Examples of popular sayings (with their meaning)

Sayings

Sayings are those limited sentences that are used to set an example, call for reflection or give some teaching. For example: At home blacksmith, wooden knife.

As its meaning is not literal, it is important to note that sayings are often not understood by anyone, but are shared and understood by a certain community.

Characteristics of sayings

Examples of popular sayings

1. "Not by much getting up early it dawns earlier." Many times things do not even depend on our own efforts but we are also subject to the decisions of third parties or circumstances that we cannot control.
2. "Although the monkey dresses in silk, it remains cute." When a person does not look nice, no matter how much they dress and groom, it will not improve their appearance.
3. "The early bird God helps". An attempt is made to emphasize, in opposition to the saying Not by much getting up early it dawns earlier that the person who strives will receive a reward.
4. "Where there was fire ashes remain". Even if a relationship has come to an end, memories and feelings will remain between the parties.
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5. "The married man wants to." People with a partner, after getting married, will need to have their own place.
6. "A gift horse in the teeth not look". When a person receives a gift or does not pay for something, he must accept it without being demanding.
7. "At home blacksmith, wooden knife". Paradoxically, in places where (by logic) certain objects or characteristics should abound, they are usually lacking.
8. “Shrimp that falls asleep is carried by the current”. When a person is not very diligent, he is usually drawn in a direction that is not the one he chose.
9. "Like father Like Son". Children follow the same customs or maintain the same qualities as their parents.
10. "Where he sends captains he does not rule sailors". A person cannot give orders when he has a superior or boss, no matter how hard he tries.
11. "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush". It is better to bet on the safe and not on something that you have no certainties.
12. "Much ado About Nothing". Sometimes the sale or advertising of something, makes the result can be a disappointment.
13. "By the mouth dies the fish". It is better to be discreet and be careful when speaking. The fish opens its mouth to bite the hook and it is thanks to its own decision that it dies and is fish.
14. "There is no worse blind than the one who does not want to see." There are people who do not want to accept a certain situation and, until they themselves do not want to see reality, it will be very difficult for them to see it.
15. "Barking dog does not bite". Many times the people who threaten the most are the ones who later turn out to be the least dangerous.
16. "Raise crows and they will take your eyes off." An ungrateful person can pay the person who harmed him in the same coin.
17. "Tell me who your friends are and I'll tell you who you are". People are often defined by the people they meet (for better or for worse).
18. "God squeezes but does not strangle". Sometimes life takes us into extreme situations that will teach us, but will not destroy us.
19. "Jack of all trades, master of none". It is better to do only one thing, in depth, than to do a lot at the same time.
20. "Make yourself famous and go to sleep." First impressions are what count. If a person managed to be responsible, it is likely that those around him will continue to see him that way, even when he stops being so. The same thing can happen in the opposite sense: that someone caused a bad image and that it is difficult for you to reverse it.

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