You can pull back your leg, but not your committed word.
More Burmese Proverbs:
If you trust before you try, You will repent before you die.Burmese
Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.
Burmese
Forgetting the cow, when going out to plough.
Burmese
It is as difficult to win love as it is to pack salt in pine needles.
Burmese
The monkey never complains that he has no comb.
Burmese
The hero appears only when the tiger is dead.
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