As They Say In Zanzibar. David Crystal

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      1 Little by little grow the bananas REPUBLIC OF CONGO

      2 The first stage of folly is to consider oneself wise BELGIUM

      3 Friendship is steps KENYA

      4 Add caution to caution JAPAN

      5 Is it necessary to add acid to the lemon? INDIA

      6 Quick work – double work MONTENEGRO

      7 Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still CHINA

      8 No matter how full the river, it still wants to grow REPUBLIC OF CONGO

      9 One good turn deserves another ENGLAND

      10 The sea is made bigger even by one drop RUSSIA

      11 Two things make one either greater or smaller, praise and shadows GERMANY

      12 The more one sleeps the less one lives PORTUGAL

      13 More haste, less speed ENGLAND

      14 Another day, another dollar USA

      15 A bald-headed man cannot grow hair by getting excited about it REPUBLIC OF CONGO

      16 The more you stroke a cat, the more it lifts its tail ESTONIA

      17 A rolling stone gathers no moss ENGLAND

      18 A stationary stone gathers moss RUSSIA

      1 One dog can’t fight IRELAND

      2 Once is no custom NETHERLANDS

      3 The wise person is cheated only once FINLAND

      4 No stone ever falls alone BELGIUM

      5 In every family’s cooking-pot is one black spot CHINA

      6 We boil our rice only once INDIA

      7 Who hears but one bell hears but one sound FRANCE

      8 Who hears music feels his solitude FRANCE

      9 Solitude is full of God SERBIA

      10 Hit one ring and the whole chain will resound SOUTH AFRICA

      11 One link broken, the whole chain is broken GERMANY

      12 One spot spots the whole dress BELGIUM

      13 One bad pipe ruins the entire organ NETHERLANDS

      14 One rotten egg spoils the whole pudding GERMANY

      15 One rotten apple spoils the whole barrel ENGLAND

      16 The eyes have one language everywhere ENGLAND

      17 Heroism consists in hanging on one minute longer NORWAY

      18 Rather once cry your heart out than always sigh CHINA

      19 The person who steals once is always a thief SPAIN

      20 Between two points one cannot draw more than one straight line DENMARK

      21 Empty gossip jumps with one leg ESTONIA

      22 It is better to be once in the church sleigh than always in the back runners FINLAND

      23 Those who have only one bow should be content with one fiddle GERMANY

      24 One bell serves a parish ITALY

      25 A single bracelet doesn’t jingle GUINEA

      26 Those who have once had luck cannot always call themselves unlucky BELGIUM

      27 A hundred aunts is not the same as one mother SIERRA LEONE

      28 One thread for the needle, one love for the heart SUDAN

      29 Once a crook, always a crook USA

      30 Beware the man with only one gun USA

      31 When a single hair has fallen from your head, you are not yet bald SIERRA LEONE

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

      33 Never less alone than when alone LATIN

      34 If you play alone, you will win SYRIA

      1 One hand washes the other; both hands wash the face ALBANIA

      2 If a string has one end, then it has another end CHINA

      3 If you have two loaves of bread, sell one and buy a lily CHINA

      4 Never try to catch two frogs with one hand CHINA

      5 You cannot hold two water melons in one hand IRAN

      6 The story is only half told when one side tells it ICELAND

      7 When two ride on one horse, one must sit behind ENGLAND

      8 Too many affairs are like pumpkins in water; one pops up while you try to hold down the other CHINA

      9 One family builds the wall; two families enjoy it CHINA

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

      11 One foot is better than two stilts FRANCE

      12 Both legs in the stocks or only one is all the same GERMANY

      13 In one stable there may be a steed and an ass BELGIUM

      14 A lie stands upon one leg, but truth upon two ENGLAND

      15 When one door shuts, another opens SCOTLAND

      16 To learn costs you one effort, to unlearn, two BULGARIA

      17 One beetle knows another IRELAND

      18 If two people tell you you are blind, shut one eye GEORGIA

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

      20 One hand can’t tie a bundle LIBERIA

      21 Justice becomes injustice when it makes two wounds on a head which only deserves one REPUBLIC OF CONGO

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