Rice Proverbs

Don't let an angry man wash dishes; don't let a hungry man guard rice. (Cambodian Proverb)
Cold tea and cold rice are tolerable; cold looks and cold words aren't. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
The immature rice stalk stands erect, while the mature stalk, heavy with grain, bends over. View proverb
Cambodian Proverb
With water make rivers, with rice make armies. View proverb
Cambodian Proverb
Plant rice when the ground is ready; pursue women when you feel passion. View proverb
Tibetan Proverb
Don't trust a hungry man to watch your rice. View proverb
Tibetan Proverb
Make the amount of sauce you use correspond to the amount of rice you have. View proverb
Vietnamese Proverb
Sun is for cucumbers, rain for rice. View proverb
Vietnamese Proverb
Sorrow is like rice in the store; if a basketful is removed everyday, it will come to an end at last. View proverb
Somali Proverb
Once the rice is pudding, it's too late to reclaim the rice. View proverb
Indonesian Proverb
If you don't have a brain, join the army; if you don't have rice, use beans instead. (Myanmar Proverb)
You can't get rice by pounding bran. View proverb
Myanmar Proverb
Love is like a rice plant; transplanted, it can grow elsewhere. View proverb
Madagascan Proverb
Ants can attack with a grain of rice. View proverb
Madagascan Proverb
Love is like young rice: transplanted, still it grows. View proverb
Madagascan Proverb
Sorrow is like rice in an attic: you use a little every day and at the end it is all gone. View proverb
Madagascan Proverb
Love is just like rice - plant it elsewhere and it grows. View proverb
Madagascan Proverb
When the curry is tasty, the rice is hard. View proverb
Malawi Proverb
Sweet rice is eaten quickly. View proverb
Sierra Leonean Proverb
The bigger the pot the more rice will stick to it. View proverb
Zanzibar Proverb
I'll give away rice fields and footpaths. (Japanese Proverb)
A pig used to dirt turns its nose up at rice. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
Growing rice gives you more than poetry will. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
Apple blossoms are beautiful, but rice dumplings are better. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
He draws water over his own rice field. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
📖 Rice Quotes