until the cover reaches: 50
• All catícowspigssheep are alikegrayblack in the dark or at night Sötétben: 79
• Far from the eye far from the heart Szem nem látja szív felejti 2 46: 165
• Every man has his faults Nincsen ember or Senki sincs hiba nélkül: 263
• annak legyen a lábában 2 40 + 1: 280
• The pitcher goes so long to the waterwellfountain until it breaks Addig jár: 287
• Do not dowish others that you do not like to be done to you Amit nem kívánsz: 295
• He that greases travels or Grease the wheel if you intend the cart shall go: 304
• The masters eye makes the horsecattleox fat Gazda szeme hizlalja a jószágot: 312
• The pot abusesblames ridiculeslaughs at the kettle though both are black: 318
• A prophet is not or No prophet is honouredfamous in his own countrytown: 327
• If one or He who runs after two hares will catch neither Aki két nyulat hajt: 334
• He buyssells a catharepig in a poke Zsákbamacskát árulvesz 2 38: 342
• ConstantLong dropping or Many drops wears away the stone Sok csepp: 349
• An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth Szemet szemért fogat fogért: 356
• He that lies also steals or A liar is a thief Aki hazudik az lop: 363
• Speech is silver silence is gold Hallgatni arany beszélni ezüst 2 38 366: 370
• Long hair and short brainreasonwit Hosszú haj rövid ész 2 36 + 1: 413
• Time is moneygoldsilver or Time is precious Az idő pénz 2 35: 427
• Fish always begin to stinkdecay at the head Fejtől bűzlikbüdösödik a: 440
• Roast pigeonlarksparrow etc does not fly into ones mouth Senkinek: 455
• SOURCES AND LITERATURE FORRASOK IRODALOM: 469
• INDEXESMUTATOR: 498
• APPENDICES FUGGELEKEK: 509
• CONTENTSTARTALOMJEGYZEK: 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
• Length: 527 pages
• Subjects: Proverbs; Reference / Quotations; Social Science / Folklore & Mythology