Trying Proverbs

To ask a favor from a miser is like trying to make a hole in water. (Armenian Proverb)
By trying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree. View proverb
Cameroon Proverb
By trying repeatedly, the monkey learns how to jump from the tree. View proverb
Cameroon Proverb
In trying to straighten the horns you kill the ox. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
It's no good trying to bite your navel. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
When a lion runs and looks back, its not that he is afraid, rather he is trying to see the distance he has covered. View proverb
African Proverb
Like someone trying to capture water in his fist. View proverb
Arabic Proverb
Anyone who lives will know trying times. View proverb
Corsican Proverb
Keeping a woman to her word is like trying to hold an eel by its tail. View proverb
Spanish Proverb
By trying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree. View proverb
Kiganda Proverb
It's tough trying to keep your feet on the ground, your head above the clouds, your nose to the grindstone, your shoulder to the wheel, your finger on the pulse, your eye on the ball and your ear to the ground. (Traditional Proverb)
Like trying to put a comb upon the nun's head. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
You're wasting your time trying to interest the old in new endeavors. View proverb
Sicilian Proverb
If you can't do the deed, don't block another from trying. View proverb
Sinhala Proverb
While trying to pull down something from the antique she lost what she had under her armpit. View proverb
Ethiopian Proverb
A person is trying to benefit from being close to opposing parties. View proverb
Persian Proverb
To control the mind is like trying to control a drunken monkey that has been bitten by a scorpion. View proverb
Hindi Proverb