Search in folklore: arrives

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What is always coming but never truly arrives?

Tomorrow.

Riddles

When problems visit a man it arrives with its own bed and table.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about problems, man

He walks slowly and arrives first.

Proverbs and old sayings

He who arrives too late finds the plate turned over.

Proverbs and old sayings Belgian

The one who does not make you happy when he arrives makes you happy when he leaves.

Proverbs and old sayings Bengali about happiness

Who arrives in the darkness departs as night falls.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about night

Love itself is calm; turbulence arrives from individuals.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about love

When the month of May arrives, women's hair grows and penises become strong.

Proverbs and old sayings

Lorsque tu arrives dans un autre pays, conforme-toi aux usages que tu y trouve.

Proverbs and old sayings

He who is in a hurry always arrives late.

Proverbs and old sayings Georgian

The person in a hurry usually arrives late.

Proverbs and old sayings Georgian about people

A person who arrives at a feast when the cooked meat is being pulled out of the pot does not know what was endured by others to catch and cook it.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about feast, being, people

You may never die before death arrives.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about death

Who arrives at the mill first, grinds.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

The pardon arrives after the man was hung.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about man

Punishment is a cripple, but it arrives.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about punishment

By the street of By-and-By one arrives at the house of Never.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about home, house

The buffalo that arrives late will have to drink muddy water and eat dry grass.

Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese about drinking, water

The horse that arrives early gets good drinking water.

Proverbs and old sayings Zulu about drinking, water, good, good luck

A second wife cannot celebrate the beating of the first wife because that same beating awaits her when the third wife arrives.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about wife