Cup Proverbs

The first [cup of vodka] goes as a stake, the second as a falcon, and the third as a little bird. (Russian Proverb)
Coffee from the top of the cup and chocolate from the bottom. View proverb
Cuban Proverb
At the first cup man drinks wine, at the second wine drinks wine, at the third wine drinks man. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
A tea cup on the edge of a well. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
The devil was good looking at eighteen, and course tea makes a bitter first cup. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
How can you put out a fire set on a cart-load of firewood with only a cup of water. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
There's many a slip twixt cup and lip. View proverb
English Proverb
A full cup must be carried steadily. View proverb
English Proverb
The last drop makes the cup run over. View proverb
English Proverb
Poison is poison though it comes in a golden cup. View proverb
English Proverb
When madame drops her cup of tea it makes no noise. (Kurdish Proverb)
A cup must be bitter that a smile will not sweeten. View proverb
Maltese Proverb
Full cup, steady hand. View proverb
Dutch Proverb
Better than a banquet somewhere else is a good cup of tea and a bowl of rice at home. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
Mistaking the reflection of a bow in a cup for a snake. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
It is easier to carry an empty cup than one that is filled to the brim. View proverb
African Proverb
There is many a slip ‘twixt cup and lip. View proverb
American Proverb
Life is not a cup to be drained, but a measure to be filled. View proverb
American Proverb
When the cup is full, carry it even. View proverb
Scottish Proverb
Quhen the cup is fullest, bear it evenest. View proverb
Scottish Proverb
A cup of coffee commits one to forty years of friendship. (Kurdish Proverb)
Noh cup noh brok, noh coffee noh trow weh. View proverb
Jamaican Proverb
When the cup is fullest it is most difficult to carry. View proverb
Scottish Gaelic Proverb
You drink out of the old cup. View proverb
Xhosa Proverb
Twixt the cup and the lip there's many a slip. View proverb
French Proverb
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