As They Say In Zanzibar. David Crystal

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      1 Do not put each foot on a different boat CHINA

      2 What makes one abbot glad makes another abbot sad SCOTLAND

      3 Many people are like clocks, they show one hour and strike another DENMARK

      4 When it rains on one it only drips on another NETHERLANDS

      5 The broad-minded see the truth in different religions; the narrow-minded see only the differences CHINA

      6 Different holes have different fish MALAYSIA

      7 You cannot take one part of a fowl for cooking and leave the other part to lay eggs INDIA

      8 Look the other way when the girl in the tea-house smiles JAPAN

      9 The exception proves the rule ENGLAND

      10 A frog beneath a coconut shell believes there is no other world MALAYSIA

      11 Other people’s books are difficult to read NETHERLANDS

      12 The toughest broncs is always them you’ve rode some other place USA

      13 Fools seldom differ ENGLAND

      14 Raindrops can’t tell broadcloth from jeans USA

      15 One generation plants the trees; another gets the shade CHINA

      16 Other trees, other woodcutters LITHUANIA

      17 Variety is the spice of life ENGLAND

      18 When one door shuts, another opens SCOTLAND

      1 To the ant, a few drops of rain is a flood JAPAN

      2 The sea is made bigger even by one drop RUSSIA

      3 Better a handful of bees than a basketful of flies MOROCCO

      4 Every little helps ENGLAND

      5 Those who want the last drop out of the can get the lid on their nose NETHERLANDS

      6 Even a small star shines in the darkness FINLAND

      7 A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives you roses CHINA

      8 A little wood will heat a little oven ENGLAND

      9 A sip at a time empties the cask NORWAY

      10 The biggest help is help, and even the smallest help is help IRELAND

      11 Those who do not wish little things do not deserve big things BELGIUM

      12 An indispensable thing never has much value GEORGIA

      13 Be always a little afraid so that you never have need of being much afraid FINLAND

      14 Cabbage is the best invalid, it needs only a little water SERBIA

      15 A good driver turns in a small space FRANCE

      16 Errands are small on a spring day ICELAND

      17 Every blade of grass gets its own drop of dew SCOTLAND

      18 Falling hurts least those who fly low CHINA

      19 Generally one loses less by being known too little than by being known too much LATIN

      20 If you haven’t much to do, start cleaning your own backyard USA

      21 It takes little effort to watch someone carry a load CHINA

      22 To part is to die a little FRANCE

      23 It’s a small world ENGLAND

      24 A little drop of water silences a boiling pot GERMANY

      25 Small cares make many words, great ones are mute GERMANY

      26 When the bed is small lie in the centre SPAIN

      27 A small bed will not hold two persons NIGERIA

      28 A tree with ripe fruit needs little shaking SWITZERLAND

      29 Least said, soonest mended ENGLAND

      30 Little said is easy mended; nothing said needs no mending IRELAND

      31 Great consolation may grow out of the smallest saying SWITZERLAND

      1 Much treasure, many moths ESTONIA

      2 A big crop is best, but a little crop will do SCOTLAND

      3 The bird can drink much, but the elephant drinks more SENEGAL

      4 The peace-maker gets two-thirds of the blows MONTENEGRO

      5 They that love most speak least SCOTLAND

      6 Discretion is the better part of valour ENGLAND

      7 A fox knows much; a hedgehog one great thing GREECE

      8 Lovers have much to relate – but it is always the same thing GERMANY

      9 Many donkeys need much straw SPAIN: BASQUE

      10 Many drops make a puddle NETHERLANDS

      11 Too much courtesy is discourtesy JAPAN

      12 Too much discussion will lead to a row CÔTE D’IVOIRE

      13 What is inflated too much will burst into fragments ETHIOPIA

      14 Where there is most mind there is least money LATIN

      15 Who sieves too much, keeps the rubbish BELGIUM

      16 Think much, say little, write less FRANCE

      17 The fish said, ‘I have much to say, but my mouth is full of water.’ GEORGIA

      18 Those who speak much must either know a lot or lie a lot GERMANY

      19 Drinking a little too much is drinking СКАЧАТЬ