His whole life he carried his wife on his back.
More Croatian Proverbs:
If sorrow would not talk it would die.Croatian
Lies never pay the toll.
Croatian
Check before you bite if it is bread or a stone.
Croatian
Without money one cannot go anywhere, not even to church.
Croatian
A good horse has many faults; a bad one has hardly any.
Croatian
Woe to him who sits upon a branch.
Croatian