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Tears have meaning but only he who sheds them understands.
Armenian Proverb
There is no phrase that doesn't have a double meaning.
Kenyan Proverb
Literal meaning: Save your white penny for your black day.
Arabic Proverb
Literal meaning: The people's lord is their servant.
Arabic Proverb
Literal meaning: The sultan's sword is long.
Arabic Proverb
Literal meaning: The gauge has overflown.
Arabic Proverb
A proverb never lies; it is only its meaning which deceives.
German Proverb
There is no phrase without a double meaning.
Kenyan Proverb
Silence has so much meaning.
Native American Proverb
The carrier of a secret message is not told its meaning.
Swahili Proverb
To the starving man the beauty of Fujiyama has no meaning.
Japanese Proverb
A whisper has more meaning than a noisy talk.
African Proverb
He who asks for the meaning of a proverb has called her/his mother's dowry a waste.
African Proverb
Literal meaning: Give me long life and throw me in the sea.
Arabic Proverb
Literal meaning: The fisherman is the shark's friend.
Arabic Proverb
Literal meaning: The friend in tight times.
Arabic Proverb
Came back with Hunain's shoes. meaning: Came back with nothing.
Arabic Proverb
Literal meaning: Cooking fat on honey.
Arabic Proverb
Literal meaning: Give the dough to baker even if he eats half of it.
Arabic Proverb
The meaning is best known to the speaker.
French Proverb
Meaning: Opportunities should not be taken for granted. A problem ignored is a problem doubled.
Chinese Proverb
Meaning: Having done something wrong for the first time, you are afraid/do not want to do it again.
Chinese Proverb
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