Search in folklore: plate
21 results
A man who touches the bottom of a soup plate with a ball of foofoo is no longer searching for soup.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about searching, man
He who arrives too late finds the plate turned over.
Proverbs and old sayings Belgian
No one knows what the dinner was after the plates have been washed.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
All state, and nothing on the plate.
Proverbs and old sayings French about state, nothing
A golden plate is worth nothing to me when my blood is spilled on it.
Proverbs and old sayings Georgian about blood, nothing
She wipes the plate with the cat's tail.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish
Meat that the cat brings in never gets to your plate.
Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican
If eating poison finish up the plate.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about end
A united family eats from the same plate.
Proverbs and old sayings about family
Beautifully decorated plate won't feed anyone.
Proverbs and old sayings Polish
From plate to mouth you miss the soup.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese
Better a dove on the plate than a woodgrouse in the mating place.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian
The first marriage is a plate of honey, the second a glass of wine, and the third is a cup of poison.
Proverbs and old sayings Serbian about marriage, wine
Freedom is a plateful of hard crusts.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
Fear and love never eat from the same plate.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about fear, love
When a plate is covered, its contents are hidden.
Proverbs and old sayings
Nothing stimulates the appetite like little on the plate.
Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about nothing
If you want to know how long a man's tongue is, let him use his mouth to lick honey from a plate.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about use, man
Your friend will swallow your mistakes, your enemy will present them on a plate.
Proverbs and old sayings about present, enemies
