Water Proverbs (517 Proverbs)
- Every river knows where its water would not be soaked up into the earth, and that is where it flows past.
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- It is a pot of water that is already half full that the world would like to help in filling to the brim.
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- The fish that can see that its water is getting shallower, cannot be stranded.
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- Who says the oasis in the desert is happy because of its hidden spring of water?
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- A friend is like a source of water during a long voyage.
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- A friend is like a water source for a long journey.
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- Live near water, and ask not about sustenance.
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- Where the river makes a sound, you can be sure it's carrying water.
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- Three things cause sorrow to flee; water, green trees, and a beautiful face.
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- Take the drowning child from the water before scolding it.
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- Listening to a liar is like drinking warm water.
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- If the river sounds, it's because it has water.
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- Don't think there are no sharks because the water is calm.
(Malagasy Proverb) - More Malagasy Proverbs...
- People are like eels in the water, they wander this way and that.
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- She is as undecided as an orphan: if she does not wash her hands, she will be told that she is a dirty child; if she washes her hands she will be told that she is wasting water.
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- They who drink the water from the Manangareza river always come back to Madagascar.
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- Without the forest, there will be no more water, without water, there will be no more rice.
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- Don't think there are no crocodiles just because the water's calm.
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- Do not be tricked into thinking that there are no crocodiles just because the water is still.
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- Do not think that placid water is without crocodiles.
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- When the water rises, the fish eat the ants; when the water falls, the ants eat the fish.
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- Like a fish out of water.
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- Hunger pushes the hippopotamus out of the water.
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- Drinking fake ale is better then drinking water.
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- Those who get to the river early drink the cleanest water.
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- The intimacy of water and fish.
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- Trash accumulates in stagnant water.
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- Although dying of thirst, i drink not the water of a stolen fountain.
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- Let the past drift away with the water.
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- The flow of water and the future of human beings are uncertain.
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- The friendship of water and fish.
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- Dem give yu basket fi carry water.
(Jamaican Proverb) - More Jamaican Proverbs...
- Frog never gargle him troat till him tas'e fresh water.
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- He who only drinks water does not get drunk.
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- Only those who were born to hang are not afraid of the water.
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- When the river sounds, it's because it carries water.
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- You never miss the water till the well has run dry.
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- A slave boy is blamed no matter what he does: If he does not wash his hands, he is accused of being dirty. If he washes his hands, he is accused of wasting water.
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- He has stirred up, or threw a stone into, still water.
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- He that is afraid of water, will not get into the boat.
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- He was thrown into deep water.
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- He would drown him in a spoonful of water.
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- The cat also likes fish but keeps away from water.
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- I am king, you a king: who is to fetch the water?
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- A poor man cooks with water.
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- Blood will not turn water.
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- Come hell or high water.
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- Give a Hungarian a glass of water and a Gypsy fiddler and he will become completely drunk.
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- He could not earn enough to buy even cold water.
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- He drives the water to the mill of somebody.
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- He carries fire and water.
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- It is strange! The ox eats hay and the dog eats bread, while the donkey carries wine but drinks water.
(Galla Proverb) - More Galla Proverbs...
- No matter how long a log may float in the water, it will never become a crocodile.
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- In wine there is wisdom. In beer there is strength. In water there is bacteria.
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- Little drops of water, little grains of sand, make the mighty ocean and the pleasant land.
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- If two selfish young men sit next to a pot of water, the water spills out on the ground.
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- It is not only one person who bathes in the witch's water.
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- The fish don't see the water.
(Haitian Proverb) - More Haitian Proverbs...
- Unfolded by the water are faces of the flowers. Flowers thrive where there is water, as thriving people are found where living conditions are good.
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- From the ditch to the water jump.
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- Water is the oldest medicine.
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- Water runs a whole mile downstream easier than an inch upstream.
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- A scalded cat fears cold water.
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- We never know the worth of water until the well is dry.
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- Wipe wi' the water and wash wi' the towel.
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- You can't free a fish from water.
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- Who handles water is bound to get wet.
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- Who has burnt himself with soup will blow on water as well.
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- Who leaves the boat on water is miserable.
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- It is foolish for someone to remain thirsty when he is in the midst of water.
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- The son of the nile thirsts for water.
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- You think of water when the well is empty.
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- Swimming is easy if someone holds your head above water.
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- Dip the pitcher into the water enough and it finally breaks.
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- A straight stick looks crooked in the water.
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- When the water level decreases, the ice will crack.
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- Where the dike is lowest the water first runs over.
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- Every century, water finds its riverbed.
(Corsican Proverb) - More Corsican Proverbs...
- Water ends up in the sea.
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- Water erodes slopes.
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