ENGLISH PROVERBS

Don’t make plans based on events that haven’t happened.

• Rome wasn’t built in a day.

• Birds of a feather flock together.

• A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

• Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.

Written words can yield more power than brute force or action.

• The pen is mightier than the sword.

• Fight is might

• Time waits for no one.

• If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

Important work takes time.

• Too many cooks spoil the broth.

• Rome wasn’t built in a day.

• Time waits for no one.

• If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

Too many people working on the same project can lead to an inferior result.

• Too many cooks spoil the broth.

• Rome wasn’t built in a day.

• Time waits for no one.

• If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

Children tend to resemble their parents in appearance and behaviour. 

• Rolling stone gathers no moss.

• When in Rome, do what the Romans do.

• Children play, children sleep.

• The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. 

Something that appears valuable or true may not be.

•  A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

• All that glitters is not gold. 

• A picture is worth a thousand words. 

• Beggars can’t be choosers.

Relationships between family members are the strongest of all.

• A fool and his money are soon parted.

• Action speaks louder than words.

• Absence makes heart grow fonder. 

• Blood is thicker than water.

No matter what difficult situation you’re in, there is always a positive side to be seen

• Every cloud has a silver lining.

• A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

• A jack of all trades is master of none.

• A leopard doesn’t change its spots.

When you really need something, you find a way to make it happen.

• Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.

• An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

• Necessity is the mother of invention.

• All lay loads on a willing horse.

Too many people working on the same project can lead to an inferior result.

• An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.

• Too many cooks spoil the broth.

• Necessity is the mother of invention.

• An empty vessel makes much noise.