Sayings in your country

[une]

Kë ka djegur qumështi, i fryn edhe kosit. (Who has been burned by the milk, blows to yoghurt. meaning that somebody becomes apprehensive if they have failed in the first attempt of doing something)

 

[Grinch]

Kë ka djegur qumështi, i fryn edhe kosit. (Who has been burned by the milk, blows to yoghurt. meaning that somebody becomes apprehensive if they have failed in the first attempt of doing something)

We say "Sütten ağzı yanan, yoğurdu üfleyerek yer". Once bitten twice shy

Kapag umuulan, sumilong ka. Kung wala kang masisilungan, i-enjoy mo nalang. (When/if it's raining, find a shelter. If there's no shelter, just enjoy the rain.

Sweet

 

[r3gg13]

Another saying here which I recently (moments ago actually ) used, and that phrase is used when you are talking about someone, and he just appears after it, or you meet him:

"Mi o vuku, a vuk na vrata" (we were talking about the wolf, and the wolf appears next to the door"

This is like "speaking of the devil" saying in English

 

[une]

Another saying here which I recently (moments ago actually ) used, and that phrase is used when you are talking about someone, and he just appears after it, or you meet him:

"Mi o vuku, a vuk na vrata" (we were talking about the wolf, and the wolf appears next to the door"

In Albania we say 'Përmend qenin, bëj gati shkopin' - mention the dog, go find a stick....

 

[MyHeartIsYours]

That's like how Americans say, "Well, speak of the devil", in that same situation.

We say the same here in the UK .

Im not a big user of sayings, lots of people love them here though. It's hard to think of sayings which may be unique to the UK... perhaps 'touch wood' when you say something hasnt happened for a while and you dont want it to ever happen again. Eg, I havent been ill in ages... touch wood! And then you either touch your head or piece of wood at the same time .

 

[r3gg13]

We say the same here in the UK .

Im not a big user of sayings, lots of people love them here though. It's hard to think of sayings which may be unique to the UK... perhaps 'touch wood' when you say something hasnt happened for a while and you dont want it to ever happen again. Eg, I havent been ill in ages... touch wood! And then you either touch your head or piece of wood at the same time .

We say "Knock on wood" then knock on the nearest wooden thing . If there's no wooden thing, then you're just out of luck 3

 

[Kryptonite]

Another saying here which I recently (moments ago actually ) used, and that phrase is used when you are talking about someone, and he just appears after it, or you meet him:

"Mi o vuku, a vuk na vrata" (we were talking about the wolf, and the wolf appears next to the door"

It's similar in Slovenia. We say: "Mi o volku, volk iz gozda" (We were talking about the wolf, and the wolf came from the forest).

 

[Stargazer]

We have the same saying in Swedish (speaking of the wolf/devil) but for us it's about the trolls!

"När man talar om trollen så står de i farstun" (When you speak of the trolls, there they'll be on your porch)


We also have some other pre-Christian leftovers;
"Tacka gudarna" (thank the gods) - the same use as the English 'thank god'.
"Det ska gudarna veta" (the gods should know) - the same use as the English 'god knows'.

 

[vatroslav_cro]

Na štriku se suši sićušan šosić. (There is a tiny little dress drying on the rope).
Škafi, škafi škafiškafnjak.

 

[Qele_Armenia]

"I'll take away your pain'' is an expression most popular among Armenians . Here's collection of Armenian sayings and proverbs
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Armenian_proverbs

 

[nala]

Another saying here which I recently (moments ago actually ) used, and that phrase is used when you are talking about someone, and he just appears after it, or you meet him:

"Mi o vuku, a vuk na vrata" (we were talking about the wolf, and the wolf appears next to the door"

in Spain we say in the same context "Hablando del Rey de Roma, por la puerta asoma" (Speaking of the King of Rome, through the door he appears).

 

[Scooby]

Kë ka djegur qumështi, i fryn edhe kosit. (Who has been burned by the milk, blows to yoghurt. meaning that somebody becomes apprehensive if they have failed in the first attempt of doing something)

Ko se u mleko opeče taj i u jogurt duva!

 

[Kicker]

in Spain we say in the same context "Hablando del Rey de Roma, por la puerta asoma" (Speaking of the King of Rome, through the door he appears).

In Germany we say: "Wenn man vom Teufel spricht..." (When you talk about the devil...) You say it for example when you talk about somebody and in the next minute he appears

 

[nikolay_BG]

Крушата не пада по-далеч от дървото (The pear doesn`t fall so far from the tree, meaning - the person isn`t that different from his/her family as much as (s)he wants to)

 

[Mark-ESC14]

Wie 'A' zegt, moet ook 'B' zeggen. (Who says 'A' also has to say 'B')

- You should finish what you've started with.

Die de minste tanden hebben kauwen het meest. (Those who have the smallest amount of teeth chew the most)

- People who are poor usually think they are always right.

 

[Mark-ESC14]

Крушата не пада по-далеч от дървото (The pear doesn`t fall so far from the tree, meaning - the person isn`t that different from his/her family as much as (s)he wants to)

Haha, That's funny! In the Netherlands we don't use a pear, but an apple in that expression De appel valt niet ver van de boom. (The apple doesn't fall far from the tree)

 

[SRBIJA]

My favourite saying is probably 'Požuri polako' . It means 'hurry up slowly'.

Its means you should do things fast without temporizing, but yet be careful about quality of what you're doing.

 

[toinou03]

My favourite saying is probably 'Požuri polako' . It means 'hurry up slowly'.

Its means you should do things fast without temporizing, but yet be careful about quality of what you're doing.

It comes from latin. In latin, it is "Festina lente". And I see it has been invented by the emperor Augustus in Greek "spevde bradeos" who chose it as its motto. So did the Medicis.

So you has the same motto as Augustus and the Medici !

 

[SRBIJA]

It comes from latin. In latin, it is "Festina lente". And I see it has been invented by the emperor Augustus in Greek "spevde bradeos" who chose it as its motto. So did the Medicis.

So you has the same motto as Augustus and the Medici !

Completely makes sense! Because I heard about this from my Latin teacher last year

 

[kate124]

There are many famous sayings in my country like "As the king so are the subjects", "A person try to be on two sides goes nowhere", "Evidence does not need proof", "Do good & cast in to the river" and many more.
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