Rodgers Dictionary of Proverbs
When mother cow is cropping grass, her
young one watches her mouth.
When Mr. Hyena falls into the pit, he does
not speak anything. (A troublesome
person will fail to find help when they
are in trouble.)
When my child and I have eaten -- then
clear the table.
When my head's down my house is theeked.
When necessity speaks, it demands.
When need is greatest, God is nearest.
When need is greatest, help is nearest.
When need is highest, God's help is nighest.
When neighbours quarrel, lookers-on are
more apt to add fuel than water.
When night falls the face of the wolf lights
up.
When nought comes to aught, it does not
know itself.
When old horses get warm, they are not
easily held in.
When on an unenjoyable walk, walk faster.
When once at sea, do not long to be on
shore.
When one chief falls, another rises.
When one dog barks at nothing, a dozen
will bark with him.
When one dog barks for nothing, all other
dogs bark in earnest.
When one dog barks, another will follow
suit.
When one door shuts, a hundred open.
When one door shuts, another opens.
When one dreams of a canoe, there will be
no luck the next day.
When one finger is swollen, it affects the
others.
When one foot stumbles, the other is near
falling.
When one goose drinks, all drink.
When one hand is injured the other nurses
it, when both hands are injured they
nurse each other.
When one hand washes another, both
become clean.
When one has not what one likes, one must
like what one has.
696
When one is dead, it is for a long while.
When one is helping another, both gain in
strength.
When one is hungry, everything tastes good.
When one is in love, a cliff becomes a
meadow.
When one is in trouble, one remembers God.
When one is prepared, difficulties do not
come.
When one is taking a chicken from its roost,
the hen is bound to attack with at least
its claws.
When one man's curse falls on a person,
another one breaks it.
When one must, one can.
When one sheep is over the dam, the rest
follow.
When one shuts one eye, one does not hear
everything.
When one tries to shake a big tree, he ends
up shaking himself.
When one wave leaves, another succeeds.
When one will not, two cannot quarrel.
When one wolf eats another, thee is nothing
to eat in the wood.
When others have received, you may still
receive, because God is always present.
When our daughter is married sons-in-law
are plenty.
When our enemy flies, build him a golden
bridge.
When passion entereth at the foregate,
wisdom goeth out of the postern.
When peaches flower and ripen, days and
nights have the same length.
When people are no longer afraid of death,
there is no use threatening them with it?
When people have but little property, they
take good care of it.
When people only talk about things they
understand then a great silence will
descend upon the world.
When Pisa burned, it rained three nights
and three days.